Quilt Festival? Oh Boy!!

The staff and I are off for a few days of rest, relaxation and lots of quilt related inspiration.

We'll spend the next 2 days at the Shipshewana Quilt Festival in North Central Indiana

We've attended every year since it's inception and always have a most enjoyable visit.  I highly recommend you go check it out for yourself.

We won't be gone long, but wanted to let you know that any orders placed today and tomorrow June 27 and 28th, will ship out to you first thing on  Monday June 30th.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.  We promise that we will return rested and recharged and chock full of inspiration and ideas to make our online quilt shop even better!

-Talk to you soon, and in the meantime......Enjoy the Sew!

Snow Happens

What?  Well yes, not the frozen white kind we had a bit too much of here this past winter but rather this cute fabric collection, SNOW HAPPENS,  from Bird Brain Designs.

Click on the pictures to visit this collection in the shop,

The blue collection arrived today and the reds are on their way!   This will be fun to stitch up an icy cool project with during the hot weather to come during July and August. Check out the blue Snow Happens HERE

Have a pleasant trip to the online shop to visit these happy snowman fabrics and...ENJOY the Sew!!

Reds arriving soon.............

On the Road

If you are in the area:

We are taking it on the road this week to bring our online shop to you:

We have been cordially invited to be a part of the Pieces and Patches Quilt Guild's June gathering. We'll have a sweet selection of our dry goods for you to shop from.  Please stop  in if you are nearby that evening.

Click HERE to learn more about the Kankakee Quiltmaker's Guild

Here's a map to help you find the community center (Click and scroll to zoom in and out)

 

3,2,1........action

WE are dipping our toes further into the E-commerce universe by uploading our first YouTube video, hopefully the first of many.

 Sometimes we will showcase new products but our goal with adding video  is to share value with you.  The value being  quilt related tips, techniques, knowledge and JOY that quilting has brought to me and that I  want to share with you.

I know  I will learn  a lot along the way while we film and share.  This first video features a Holiday quilt and project book, Holly Jolly This and That by Sherri Falls.

The quality of our first video effort aside............this is a really nice book packed with projects each one as cute as the next.  Take a look at the video below and stop back again soon while we build our video library at RockingChairquilts.com

thanks for looking and Enjoy the Sew!

Click HERE to shop for Holly Jolly This and That in the shop.

Pieces from My Heart

  The precuts for Pieces from my Heart Designer Sandy Gervais' new fabric collection, Hello Fall are starting to arrive in the shop . Click HERE to find Layer Cakes and Mini Charms.

Yardage, panels, patterns and kits are scheduled to arrive in May.  Take a peek at the preview pages from this collection HERE.

MINI Charm Pack

Layer Cakes

Patterns should arrive in May!

Charming Checks kits are here

Hi everyone!  We've got some new patterns to go with our Ducks in a Row fabric collection:

This one is my favorite so far, Charming Checks.  Its made with Ducks in a Row Charm Pack and yardage.   It's a nice size- about 40 x 53.  I think this will make a great kit quilt   - Kits?....Yes! Click HERE to get yours!  I will be making up a sample quilt too!  I'd like to say I am making the sample for you all to see this quilt made up..... which is a true story, BUT I really wanna make this quilt because it's so darn cute!

Sew Happy Contest

Our Contest ended on April 20th. Congratulations to winner Deb Mills!

Thanks to everyone who participated.

BE SEW HAPPY THIS SPRING!

Visit our Facebook page and enter to win a Sew Happy Quilt Kit. 

This month's giveaway

The Kit includes: Pattern, Chance of Flowers charm pack & Chance of Flowers fabrics to make Sew Happy Quilt top and binding approx value of prize is $30 USD. Contest ends April 20th, 2014. 

Here is a photo of the quilt from  the pattern author, Sandy Gervais.  Sew cute!! (sewing machine and notions are not included in  giveaway)

Visit the Chance of Flowers fabric page HERE.  We have Precuts , yardage and patterns!

Circa 1852

New fabric collection arrived today.  Mill Book Series Circa 1852 by Howard Marcus for Moda. 

Kits, precuts and boltage are in the shop HERE

And the Winner is.......

AND the Winner of the Tula Pink thread set from #Aurifil is..... Sherry Von Fumetti!

Congratulaitons Sherry and thanks to everyone for participating in the March giveaway.

Wactch our Facebook page for the launch of the April Giveaway!

What items that are in our shop today that you would like to see presented as a giveaway in April?  I'd love to hear your suggestions...... Please comment below to contribute a suggestion:

Playtime....

My work is done for today...time to play! I'm going to get started on this quilt kit from my Aunt Ellen.

I'm going to slice it up , stitch it up, quilt it up, put a tidy binding on it and gift it right back to her all set to use and enjoy. I'll chart my progress here with photos as I bring this beauty to life. Now...where is my sharpest rotary cutter? I can hardly wait to get started !

Pink and Brown Stars

Sunday March 30th...

Milky Way Quilt in  Progress  .  I put a sharp bladed rotary cutter to good use this evening and got sew many squares rectangles and triangles cut up!  

I couldn't resist  stitching together a few of the big star blocks. Happy happy!

Bedazzled with Hubba Hubba Bundles...................

So bright and Pretty,   bundles are in the shop now !

HUBBA HUBA  COLLECTION from me and My Sister Designs for Moda FAbrics

Get this pattern for the BEDAZZLED QUILT  made with Hubba Hubba Fat Quarters from Cindy Sharp. It's  free at the Moda Bake Shop!

Get your Ducks in a Row..........

Ducks in Row Charm, Cakes and Honeycombs are in the Shop today! by American Jane for Moda fabrics. 5 Bella solids to match arrive next week.  Patterns and yardage are scheduled to arrive in early April. 

@Moda #Moda