EARLY MACHINE APPLIQUE

I love "raw edge" applique quilts! I've made several and have several in the "ufo" stage. I wanted to share this example with you to show you how well an 80 or so year old machine appliqued quilt can withstand the test of time. This quilt (sadly the innovative maker is unknown) is from New England and looks almost like an Hawaiian quilt but is not. This original block design appears to have been cut out of one piece of fabric. If you look at the closeups, you will see that it is machine sewn on a treadle machine around the edges and then hand quilted. I would have never thought that this kind of stitching could last and be so beautiful. This method of applique is something I'm going to try. I wish I had a treadle machine. Just wanted to show you this great quilt - just for fun!

SNEAK PREVIEW! FANDANGO FABRIC FROM MODA COMING SOON!

Back by popular request! Here's a preview of just a few of the Fandango fabrics that are coming to 44th Street Fabric! Designed by Kate Spain, this collection has that gorgeous celadon color combined with aqua, orange and brown. Yummm! Will be in the shop in August! We have the charm squares in stock now!

JUST SO CUTE! DOG MAKES BABY LAUGH

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44TH STREET FABRIC BLOG GIVEAWAY - CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Here's the next 44th Street Fabric Christmas in July Giveaway! This giveaway will have 2 winners! Our first Winner will receive a Moda Bake Shop gift pack with Adoring fabric by Sandy Gervais and Winner #2 will win a Moda Bake Shop gift pack with Park Avenue fabric by 3 Sisters for Moda! These gift packs each include a pattern to make a Holiday Advent Banner and enough fabric to make a set of these festive holiday flags! Everyone loves to count down the days until Christmas with these Advent Banners! Each prize is valued at $29.99 and each year Moda only releases a limited edition of these Moda Bake Shop gift packs. These gift packs also make a great gift for any quilter on your gift list!

Winners of our last giveaway for Halloween Night fabric are Jorilyn and Ann! Congrats to both winners! I have notified you both by email. Please email me back with your mailing address!

Here are the rules for our Giveaway: It’s kind of like “Find Waldo” but you will be looking for a photo of our owner, Jason, in one of the listings for Moda gift boxes and patterns listed in our Etsy shop. We call our contest “Find Jaso”!

FIRST: Go to our Etsy store (just click on the link above). SECOND: Look for the Moda Bakeshop Gift Boxes. There are just a few listings that feature the gift boxes in our Etsy shop. Jaso’s picture could be hiding in any of them! THIRD: Leave a comment on this blog entry and tell me the fabric listing in which you found Jason’s picture. Easy-peasy and you will be entered to win! Comments will not be shown on the blog until after the contest is over but you will be entered. Winner will be announced on Monday, August 2nd! Be sure to leave your email address on the entry so that I can notify you if you win! Because of issues with my email which will have to be sorted out by Jason whenever I can get him to do it, I cannot access your email from the web.

If you Twitter about our contest and and put the link in a comment, you get an extra entry. If you blog about our contest, just put the link in a comment and you will get 2 extra entries. Let me know you are a follower and you will also get another entry. The winners are chosen at random by www.random.org. Let me know if you have any questions and GOOD LUCK!

MORE SQUIRREL NEWS - WE HAVE BABIES!

We do actually have squirrel babies. I haven't seen the babies yet but Momma comes very close to me to feed (I buy her raw peanuts) and I can see she's nursing. This picture actually came from an article about Compassionate Mama Squirrels who adopt the squirrel babies whose mamas have been killed. You can read the article from Care2.com here:

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/compassionate-mama-squirrel.html

FEED THE BIRDS AT YOUR OWN RISK!

At first you feed the birds. One little feeder. Then you notice that the feed is disappearing rather quickly. So in a few weeks, you buy a bigger feeder. Then you notice the little squirrels. They are so cute! Little defenseless squirrels...

This is how it looks when you miss ONE day of feeding the little, defenseless squirrels....sigh....

I was already a dog slave.... sigh....

44TH STREET FABRIC BLOG GIVEAWAY! WINNERS ANNOUNCED ON 7/19/10!

Here's the next 44th Street Fabric giveaway! This giveaway will have 2 winners! Our first winner will receive four (4) one-half (1/2) yard cuts of Halloween Night fabric by Minick & Simpson for Moda! That's a total of 2 yards of fabric from this beautiful line from Moda for Winner #1. Winner #2 will win 2 Halloween Night charm packs which have at least one of each of the fabrics in this line in 5" x 5" pre-cut squares! Let me repeat that each winner must include their email address on the entry so that I can contact them about winning. Maybe you can get your Halloween sewing projects done before Halloween (unlike me)! I'm going to try to do better this year!

Winners of our last giveaway for Rural Jardin fabric are In My Head Studios and Shirley Clark! Congrats to both winners!

Here are the rules for our Giveaway: It’s kind of like “Find Waldo” but you will be looking for a photo of our owner, Jason, in one of the listings for Halloween Night fabric listed in our Etsy shop. We call our contest “Find Jaso”!

FIRST: Go to our Etsy store (just click on the link above). SECOND: Look for the Halloween Night fabrics. There are just a few listings that feature Halloween Night fabric in the Etsy shop. Jaso’s picture could be hiding in any of them! THIRD: Leave a comment on this blog entry and tell me the fabric listing in which you found Jason’s picture. Easy-peasy and you will be entered to win! Comments will not be shown on the blog until after the contest is over but you will be entered. Winner will be announced on Monday, July 19th! Be sure to leave your email address on the entry so that I can notify you if you win! Because of issues with my email which will have to be sorted out by Jason next time he is here, I cannot access your email from the web.

If you Twitter about our contest and and put the link in a comment, you get an extra entry. If you blog about our contest, just put the link in a comment and you will get 2 extra entries. Let me know you are a follower and you will also get another entry. The winners are chosen at random by www.random.org. Let me know if you have any questions and GOOD LUCK!