It's always new fabric time here at Quilt Play. Our most recently unpacked offerings include the richly textured solids from Blackbird Designs' Meadow collection in reds, blues, green, and neutrals. They coordinate beautifully with the cherries and dots from Brannock & Patek's Farmer's Market line. I see an apron, market tote, or wallhanging here.

The last couple weeks also brought us The Ghastlie Family Reunion in all their ghastlie glorious black, grey, mauve, and green. There is a pink from RJR's Once Upon a Time fabrics that just matches the cheeks of the Ghastlie children. Once Upon a Time is a mostly pink and grey set with a sweet woodland print for the modern baby girl or grownup.

Batiks! Hoffman blew me away by not only not being late, but by arriving on Monday, April 2, which means they actually shipped in March! Two dozen scrumptious batiks in colors like Coral Gables, Delft, Lupine, Hydrangea, Poppy, and Aspen.

Not to be outdone, Andover graced us with Jo Morton's Alexandria line, as well as a few bolts from Bridgeport. There are pink and blue almost pastels, red and black tiny checks, cheddar and green stripes, a wallpaper stripe, and many more from which to choose.

A bright spring/summer project could easily come together by combining Moda's Twirl, Maywood's Calypso, and Michael Miller's Ooh La la, and a gorgeous Asian quilt with richly detailed florals accented in gold may be conjured up by mixing Hoffman's Royal Gardens with Kaufman's Imperial Fusion.

For the Modern Quilter, we have solid charm squares and jelly rolls in single colors and assortments, as well as a handful of the new Michael Miller Couture Cottons and Moda Bella solids added to our table full of Kona solids.

BH & G's "All Small" magazine has been flying out the door. Stop in to see projects made from this varied assortment of patterns, from mini tote/gift bags to an appliqued baby quilt to a runner crafted from a bali pop.

Wooly Charms are here in just about every color of the rainbow and are great for applique or small projects like needle cases or pincushions. A tiny sampling of Cosmo embroidery floss has also taken up residence. For now we are focusing on reds and neutrals, but more colors may be added.

What did I tell you? MORE fabric came today before this was to be sent. From Japanese company Lecien, 10 bolts of Natalie Lymer's Woodland in aquas and reds with yellow and green accents. Adorable fairies and their little mushroom houses, just waiting to be made into something delightful!

 

 

The Christmas Celebration Tree Skirt/Tablecloth class has ONE opening. It need not be done in Holiday colors at all, and none of us can imagine cutting a hole in the middle for a tree once it has been painstakingly paper pieced, but that's Judy Niemeyer's name for her pattern! This class meets for three hours on three Saturdays: May 5, May 19, and June 2, from 12:30 - 3:30 each time. Registration is $70 and the pattern is $25 and includes all the pre-printed paper needed for one project.

 

Stop in to see us soon, and please bring a show and tell if you'd like! We love to see what you are doing with our fabric. By the time you get here, I'll probably have more new fabric to pick from...

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Quilt Play will be featuring two Judy Niemeyer paper piecing classes in the upcoming months.The classes will be taught by Jane Reents, whose beautiful samples are on display in the shop.

 

 

Last but not least, we have specialty fabrics for St. Patrick's projects and even a bolt of yellow Peeps! And sneaking in just under the wire, we have charm packs and layer cakes in the upcoming Fig Tree collection, California Girl, and bolts from Moda's Reunion.