Giveaway Winners

Congrats to Estee and Jenny who have won the giveaway!! 

Thanks to everyone who entered, what amazing resolutions you all have they were very inspiring to read each one. I guess now that you've written them down you have to do them! I'll be sure to check in again in six months to see your progress.

IN THE SHOP:

There are some NEW fabrics listed in the shop as well as new classes AND new charm packs!!

Have a great Tuesday!

Happy Stitches,
Anna

New to the Shop

There are SOOO many new fabrics and patterns that just arrived this week now available in the shop! I just can't wait to make up some sample napkins and placemats with this CUTE fabric:

 

and a little bit of this orange and yellow plaid to go for the binding or accent is perfect.

Happy Stitches,

Anna

Coming Soon...Fabric, Patterns and Kits OH MY!

Stay tuned for fabulous pictures of fabrics, patterns and kits that are soon to arrive (if they haven't already). New items are being added almost daily to the site. We're anxiously awaiting the NEW fabrics I ordered at quilt market but until then, stop by the shop and grab some GREAT deals on MODA! Oh, and if you would like to get coupons in your e-mail, sign up for the newsletter OR if you want to get my beautiful bloggy posts in your e-mail sign up for the blog feed! I just added that today and I'm SEW proud of myself! Also, a special announcement coming soon... (might involve a giveaway or two, or three)

Happy Stitches,
Anna

P.S. If you're out there and want to say HI! Please feel free, I LOVE reader comments! Why not tell me what's going on in YOUR quilty life right now? It's nice to know I'm not just talking to an Internet wall.

Origins by Basic Grey Now in Stock!

Origins by Basic Grey

Here it is! It's so pretty and yummy! I can't wait to think of all the fabulous projects I could make with these beautiful and earthy fabrics! I do also have the precuts, Charms (5" squares), Jelly Rolls (2 1/2" strips), and Layer Cakes (10" squares) in stock right now! And check out this new pattern on Moda Bake Shop using Origins Jelly Rolls (it is Jelly Roll Madness Month, don't forget!)

Organic Style Pattern on MBS

I hope you'll go check out the FREE pattern (there is a link to download the PDF at the bottom of the tutorial) and stop by my shop to get the supplies you need! We will ship your order on the next business day or same day if received before 2:00pm CST!

BONUS: Use coupon code JR10 for a 10% discount from your ENTIRE ORDER!!

Happy Stitches,
Anna

Fat Quarterly Quilt Along! and New Fabrics from Bliss and Origins

You know my favorite blog Fat Quarterly? Well I signed up for their blog feed so whenever they post new content it goes straight to my e-mail box, and it turns out they are going to have a quilt along in September! Yippee! The bestest part is that it uses a JELLY ROLL and I just finished listing some Brand new jelly rolls from Bliss last night. Yep, YOU can get yours Right now and be all ready to start the quilt along in September. Click the FQ badge to see the details of the Quilt Along.



Then, go visit my SHOP to see all the new JRs that are in or coming in, most likely TODAY including Fandango and Origins! Oh and I just got 4 new Bolts of Origins that are just BEAUTIFUL in the green (they call it kelp) color group.

Aren't these fabrics awesome? Totally in the Crafty Girls Workshop signature colors of aqua and red too! I hope you'll stop by and grab a jelly roll to join in the fun! Or if you already have one or two laying around that's cool too. They do give the option of using fat quarters as well. I hope you'll comment here if you plan to join the Quilt Along. I'd love to know you're joining the fun!

Happy Stitches,

Anna

Voile by Anna Maria Horner and Valori Wells

                                                              Meadow Baby Bouquet

                                                                Sweet Baby Bouquet 

                                                               Nest Leaves Turquoise

These pretty 54" wide cotton voiles have arrived! We have at least 15 yards of each and they are sooo beautiful! The two on the left are from Anna Maria Horner's Little Folks lines and the beauty on the right is from NEST by Valori Wells. Both of these designers have hit a home run with their cotton designs and having the voile option is a special bonus! These are absolutely perfect for making into some nice cool tops for the HOT Texas summers we have here. I'm sure they'd be great for skirts and other lovely projects. I love how Michelle Webster from Keyka Lou describes them as a more affordable version of the Liberty of London fabrics! Thanks for the shout out today about our Girly Girl Fabric too Michelle! More to come soon! (By the way, you can click on the link below the pictures to go STRAIGHT to our website to purchase the fabrics. Don't forget that if you have that 10% coupon from the June newsletter you can still use it until June 30!)

Happy Stitches,

Anna and Regina

Crafty Girls Workshop

Crisis Averted, Please Return to your Regularly Scheduled Shopping

Wow, this is what it feels like panic when you realize that your SHOPPING CART SOFTWARE is DOWN! We were wondering why we hadn't had any orders in TWO DAYS. Lately, that's pretty unusual. Well, I chalked it up to the Easter Holiday weekend. Perhaps people are too busy with their families to shop for fabric right now. Totally understandable. Then tonight, I was listing some AMAZING new fabric bundles we've created (I had loads of fun taking pictures yesterday) and I decided to test the shopping cart, but it wouldn't load! PANIC! Long story short, somehow I read a forum post that explained how to change the address and it corrected the problem. I felt a little better knowing it wasn't JUST my site that was down, it was happening to all 20,000 of the users of Mal's e-commerce. Note to self, if something seems unusual, it probably is an indicator that something is not RIGHT. OK, so our store is working now, please return to your regularly scheduled shopping. And would you like to see some fabric eye candy?? (I hope I don't get spammed for that)

Martinique Bundle Full and Half Yard Cuts

Michael Miller High Tea Bundle Full and Half Yard Cuts

There is sooo much more listed on our web store AND on Etsy. Happy Shopping and Happy Easter!!

Anna

A funny thing happened on the way to my sewing room...

I stopped off in my computer room and got sucked into the Blogosphere!!! And while I was there I also listed the NEW fabric that is arriving tomorrow. So, you can go and check it out on our webstore and order it tonight and the minute it arrives tomorrow, we'll cut it and ship it out to you! It's called Make Life by Sweetwater (produced by Moda). Now, this fabric sort of resembles scrapbook paper because Sweetwater has also designed images for scrapbooking. The funny thing I'm noticing lately is that people who enjoy one usually enjoy the other. They are both creative outlets and I LOVE buying those big stacks of various papers because they coordinate, and when I need to make a quick card for someone, I can just pick a couple of coordinating prints -- I mean papers and whip out a card right away. Sort of like buying a layer cake! Oh, but I digress, look at how CUTE these new fabrics are! (click picture to visit shop)

See the one down in the bottom right hand corner? I LOVE that fabric, it has such cute phrases all over it, things that you can add to the end of the phrase "Make Life..." The name of that fabric is Make Life Silly! Isn't that great!? The blue texture fabric in the middle of the bottom would be perfect made into some cool cotton tops for spring, such as the classic shirt pattern by Favorite Things.

I totally love this pattern and I don't know about where y'all live, but Spring has SPRUNG here, because it has been above 80 degrees the last two days!! Oh, and wouldn't this look cute in that solid blue with a little of the Make Life Bloom (bottom left side) on the cuff or flare of the sleeve? Oh, I think I might have to steal this pattern. Better get one before I get it! By the way, if you hop over to the webstore right now, you'll see on the front page the newly listed items and those include FREEBIRD charm packs!! Yes, they are in and they are REALLY making me anxious for our coordinating bolts arriving next month. Well, that's the shop update for today. I'm going to try to make my way back to my sewing room now. Anyone else get distracted on their way to go and sew something?

Happy Stitches to You,

Anna

Friday Webstore Feature and FABRIC!

Since it's Friday, I thought it would be a great time to point out another cool feature on our webstore. On any page, you can see a group of links on the left sidebar. The top is the Shopping links, which are categories for your shopping ease. The section under that is called "about" and this is where you can find some info about the Crafty Girls. You can click on the About link and read about Regina and me and what inspired us to start up Crafty Girls. The Events link will take you to a calendar and if you live in the San Antonio, TX area, you'll see any scheduled events we have planned for a particular month. The Contact link will take you to a form where you can send us an e-mail if you have any questions about our products or anythying. The Catalog is another way to search the webstore. The last two features are pretty pretty cool, I think. We have one called Web Site Links. This is where you'll find a link to join our e-mail newsletter, participate in our Crafty Girls photo sharing group, visit the blog, or even link to the sites of some of the designers of patterns in our shop. The last link is called Guest Book, which may be self explanatory, but I think it's a neat way to let us know you visited and add some input about our webstore (it's still growing and changing). We'd love to know where our webstore visitors are coming from. It may just be the computer geek in me but I feel these are features that make our webstore more personal for our visitors and customers. Something we didn't have as much of on the Etsy shop.

Now for something you'll REALLY like, FABRIC! Yes, Spring is approaching and that means we're getting some beautiful spring color fabrics in. Have you seen the Verna fabrics we've recently listed?

Wouldn't these make into some adorable little girl dresses or cute tote bags for SPRING!? It's time to get a jump start on those spring projects. Tell Mr. Groundhog that you aren't going to accept his assessment that Spring is not here yet and make this REALLY cute vintage jumper, perfect for Easter.

I've heard really good reviews of patterns from the Favorite Things line and I think this would be a perfect beginner project. I wish I had a little girl to make it for! Well, I hope I gave you something to think about for the weekend (and maybe grab one for a future project.) You can click any of the photos above to visit the listing in our webstore or just click the link. Thanks for visiting! I'll be linking this on a couple of linky parties today.

Have a great weekend!
Happy stitches,
Anna