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

Got Voile? A commentary, sort of.

In fact, do you even know what the heck voile is? According to Wiktionary and Wikipedia:

Voile (noun) Pronounced "voy-el": 1. A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curatins and dresses, from the French term which means veil. 

Does that help? Here is what I consider to be a wonderful example of using voile to make a beautiful top:

From the Noodlehead Blog

Isn't that top just beautiful? And who would ever guess that she just used a Simplicity pattern! Not me, that's for sure. When I first saw voile, it was introduced back in October at the Fall Quilt Market, I didn't really understand what it was. Regina (the other crafty girl) recognized it right away as a great light weight fabric for making clothes, curtains, maybe pillows, but most likely NOT quilts. (She started out making clothes before she got into quilting anyway.) This was a little confusing to me, I mean we were at QUILT market, but this was a new trend starting in October that is now super popular. Well, it makes more sense now since the temperatures are rising (every day) and the idea of making light weight tops is super appealing. SO, long story short, Crafty Girls Workshop is jumping on the voile bandwagon and planning to order some which will arrive VERY SOON! If you visit this link to see some of the options and want to add your input about which ones you like the best, please feel free! I have a few in mind already but I'd love to hear your opinion too.

Happy Stitches,

Anna