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

September: Jelly Roll Madness Month at Crafty Girls Workshop

I know it's a couple of days early, but if you happen to be like me you probably appreciate a couple days advance noticed on things. Yep, it's true, I am officially declaring September to be Jelly Roll Madness Month!! That means that all month long I'm going to search out posts around blog land to find great projects and ideas to make using jelly rolls! Mostly this was inspired by the

Fat Quarterly blog's Jelly Roll Quilt Along

and then I saw the CUTE tutorial by Sarah B on Moda Bake Shop for making that

AWESOME Pleated Skirt (plus BONUS applique!)

and of course I just LOVE the

Random Reflections Quilt on MBS (Fandango JR plus a Bella Snow JR).

So right there are THREE great projects to make using a jelly roll! Would you like to play along with all the JR Madness fun? If so, use the cute badge I created to post a link to this post and share your great ideas for JR Madness! You can use the BIG picture I have at the top of this post (please link back here to to my shop) or use this cute smaller one I whipped up. Just right-click and choose Save Picture As... then paste it into a blog post or on your sidebar and link it back here to http://blog.craftygirlsworkshop.com/

I'd LOVE to see what YOU can make with a Jelly Roll!

Also, check out the Jelly Roll page of the Moda Bake Shop blog, this is an index of ALL their posts using just jelly rolls! At the end of JR Madness Month I plan to add a permanent link to all the posts about Jelly Rolls in a new tab at the top of this blog. I want it to be super easy for you to decide what to do with your precut fabrics.

Happy Stitches,
Anna

Moda Bake Shop Random Reflections Tutorial

I'm sooo excited to announce that there is a new pattern designer on Moda Bake Shop! Her name is Karrie Lyne and she's fun and fresh and has the cutest blog ever! How could anyone resist a blog called Freckled Whimsy!? Check out this adorable and fun, modern, fresh quilt she has a tutorial for on Moda Bake Shop:

She used the highly anticipated Fandango line (a jelly roll) PLUS one of those AWESOME solid jelly rolls of Bella Solid Snow (we have those too!) Very very soon, when we get these precuts in, we will have a KIT of the supplies for this AWESOME quilt available in our shop! But if you can't wait, check out the tutorial now and remember that these quilts are SO incredibly versatile because they can be made with ANY jelly roll and coordinating yardage. That's the best part about Moda Bake Shop! I know, we LOVE the Fandango line (thanks Kate Spain!) but it's not ready to come out of the oven, so to speak, so we have to be patient. But while you wait for Fandango why not visit our shop and gather some other precuts or coordinating yardage and whip one of these babies up in the mean time? Maybe it could be a practice quilt. Think about making it out of a 12 Days of Christmas Jelly roll plus some of that Bella White Bleached yardage we have, we also have three bolts of coordinating yardage for 12 Days! OR, if you'd like to PRE ORDER the supplies for the FANDANGO Random Reflections Kit, please just drop me a line, you can click the Contact Us link on the webstore or e-mail me to let me know. I'll send you a pay pal invoice for a deposit on the supplies and when they arrive we'll bill you the rest and send them out. We have a seriously limited number of Jelly Rolls from Fandango on order (about 4 actually) so if you want them, you might want to reserve your kit ASAP.

If you would prefer to do a different quilt, and something more mysterious, why not join in with Karrie's Charm Pack Quilt Along? This is how I found her in the first place actually. I saw the adorable badge for the CPQA on another blog, and given my love of charm packs, of course I clicked it. Well, then I realized that we have ALL the supplies for the CPQA in our shop and I offerred Karrie's readers and quilt along-ers a little incentive to order said supplies from the shop. I guess you'll just have to go check out her post to see what it was. You can certainly take advantage of that incentive as well if you wish. I know I just can't wait to see how the quilts turn out!

Well, that's about all I have for today's post. I hope you'll have fun visiting Karrie and tell her I sent ya over. We have some more kits and exciting things planned for the future so this won't be the last time you hear about her on my blog. Until next time.

Happy Stitches,
Anna

The Calm Before the Market!

I think Friday is the official start of Quilt Market but if you check out those designer's blogs you'll get some sneak peeks into their new fabric lines. I've tried to put them all in one easy to find place for you over there in the left sidebar. But I really wanted to shout out about something new I just discovered.

http://delishmag.com/

Check out this totally COOL and as far as I can tell, FREE magazines for hip, modern women! I love that their tag line is "Live like you mean it." How appropriate is that!? And do you know how I found out about them? Somehow they decided to follow little ol' Crafty Girls Workshop on Twitter! It turns out that the editer of this e-zine happens to enjoy sewing and quilting! Go figure! Well, this is such an awesome zine that I can tell it's going to be a super big hit! I highly recommend you check it out and be sure you have some coffee (or tea or your beverage of choice) and a long quiet block of time because you'll get lost in the beautifully laid out pages and well written articles. This magazine has substance, really! So, please check it out and I hope you'll tell your friends. Hey, it's free! What do you have to lose?

In other news, I've been adjusting to my second full week at my new job and have noticed that my free time for sewing has been dramatically reduced! I used to spend the week keeping up the house and working on the shop and then found time in the evenings and weekend to sew but now my evenings are almost gone by the time I get home and my weekends have been spent playing housekeeping catch up. Does that sound familiar to anyone? We still have a 10% discount going on ALL Meadowsweet until the end of May, as well as the Buy One Get One 1/2 Price special on select charm packs. We still have Aster Manor and Boutique, which happen to be my favorites, so better grab some before I do! Just a note, be sure to check out the New Items link on the sidebar of our web store. This is where the MOST recently listed items will show up. We have some CUTE new patterns and a new book by Sandi Henderson! OK, I think that's enough of a plug for the shop now. I have to get to bed!

Happy Stitches,

Anna

New Patterns Available!

We just received a GIANT order of patterns and I finally got them ALL listed in our shop! Go check them out and while you're there, consider one of those pillowcase kits. We've also restocked some patterns that SOLD OUT such as the Britches and Bloomers and the Reversible Pleated Top. Spring is the time to sew and we've got the patterns and fabrics to make some CUTE stuff!

A few of my personal favorites:

Baby Overalls (Boy or Girl!!)

FUNked Out Peasant Blouse

It's a Wrap Pillow Sleeves

Just click the pictures or the name below to go straight to the shop and order! I hope you have fun shopping!

Happy Stitches to You,

Anna