Baskets, Baskets, Everywhere!
Okay ladies (and gents), step right up, step right up, don't be shy, we've got a new Sampler in town that's gonna make your hearts fly! Starting in January, (which is just around the corner - crazy, I know!) we're starting a new program here at Sew Inspired. It's a combination block-of-the-month/demo/club type of thing, and we're really excited about it. Here's the deal. On the second Saturday of each month, come to the shop (choose either the 9AM or 10:30AM session) and hang out while you find out what that month's block looks like, and any tips or tricks we might have for piecing it. The first session is January 9th, and the fabric and pattern for the block costs just $6.
Now, the fun part comes in. Make sure to keep up the good work, and come to each successive gathering, bringing with you your completed block from the previous month, and your next month's fabric and pattern is FREE! That's right, flat out FREE. If you can manage to get yourselves and your finished baskets to the shop each month (and we truly hope you do), come December you'll have made twelve 10" blocks for just $6. And, to make things even better, you can choose between two color ways: batiks and reproductions. What's not to love?
Of course, you knew there was going to be some small print to this program, but since my eyes are probably just as bad as yours, I won't actually make the print any smaller. Here are the rules:
- Come January 9th and pay $6 to receive your first block.
- Each successive month you must come in person to a scheduled session and bring the prior month's completed block to receive that month's block for free.
- If you miss a month, you can "catch up" by purchasing that month's block for $6.
- Whew. That's it. No more rules! I'm glad, aren't you?
Fabric packs will be available for the smaller basket blocks, as well as for sashing, setting triangles, and borders. Both colorways will be super scrappy, so there's bound to be something for everyone.
So, now that we've settled that, I think it's time you signed up. What do you think?
Picture this: "'Twas the night before Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/Solstice, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring", except for, of course, our last minute quilters! Does this ring a bell? You start off the season with great intentions: getting those gifts completed with time to spare so there are no midnight sessions at the sewing machine, or sitting up to finish the last of the bindings. However, as usual, life happens: the cat needs to go to the vet, the toilet starts leaking, you know - life. And where does that leave you? With tons of last minute sewing, that's where!
Have you heard of Gee's Bend? Gee's Bend is a town in central Alabama where quilting must run in the water. Women there have been producing distinctive quilts for over six generations. The quilts are a mix of sophisticated color mastery and imaginitive yet simple geometric foundations which, since the town's "discovery" by the outside world, have been on display in major art museums around the country, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.
- with Big Fork Bay Cotton Company