tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30147214173559924292009-07-14T09:42:32.549+01:00Catch up on all the latest news at The Crafty QuilterJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-81243265649355821672009-07-14T09:40:00.002+01:002009-07-14T09:42:32.558+01:00

I'm soooo excited.......big news is on the horizon.......Watch this space for more details

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-56052325879539014472009-06-30T13:55:00.005+01:002009-06-30T14:27:56.148+01:00

I have just uploaded the fabrics I picked up from Robert Kaufman yesterday at their Open House. Steve and I have a great day picking fabrics off the shelves, had some nice food and managed to avoid getting stuck on the M25.I picked up some great background landscape prints like this treescape print which are available at £9.60 a metre.Steve was allowed to pick some fabrics of his own ;-) so there

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-61016353779399604602009-06-02T11:04:00.003+01:002009-06-02T11:10:34.330+01:00

The Willow fabrics by McKenna Ryan are now up on the website. These lovely gentle fabrics are so useful as they are multi-toned which means you can create different colour results by using different parts of the fabrics. They are priced at £11.50 a metre and will also be featured in the new products section of the next issue of Fabrications magazine. I will be working on uploading the new King

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-68918697780067184422009-05-29T11:18:00.004+01:002009-05-29T11:22:03.584+01:00

I've just signed up to twitter so if you want to follow me and receive short news updates on whats new at The Crafty Quilter then visit http://www.twitter.com/crafty_quilter Ok back to photographing the Willow fabrics!

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Its been quite a hectic few weeks......what with getting ready for Quilts UK in Malvern, working at the show itself and then babysitting my nephews for a week......it will be nice to get down to some home-based work for a bit! I am hoping to catch up all on the website stuff that needs to be uploaded:the Willow collection from McKenna Ryan has been selling well at the last couple of shows. The

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-78174447124494054552009-04-30T13:26:00.004+01:002009-04-30T13:31:07.446+01:00

I am excited to let you know that I have just taken delivery of 21 new King Tut colours, in addition to the four new colours that were released about 18 months ago. This is a picture of the colours which as you can see are quite muted but fill a lot of gaps in the existing range.I'm not sure if I will have time to get them up on the website before Quilts UK in Malvern in 10 days time......but

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-88612740870368937422009-03-04T13:57:00.005Z2009-03-04T14:09:10.815Z

After a busy couple of weeks I have now managed to upload these fabrics to the website. There are two colourways; coral and mauve.I have also made a couple of quick quilts using fabrics from the collection. The first makes use of the full fabric width design and is VERY quick and simple to make.The second quilt is the same pattern as the Spring Hill wall hanging. The large-scale hollyhock print

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-74288495389483690492009-02-11T17:12:00.004Z2009-02-11T17:18:32.533Z

This is a really heavenly new collection from Northcott and I'm really excited about it.......and its just arrived in stock! The main fabric is a full width pattern featuring tall hollyhocks. and there are some great co-ordinating fabrics too. I can't wait to create some quilt patterns for you to download.I should get the fabrics up on the website in a couple of weeks after I have been to

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-71460880274549752322009-01-16T16:17:00.003Z2009-01-16T16:30:12.097Z

Well I almost managed to get the remaining new fabrics uploaded before getting Thomas from school but they are up on the site now; some fun bug fabrics, a couple of useful stripes and the cutest panda panel strips. But oops...I got the price wrong on the Spring Hill wall hanging kit - it should have been £8.50 not £7.75 as I previously posted.Hopefully, the next delivery will include Willow

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-18526851921797399022009-01-16T13:51:00.002Z2009-01-16T13:57:06.103Z

Wow I am doing well.....I have just uploaded the free Spring Hill pattern that you can download and have also put the kits for sale in the online store. These are priced at £7.75. This project is a great simple quilt that is quick to make so if you know someone who is new to the world of quilting or want to make something at short notice for a friend then this is the quilt for you! Now, I might

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-12237715295999661412009-01-15T16:08:00.007Z2009-01-15T16:17:11.731Z

I have just uploaded the fabrics that arrived last week. They were from the Spring Hill collection from Robert Kaufman and feature a fantastic poppy print. The fabric here is from the vintage colourway. The other colours available are the traditional red poppyand the third colour way is called natural. There are three co-ordinating prints too. I have made a quick wall hanging in this natural

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-67260469498706129142009-01-12T14:32:00.002Z2009-01-12T14:40:02.507Z

I've just uploaded the swatch sheet for the fabrics that were delivered in October.....oops a few months late!.....so you can now download the fabric swatches from the Natures Palette collection and the Serendipity Butterflies collection both from Lyndhurst Studio. I had a delivery of new fabrics last week so will hopefully get those ready to up on the website very shortly (fingers crossed)

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-11073137770210592962009-01-02T17:04:00.002Z2009-01-02T17:11:29.402Z

Happy New Year! Ok, I know its the 2nd January. Im just taking a quick break from cutting fabric to let you know that my sale started online yesterday and will continue until Saturday 10 January. There are loads of fabrics for sale all at the fantastic price of £4.00 a metre which is more than 50% off in some cases. Postage is a flat rate of £2.25 per order. So if you are looking to increase the

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-40815675695607970762008-12-30T15:48:00.005Z2008-12-30T16:02:33.311Z

I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas......and that you have finally finished the turkey! I've had the day to myself today so have managed to get loads done so far. Thomas is spending the week with his Dad as he has finally decided he wants to have some contact with him. And whilst I miss Thomas when he's not here, its great to be able to finally get down to some work on the website which

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-26718168558894885452008-11-27T11:59:00.005Z2008-11-27T12:11:26.547Z

I had the day all to myself on Saturday as Thomas went on a visit to the Science Musuem with his new Beaver Scouts pack and was out all day!! We both had a great day......!! I made this quilt using fabrics from the Le Spring Bouquet collection using one of the centre panels and the strip fabric and some of the tonal floral prints. I have just finished writing up the instructions on how to make it

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-3838057089601471762008-11-20T12:02:00.007Z2008-11-20T12:24:13.158Z

I have just uploaded the fabrics from the latest delivery. There are two collections both from Lyndhurst Studio which is a division of Northcott Monarch.The first collection is called Nature's Pallette and I have all six colours of these fantastic colour changing prints.The second collection is called Serendipity Butterfly which is a pastel colour range of butterfly strips and co-ordinating

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-83495144329083671872008-09-25T14:28:00.002+01:002008-09-25T14:44:46.085+01:00

The entries for this year's challenge have just been judged and I have posted the results to the website There were six entries this year and joint winners were Annie Harris from Southampton and Herma de Ruiter from the Netherlands. I already have the fabric in stock for next year's challenge and will be uploading the fabrics to the website hopefully next month so you all have plenty of time to

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I have just made the peacock feather prints that were used for this year's Quiltette Challenge available for sale by the metre on the website now that the closing date for the challenge has passed.The challenge quilts will be judged shortly and the results posted to the website as usual.As you can see from the fabric picture above I am now photographing the fabrics alongside a tape measure so you

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-17532945212821045872008-08-27T15:23:00.003+01:002008-08-27T15:25:57.769+01:00

Just a quicky as I am having to cope without an internet connection at the moment. I have just uploaded the Le Spring Bouquet collection to the website. This was the floral collection with the large centre panel I posted the other week.I'm working on a couple of quilts from this collection as I type so ttfn!

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-11970564415315101022008-08-13T22:04:00.005+01:002008-08-13T22:15:44.250+01:00

Well I've finally managed to get online in my hotel. I think because my room is at the end of a long corridor I'm too far away from the main hub and so my signal strength is very poor and I keep losing it so I'm typing this quickly while I can!!Today has been setting up day at the show. We drove through torrential rain to get here but it was dry when we arrived and we finished unloading just as

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-70978444698274134132008-08-12T17:12:00.016+01:002008-08-12T17:38:32.256+01:00

Well the cutting has been done and the van is packed and I'm all ready to go to the NEC in Birmingham for the Festival of Quilts which is probably now the biggest show in Europe. But as I will hopefully show you tomorrow there is still a lot of hard work to be done before the show opens on Thursday at 10am!I have just had a couple of small deliveries arrive just in time for the show; a new fabric

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-13957683514463807582008-05-14T12:59:00.002+01:002008-05-14T13:02:58.512+01:00

April's swatch sheet is now available for you to download.Quilts UK in Malvern is almost upon us. I will be there for all four days so do stop by and say hello if you're visiting the show!

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-92054930196431907862008-05-01T14:08:00.003+01:002008-05-01T14:14:21.569+01:00

I have just added some fantastic floral fabrics from the Flower Mart collection from Benartex to the site together with a great poinsettia panel and a shaded stripe fabric from Northcott Monarch.I am in the middle of making a quick quilt with this stripe fabric and hope to create something using the Flower Mart fabrics after that so watch this space....April's swatch sheet will be available for

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-34341693348507655782008-04-15T13:55:00.002+01:002008-04-15T14:01:13.837+01:00

No new products but I have been busy creating some new web pages on the site so that you can see the shade cards for the fantastic King Tut and Masterpiece threads.March's swatch sheet is available for download from the site now as is a FREE shopping bag pattern which can be made from 1/2m of fabric so you can do your bit and help save the environment the Crafty way

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-28796955883676085972008-03-13T09:30:00.002Z2008-03-13T09:44:26.885Z

This a a close up shot of a new quilt that will be on display at Chilford this weekend. For those of you not going to the show it will be available for download from the website next week so if you can't wait that long you will need to visit the show which is in the village of Linton south east of Cambridge. The quilt uses the wonderful Wave fabrics and is very quick and easy to make - I made it

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