tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30147214173559924292008-09-25T14:44:46.061+01:00Catch up on all the latest news at The Crafty QuilterJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag: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.comtag: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.comtag: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.comtag: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

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag: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.comtag: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.comtag: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.comtag: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

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-92125498268466167682008-03-12T13:38:00.002Z2008-03-12T13:49:25.592Z

This is a very quick quilt I made the other week using the graded pebble fabrics I have in stock. You can download the instructions to make it here. I hope that link works! Kits to make the quilt are available from the website as are the instructions if that link isn't right!!A lot of the quick quilts I have designed recently are very linear but I think its quite an ffective way of using

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-91352022728991151952008-03-11T12:00:00.004Z2008-03-11T12:07:24.771Z

February's swatch sheet is now available for you to download. I have also put on the website some more pearl pastel fabrics from Hoffman. The pink pearl crackle which is one of the UK Hoffman Challenge fabrics sold out so quickly that I now have in stock a further 6 colours in this useful print.

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-54705846524059577762008-02-28T13:56:00.007Z2008-02-28T14:05:18.490Z

I have just uploaded the rest of the fabrics from the Hoffman delivery last week. There were two collections, a useful tonal print from the At Home in the Woods collection designed by McKenna Ryan and a feather print from the Gypsy Princess collection. These fabrics have a new pearl frosting to them. Visit the website to order

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-17399427401601124672008-02-25T14:26:00.004Z2008-02-25T14:37:34.001Z

I have now received the fabrics I will be using for this year's challenge. They are a wonderfully rich peacock feather print with co-ordinating bali print. There are four colourways to choose from: blue, lilac, pink and jade. Visit the website to take a look at the rules and also for ordering the packs. The closing date for entries is the end of August as usual.

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-34695679743529669422008-02-21T13:35:00.002Z2008-02-21T13:46:24.265Z

The fabrics for the UK Hoffman Challenge are now in stock. The theme for this year's challenge is a Fusion of Fuschias and all four of the fabrics must be used. I have put together some bundles containing a half metre of the fuschia fabric and fat quarters of the remaining three fabrics. All four fabrics are also available by the metre. Visit the website for more details.

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-85172501641266723312008-02-18T11:40:00.002Z2008-02-18T11:51:22.009Z

These are four new king Tut colours which I now have in stock - apparently more are in the pipeline! The bottom two reels reflect current fabric trends in America; dusky pinks and browns and teal blues and browns.If you haven't tried this wonderful thread yet, where have you been the last few years?! The King Tut thread is a 40wt extra long staple cotton thread that can be used for hand and

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-87456560559376011052008-02-12T13:20:00.001Z2008-02-12T13:42:18.209Z

After my last posting I thought maybe you would like to see the little angel who will be taking over the business when I die..... This is Thomas doing his first show and tell and Quiltfest in Llangollen at the weekend. He has just made his first block, more of which below and this lady also had some 9 patch blocks with her for colour matching so they had fun showing each other their work. He made

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-90447332455533360752008-02-06T13:40:00.000Z2008-02-06T13:49:54.666Z

I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or be incredibly happy at something my six year old son, Thomas, said to me yesterday. In all seriousness he said that when I die he wants to be The Crafty Quilter because he can sew and is very arty. Is that sweet or not?!Saying that though, he has already helped out at the quilt shows a couple of times and is well known by all the other traders. He likes

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-63675801369284847702008-01-08T13:24:00.001Z2008-01-08T13:43:09.430Z

So one of my New Year resolutions is to try and post to the blog more regularly! At the moment I am in the middle of my web fabric sale. There are just a few days left to grab a bargain of fabric at £4 a metre, a saving of more than 50% in many cases!! So check out the website to see what great fabrics are still left. The quilt you can see here is an adaptation of a quilt you can see on Blank

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-27669509037076907662007-11-07T11:15:00.000Z2007-11-07T11:25:58.010Z

I made this quilt in a matter of hours from some new fabrics I picked up from Hoffman. The collection is called Naturescapes and I have just uploaded the pdf file for you to download the pattern for free. As usual kits are available to order through the website to make the quilt. Im just getting ready for the last quilt show of the year at Chilford Halls near Cambridge. It has been a busy few

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-42203993739170689502007-10-04T12:58:00.000+01:002007-10-04T13:29:52.509+01:00

I have just designed a new web page which features FREE patterns for you to download. The quilts use fabrics currently in stock and I have also put some kits together for you. The intructions are in .pdf format so you should have no trouble accessing them. New patterns will appear regularly as and when I take delivery of new fabrics. The quilts will usually be straight forward and suitable for

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-87234824378369297812007-09-13T16:03:00.000+01:002007-09-13T16:14:09.309+01:00

I have finally finished this year's block of the month quilt, Grannie's Butterflies. I say almost finished because I need to add some flowers for the butterflies but you can get the gist of what the quilt looks like from this picture. The full details of the block of the month programme can be found on the site at http://www.craftyquilter.co.uk/bom.htm where you can also sign up online

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-61241254072395935412007-08-25T14:33:00.000+01:002007-08-25T14:43:02.566+01:00

I've tried to be busy since returning from the Festival of Quilts and have made this quilt using the wonderful Wave fabrics that I have in stock. It is another quick quilt to make in my Afternoon Tea quilt series. I am just writing the instructions to make it now but thought you would like a sneak preview of it. I am hoping to make the instructions available in a pdf format for you to download

Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819965343536485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014721417355992429.post-74428203889188582562007-08-21T14:59:00.000+01:002007-08-21T15:15:49.725+01:00

Welcome to my first blog post!! This is where you can now find out all the latest news, products and happenings at The Crafty Quilter. I run a web-based quilt shop in England and also travel to quilt shows around the UK and northern Europe. Ordering is very easy through my easy-to-use secure website. I have just returned from the Festival of Quilts at the NEC in Birmingham which is probably the

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