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Team ESST SlideShow by RunswithScissors4

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New Fabrics and Notions

Wow! It is September 2nd and 48 degrees this am in Virginia!! Feels like fall already.

And the fabrics for fall projects are gorgeous! We have new Halloween fabrics from Northcott as well as the gorgeous winter collection-Sherri Berry Holiday!

I sure got the sewing bug! We are working on turning some great Cherry House patterns into kits with the new fabrics.

Be sure and check the website for our new items.

And once again my mind wanders to the kits and patterns realm. Seems some quilters think that a quilt pattern must be done in the colorway on the pattern! What a limitation-changing the colorways or print scales on a pattern may completely rejuvenate a long loved pattern.

We love to take a pattern and turn it around with completely different fabrics. Quilting patterns are no different from sewing patterns in that-you wouldn't only make your skirt out of the one fabric shown on the pattern-the same is true with quilts! Open your mind and you'll find "new" patterns in your favorite pattern stash.

Be sure and visit Etsy for all of your crafting supply needs!

Check out Etsy for the fantastic "Yart" Sale beginning June 10th!

Search for "yart" items! Find great values on super crafting items!

***“I am participating in the Yart Sale on Etsy sponsored by Team ESST." ***
BETWEEN Wednesday June 10th-Sunday June 14th, 2009
For more info and details, check out the Etsy Storque article from a fellow team member :
http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/ya-gotta-yart-4049/#comment-112846

Fabric Trends

It is nearly Summer already and I find myself contemplating the never ending search for new fabrics. I have been drawn to more and more of the contemporary fabric designs of late and was beginning to think I had really grown weary of the "traditional". I was wrong.

I began to make some curtains for my soon to arrive first granddaughter's room and I had an epiphany.

Her curtains began with a modern print and something just didn't "feel" right. So I added a more traditional little flounce at the bottom and they were perfect!

I don't think I need to take the shop in just one direction with our fabric choices. We can blend the more modern and the traditional fabrics with great success. I knew that, but had somehow forgotten.

I am so grateful I was reminded!

So mix and match and create to your hearts content. Don't get caught up in just one mode!

Happy Quilting!