Fabric Trends Winter 2011

Happy New Year, everyone - wishing you all a joyous and wonderful year!  I've been reading some wonderful blogs today with beautiful pictures of projects.  What great work everyone does!  (Wish I could show more of what I've worked on here, but that will have to wait a few months.)

Some of you have been kind enough to email me about my quilt in the Winter 2011 issue of Fabric Trends (fabirc doesn't ship until late Feburary), but to date I hadn't seen it.  Too impatient to wait for my copy to arrive in the mail, I picked up one from Barnes and Noble yesterday...

The people at Fabric Trends did such a nice job with the instructions.  They even showcased both color stories!  You can preorder a kit here, but the kits won't ship until late February/early March.  If you can't wait, Fat Quarter Shop, who will be kitting many of the Swiss Chocolate magazine quilts, just got in the entire line!

Mocha!

Chocolate!

And imagine my surprise to turn the magazine around and see an inset of the blue/periwinkle feature from Ambrosia on the back cover and this inside...

What a nice way to bring in a New Year.  Yesterday was a good day to shop for other reasons too.  I visited two quilt stores.  The first, The Quilt Patch, in Fairfax City, Virginia, has an amazing selection of rulers, templates, and threads.  I picked up some circle and hexagon templates.  Can't wait to use them!

The second quilt shop I visited, The Artful Quilter, in Burke, Virginia, has a lovely selection of fabric lines with a modern vibe. 

Look at this zipper display.  I was/still am salivating.

Hope you are enjoying the holidays!

Amanda

Sew Much Fun!

Yesterday we paid a visit to "Sew Much Fun" , a fantastic fabric store in Gastonia North Carolina.  If you are ever in the area you must go.  They have a huge selection of patterns, fantastic machines and notions, and miles and miles of beautiful quilting fabric. 

They had a display of Robert Kaufman's Dr. Suess "Cat in the Hat Fabric".  I love the panel print - it would make a quick, easy, and colorful baby quilt.

Am I the only one who salivates at the sight of ricrac and ruffled trim?

We found this great little deep-brown pom-pom trim, which coordinates perfectly with my next collection.  (News to come about that soon.)  The ricrac is from Mary Jos - a huge fabric warehouse less than a mile down the road.  Have a great weekend everyone!