Happy Easter Holidays

Well it looks as if it may be a cold and damp Easter break here in the UK, so best be surrounded by as many Easter Eggs as possible, and if that fails some of your favourite needlework projects.

Today I have put up two new fabric ranges, Lotus Hana and Passion Fruit. Both of them feature a palette of purples and lavenders but they are very different prints. Personally I think the Lotus Hana (also see the Hana range which will be one of our Fabric Palettes for 2008) is a lovely range of fabrics.

Lotus Hana 1

Passion Fruit 3 by Hoffman Fabrics

I have added a number of new Kaffe Fassett Fat Quarter Packs to the Kaffe Fassett area. If you have a favourite design from Kaffe then you can now sample his fabrics as fat quarters.

Kimino Fat Quarter Pack

Finally we have an offer for 2008 for fabrics purchased through the Bargain Basics Club. Members receive each quarter a pack of 25, 100% cotton fabrics. Further quantities of these fabrics can be purchased at the reduced price of £5.40/m from £6/m for 2008. Full details can be found on our Bargain Basics Club Page.

Country Store Fabrics - Patchwork Fabrics

Another completely new range we have just launched is our Country Store range. These are small scale designs such as dots, stars, small flowers and checks in warm, country colours. There are 30 fabrics available by the metre or as fat quarter packs, a charm pack and special collection pack or as one of our new strip rolls with 30 fabrics cut to 2 1/2" strips.

Oriental Fabrics

We have a new range of Oriental-inspired patchwork fabrics called Hana. Groups of the fabric are available as four fat quarter packs or as a Special Collection pack, or you can buy them individually by the metre. A lovely fabric range with a fine metallic overprint.

Strip Rolls and Books for fast and easy quilts

We have a number of new pattern books for Strip Rolls, the pre-cut 2 1/2" fabric strips which have grown in popularity over the last year. There is now a new section in our book store devoted to strip roll pattern books, and there are a number of new books, inculding Strip Delight by Suzanne McNeil. An example of one of the quilts that can be made is shown above.

We also have started to produce our own Strip Rolls, and the first five are now available. These Strip Rolls contain 30 fabrics from a variety of our ranges. Shown below is our Florals Strip Roll ref J1950 at £16.95. Full details on our Strip Rolls can be found here.

We also continue to sell Moda 'Jelly' Rolls and we now have in the Natural Garden Strip Roll (shown below) which has 40 fabrics, J2006, £24.95.

We also have a new 2 1/2" Strippers template set from Marti Michell to help with cutting seven shapes, such as hexagon, 45 degree diamond and conehead from your 2 1/2" strips. These can then be used to make blocks such as Grandmother's Flower Garden, Six Pointed Star and Tumbling Blocks.

New Daylight Lamps for Crafters

We have two new Daylight Light Company lamps to help you with great colour matching for your craft projects. Shown above is the new rechargeable Freedom battery lamp allowing you to take a Daylight quality lamp with you to classes and around your home. The Twin Fluorescent Lamps versatile arm allows you to position the Daylight light just where you need it.

Sidewinder Bobbin Winder

We have a new neat little gadget from Wrights called the Side Winder - Portable Bobbin Winder. This little portable machine allows you to wind and fill sewing machine bobbins quickly and easily without having to un-thread the sewing machine. In the UK, the Sidewinder will work off two AA batteries.

For sewing, quilting or crafting, let the SideWinder keep your creativity flowing!
1. Put the thread on the spindle.
2. Wind the thread to bobbin.
3. Push button to start.

Hoffman Challenge 2009 Fabrics

Our Hoffman Challenge 2008 fabrics have now sold out but we have now taken delivery of the Hoffman Challenge 2009 fabrics. Click on the link for details of the fabrics and the 2009 Hoffman Challenge. There is a pdf available with the Hoffman UK Challenge Rules of Entry.

Please note this entry is now out of date. "The fabrics for the popular Hoffman Challenge for 2008 have now arrived and are available. There are four fabrics and they can be purchased as a fat quarter pack or as individual fabrics. I have put the rules of entry for the Challenge on the bottom of the fabric page. Further details can be obtained from Grosvenor Exhibitions who organise the Hoffman Challenge on 01775 712100 " Edited 02/03/09

Christmas Project Books for Patchwork & Quilting

I know Christmas has just finished but we have had a number of new Christmas Project Books in recently. What better way to ensure that you actually finish those Christmas projects than by starting the planning phase early.!!!

Christmas Street... Countdown to Christmas (ref: 4532) is a Thimbleberries book with projects such as Mitten 9-Patch, Snow Flurries Stocking, Village Square Tree Skirt, Christmas Snowmen Wall Quilt, Snow Neighbours Runner, and the Window Wreath Wall Quilt.

Other new Christmas Books include More Joy to the World (4525), Star of Wonder (4527), Christmas with Artful Offerings (4522) and Comfort and Joy, 14 Quilts for Christmas (4520).

Wasabi Fabrics

We have eight new fabrics in our Far East section. Delicate coordinated Japanese-style fabrics in purples and limes.

January Sale

The Cotton Patch Sale starts on January 4th and there are some great deals on patchwork and quilting fabric as we clear our shelves for new fabric ranges. There are also notions and books on sale and our discounted prices on a range of Daylight lamps continues.

We have also relaunched our Bargain Fabrics section with over hundred new fabrics and we will be adding a further 400 fabrics over the course of January. These are quality fabrics at the great Introductory price of just £5.40 per metre.