Layer Cake Quilt Book

We have just taken stock of Suzanne McNeils latest book, BIG Blocks, BIG Quilts which looks at creating exciting quilts using the Moda 10" square Layer Cake Format. There are 11 quilts designs in this new project book.

Quilting Arts Calendar 2009

Free Quilting Arts 2009 Calendar when you take out a pre-paid UK subscription. Take out a 6 or 12 issue subscription before 31st January 2009 and we will send you a free Quilting Arts 2009 Calendar, worth £9.95, while stocks last.

The Quilting Arts Calendar 2009 is just one of the Patchwork and Quilting themed Calendars that we provide. There are, for example, Calendars from That Patchwork Place, Thimbleberries, Debbie Mumm and Piecemakers.

Moda Strip Rolls, Layer Ckes and Fabric by the Metre

There is a new section devoted to Moda Patchwork Fabrics, one of the largest and best known fabric manufacturers in the States. Moda Strip Rolls have been one of the success stories of the last year or so and we have a number of new Strip Rolls, including Heritage, Fig & Plum and Civil War Crossing. These fabric ranges are also available in Charm and Layer Cake format. As well as these precut Packs. There are a number of ranges with fabrics by the metre as well as the Moda Marbles range.

Quilting Arts Gift Magazine

The second annual Quilting Arts Gift Issue is bigger and better, with 148 pages full of fabulous projects to make for the holiday season, including home décor, decorations, and gifts designed and created by some of the world’s best art quilters.

This super issue features:

• 35 seasonal projects for quilted gifts and home décor

• Sensational stocking stuffers: our editors’ favorite tools, gadgets, and more

• 7 holiday patterns to celebrate the season



There is also Cloth, Paper, Scissors Studios Special Issues. Be inspired by how you could have your creative space set up. Finally we have a range of back issues from some of our craft magazines.

Gift Box Studio Books

We have two new books in from C&T Publications which are called Gift Box Studio. They are a large format book with beautifully printed pop-out cards. The card then forms a series of wonderful boxes and gift envelopes. There are also lots of little embellishments and tags. The box designs are based on fabric designs.

Kaffe Fassett Country Garden Quilts Fabric Packs

Kaffe Fasset and Rowan's latest Patchwork and Quilting project book was launched at the Festival of Quilts in August. The book is a sumptuous collection of quilts with a floral theme and marks a decade of partnership between Kaffe and Rowan. We now have available all 20 quilts as fabric packs for you to make. The instructions for making the quilts are all in Country Garden Quilts so you will need a copy of the book. As usual there is a range of visually stunning quilts from a range of designers using some of the latest fabrics from Kaffe.



The photographs of the quilts were taken at Great Dixter, the House and Gardens made famous by Christopher Lloyd, that epitomise the English Country Garden. Great Dixter is combination of an original mid 15th century building and a 16th century house in a similar style, which was moved from Kent. This new combination was the work of the famous architect Edwin Lutyens. The Garden though is mainly the work of Christopher Lloyd and is in an arts and crafts style with a Long Border, Wall Garden and Meadow amongst its features.

Blooms Quilt

New Items over the last month

There has been a number of new items added to the Cotton Patch site over the last month.

Firstly I have made a new area for Amy Butler fabrics, books and patterns. There are some new bag patterns, the Midwest Modern range and we also have the Nigella range of home decor weight fabrics. There are three books by Amy including the new title 'Little Stitches for Little Ones' that I mean to dip into for my new little one. See also Ellie and Liz's Amy sewathon

We have expanded our range of batik fabrics with sixteen new fabrics with the By the Pool and Streaks and Splodges ranges.

There are also sixteen new Oriental style fabrics with the Shanghai Gold and Kyoto Garden ranges

For a cute little project we have a new kit from Rachels of Greenfield called Baby Bear.

There are lots more products in the pipeline with Kaffe Fasset kits and fabrics, some wondeful new Free Spirit fabrics, new notions from Clover, new books and Calendars for 2009. We also have a major project that we are all working very hard on for the website.

New arrival is reason for absence

James Harrison Sewell with his bionic arm and Project Linus Quilts

Well, I must apologise to everyone for not posting any Whats New updates for a while and the main reason is the arrival of James, my newborn son. He is now a healthy and increasingly heavy seven weeks old and dominating our lives totally. When he was five days old then we had to take him back into hospital and he stayed for four days as a precaution. This was very much a rollercoaster for my wife and I but whilst in hospital then the nurses made James a little nest from Project Linus Quilts to sleep on in the hospital cot. Liz has mentioned before the great work that Project Linus do of providing quilts to hospitals. Having now been on the receiving end of these quilts then I would just like to say what a difference they make. Hospitals are by inference cold and clinical places and having something that is bright, cheery and a reminder of home can really make a difference to how you feel.

James now has a Winnie the Pooh quilted playmat made for him by his Nanna Jean and is quite tired out from his exertions, allowing his father some time to blog away.

Gutermann Sulky Stabiliser Starter Kit

Gutermann Sulky have produced an excellent starter pack of Stabilisers (9723, £11.25) to help you sample their range of stabilisers. There are 10 different stabilisers to try such as Tear Away, Heat Away and Solvy on 25cm x 42cm sheets.

Mother Earth's ABC - Sieglinde Schoen Smith

Sieglinde Schoen Smith's wonderful Mother Earth and Her Children has been followed up by Mother Earth's ABC which is a small illustrated story book. The book is has an alphabet of beautifully illustrated letters and there is also a CD and photo transfer sheet pack (9717) to help you recreate the Letters.