Saturday Sales ~ Memorial Weekend Edition
Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone! There are a lot of specials for this holiday weekend. Happy shopping!
Southern Fabric
Memorial Day Sale 20% and 30% Off Yardage and Precuts. For an additional 10% Off all Non-Sale items, use Coupon Code: memorial10
New in, Happy Go Lucky Yardage by Bonnie and Camille
Westwood Acres
Semi-Annual Shop Sale plus Skinny Bolt Sale!
I Don’t Do Dishes
Shop anniversary sale is still going on through the end of May. Use coupon code ONEYEAR at checkout to receive 15% off your order. Simple Marks Summer is only $7.50/yard. The Clearance section has been just loaded up to make room for new things to come. The coupon is good on top of sale/clearance prices!!!!!
The Intrepid Thread
Memorial Day Sale 15% off everything in the shop (even the already marked down sale items) with coupon code MARKET15 The coupon is not valid on Block of the Month or Fearless Fabric Clubs. Coupon valid 5/25 through 5/27.
Christa Quilts
10% off all kits with code CQA2013 at checkout through 6/30. Weekly special is 20% off all Peanuts fabric through Sunday, 20% off all Gift Items starting on Monday. No coupon needed for weekly special.
LiMa Sews
20% off with the code MDAY2013 from Friday, May 24th through Tuesday, May 28th.
Stash Fabrics
Now through Memorial Day, save 20% on all Moda fabric in the shop including Bella Solids and brand new collections like Comma, PB&J and yes, Happy Go Lucky. Make sure to check out the clearance section too! Many prints are only $5/yard! There is free US shipping over $50 with code SHIPFREE50.
Pink Castle Fabrics
This week they are running 30% off all our fabrics that are under 5 yards in the shop! Coupon code is SKINNY30. Lots of markdowns in the sale section of the shop including Comma, 23, Shelburne Falls, Japanese and Metro Living.
New arrivals ~ Blythe, Village Green, Just Color, Echino Decoro, Rain, Textured Solids…lots of awesome stuff!
Connecting Threads
From Friday through Monday, all cotton thread sets are be 25% off.
Additionally, three patriotic-themed stashbuilders on sale for 40% off: Americana, Set Sail, and Bright Patriotic.
Finally, Batting is on sale through 6/17. All Hobbs batting is 30% off.
Skye Reve Fabrics
15% off everything at my shop with the code MEMORIAL.
Contemporary Cloth
25% off orders until 5-29, Wednesday, midnight, EST.- use code: 25off (a few exclusions)
Lark Cottons
20% off Free Spirit fabrics through Tuesday 5/28 with code spirit135. Includes Denyse Schmidt, Joel Dewberry, Heather Bailey, Anna Maria Horner and more. Code is case-sensitive and entered on shopping cart page.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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The Power of Community
I’ve spent a lot of time over the last week thinking about community. Specifically, the quilting and blogging community. Sometimes this space feels so vast. So many blogs, so much Instagram, so many wonderful projects and books and blog hops going on at once. It can seem overwhelming. And then, there are times when you feel like you just know each person, even if you’ve never met in real life.
Part of the reason I’ve been thinking about community these last several days is because, as many of you know by now, last week we lost a special member of ours, Kathreen Ricketson. I keep thinking about the amazing journey Kathreen and her family were taking around Australia. Many of us were following her on Instagram. It’s just beyond heartbreaking. For those wishing to help Kathreen’s son and daughter, Whip Up has posted information on donating money to an education fund for them.
Something Kristin wrote last week really resonated with me. She was blogging about Kathreen and her partner Rob, and their two children, and said “The crafting community is compassionate, generous and action-oriented, so we always want to do something in times of tragedy.” I can’t stop thinking about that statement. We are an community of action.
Photo from Natalie of Greenleaf Goods
I know this to be true. Last month, after the bombing in Boston, charity drives of all sorts started happening. Quilts for Boston has gathered over 1100 blocks for their quilts, and blocks are still pouring in.
Photo from Natalie of Greenleaf Goods
To Boston with Love, the flag bunting drive, received over 1600(!!!) flags – over a mile long!
Photo from Amy of During Quiet Time
Flags from all continents except Antarctica. They will be displayed this weekend (Memorial Day Weekend) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Photo from Amy of During Quiet Time
The Oklahoma City Modern Quilt Guild (OKCMQG) is having a quilt drive and auction for victims of last weeks devastating tornado in Moore, OK.
In the age of the internet, our community is global. My husband says this means we see more bad things happen and we feel them personally. That’s true I guess. But we also respond globally and I’m very proud to be part of this presence.
I’ve spent the week thinking about an easy way people can find how to help when bad things happen. I receive a lot of emails asking me to mention various needs on my blog. I’ve decided to dedicate a page to listing these requests.
The page is up at the top and called “Community Giving“. I hope that helps make it a bit easier for you to be part of the good we can accomplish together. If you have a cause you’d like me to include on this new page, click on over to see the information I need from you to be included the list.
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Quilt Along with Christa Quilts
One of my wonderful sponsors, Christa of Christa Quilts, is hosting a new quilt along next month on her blog. This project features the hugely popular Pearl Bracelets fabric by Lizzy House. (One of my personal favorites!)
Christa has a lot of experience in the quilt along department – this is her sixth time hosting one. String of Pearls will launch Wednesday, June 5th at ChristaQuiltsBlog.com.
Christa will offer a limited number of kits available with 10% off any kit purchase through 6/30. Just use the coupon code CQA2013 at checkout. For complete details along with the quilt along schedule, visit ChristasQuiltAlong.com.
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Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks
It’s always a fun opportunity to submit a block for Quiltmaker‘s 100 Blocks magazine series. Volume 7 was just released and I’m very excited to have a design included on this round! It will probably come as no surprise to regular readers here that I created a paper pieced star design. I’m nothing if not predictable, right? (You can find my paper piecing tutorial here.)
When I was selecting the fabrics for this star, I was torn. Blocks can always look so different depending on fabric placement. I really wanted to showcase this variety by making another block with the same templates, but using another fabric layout. Over the weekend I created this block.
Same pattern, but the effect is totally different. Cool, right? These blocks have 8 paper pieced components. Here is one quadrant sewn up:
I hope you will check out the magazine at your local craft and bookstore! It’s also available as a digital download.
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