Friday Favorites-Jenele

Today the lovely and talented Jenele is sharing with us some of her Quilt Barn favorites. Jenele is truely the Queen of quilting. If you have a quilting question she will have the answer.
When I asked her about some of her favorites she immediatly went to Moda's Countdown to Christmas. Her favorite is the second from the top so save her some. I told her to buy it while its here cause this stuff is popular.

We have some projects made from this line in the store.

 Jenele has become a big fan of solids, especially shot cottons. She says they are soft and really nice to work with. This quilt, which she calls Shot Cotton, uses Kaffe and shot cottons. She used a pattern in issue 5 of The Fat Quarterly.
Have you see the other quilt she made recently? It is hanging by this one in the store. It is made of all solids. Its hard to describe but is stunning. I will call it the Love Quilt. She is putting together a kit of the solids and the book it came from.

These beauties showed up today. She tipped the yellow one on its side and became a whole different pillow for me. Love it.

These pillows are from the book A Touch of Whimsey... and Jenele used Anna Marie Horner and Joel Dewberry fabrics. Did I mention I love these pillows?

I asked Jenele what upcoming fabric line she is excited about and its Little Apples from Aneela Hooey. I heard that it shipped yesterday. Woot! Heather gave me a fat eighths bundle from Quilt Market and I made 2 little quilts from it. I need backings!! Did you see them at the Moda Event? 

Speaking of the Moda Event, we got in more of the book, Fresh Fabric Treats. This book was a hit and Heather will be using it for the Moda Bakeshop Club so get your copy.

Thanks Jenele!

Wear It Thursday

I am loving this little outfit. With 3 girls I might have to make a bunch of these. Maybe a set with Joel Dewberry's new line, Hierloom (it's my new fave).

This is the pattern. The dress is super cute too.  Instead of the pants in the pattern a ruffle was added to the bottom of a pair of capri jeans.
With Fall I think a sweet little cardigan and crochet beanie would be cute. OK, I have talked myself into making at least 3 sets.

WIP Wednesday

 I am about 90% finished my Nine Dots quilt. I have a wee bit of the binding left but I had to share this super cute quilt pattern with you.
It is a free pattern from Henry Glass. The fabric, Nine Dot is by him too.

 I had some leftovers so I incorporated it into the backing and made a larger pianio key border along the bottom.

I am digging the all over pebble quilting that Amy picked for me. I am sure I will be picking the pebble quilting again. I took a picture of it with the fabric line I used. What do you think?

I am linking up to Freshly Pieced WIP Wednesday and Tatertots and Jello's Weekend Wrap Up Party,  link up parties.
 You can check out all the other projects that other quilters and crafters are working on.

P.S. WIP stands for work in progress. Do you have any WIP's this week?

Door Prize Winner

We all had a great time yesterday at the Moda Event. The turn out was great.  The Moda book, Fresh Cut Treats was a hit and we will be getting more in. I will let you know when they are here.

I didnt have a chance to check out the doorprize until after you had all left and holy cow, that is the best prize. And I cant win it. The winner has 2 weeks to respond or we will pick another winner. Ready?

Chris Bell

Congratulations Chris!!

Spa Day for Sewists

Today at the Moda Event we debuted our Spa Day for Sewists.  You will spend a relaxing day at the Hen House making this adorable tote bag from the new Moda Bakeshop book, Fresh Fabric Treats. Heather is teaching the class and will answer all your quaestions and provide tips and tricks.
Bring an extra project if you get done early and sew the day away.

The Spa Day is Friday September 23rd 4:00-10:00 OR Saturday Spetember 24th 10:00 am-4:00PM
Meals, snacks and the supply list are included (not included are the materials)
The cost is $39. Space is limited so sign up soon.

The other event we are excited about is our Sewing Marathon. Spend the day at the Hen House making project after project with one jelly roll. Projects include a ruched table runner, from the Fresh Fabric Treats book, a string block hot pad, Christmas stocking, fabric flowers and more.
We will machine quilt and bind our table runner.

This event is Friday November 4th, 10:00-10:00 OR Saturday November 5th.
The cost is $99. Meals, snacks, and ALL materials are included

Limit 8 per class so sign up early

Amalie Apron

You can never have too many aprons. Right? Right.

I like this one so much, the Amalie Pattern, that I have plans for another.

It is displayed by the apron patterns for the weekend. It looks like a cute little dress on.

Starting next week Saturdays are going to be a free pattern/ tutorial posting day. Check back next week for a quick and easy tutorial. Once the new Quilt Barn web site is up and running we will be able to offer printable pdf's for you to use.

Also, we are going to have a Flickr group so you can post your Quilt Barn projects and share them with everyone. I want to see what you all are making!

Anyone out there tweeting? The Quilt Barn is now on Twitter. We are @quiltbarnidaho. Follow along with us.

Friday Favorites

 Happy Friday! We have a new Friday segment, Friday Favorites! Each Friday we will feature a different employee's favorites from The Quilt Barn.

The QB girls are busy and I didnt give them much prep time so I am going to go first.

1.What are some of your favorite things in the Quilt Barn?

So hard to pick. I am a big fan of Halloween so this year's Ghastlies is a must. I was giddy waiting for this to come out. Have you seen the quilt made out of this line that is hanging in the store? Take a look the next time you are in. I have an apron pattern that needs to be made out of this.

 Another line I am crushing on is 9 Dot by Henry Glass. Heather tossed me a stack of this and a pattern to make a store sample. Love it. It is about to go on the long arm and will be up in the store next week.

The Quilt Barn now has iron on laminate. Jenele and I were just talking about this stuff and the next day there it was. It comes in matte or gloss and turns any fabric into a laminate. I know! I am thinking this bicycle fabric by Michael Miller needs to be made into a cosmetic bag or pencil case.

Heather even suggested it would be great to cover the bottom of a bag so you can wipe it clean.

2. What upcoming fabric lines are you excited about?

A sweet line by artist Sarah Jane called Children at Play. I should start thinking of how I can be the one to make the store sample. I dont think this one will last long. I'll let you know when it is in.

Hmmm...who should go next Friday? I can't wait to see what their favorites are. I'll have more questions for them too.

Notice anything new in the header (designed by our very own KZ)?
Don't forget about the Moda Event on Monday. I will be the one wearing the super ruffly apron.

Sneak Peak from Fresh Fabric Treats

Monday is a big day here at The Quilt Barn. We are having a Moda Event Day with Brian Dunn of Moda. Its going to be a great day with demos, door prizes and a sneak peak at the 2012 lines. Also we will have their new book, Fresh Fabric Treats. I got to see the book yesterday and if you like Moda's Bakeshop then you are going to love this book.
Brian is going to be signing books so make sure to come in and get your copy before they are gone.

 Heather and I got excited about making a few things from the book to debut with the the book on Monday. I knew right away what pattern I wanted to make and Heather knew exactly the fabric to use. They had just got the fabric in and I got to unwrap it and make myself a kit. Hot off the presses fabric.
I am just sharing a peek until Monday. I would love for you to stop by, take a look, and tell me what you think.
I am excited I am working that day. I cant wait to see what they have for us in 2012. We even get to vote on our favorites for the store.
See you Monday! Make sure to say hi and tell me you read about the event on the blog.  Tara

Upcoming Events & Labor Day Sale!

MODA FABRICS EVENT!!

Brian Dunn, VP of Operations for MODA is coming to the Quilt Barn - we are so excited!

Mark your calendar for Monday, September 12th 2:00-3:00pm

* Get a "Sneak Peek" at new 2012 fabrics - cast your vote and help us decide what to order

*Meet Brian and purchase a signed copy of the New Moda Bakeshop Book "Fresh Fabric Treats"

*Debut of Sweetwater's Hometown collection - If you loved the fabric in the Hen House...it's here!

*Learn about our new Moda Bake Shop Club!

*Moda Doorprizes & New Product Demonstrations

Bring your friends & be there!

LABOR DAY SPECIALS - WE ARE OPEN!

Friday, September 2nd - Monday, September 6th

Patchwork Quilt Kits $9.99 - many colors and styles to choose from! (while supplies last)

Each kit makes a baby quilt size - grab a few and make throw or bedspread

Sale Fabric $4.99/yard (min. 1 yd cut)

Hen House Special - book a 2011 retreat and each member of your group receives a

$35 machine quilting gift certificate

$1.00 Sale Patterns

Select Kits and Jellyrolls 30% off

FLORIANI EMBROIDERY EVENT

Friday, October 7th and Saturday, October 8th

Register today for one of our Floriani Workshops during the event and you will receive

a FREE embroidery software package valued at $599 from The Quilt Barn and Floriani

Click here to register today - space is limited

We will be offering some amazing incentives and discounts on Janome Embroidery Machines

Join us for learning, gift ideas, prizes, freebies, and fun!

COMING SOON

As some of you know, our website is undergoing a complete makeover. We are beta testing our site

now and are so excited to kick off our brand new website! We are shooting for the first part of

October, but in the meanwhile we have been busy opening 2 new ETSY stores...

Purchase fabric, kits, sewing machines & more at our Quilt Barn ETSY Store

Currently under construction, our new ETSY Yarn Store "YARN AFFAIR" - opening soon!

We currently stock a variety of Yarn from Brown Sheep, Knit One Crochet Too, & Skacel

Coming soon...Plymouth, Berocco, & Universal

We will also stock Addie Turbo Knitting Needles as well as Pure & Simple Knitting patterns, project kits and more!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for being so great! It's because of you that we successful

and are able to continue to grow and expand into fun, new adventures like the

Hen House Retreat Center and our new ETSY Yarn Shop.

We appreciate you!

See you soon!

Heather & the Quilt Barn Chics

241 Main Street North

Kimberly, ID 83341

(208) 423-5092

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