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My social media/marketing team asked me to pen a Valentine’s Day post and feature some of my most beloved Valentine’s Day lines.  The problem is that all the Valentine’s Day fabrics are already in shops on the shelves as they were shipped out months ago.  That means that I am kind of looking in the rearview mirror.  Moreover, it doesn’t help you much because it isn’t exactly enough time to whip up a Valentine’s Day gift for this year.  If you want to plan something for next year, that’s another story.  Or if you wanted to gift someone some Valentine’s Day fabric, you can do that too. With all that being…

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Let’s get into my favorite collections for February. My favorite collection for Blank Quilting Corp. is Jaded Forest.

I am going to start another new series here on my blog for you all to enjoy. For my first blog of every month, I am going to pick my favorite lines that are shipping in that month from The Blank Quilting Corp., FreeSpirit Fabrics, Henry Glass Fabrics and Studio E Fabrics. With that, we are now in February so without further ado, let me tell you about my favorite lines that are shipping this month. The Blank Quilting Corp.: My favorite line is the Fired Up line by Silas M. Studio. There are several reasons why I picked this line. For one, I am all for red, white and…

Hey everybody, have you heard the news? I am back to some of my old tricks. What tricks you might ask? I am sure you can figure that out from the title of this blog post. With that, you will be happy to know that I was able to acquire nearly 140 sewing machines that I am going to start giving away to some very lucky winners on behalf of me and the Jaftex Companies! Yes! I am going to give them away. This time however is going to be a little different as we need to keep the process simpler and easier to manage. On that note, this blog…

Guest post by Nancy Jewell, Managing Director, FreeSpirit Fabrics. Welcome to FreeSpirit Fabrics’ January 2023 release. Here you will find a bit of déjà vu, an enticing inspiration that gives you every reason to buy more fabric, re-imagined fabrics from your favorites and new opportunities that play in harmony with your existing stash. How do you say? Let me tell you! Kaffe Fassett Collective August 2023 offers 57 SKUs with re-imagined designs by Kaffe Fassett and new designs from Brandon Mably and Philip Jacobs. And, P.S., if you loved the Big Blooms Quilt, wait until you see the Mediterranean Hexagon Quilt – it is the perfect floral follow-up. Plenty of…

Today, I am continuing with my new series for 2023 whereby I will review the latest lines released for sale to fabric resellers around the world by each of my quilt shop-only companies. This week, I will be focusing on Henry Glass Fabrics & Co., Inc. Are you ready? Let’s do this! The Henry Glass Fabrics & Co., Inc. January 2023 release consists of 14 new collections that ship anywhere from July 2023 to September 2023. Below, I will talk briefly about the lines. Let’s dive right in with the latest additions to two of Leanne Anderson’s basic collections. Since I took over Henry Glass, I asked Leanne Anderson if…

Today, I am continuing with my new series for 2023 whereby I will review the latest lines released for sale to fabric resellers around the world by each of my quilt shop-only companies. This week, I will be focusing on The Blank Quilting Corp. Are you ready? Let’s do this! The Blank Quilting Corp. January 2023 release consists of 15 new collections that ship anywhere from July 2023 to October 2023. Here is a link to the lookbook if you would like to review all the latest and greatest in one shot. Below, I will talk briefly about the lines. Adventure Awaits by Jackie Decker. This is a fun little…

I am starting a new series this year whereby I or someone else on my team will be writing a blog about the newest Jaftex collections. I am starting off with Studio E Fabrics here today and in the coming weeks, there will be blogs for The Blank Quilting Corp., Henry Glass Fabrics & FreeSpirit Fabrics too. For future releases, we will be following the same plan which means Henry Glass will have a blog in March. All the other companies will have blogs around our April release. Henry Glass will have one for its May release. Then all the companies will have posts for their July and October releases.…

As we kick off a new year called 2023, like many of you, I am thinking about New Year’s resolutions and hoping for a great year ahead. However, right now, I am struggling to put my resolutions onto paper. I have enough on my plate just dealing with the resurgence of Covid, inflation, poor consumer sentiment, life, work, family, my health and getting by. In years past, I vowed to stop drinking soda, exercise more and not eat red meat among other forgettable resolutions. With the exception of a few, most resolutions have faded to black and have become nothing more than failures. Who needs that nonsense? The thing is,…