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Today we will be reviewing all the 108″ quilt backs from Henry Glass Fabrics. In the following weeks, at some point, I will finish up with 108″ offerings from FreeSpirit Fabrics. By then, you will have a very thorough knowledge of all the Jaftex 108″ designs. Of all the companies we have, Henry Glass Fabrics has the most extensive collection of quilt backs. Many of their 108″ wide fabrics are basic so we continually restock them unlike the other companies that offer the 108″ lines as one and done. In other words, we order them once, in whatever quantities we need, and also based on the required mill minimums, plus…

Happy Monday to all. Today I was supposed to write about the 108″ fabrics from Henry Glass, but that is going to go on the back burner. I have other things to discuss and celebrate with you all, my loyal fabric peeps (familia). This past weekend, I reached over 10,000 likes on my @jaftexpresident Facebook Page. I must say that I am pretty energized about it. I am well on my way to my goal of 50,000 likes. I wanted to take the time to thank everyone who has supported me along the way. THANK YOU! What a wild fabric trip it has been and it is only getting better.…

Today I will continue on my mission to expose you all to more 108″ wide quilt backings from my companies. This week we will review the 8 different wide backs from The Blank Quilting (BQC) and in the coming weeks I will finish up with Henry Glass Fabrics and FreeSpirit Fabrics. Let’s jump right into it. DIGITAL 108″ Currently, BQC has only two active 108″ digital lines. This line is called Plume 108″. As mentioned on several occasions, the reason to print a line digitally is due to the fact that the design has lots of colors and shades of color that exceed the amount that is viable to print…

Happy Monday familia (family in Spanish)! I wanted to continue to showcase some of the different featured fabrics from the various quilt shop only companies that my family owns. Today, I want to focus on the 108″ fabrics produced by Studioe Fabrics and next week I will focus on Blank Quilting unless something else comes up. Today, I am going to break this down by: digital, traditional, pigment white and solid 108″. All of the digital, traditionally printed and pigment white groups are produced in Pakistan. The Peppered Cottons by Pepper Cory were woven, dyed, finished and double and rolled in India. DIGITALLY PRINTED: We currently carry two 108″ groups…

A couple days in California and I am just California dreamin’. My head is just in the clouds enjoying the view. It’s so nice to be able to do that once and awhile. The problem is that I totally forgot to finish my blog post by Monday so shame on me. I am going to have to punish myself. No dessert tonight! In any case, I am here today to spin you around until you are dizzy. Yes, dizzy! Very dizzy! I am going to make you so dizzy that your head starts to spin and you start to think differently….very differently. No, I am not a bully, some sort…

This is a guest blog By Nancy Jewell who is the Managing Director at FreeSpirit Fabrics. When you talk about basics in terms of FreeSpirit, words like colorful, spirited, quality, value and availability come to mind.  Why you ask?  Because FreeSpirit basics are fabrics with personalities that are as expressive as the designers whose names grace the selvedges. Plus, basics in the FreeSpirit world are part of the company’s reorderable program. Solids With A Buttery Hand FreeSpirit has 173 Designer Essential Solids that offer the quilter brilliant colors, matching back perfectly to the vibrant, bold prints created by its portfolio of well-known designers.  It has been said that FreeSpirit solids…

Continuing on with my informational basics series, today I am going to school you on the lovely designs that my Henry Glass Fabrics division offers. I am going to breakdown the basics by in-house designs and then licensed designs. BASIC HOUSE LINES COLOR PRINCIPLE FOLIO BASICS BY COLOR PRINCIPLE pattern 7755 is a tranquil vine design created in values of high and low light. This blended texture is offered in a full range of 52 deep, rich, bright, vibrant hues of soft pastel shades. This is probably the oldest of our basic lines that has certainly withstood the test of time. I imagine that this will continue on for many…

Continuing with my mission to inform you about all of the basics offered from my fabric companies, today we are going to delve in to what The Blank Quilting Corp. (BQC) has to offer on the basics front. BQC has 8 basic lines with some only having two skus and others with well over 20. Let the fun begin. An excellent place to start this basics review is with The American Honor collection by Western Denim and Dirt. This is an 11 sku collection that honors those who have lost their lives defending our great country. This is a particularly good line for our industry as so many consumers make…

Happy Monday Folks! Over the next couple of weeks or months, I plan on taking some time to tell you about all the basics carried by the various Jaftex Companies. Today, I am going to begin with Studioe’s basics. Here is a link to where all the current Studioe basics can be found. Studioe now has 5 basic items. Some of the basic lines are larger groups (Just Color!, Peppered Cottons, E-Towels & Flannel Solid Basics) and others contain even just one sku (Small Talk label print). Without further ado, here is my spiel about the 5 basics: JUST COLOR!: The Just Color! line is the oldest of the basic…

Last Thursday, I visited Liza Lucy’s home in New Hope, Pennsylvania. For those of you that don’t know Liza, she is a very important piece of the Kaffe Collective puzzle. She makes most of the quilts and plays a key role on the team wearing many hats. On the day of my visit, Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably were there too which obviously made it a very special day…..for me. Below is the link to a Facebook Live video that we taped while I was there. It is very special if you are a Kaffe Collective fan and you won’t want to miss it. It’s pretty cool even if you…