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Since Halloween is a day away I wanted to highlight my favorite Halloween collections from each line. Each one is frightfully fun and sure to have your bones rattling. I hope everyone has a Halloween full of treats and fewer tricks. Halloween Ball by Henry Glass is full of party monsters. Be sure to keep their glasses full and the candy stocked. Count Dracula might be thirsty for your blood to re-energize after boogying. Witches, mummies, and Frankenstein will take to the dance floor tonight as well. These monsters have just been wanting to party. Check out a unique quilt that you can create with this collection, pictured below. Hello…

Good morning!  I’m Catherine and I was invited here today to tell you a bit about my experiences with #ScottSentMe.  Some of you may remember me from my participation in #ScottSentMe2019, and some of you may know me from my map postings of shops visited during #ScottSentMe2021 and #ScottSentMe2022… and many more of you probably have no idea who I am. So let me tell you a bit about how I became involved in this great challenge. In 2019, my husband and I took our first road trip from Nova Scotia to Florida.  We had been going there for years, but this was our first time driving (I love retirement!). …

Now that we are quickly approaching the holiday season, I just wanted to take some time to plug the small local retailer. There are so many good reasons to shop local and that is especially true after the last couple of years we have experienced with Covid wreaking havoc on even the most seasoned proprietors. Unfortunately, small business was hit hard. There are loads of good reasons why we should be supporting the local retailer. Let’s review some of those reasons below: Love thy neighbor. Let’s start there. Wouldn’t you like to support someone in your community who you might or might not know? But also, wouldn’t you like to…

I hope everyone had a great weekend and had some time to quilt. Let’s get into my favorite shipping collections for October 2023 and get you some inspiration for your next project. My favorite shipping collection this month for the Blank Quilting Corp is Modern Abstractions by Bentpath Studios. This sophisticated collection features rich cornflower and beige colors. It is the perfect elevated color palette for all sorts of home projects. This collection has two projects that are available to purchase, Ala Carte and Splendor. See Ala Carte pictured below. The delicate line work complements the abstract textures and geometrics. The collection has an almost mid-century look to it while…

October is here and you know what that means…..another quilt market in Houston, Texas! Since there was no May Quilt Market this year, it’s been a year since we have seen our quilt market friends whom we miss dearly. I am talking about our domestic and overseas customers, our licensed designers and even our friends that work for the competition. I just hope that everyone shows up. I hope everyone shows up because Jaftex is going big once again this Quilt Market. We will have nearly a dozen booths decorated to the nines with all the latest and greatest. Lots of the lines that we will be showing are our…

I hope you all read my blog from February 1, 2023, regarding the fact that I am bringing back my sewing machine giveaways. If not, you can go read about it by clicking this link: Sewing Machine Giveaways Are Baaaacccccckkkkk! As I mentioned in the original post, every month on the first of the month, I am going to advise you here on my blog at www.scottfortunoff.com of a Jaftex-related Instagram page that you need to visit, like and follow to get started and have a chance to win a sewing machine. Thereafter, on the 7th day of the month of October, I will post a question for you to answer on that…

Do you use any fun quilting acronyms in your daily lingo? Whether you have been quilting for years or are new to it, there are many quilting acronyms to keep track of. That is why I wanted to discuss some fun and helpful ones that I have heard and want to share. Let’s test your knowledge of these acronyms and let me know in the comments below how many you have heard of before. Also, let me know which I missed as I am sure there are more. ATF: Addicted to Fabric. Maybe I can just browse the quilt store. *Walks out of the store with 10 yards of fabric*…

I hope you all had a great weekend. Today, I am here to tell you about my favorite September shipping collections from my companies. Let’s get right into it! For The Blank Quilting Corp., my favorite shipping collection is Midnight Rendezvous by Raquel Maciel. This collection has two quilt patterns that are available for purchase that are absolutely stunning. This dark and moody collection is perfect to add some sophistication to a room. Pictured below is the Midnight Rendezvous Quilt. If you want a lighter color focus, use the Midnight Rendezvous Quilter’s Palette pattern. Midnight Rendezvous highlights blooming bright colorful flowers under moonlight. Sparkling stars shine up in the sky…