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Simply Fat Quarters by Its Sew Emma features 10 quilts that are ALL made with fat quarters.  They add their own sense of style to some traditional blocks that are almost unrecognizable in their hands!  To me, that is a true artist.  Taking patterns and designs that have been around for 100 years – and [...]

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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Penny Haren 8:00 – 9:30 Creative Grids + Cut Loose Press = Perfect Demo
Join me to learn how to combine two Checker exclusives – Creative Grids and Cut Loose Press – and make them the foundation of your class and demo schedule.
Creative Grids is the most complete ruler line in the world – but [...]

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Saturday, May 18, 2013
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Karla Alexander

Spider Web with Attitude
Start the week-end with a bang!  Join Karla Alexander as she shares how to use her new Creative Grids Spider Web ruler.

Item #CGRKA6  Retail $20.95

This spider is revolutionary – for the first time, you can “float” the webs – and Karla will show you how [...]

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Come and join some of our favorite Creative Grids designers during Take and Teach sessions at Spring Market!  Meet the ladies who created your favorite rulers and learn how to use their creations to the max!  We have two sessions every day so come join in the fun!
Friday, May 17, 2013

Swirly Girls Design
30 Degrees [...]

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Indygo Junction has released a series of apron patterns that are as versatile as they are stylish!  With everyone’s hectic lifestyles, aprons are the new fashion statement.  These are NOT the projects we made in home ec – but I wish they were….
The Easy-On apron looks great around the house or wear it with leggings [...]

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The buyers have added over 200 patterns in the last 30 days!  You can tell that Market is right around the corner…
Isabella Hoffman of Bearly Collectibles has some beautiful needle felting patterns.  I have never seen anything like it!  She is an artist that works with fabric – and I don’t use that term lightly! [...]

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It is not often that I am blown away by a new pattern line – but Charlie’s Aunt has created vintage bags that are totally different from everything else on the market.  The textures and structure of these bags remind me of my grandmother’s purses from the forties and fifties.  But granny NEVER looked like [...]

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Spider Web quilts have been around since quilters had scraps – but this generation of spiders are simply stunning.  Karla Alexander has done it again!  She has designed the perfect Creative Grids tool to make these striking quilts welcome additions to your bucket list.

This banner – from the Creative Grids USA website – celebrates the [...]

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I love quilts that are set on point – and Sandi Blackwell has made a career out of it!  Her technique – called “Square-agonals” – creates diagonal set quilts without cutting setting triangles or figuring out complicated math!
She has just released tapes that make the whole process easier.  Choose a 5 yard or 12 yard [...]

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Cut Loose Press patterns are Checker exclusives and available to quilt shops to showcase notions.  Since they are Checker exclusives, they will never be sold in any chains.  They are personalized for each shop; printed on protected paper so they can not be copied; and are reasonably priced.  What is not to love about this [...]

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