Cut Loose Press patterns are Checker exclusives and available to quilt shops to showcase notions. Â Since they are Checker exclusives, they will never be sold in any chains. Â They are personalized for each shop; printed on protected paper so they can not be copied; and are reasonably priced. Â What is not to love about this [...]
Read Full Post »
Cut Loose Press prints affordable patterns that all have one thing in common – they showcase specific notions and products so that you can feature them in demos and classes. Â Your customers can then take the tool home and make something with it that they will absolutely love. Â For shop owners, these patterns have the [...]
Read Full Post »
Cut Loose Press is alive and well – and blew the socks off of everyone at Quilt Market!!! Â Our baby has launched to rave reviews and we couldn’t be happier!
This is how it works. Â Top designers create quick and easy patterns that showcase a notion and up to three additional products. Â These patterns are reasonably [...]
Read Full Post »
At Spring Market, we will be launching the new face of Creative Grids! Behind the scenes the Creative Grids team has been working around the clock to launch a new line of products – and tweaking many of your favorites.  And not just our logo is changing!
I have been fortunate enough to be a part of [...]
Read Full Post »
Thanks to all of you who made our 60th anniversary our biggest party ever! And, thanks for pre-registering! We were able to have name tags, cart labels, address labels and ordering information waiting for you at the front door – no lines!
From this ……..
To this…..
To this!
D.J.Deighan, one of our favorite sales reps was ready for [...]
Read Full Post »
This month marks the 60th anniversary of Checker Distributors. It has been 60 years since Bob Krieger and Jerry Van Walbeck started the business.  Their main customers were the large chains of the day – J.C. Penney; Woolworth; and Kresge. These stores would sometimes have to wait six weeks for merchandise from other supply sources. Bob [...]
Read Full Post »
Acrylic is an oil based product – and you all have seen how that has affected the gas prices. It is no different when you are manufacturing acrylics – in this case rulers. Everyone – including Creative Grids – is dealing with increased production costs.Â
We don’t know when they are coming, but there will be [...]
Read Full Post »
Creative Grid released so many new rulers that it will take two posts to tell you all about them! Four of them are all used the same way – but are just different sizes. We’ll focus on the Square it Up and Fussy Cut Ruler in this post.
Square It Up & Fussy Cut Ruler
The Square [...]
Read Full Post »
We finished the first day of market and my feet are hurting. The WillowBerry booth was so much fun. The scalloped stripe is the length of the fabric with 4 or 5 repeats…perfect for borders. Here are some pictures of their booth
.
Notice the great cuff on this pillow case made with the scallop stripe
 Close [...]
Read Full Post »
There is so much new exciting fabrics at this Spring’s International Quilt Market.Â
LakeHouse Direct has 3 new lines plus additions to their La Belle Rose. We are sharing their new line La Grand Jardin. I think it would make a stunning blue and white quilt.
Â
Â
Here are some projects made with these goods.
 Chubby Charmer PS024 [...]
Read Full Post »
