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Five Inch is a Cinch is the new name of Pat Speth’s pattern company – and rightly so!  She created a sensation years ago with the release of her first book “Nickel Quilts”. Pat showed how beautiful scrappy quilts could be made by simply cutting your stash into 5″ squares.  This book of 20 quilts is a classic that should be in every quilt library.  She followed that first book with More Nickel Quilts – another classic!

 
Item #B543T Retail $27.95              Item #3653T Retail $27.95

Her latest release, “Amazing Nickel Quilts”, includes 11 quilts in three different sizes.  And, you will love them all!  Pat creates her projects in a variety of colorways – one of them will surely strike your fancy. 

 
Item #PSD502 Retail $21.95             From Amazing Nickel Quilts

She takes the tedium out of cutting scrappy quilts.  Just grab your Stashbuster ruler (Item #CGRCSS) and cut your scraps into 5″squares.  You can get a dozen out of each fat quarter – and have a strip left over for a scrappy binding.  Just layer and press the fat quarters so you can cut up to eight at a time.  You can literally cut out 96 with seven cuts of a rotary cutter!  How quick is that!

From Amazing Nickel Quilts

From Amazing Nickel Quilts

Every quilter has the same two New Year’s resolutions:  I’m not buying any more fabric until I use up my stash AND I’m not starting anything new until I finish up some of my UFO’s!

As shop owners, lets help them keep those resolutions this year!  Why not host some open sews in January?  Have your customers come in and cut up their stashes.  You provide the snacks and the inspiration.  Showcase your favorite patterns and books – the supply is endless.  Check out the Top Twenty books and patterns.  Half of them are made from 5″ squares or 2 1/2″ strips. 

Have Art Bin containers (Item #9000AB) on hand so they can organize them as they cut.  And, what’s good for the customer is good for the shop owner!  Cut up the shop scraps and kit them with a pattern or book.  After all, our customers aren’t the only ones who make Resolutions – and this year, we might even keep them!