Hand Lotion for Quilters

Originally designed for the quilting market, Made By Hand soothes swollen, sore hands without leaving a greasy residue! Made by Hand is a quick-drying gel that gives your hands immediate relief and lets you get back to work!

Made by Hand contains White Willow Bark which has been used for thousands of years in Europe and China by people who chewed on it to reduce fever and inflammation. It is still used today for the treatment of pain, headache, and inflammatory conditions such as bursitis and tendinitis because it contains salicin, which is a compound similar to aspirin. Even if you’re not a quilter, you’ll appreciate the comfort of Made By Hand.

We all know working with fabric dries out your hands. Now relief is available.

The Little Ghost Quilts Series

The Halloween version of this book was the favorite for the littles in our family this Fall so I have already pre-ordered Winter Surprise. How could I resist after reading the synopsis?

When you’re a quilt instead of a sheet, being a ghost is hard! But it does mean you can float around in cold weather . . . an adorable picture book about a ghost who wants to share the magic of the season with his chilly sheet friends.

The little ghost quilt loves being out in the cold. For once, he doesn’t overheat, and he likes how the snowflakes make his patches look polka-dotted. His friends, who are sheets, get too cold in the winter weather and have to stay inside, but the little ghost quilt doesn’t mind. He enjoys slowly drifting along on his own. On one of his frosty flights, he sees something happening in the town. People are putting up warm, twinkling lights, and there’s a fun festive feeling everywhere — like Halloween, his favorite season, but with snowmen and wreaths and candles in windows instead of pumpkins. He is filled with excitement and happiness looking at all the beautiful decorations and joyous people, yet he can’t help but feel sad that his friends can’t be there. But then, after almost getting caught in a blizzard, the little ghost quilt is struck by inspiration.

The Original
Ghosts are supposed to be sheets, light as air and able to whirl and twirl and float and soar. But the little ghost who is a quilt can’t whirl or twirl at all, and when he flies, he gets very hot.He doesn’t know why he’s a quilt. His parents are both sheets, and so are all of his friends. His great-grandmother was a lace curtain, but that doesn’t really help cheer him up.) He feels sad and left out when his friends are zooming around and he can’t keep up. But one Halloween, everything changes. The little ghost who was a quilt has an experience that no other ghost could have, an experience that only happens because he’s a quilt . . . and he realizes that it’s OK to be different. 

The original is In stock now. The new book is due to arrive in August.

New from Carolina Moore

Doodle your own quilt blocks using the Quilt Doodle Pad! This 4″ x 6″ notepad is designed with quilt block doodles in mind, and with 50 sheets per pad, you can make a lot of doodles!

Design both simple and complex quilt blocks with this fun notepad. Each page has a quilt block grid for designing 12″ finished quilt blocks. With lines representing inch-wide segments, as well as half-inch segments, you can easily draw and color in your own quilt blocks.

The reference dots make it easy to design blocks without having to count individual squares. Find the center of your quilt block with the pink dot, use the light blue dots to easily make a 9-patch with 4″ segments, and use the teal dots to measure 3″ in from each side for sixteen patches and uneven nine patches. The included directions will guide you through writing your cutting instructions.

Use the back of each sheet for additional notes. Each notepad measures 4″ x 6″ and contains 50 sheets. Grid is designed for drawing 12″ finished quilt blocks. These pads are due to arrive the beginning of November and would make great stpcking stuffers!

Add that personal touch

Colop Little NIO Message kits include 10 interchangeable stamp designs, a pair of tweezers for replacement, and 1 integrated ink pad in the color fancy gray.

The washable ink leaves a 17 mm round imprint that adds creativity to your wearables and is great for gift-giving, perfect for invitations, homemade items, and delightful small gifts. There are two options to choose from:

The Craft Labeler comes with its own set of letters, including numbers and 12 typical icons of the handmade textile world. The washable labels also allow you to label all types of objects such as your crafting tools and storage. It can also be used to label jars with any homemade contents.

These are due to arrive the beginning of November, just in time for gift giving!

The Newest Embroidery Buddies


Two different buddies in three different colorways – all ready for your machine embroidery touches! Toffee is a sweet 16″ doggy with an exquisitely soft coat, droopy ears, a lovely low pile, embroiderable belly and a cute little snout. He’s available in Toffee, Pink and Blue, so there’s a puppy for everyone.


These extra special buddies have embroiderable ears with lots of room for special messages and soft, low-pile plush fabric is so easy to embroider. This adorable elephant is floppy and soft, 14″ seated, has deep thoughtful eyes and adorable tusks! Elephant ear buddy has no self-contained stuffing pods, the hidden zipper on the ears makes hooping and embroidery easy on any embroidery machine.

All are due to arrive early next month so place your orders now.

Bowl Cozy Template Set

Creative Grids® has joined forces with The Gypsy Quilter® to make it even easier to mass-produce one of their all-time favorite products, the bowl cozies. This nested set includes both sizes of bowls. The small bowl cozy template works with the precut bowl cozy batting (TGQ036), and the other template with the large (TGQ103). If you prefer to cut your own batting, we recommend The Gypsy Quilter® cotton batting (TGQHECB12 or TGQHECB18) which is microwave safe.

Just two squares of batting and two squares of fabric make one cozy. Simply fold the fabric in quarters and rotary cut around the template. It doesn’t get any easier than that! A complete set of instructions is included with the templates.

A visual learner? Scan the QR code on each template to watch a video demonstration or click this link to view it now: Video tutorial

Note: Since the finished product is intended to be used in a microwave, you MUST use 100% cotton thread, batting and non-metallic fabric.

Creative Grids Bowl Cozy Template Set


This 100% cotton batting is great for other projects as well. Tired of leftover batting scraps when working on smaller projects? This 100% cotton batting is designed just for you! It is the perfect choice for quilt-as-you-go projects, placemats and table runners. There are 10 yards on a roll, so you can complete multiple projects with just one roll. Since it is needle punched, it can be quilted a maximum of eight inches between quilting lines. Weighing 4-oz. per square yard, it has just enough body to add dimension to your project. This batting is microwave-safe in 2-minute increments, up to 6 minutes, when you use 100% cotton thread and fabric.

The Gypsy Quilter Cotton Batting 12in x 10yds

The large bowl cozy required an 18-inch width.

The Gypsy Quilter Cotton Batting 18in x 10yds

This Color-Blocked Bowl Cozy from Cut Loose Press™ is created with the Gypsy Quilter® Large Bowl Cozy Pre-Cut Batting which is microwave safe. All you need is 1/3-yard of two coordinating fabrics and a few hours of your time. Both sides of the cozy are cut from an over-sized quarter-square triangle block, the perfect choice to accent the quarters of the bowl.

The pattern is written for one cozy, but since the pre-cuts include enough batting to make four, you may want to make them all for gifts! To make all four, you need just 1 yard of two coordinating fabrics. Invite friends or teach a class. They will love going home with a finished project.

Color Blocked Bowl Cozy - Large

Or buy the batting that is already cut.

Large Bowl Cozy Pre-Cut Batting 8ct
Bowl Cozy Pre-Cut Batting 8ct

With wedding season starting, these would be great shower gifts!

Jigsaw Puzzles as Art

My family loves jigsaw puzzles so I can’t wait to share these with them. The quality looks amazing. In their words: Bring the family together while enjoying famous art! This puzzle features 1,000 pieces made with high-quality blue board pieces with a fabulous drawstring cotton bag to store your pieces. The gorgeous box opens to reveal a gold foiled inspirational quote with a magnetic closure. Artist history and interesting information are featured on the back. Your puzzle can be displayed with either the bookend spine or front face. Monarque’s giftable puzzles are available in 12 beautiful images featuring world-renowned artists.

Irises
Irises
Irises
Irises
Irises

Everything about these puzzles is quality!

Water Lilies
Garden Bridge
Laurel Burch Fantasticats Puzzle
Mary Lake Dogs Puzzle
O'Keeffe Petunia Puzzle

To see the entire collection, visit our website: Monarque

Ricky Tims etc.

Ricky Tims is a true renaissance man. Most of you know him because of his vibrant hand dyed colors and quilts with a modern flair. But did you know he also co-wrote a children’s chapter book?

Lizzy Albright and the Attic Window
Lizzy Albright and the Attic Window

The story showcases Granny’s sampler quilt which is a companion book that includes all of the instructions to make it.

Granny's 1930's Sampler

What a great set that could inspire the next generation to quilt.

Ricky is also a gifted pianist and composer. Two of his recordings are now available through Checker.

Alone With My Thoughts Music CD
Christmas In A Small Town Music CD

Why not play this music in your shop? All of these items are available now so place your orders!

2022 Planner from Lori Holt

In Lori’s words: Calling all Busy Bees! Tame your schedule in 2022 with our new 2022 Bee in my Bonnet Planner by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet Co.! This spiral-bound dated planner includes sections for monthly and weekly planning, as well as a notes section. Plus, it is so cute you won’t mind having it handy at all times!

Features:
– 12 months of tabbed monthly planner pages
– 12 months of weekly planner pages
– January 2022 to December 2022
– 12 pages of Notes
– 172 pages
– Page size 5 x 8 1/4-inches

2022 Bee in My Bonnet Planner

Just look at what is inside!

2022 Bee in My Bonnet Planner
2022 Bee in My Bonnet Planner
2022 Bee in My Bonnet Planner

These are in stock now so you can still get them in time to plan your new year!

Stitchy Sticks

The Stitchy Sticks 3-piece Set from The Gypsy Quilter® has 6 main features to aid in general sewing and quilting, hand and machine appliqué, fabric turning, English paper-piecing and vinyl crafting, stuffing and more.

Stitchy Sticks 3pc

1. Stiletto: Use it to guide fabric while at the sewing machine- to keep fingers a safe distance away from the sewing machine needle. Gently guide fabric through the presser foot when sewing both straight and curved seams. Keep fingers safe from the heat of a hot iron. Poke out corners of sewn fabric. Push stuffing into tiny spaces. Hold small seam allowances in place while under-stitching. Precisely place layers of fabric and line up edges.

2. Blunted Ball Tip: Use to position template pieces or small pieces of fabric at the iron, rather than using your finger. Use in combination with the turning tube to turn fabric. Use to turn straight sides of appliques.

3. Tapered Finger: Use to assist in opening seams. Use to finger press seams. Use to wrap fabric around templates. Assists in specific placement of applique. Use to hold glued pieces in place.

4. Spatula: Use to pry starched fabric or fused fabric off the pressing surface. Use to score release papers when working with Fusible interfacing and stabilizers. Use to remove English Paper- Piecing papers, foundation papers or other backing papers after stitching is complete.

Stitchy Sticks 3pc

5. Turning Tube- To assist in turning fabric when paired with the blunt ball tip.

Stitchy Sticks 3pc

6. Body of the tools- the squared handle measures 1/4 inch on each side. Use a pencil to draw a 1/4 inch seam allowance beyond the edge of the template. The flat sides stop the tools from rolling off the working surface.

Stitchy Sticks 3pc

These are the perfect tools to use to give your sewing and quilting projects that professional look. They are in stock now and would make a great gift! Watch a video here: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO3sQk_BAcs