This week I have a new Stash Pack for you! Earthworks has 10 fat eighths of fabrics in brown tones ranging from gray browns, to chocolate browns to orange browns. Stash Packs were originally designed for art quilters and applique artists but I love them for my traditional quilts, especially scrappy quilts. The quilt on the left is one I made with two Stash Packs in browns and grays. Each Stash Pack has 5 streaky fabrics and 5 mottled fabrics. Here are larger views of all of them. The fabrics you receive will not look exactly like these but they will be these colors and general textures. Each fat eighth is a gem on it's own. There are so many possibilities for fussy cutting applique or landscape elements. Black is back!Also this week Black fabric is back! This mottled dark black fabric is sold by the yard. Black is a difficult and expensive color to dye and that's why I developed my own recipe several years ago. The commercially available black dyes just don't give a truly rich dark black.
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I've been having fun doing some updates to old Gradients and making new ones. Today I have one new one, one upgraded one and one restock. This one, First Blush, is a new one. This one was inspired by the colors of the sunrise. This next Gradient, Estuary, is an upgrade to the Jenny Lake gradient. It's a subtle difference but, by using a different blue, I like the end result better. I also have Sugar Maple back in stock. Sugar Maple is one of my favorite Gradients and may be the foundation for my next big quilt. Fabric of the WeekThe fabric of the week this week is the Autumn Harvest Gradient. It's 20% off through Sunday.
I love it when I get a request to dye something. Marrakesh is a gradient that I retired a couple of years ago but I was happy to bring it back by request. If there's a Gradient that you would like to see again just contact me and I'll try to do it for you. This week I also have a new gradient in Denim blue. Most of my blue gradients are in brighter blues and I wanted to have one in a darker, grayer blue. I liked the Gradient so much that I decided to create a new Denim Shades Pack in the same color! Shades Packs have 5 fat quarters in 5 shades of the same color. Fabric of the WeekThe fabric of the week this week is the Binda Reflections. Reflections are sold by the yard and this one is on sale through Sunday.
After a couple of weeks off I have new fabric for you! This week it's all about the Stars. Stars are one yard cuts that are dyed in single colors but the method of dyeing gives them a lot of visual texture. I'm showing nine here but there are 14 new ones all together. These are great for large elements in art quilts, borders and bindings. They are one of a kind and I can't dye more of any of them but if you need a larger cut of any color (say one of the colors in a gradient or from a Shades Pack) I can always custom dye any amount over a half yard for you and there's no extra charge for it. You can see all of the new Stars in the shop. Fabric of the WeekThe fabric of the week this week is the Watershed Gradient. Gradients are sold by the half yard and the pattern runs selvage to selvage. This image approximates a half yard cut. Multiple quantities come as one piece. Purchase 3 and you receive 1.5 yards.
Watershed is on sale through Sunday. This week I have some new Reflections fabrics for you. These fabrics are so much fun to make. I'm never quite sure how they will turn out and I'm always surprised. But first! I'll be away January 28 - February 3. Orders placed after January 28 will be shipped February 4. New ReflectionsReflections are streaky fabrics originally designed for landscape elements. They are great for water and sky elements and there are other colors that are great for trees and foliage. They are sold by the yard. I have 5 new ones for you this week. Azura is in streaky light blues. Cascata is in black with dark and medium blue. It's perfect for a night time lake. Roland has dark and medium green with bright green highlights. Solari is in shades of butter and golden brown. This one would make a beautiful golden sunset. Tiree is in shades of brown and would be great for tree trunks, and wood plank elements. There are lots of other Reflections designs that you can check out in the shop. Fabric of the WeekThe fabric of the week this week is the Purple Passion Stash Pack. It contains 10 fat eighths of fabric in a variety of purple colors and textures. This Pack is 20% off through Sunday.
This week of dyeing was all about restocking Gradients and Shades. First up the Gradients! Blue Sky, Niagara and Helios are all back in stock. I don't often talks about the Shades Packs because they are always "in stock" even if I need to dye them to catch up. But I try very hard to keep them all in stock in fat quarter packs. The only Shades Pack that I track inventory with is the Black Shades Pack. They have a little longer turnaround because black is the most complex color that I dye. This one is so dark that I offer this one in 8 steps and it's available in Fat Quarter and Half Yard packs. All other Shades Packs come in 5 steps but any Color can be ordered on more or less steps and I can also dye custom colors for you. Two other Packs that were restocked this week are Conch and Cosmos. Conch is often used for monochromatic portraits. There are over 40 Shades Packs to choose from and you can see all the options here. Fabric of the WeekThis week I'm offering the Maize Shades Pack as the Fabric of the Week. This is the first time there has been a Shades Pack as Fabric of the Week in over a year so it's a great time to catch a deal on one.. This sale is limited to only fabric currently in stock whis is only fat quarter packs. If you order more than 1 quantity you will receive multiple fat quarter packs, not continuous yardage. Maize is 20% off through Sunday.
Happy New Year! I hope you had a great holiday season and are looking forward to lots of creative time in 2024. I don't set annual resolutions but one of my goals for January and February is to finish a quilt that I started last summer. This is a quilt the I started this summer and it ended 2023 as a UFO. I just got sidetracked on some other projects but it will soon be a queen size quilt. I bring it up today because it was the inspiration for the new Stash Pack available today. This is a scrap quilt and it was perfect for Stash Packs. When I started the quilt I grabbed one of each of the blue Stash Packs that I had along with a lot of my own scraps. I quickly discovered that I was low on light blues and that's brought us to today! New Stash PackNow I have the light blues that I need to finish the quilt. This Pack along with the other three provides a great variety of different values of blues for any project. Stash Packs were originally designed for art quilters and applique artists but I love them for my traditional quilts, especially scrappy quilts. Baby Blues contains 10 fat eighths of very textured fabrics in a variety of shades of pale blue. Each Stash Pack has 5 streaky fabrics and 5 mottled fabrics. Here are larger views of all of them. The fabrics you receive will not look exactly like these but they will be these colors and general textures. Each fat eighth is a gem on it's own. There are so many possibilities for fussy cutting applique or landscape elements. Fabric of the WeekAnother way to get a variety of colors or value is with a Gradient. So to add more blue variety to the week I've made Ebb Tide Gradient the fabric of the week this week. It's 20% off through Sunday.
A couple of weeks ago I was watching a video and in one part there was a drone view down the middle of a river gorge. It was beautiful and I immediately thought "new gradient"! I couldn't wait to try the idea out in the dye studio. River Gorge turned out exactly how I envisioned it. For me, I'd use this one as a border for a quilt in blues, greens and browns. How would you use it? Gradients Back in StockI sold out of a lot of Gradients during the annual sale this summer and I think I have finally caught up with this last batch for the year. This will be the last newsletter until after Christmas. I hope you have a wonderful holiday, no matter what or how you celebrate!
I've explained before why I don't dye Shibori very often but occasionally I get in the mood and just have to do it! It's not profitable but the dye process is just so magical and it energizes my love of dyeing. I love having it to share with you. All of my Shibori pieces are dyed twice to give them even more texture and color depth. I especially like making Stash Packs of Shibori so that you have an opportunity to get 8 separate Shibori pieces. Each piece is a fat eighth for a total of 1 yard. There are also several half yard pieces available for artists who need larger pieces. Just like the ones in the Stash Pack, each of these is dyed twice for extra texture. Check them all out in the shop. Fabric of the WeekThe fabric of the week this week is the Shadows Stash Pack. It contains 10 fat eighths in shades of dark blues, grays and black. These fabrics are great options for night landscape elements of water and sky.
Shadows is 20% off through Sunday. First, a note to let you know that any orders placed this week will be shipped Monday, December 4th. That's because I'm enjoying a sewing week with my friends and this spectacular view. Today is going to start a very cold streak so it's perfect sewing weather for woking on my Christmas postcards. But even though I'm away I do have some fabric news for you. New Gradients!This week I have TWO new gradients for you! Both are autumn/cool weather inspired. Autumn Harvest is a upgrade of the discontinued Pumpkin Patch Gradient. Cocoa is the result of lots of tries to get the brown gradient that I had in my head. This is it! Gradients Back in StockI've also got 4 gradients back in stock for you. Fabric of the WeekStaying on the Gradient theme, the fabric of the week this week is the Sunshine and Shadows Gradient. It's 20% off through Sunday, or unless it sells out before Sunday.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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