 Barrier Island Gradient  Atomic Atoll by Louise Hall Barrier Island Gradient is back in stock this week. You can see it in action in this stunning quilt by Louise Hall. Don't be afraid to cut apart and rearrange a Gradient fabric. Color Wheel Fabrics The Color Wheel Fabrics (Stash Packs and Shades Packs) are my basic line of fabric and they are always 20% off. In Stash Packs I offer 3 versions: light, medium and dark. Medium is back in stock so three are all available again! Pat Ferguson used the Color Wheel fabrics for her New York Beauty quilt. It certainly is a beauty. New Clearance Don't forget to periodically check out the Clearance section. There are new fabrics there this week! August Schedule ReminderThis is your weekly reminder that my summer vacation is going to be a really long one this year so I want to give you notice now in case you need something dyed for your next project. We have plenty of time to get it done if we start planning now. I will be away August 6 - September 5 so the shop will basically be closed the entire month of August. If there's fabric that you need please get your orders in by the end of July. The cut off for custom dyed fabric will be July 26.
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New! Tapestries/Quilt BacksIt's been a very long time since I've had large tapestries to offer. Just like the Crystals, these are ice dyed and each one takes it's own bin for dyeing. These are all about 104" square and can be used as quilt backs, quilt fronts or hemmed to hang as a tapestry on it's own/ I could even see one made into drapes. There are only 4 of these so if you see one that you need get it soon! Don't forget to check out the New Crystals and Galaxies to see all of the other ice dyed fabrics. New! Salt Marsh Gradient New! Salt Marsh Gradient I also have a new Gradient for you this week. I hope that the name, Salt Marsh, makes sense to you the way it does for me. I think it represents the sky, water and grasses of a coastal salt marsh. I hope you find some inspiration in it for your next project. Gradients Back in Stock Awaken Gradient  Jenny Lake Gradient  Pumpkin Patch Gradient Fabric of the Week Anole Shades Pack - 20% off through Sunday! The fabric of the week this week is the Anole Shades Pack. It will make wonderful applique leaves for your next garden quilt. Anole is 20% off through Sunday. August Schedule ReminderThis is your weekly reminder that my summer vacation is going to be a really long one this year so I want to give you notice now in case you need something dyed for your next project. We have plenty of time to get it done if we start planning now. I will be away August 6 - September 5 so the shop will basically be closed the entire month of August. If there's fabric that you need please get your orders in by the end of July. The cut off for custom dyed fabric will be July 26.
New Crystals!It's been 2 years since I last made Crystal mandala fabrics. It's not that I don't love these fabric. I adore them! They are simply very labor, water and dye intensive and they need to be done in the summer. But there's no other way to get the incredible colors and texture that you get from ice dyeing. For those of you who want to do your own I will soon have a free tutorial available, but for everyone else, I have a lot of new Crystal mandalas in the shop. Each of these is at least 40" square. There will be large quilt back mandalas available next week. Not quite sure how to tackle one of these fabrics? Check out how three of my customers treated their Crystal mandalas. Click on each photo to see the details. New Galaxies!When I started doing ice dyeing I quickly realized that there was a lot of wasted dye that dripped through the folded fabrics and into the bin underneath. I started playing around with putting fabrics in the bottom of the bin and quickly discovered my favorite fabrics. All of the Galaxy fabrics are larger than 2 yards and all were created through the ice dyeing process. Some are scrunched, some are folded for symmetry and the scrunched and others are folded and arranged carefully in the bottom of the bin. I love using the Galaxy fabrics in my quilts. For the Antelope Canyon quilt (left) I started with a Galaxy fabric and dyed the blue, brown and green to match. For the Maine Quilt (right) I used a Galaxy fabric for the border of a quilt made with all sun printed blocks. Click on either photo to see more photos of each quilt. Summer ScheduleThis is your weekly reminder that my summer vacation is going to be a really long one this year so I want to give you notice now in case you need something dyed for your next project. We have plenty of time to get it done if we start planning now. I will be away August 6 - September 5 so the shop will basically be closed the entire month of August. If there's fabric that you need please get your orders in by the end of July. The cut off for custom dyed fabric will be July 26.
 It's my favorite time of the year! Each year, shortly before vacation, I have a big Gradient sale. Last week I dyed a TON of ice dyed fabrics but they aren't quite ready for the shop yet so I'm moving the Gradient sale up a little. You won't mind that, will you? All Gradients are 20% off through July 4th. Just use coupon code GRADIENT20 at checkout. Keep an eye out next week for lots of new ice dyed Crystal Mandalas. Need some inspiration? Check out these beautiful quilts, all made with Gradients. Gradients are great for backgrounds and elements of art quilts, sashing and other components of traditional quilts and are fabulous for fussy cutting applique elements. Top Row (L to R): Becky Brown, Jane Sleeva, Jeannette Ringuette Bottom Row: Patricia Caldwell, Rachel Derstine, Chery Bradley Summer ScheduleThis is your weekly reminder that my summer vacation is going to be a really long one this year so I want to give you notice now in case you need something dyed for your next project. We have plenty of time to get it done if we start planning now. I will be away August 6 - September 5 so the shop will basically be closed the entire month of August. If there's fabric that you need please get your orders in by the end of July. The cut off for custom dyed fabric will be July 26.
 New Reflections fabrics! Last week my dyeing inspiration came from the beautiful landscapes around me this summer. That always leads me to making more Reflections fabrics pulling colors from the scenery around me. These fabrics are great for landscape quilts but the stripy nature of the pattern also makes a great borders and sashing for traditional quilts. There are lots to choose from if these 4 don't really speak to you. Reflections are sold by the yard and the stripes go across the width of the fabric. Summer ScheduleMy summer vacation is going to be a really long one this year so I want to give you notice now in case you need something dyed for your next project. We have plenty of time to get it done if we start planning now. I will be away August 6 - September 5 so the shop will basically be closed the entire month of August. If there's fabric that you need please get your orders in by the end of July. The cut off for custom dyed fabric will be July 26. Fabric of the Week South Pacific Gradient is 20% off through Sunday Keeping with the water and sky theme, I've selected South Pacific as the fabric of the week. The blue-greens of this gradient are perfect to represent tropical waters. Gradients are also great for borders. The provide complex color transitions with very little work. South Pacific is 20% off through Sunday.
New Stash Pack New Stash Pack Overcast! I am so excited about this new Stash Pack. I wanted to do a pack that was all "cool" colors. As I was planning we were talking about the weather forecast for the next day and the word "overcast" came up. That got me thinking about doing this pack with all the colors grayed a bit. This is the result and I love it. I used combinations of grayed versions of blues, greens and purples. Of course I named it from the inspiration: Overcast. Each Stash pack has 10 fat eights of fabric and each one is highly textured. 5 are mottled and 5 are streaky. Here are 6 of the fabrics included in the pack to give you an idea of what larger pieces might look like. The fabrics will not look exactly like these except in one pack! Each fabric is dyed in 2 yard cuts so each of the fat eighths from one fabric will vary. Summer ScheduleMy summer vacation is going to be a really long one this year so I want to give you notice now in case you need something dyed for your next project. We have plenty of time to get it done if we start planning now. I will be away August 6 - September 5 so the shop will basically be closed the entire month of August. If there's fabric that you need please get your orders in by the end of July. The cut off for custom dyed fabric will be July 26. Fabric of the Week Eminence Shades Pack is 20% off through Sunday  Purple Stars by Patricia Caldwell Keeping with the overcast theme I selected the Eminence Shades Pack as the fabric of the week. Eminence is my favorite grayed purple.
Patricia Caldwell used Eminence, along with other Shades Packs and Gradients in her Purple Stars quilt. Eminence is 20% off through Sunday. New Stash Pack Quarry Stash Pack I have to admit that when I design a new Stash Pack I'm only focusing on a color range. I don't have a real theme in mind. I'm just having fun. Naming inspiration comes to me when I'm ironing the fabric. In this case I saw every fabric as a great idea for granite counter tops! That's why this collection of browns/grays/blues is called Quarry. These would be nice elements for a forest themed piece, a landscape with roads or rocks and some would work great in space themed pieces. I'd love to hear what ideas you might have for these fabrics.
Each Stash pack has 10 fat eights of fabric and each one is highly textured. 5 are mottled and 5 are streaky. Here are 6 of the fabrics included in the pack to give you an idea of what larger pieces might look like. The fabrics will not look exactly like these except in one pack! Each fabric is dyed in 2 yard cuts so the fat eighths from one fabric will vary. Gradients Back in StockThank you for all the love you showed for the new gradient Waves. It sold out quickly but I have more for you this week if you missed your first opportunity. Azure Sea is also back in stock.  Azure Sea Gradient  Waves Gradient Fabric of the Week Harlan Reflections - 20% off through Sunday Maybe you like the new Quarry Stash Pack but you need a larger cut of a brown textured fabric. Harlan may be just what you need! It's part of the Reflections collection. Reflections are larger cuts of streaky textured fabrics in beautiful nature colors representing sea, sky and land.
Harlan, in beautiful bark-like brown is 20% off through Sunday. New fabrics! New! Mood Gradient The last new gradient that I introduced was Waves that was inspired by my trips to the beach. As I was making it I was also thinking about how I would feel when I leave the beach and I created this gradient to reflect my vacation ending Mood. It's all tongue in cheek because I really don't feel sad about vacation ending. I'm always happy to be back in my sewing, quilting and dyeing spaces. But I just had to call this one "Mood" for my inspiration thoughts. I've been wanted to combine black and purple again for a while and I'm really happy with this one. All that texture meeting in the middle makes me so happy.  New! Lupine Shades Pack To coordinate with Mood I created a new Shades Pack in the purple from the gradient. Lupine is very grape leaning toward red.
All of the black-based fabrics also coordinate with Mood. Back in Stock Kashmir Gradient
Fabric of the Week  Apple Cider is 20% off through Sunday The fabric of the week this week is Apple Cider Gradient. I selected this one because it would work really well with Kashmir.
This week's newsletter is completely devoted to the beach. The new fabric is beachy and I have a special beach celebration announcement. But first, also related to the beach, I'll be away with my family next week so no orders will be shipped May 22 - 31. All orders (not requiring custom dyeing) will ship June 1. New Waves Gradient! Waves Gradient My family gets together every May for a beach vacation and I start looking forward to it in April. Who am I kidding? I start looking forward to the next one the day we get back. It's going to be so lovely to be together this year with all restrictions lifted in North Carolina. I've been in such a beach mood that I just had to translate that into a new gradient. I love the way that blue dye travels so that there are lots of dark areas in the green side to give the feel of movement. I had to name it Waves.
This gradient coordinates with the Color Wheel Shades Packs in Purple Blue and Blue Green. Gradients Back In Stock Morning Glory Gradient  Monterey Bay Gradient Summer Vacation Giveaway Week! I'm going to accomplish 2 goals next week. First is a much-needed vacation away from the computer and the other is to clear out some treasures from my sewing room. Check in on the blog every day next week and enter each giveaway. There are 6 giveaways and you can enter each one.
 New Stars! This week I have over a dozen new Star fabrics for you. Stars are one yard one-of-a-kind fabrics. These are great for art quilt background, binding or just when you need a larger piece. If you don't see the color you need I can always custom dye a color for you. If you need just one of the 5 shades in a Shades Pack, I can do that for you. In fact, I can custom dye a piece as small as 1/2 yard of any color that you need. I have so many Stars fabrics now that I've decided to make them the fabric of the week. All of them, even the new ones, are on sale! All STARS fabrics 15% off through 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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