...and new Reflections! New Reflections! I've added 4 new Reflections fabrics this week! I designed these fabrics primarily for landscape elements but they also make great borders or stripe elements for any quilt. This week I've added a yellow/pink sunset, some deep blue water, a deep purple night sky and some great bark for your next fiber tree. Because it's Thanksgiving I want to thank all of my great customers so All Reflections are 20% off! |
 Arizona Dreaming by Patricia Caldwell | Patricia Caldwell made Arizona Dreaming using the Beach Walk Gradient. You can see that the brown edge is not just sand. It makes some fine rocks too! |
Trumpet Vine Gradient
Woodlands Gradient
 Table Runner by Leslie McNeil | Leslie McNeil added her beautiful quilting to a piece of Woodlands Gradient for a beautiful autumnal table runner.  Look at those beautiful feathers! |
You all went crazy over the last batch of Shibori. It all sold out in 2 days! I jsut had to get back in the dye studio and make more. This week I have another Stash Pack and 3 half-yard pieces. The Stash Pack has a variety of blues and greens in fat eighths. There's lots of great water and grass elements in this one. The Stash Pack has 8 fat eights of fabric.
Need Shibori inspiration?
Here are a few pieces, using Shibori, made by my wonderful customers.
 Looking Beyond by Rachel Derstine  Shield by Marcy George |  Looking Beyond 2 by Rachel Derstine  Root Tapestry by Erica Prince |
Fabric of the Week
Frolic Gradient is 20% off through Sunday
I wanted to pick a Fabric of the Week this week that will keep with the Shibori Stash Pack green and blue theme. I selected one of your favorites, Frolic. Through Sunday it's 20% off.
New Stash Packs
 Sun Rays |  Autumn Greens |
I hinted at these new Stash Packs in the last newsletter. I had to replace a few fabrics that I created in the first try. They have to be just like my original vision before I'll share them with you. Now they are ready for their debut.
Should I ever decide to do anything with this inspirational photo that I took last week in Great Smokies National Park, I would absolutely start with these 2 Stash Packs.
Stash Packs have 10 fat eights of heavily color textured fabrics in a color theme. They are perfect for art quilts, landscape quilts, small projects and scrap quilts. You can see all of the Stash Packs here.
Should I ever decide to do anything with this inspirational photo that I took last week in Great Smokies National Park, I would absolutely start with these 2 Stash Packs.
Stash Packs have 10 fat eights of heavily color textured fabrics in a color theme. They are perfect for art quilts, landscape quilts, small projects and scrap quilts. You can see all of the Stash Packs here.
Fabric of the Week
Jenny Lake Gradient 20% off through Sunday
Sunrise Silhouette by Patricia Caldwell Keeping with the them of the new Stash Packs, I've selected the beautiful Jenny Lake Gradient as the fabric of the week. Jenny Lake was also inspired by a national park, It was created from an image that I took of Jenny Lake in the Grand Tetons.
Patricia Caldwell used Jenny lake as the background fabric for her Sunrise Silhouette. Jenny Lake is 20% off through Sunday.
Patricia Caldwell used Jenny lake as the background fabric for her Sunrise Silhouette. Jenny Lake is 20% off through Sunday.
Before we get to fabric I have a couple of announcements.
The shop will be open next week but there will be no orders shipped October 19 - 23. All orders will be shipped October 24.
While I'm away from the shop, hopefully enjoying some autumn foliage, I'm going to leave my blog readers with a week of giveaway posts! Be sure to check in on the blog ever day next week and enter to win one of the 6 prize packages.
The shop will be open next week but there will be no orders shipped October 19 - 23. All orders will be shipped October 24.
While I'm away from the shop, hopefully enjoying some autumn foliage, I'm going to leave my blog readers with a week of giveaway posts! Be sure to check in on the blog ever day next week and enter to win one of the 6 prize packages.
Fabric of the Week
Use Coupon Code AUTUMN at checkout
My plan for this week was to have 2 great new autumnal Stash Packs for you but I rejected one fabric in each so these will wait until I get the fabrics just right. But I can pivot! Instead I'm putting all Stars fabrics on sale this week. You can find all sorts of treasures there and many are in some beautiful autumnal colors and there are some beautiful blue skies for backgrounds. Stars are one yard cuts of one-of-a-kind colors. If you fall in love with one, get it. They can't be reproduced! Use coupon code AUTUMN at checkout to get 20% off.
Autumn back in stock
Here are the beautiful Autumn-inspired fabrics that are back in stock this week.
Georgia Peach Gradient
Sugar Maple Gradient
If you are looking for fabrics that would be great for leaf blocks or appliques you need look no further than these. Or you can use them as a background or feature elements of art quilts as Leslie McNeil and Patricia Caldwell did in these quilts.
 Inner Connections by Patricia Caldwell |  Autumn art quilt by Leslie McNeil |
First, a scheduling note. If you need anything custom dyed over the next 2 weeks please get your order in by tomorrow morning. I'll be away from the dye studio the week of the 19th and will have a limited schedule next week. There will be no orders shipped October 19 - 22.
New! Oceana Stash Pack
This week I have a beautiful new Stash Pack for you. Stash Packs have 10 fat eights of fabric and each piece has a lot of wonderful color texture. Oceana has all the beautiful blues of the ocean. The blues in this pack are on the brighter side because each has blues that are all based on turquoise. There are streakies and mottles to help you depict any seascape.
Fabric of the Week
Monterey Bay Gradient - 20% off through Sunday
Clearly I'm in an ocean blue mood because I selected the beautiful Monterey Bay gradient as the fabric of the week. It is also a turquoise based bright blue. It's 20% off through Sunday.
Back In Stock
Barrier Island Gradient
 Atomic Atoll by Louise Hall | There are two fabrics are back in stock this week. First up is Barrier Island. It's also another beautiful turquoise based blue but this time it's combined with a lovely Sunset gold. Louise Hall used Barrier Island to great effect in her art quilt, Atomic Atoll. |
 Color Wheel Light | Also back in stock is the Color Wheel Light Stash Pack. The Color Wheel fabrics are all part of the Basics collection and are always on sale! There are Shades Packs in each of the 10 color wheel hues. There are also Color Wheel Stash Packs in Medium and Dark. You can see all the Color Wheel fabrics in the shop. |
 Color Wheel Medium |  Color Wheel Dark |
It's been so long since I had time to make new Shibori so last week was a real treat for me. It was a dyeing day dedicated to Shibori! I can only do 11 pieces in a day and each one is dyed twice. It's twice the work but I get so much more color depth and texture that it's worth it! I have a Stash Pack of 8 fat eights and 3 half-yard pieces available in the shop this week. I love working with the fat eights pieces. They seem to be just the right size for applique and pieced blocks.
Fabric of the Week
Riverside Gradient - 20% off through Sunday
Chrysocolla Meditation by Patricia Caldwell The fabric of the week this week is the Riverside Gradient. It's 20% off through Sunday. Gradients are sold by the half yard and multiple quantities are cut as one continuous piece.
Patricia Caldwell made this beautiful art quilt, Chrysocolla Meditation, using Riverside and the base fabric.
Patricia Caldwell made this beautiful art quilt, Chrysocolla Meditation, using Riverside and the base fabric.
Back in stock
Summer Sunset is back!
The Summer Sunset Gradient is back in stock this week. This is the gradient that I used for the color palette of my current quilt project. It will have the gradient as a border.
This week's newsletter seems to have an accidental theme. You can sure bet that I didn't have my act together to actually PLAN this. Purple and blue are the accidental, but official, colors of the week!
New Gradient!
Introducing Azure Sea Gradient!
The first blue/purple fabric this week is a brand new gradient called Azure Sea. I have several gradients in blues but I wanted something that could be a brighter sea scene. Turquoise and purple blend here for a beautiful bright sea or even a sky over a field of violets.
Fabric of the week
Grapevine Stash Pack 20% off through Sunday
The fabric of the week this week is the Grapevine Stash Pack. Stash Packs are 10 fat eighths of very textured fabrics in a color theme. These purples range from blue purples to red purples, lights to darks. It's a great variety to beef up your purple stash. Check out all the other Stash Packs in the shop.
Gradients Back In Stock
I'm continuing to restock the gradients and these 3 are back this week!
Blue Sky Gradient
South Pacific Gradient
Sundance Gradient
Today's post is all about dark fabrics that are perfect for representing night or contrast in your projects. First up is a new Shades Pack.
Midnight Shades Pack
New! Midnight Shades Pack
I introduced the Midnight Gradient (see below) a few months ago. This is absolutely my new favorite blue so I just had to make it into a Shades Pack too. This blue is so dark that I can custom dye more than 5 steps inf you need. This could easily go to 8 or 9 steps, like the Black Shades Pack. If you want more steps just send me a message and I can get it dyed for you.
Fabric of the Week
Midnight Gradient - 20% off through Sunday!
To celebrate the new Shades Pack I'm offering the inspiration fabric, Midnight Gradient, at 20% off this week! Midnight Gradient is on sale through Sunday or as long as supplies last.
Back in Stock
Continuing in the theme of darkness I have the Black and Gray Skies Gradients are back in stock this week. I'm working hard to get all the gradients back in stock that sold out in the August sale. Stocks should be back to normal by the end of September.
Black Gradient
Gray Skies Gradient
The Gray Skies Gradient is the light end of the Black Gradient. The darkest shade in Gray Skies is the middle shade of Black. These were dyed on the same day with the same dye lot so it's the rare time that the 2 fabrics perfectly match.
Perkins Quilt by Jane Sleeva Jane Sleeva used Black and Gray Skies Gradients along with Blue Skies and Coppermine in her Perkins Quilt. The quilt was inspired by a painting by Philip Perkins. You can see the painting here.
(This was supposed to post Tuesday. It didn't so I'm catching up.)
I can't believe that it's been a month since I posted shop news or sent out a newsletter. How appropriate that the news this week is about new Reflections fabrics because it reminds me of my favorite photo from vacation.
I can't believe that it's been a month since I posted shop news or sent out a newsletter. How appropriate that the news this week is about new Reflections fabrics because it reminds me of my favorite photo from vacation.
This moon rise photo was taken August 28 and is the best photo that I took over the whole 3 weeks! It reminds me of my Midnight Gradient. That mountain on the left (Beech Mountain) was one of the trails that we hiked on this trip. it was our second time hiking that mountain.
But you are here for fabric news so let's get to it.
But you are here for fabric news so let's get to it.
Fabric of the Week
Egyptian Blue - 20% off while supplies last!
Inspired by my vacation photo, I've selected Egyptian Blue as the fabric of the week. It's set of 5 fat quarters for a total of 1.25 yards. This fabric is being discontinued so it will be on sale until it's sold out and then it's gone forever. Get yours before it disappears!
New Reflections!
New Reflections!
This week I have 4 new Reflections fabrics in the shop. These are such great fabrics for landscape elements. You can see all the available Reflections in the shop.
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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.
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