We just got some more Darla by Tanya Whelan today!

This Free Spirit fabric line has been VERY popular - I thought the pinks would be the first to go, but it was actually the reds and blues that sold out first. We have all the fabrics available again on the site - come on by and take a look! There has been more demand for Darla then there was for Tanya Whelan's last collection, Ava Rose (at least for our store...).



Did you know that Free Spirit has a free quilt pattern for Darla on their web site? Finished size is 49 1/2" by 49 1/2"

Swanky - designed by Chez Moi for Moda

Hooray! Swanky arrived today - and it is GREAT. Stop by and take a look!! We are excited to finally get our first Honey Buns and Turnovers with this new line.

Honey Buns are mini versions of the Jelly Roll - they consist of 40 strips of fabric 1 1/2 inches wide.

Turnovers consist of 80 precut 6" triangles.

We're also carrying Fat Quarter bundles, Layer Cakes, and Charm Packs. Yardage will be posted soon. We would love to see what you make from this awesome new fabric - be sure and send us some pictures! It's late - gotta go to bed... Good night!

Windham Paper Dolls fabric by Sheri Marquez is hard to find!!

OK, so we were able to get our hands on a few bolts of Paper Dolls from Windham yesterday. You know, the adorable line from Sheryl Rae Marquez? We listed it on our site around 8:30 last night. Within 30 minutes, we had already sold some. That was the start of the mad rush! By 2 pm today, the fabric we listed yesterday was all gone. Talk about popular!! Do you girls love you some Paper Dolls, or what???

Not to worry, we have ordered lots more of this fabric, but the bad news is, it is not going to be available until March... :(

We will keep you posted!

Flights of Fancy by Paula Prass for Michael Miller

We'd like to take a moment and showcase another line of fabric that we think is fantastic:
Flights of Fancy - designed by Paual Prass for Michael Miller fabrics

As Paula describes it, the inspiration for this fabric line was a long, lovely, luxurious month spent in Hawaii. She carried a sketchbook and camera with her and captured the breathtaking beauty of sunsets over the ocean, the cultural influences of the asian and polynesian population and natural wildlife (dragonflies, birds and butterflies are incorporated in the focus fabrics).

The quilted castle is offering yardage, charm packs, and fat quarters in three colorways of this fabric (we can also pre-cut jelly rolls for you - shoot us an email and let us know if you'd like one (or two!):

1. Ocean - inspired by mornings on a private beach collecting the aqua, green, brown and frosted white beach glass. 2. Spring - based on the many fragrant flowers of the islands. 3. Summer -bold, bright colors in reds, blacks, and blues.

Moda Honeybun Winner

We drew the names today for the Honeybun (we used a random number generator on the internet) and the winner is...

Suzanne!

Congratulations Suzanne!

We will do a separate drawing in a week or so to choose the winner from all the new subscribers to our newsletter who signed up in December.

Happy New Year!!

Moda (mini) HoneyBun Giveaway

OK - we hope everybody had a very Merry Christmas! We sure did - it was a white Christmas here in Portland, which is pretty rare...

But enough about us, let's give away something!!! Introducing Moda "HoneyBuns". These HoneyBuns are 1 1/2" X WOF strips. This Moda Bake Shop package includes one Aviary mini-HoneyBun (designed by 3 Sisters) and one Spring Magic mini-HoneyBun (designed by April Cornell).

These cute little HoneyBuns also come with a free Moda Pattern to make a Sweet Treat Bag. Two Sweet Treat Bags can be made from this Moda gift box containing two mini-HoneyBuns (but note that four Sweet Treat Bags can be made from a full sized HoneyBun).

This fun and fast bag makes up in minutes. It is the perfect ditty bag for sewing notions, a cosmetics bag or a gift bag – on its own or filled with treats for a special friend.

If you want to win this set of HoneyBuns, just leave a comment here, and we'll choose a winner in a week or so and post the winner here on our blog. How does that sound - good? I thought so! Good luck everybody!

Fabric Giveaway! Free Fabric!

Each month, we are going to give away free fabric to our customers who sign up to receive our newsletters. The signup form is on our homepage of www.TheQuiltedCastle.com, or you can sign up right here!

Add your email address here and click the button!

In our newsletters, we will let you know when the latest fabric collections from your favorite designers have arrived, like Amy Butler, Tina Givens, Tanya Whelan, Sandy Gervais, Patty Young, Lila Tueller, Robyn Pandolph, Paula Prass, Quilt Gate, April Cornell, Fig Tree Quilts, Holly Holderman, Verna Mosquera, Me & My Sister, 3 Sisters, and More! We will also let you know when we're having another great sale (when AREN'T we having a great sale??).

What can I win, you ask???

Monthly winners will get their choice of:
1) 1 yard of fabric (excluding Lecien, Yuwa) or 4 fat quarters
2) 1/2 yard of Lecien or Yuwa premium Japanese fabric or 2 fat quarters
3) 1 charm pack
4) 1 sewing pattern

Requirements:
1) Sign up for our newsletter (available on every page of our web site)
2) Leave a comment on one of our blog articles right here!

Any questions? Feel free to ask!
Good luck and happy sewing!

Fabric Matcher from Moda

Have you tried out Moda's Fabric Matcher yet? If not, you should go check it out. Here you can download your favorite pattern, select some Moda fabrics (or upload pictures/scans from your own stash) and see a finished quilt project with the fabric you have selected! Pretty neat, huh?

Membership is free - all you have to do is go to http://moda.fabricmatcher.com/ and register. Feel free to add any comments here or tips for those of you who are already experts at this!

Creating a new project with fabrics and a pattern is very easy.
1. Find a pattern for your project – In the New Project box on the left click on the Find Pattern link and search for a pattern to save into your project box. It will also tell you how many fabrics you need to fill the pattern.
2. Find fabrics for your project - Click on the Find Fabrics link at the bottom of the fabric box – browse through theme or designer, choose by color or by uploaded image. You can also upload your own photos (see our example quilts below!)
3. Each time you find a fabric you like, add it to your fabric box. This fabric will then appear in the fabric box to the left. You can save up to 15 fabrics in your fabric box.
4. Once you have added a pattern and fabrics, then click on the Create Project button
5. Click on the Add Fabric link and you can choose from your fabric box. The pattern will automatically fill up as you choose fabrics.
6. You can easily change the fabrics around by clicking on Change Fabric and then re-select the fabric to use
7. You can use the same fabric as many times in the pattern as you like
8. You can then view your completed pattern in a large picture by clicking on the enlarge button.
9. Make sure you name your project and save to your online "stash."



Here are a few examples we've played with (kits available on our web site soon). While the large pattern in the middle of the quilt is not true to scale, it gives you the general idea!

Cottage Romance quilt - fabric designer Willowberry Lane for Maywood Studios
Wizard of Oz - Over the Rainbow



Have fun!!

I Love Lucy - Lucy's Chocolate Factory

(Click to enlarge picture)

It's finally here! One of the funniest ladies of all time is commemorated in this line of fabric by Quilting Treasures. Lucy and Ethel enter the working world and the men take on domesticity in this well known episode of I Love Lucy. How many chocolates must have been consumed in this episode? I don't know, but I've had many laughs watching this classic show. How about you? The fabrics are represented in retro tones of mint, pink and yellow and blue.



We will be offering yardage of this fabric line at our web site and will also be selling quilt kits with the free pattern below.

We can also make you some 5" fabric squares or jelly rolls from these fabrics - shoot me an email if you are interested! I bet this line will be VERY popular - there has been some demand pent up for some I Love Lucy fabric for a while...

Have fun!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you out there! We hope you have a wonderful day visiting with family and friends. For those of you shopping on black Friday, have fun and find some great deals.