Common Threads Quilting - for reproduction fabrics, quilts and kits in Waxahachie, Texas

Newsletter June 13

Sunday, 13 June 2010 14:23 |

June 13, 2010

Summer is definitely here. We have already had a few 100+ degree days here in Texas, and I'm sure there will be more to come. So we're staying out of the heat and enjoying the sewing room. Thank goodness for air conditioning!

Please note that the shop will be closed on Saturday, July 3rd to allow our employees to celebrate US Independence Day with their families. We will reopen on Monday, July 5th.

Web Sampler Celebration

Web Sampler Celebration runs this year from July 15th through September 15th. We are currently taking pre-orders for our block. Our finishing kit is almost done and should be posted on the website by the end of the week. Keep an eye on the front page of the site or our Facebook Page for updates. For more information, and to order your block, click here. To see all of the blocks, visit the Web Sampler Celebration site.

New Fabrics

Vanity Fair - All of the designs from this Windham line were selected from just 2 quilts from the archives of Nancy Gere. They are comprised of colors that were becoming popular towards the end of the 1860s, namely dark plums, rich browns, reddish pinks and the occasional clear blue. To see the complete line, click here.

Attic Shirtings - The light colors and tiny patterns in these fabrics from Jo Morton make this line perfect to use as backgrounds for your reproduction blocks. To see the entire line, click here.

Complements - Delicate patterns and warm colors ensure that this line from Jo Morton will definitely complement your favorite reproduction fabrics. You can see the entire line here.

Block of the Month Updates

Pumpkin Patch - We have sample blocks up now of our darling Pumpkin Patch Block of the Month quilt. You can see the sample blocks up on this page.

Bachelor Buttons - This is a sample block from our new Bachelor Buttons block of the month, from Blackbird Designs. You can click here for more information on this block of the month.

In-Shop Program

Prairie Women Sewing Club - Common Threads has a new club that will be held in the shop called Prairie Women Sewing Club. Each month there will be a project that is a duplicate of an antique quilt created during the time frame from 1840-1890. These projects are called Make-Do patterns. The women on the prairie could only use what they had, and if they ran out of fabrics in their color scheme, they put in something that would "make do" with the rest of the fabric. That's what we're going to do. Participants will exchange pieces of fabric with other members of the club for their projects.

Projects are small - wall hangings or table runners or pin cushions. The final project is a lap quilt. Meetings will be at the shop, where stories and discussions will take place. Specific dates have not yet been set for this club, but the meetings will be on Saturdays, and the club will start in September. Keep an eye on our website or Facebook for updates on this fun club!

Don't forget that Common Threads can now be followed on Facebook. If you'd like to get immediate notification of our new fabrics, patterns and kits, as well as notifications of sales that don't always make it into the newsletters, consider becoming a fan of the page.