Windham Fabric Snip-its

Wallflowers Quilt Design Contest Begins Today!!

Today's the day... the Wallflowers Quilt Design Contest has started! We are pleased to present this contest in collaboration with Threadbias, Pink Castle Fabrics, and Stash Books.

The Wallflowers Quilt Design Contest is a chance to design a quilt using Allison Harris' upcoming Wallflowers collection using the Threadbias Quilt Design Tool. The winning design will receive enough Wallflowers yardage to make their winning quilt deisgn (& more)!

How to enter and win prizes: Become a Threadbias member (membership is free) and follow the directions to sign up. Join the Wallflowers Quilt Design Contest Group and use the Quilt Design Tool to design and enter a quilt design.

What are the quilt design parameters?  Anything goes as long as you've designed your quilt top with Allison Harris' Wallflowers fabric and the accompanying Windham Fabrics Solids.The quilt dimensions don't exceed 60"x75" (lap-size). There is one quilt design entry per person.

What's the timeframe? The contest starts today, June 17th. Enter your design anytime until July 7. Then, a community vote wil open and run from July 8 to July 12. Allison Harris, designer of Wallflowers, will choose a grand prize winner from the top 5 community-voted picks on July 13. The remaining four will be runners-up!

How many will win? Who picks? There will be five winners picked by a community vote on Threadbias. Fabric designer Allison Harris will select one of the 5 picks to be the grand prize winner, the other four will be runners-up.

What are the prizes?! The grand prize winner will receive enough Wallflowers yardage to make their winning quilt design, a signed, hard copy of Allison Harris' Growing Up Modern from Stash Books, & a $25 gift certificate for Pink Castle Fabrics. Runners-up will each receive an e-book version of Growing Up Modern from Stash Books, & a $15 gift certificate for Pink Castle Fabrics.

Tell me more about the Wallflowers fabric? Wallflowers is the upcoming line (September 2013) by Allison Harris from Cluck Cluck Sew for Windham Fabrics. There are nineteen prints, 100% quality quilting weight cotton (44" wide). Matching Windham solids include Cream, Gray, Leaf, and Sky. The entire line is available for pre-sale at Pink Castle Fabrics - it will ship in September! That's the deal! If you have any questions, shoot Megan a line at megan@pinkcastlefabrics.com. Looking forward to seeing your quilt designs!!!! Good Luck!!

Wallflowers Quilt Design Contest

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Wallflowers Quilt Design Contest

alongside Pink Castle Fabrics, Stash Books, and Threadbias!

Wallflowers is a beautiful floral fabric line by Allison Harris of Cluck, Cluck, Sew. Be sure to check your LQS for Wallflowers which hits stores mid-Septmeber.

We're excited to see what creative things you can do using Threadbias' new Quilt Design Tool! The winner will receive Wallflowers yardage to make his or her winning quilt design plus a signed copy of Growing Up Modern, and a gift certificate from Pink Castle Fabrics!

Mark your calendars... the contest will begin on June 17th!!! 

As the contest start date gets closer, we will be posting more information about entry details!!

Stay Tuned and Happy Quilting!!

Take a Spin with Ride by Julia Rothman

Ride by Julia Rothman is in stores NOW! This is Julia’s second collection with Windham Fabrics. I can’t think of a better time to dust off your bike gear and peddle straight to your local quilt store to check out the collection!

Lish Dorest made this fun table runner with some charm squares. To assemble this, she simply divided the pack into two rows of eight and pieced them together. Just a bit of geometric quilting along the squares was all she needed for this topper. 

Here is an ultra cute messenger bag made by Delphine's Quilt Shop.

Sharon Pernes made this awesome quilt top.The pattern is creatively named 'Riding in the Shade’. For more information on how to purchase this pattern go to: http://craizeecorner.blogspot.com/.

City Cycles by Tammy Vasser of Marmalade Fabrics is our free project and can be found on the Windham Fabrics website.

Now tell us what you would make with this totally rad fabric.  Leave a comment below for a chance to win a fat quarter bundle of the collection.

Here’s how it works:

Starting Tuesday, June 4^th until Sunday, June 9^th enter in a chance to win a fat quarter bundle of Ride by leaving a comment below stating what you would make with the fabric. One prize winner will be selected by a random drawing.  Check our Facebook or Twitter page on Monday, June 10^h to see if you are the winner.

Adventures at Quilt Market Spring 2013

The spring International Quilt Market in Portland, OR has finally come to a close. It was a wonderful experience filled with energy and excitement. Many great things were happening at Windham Fabrics this year. We created quite a buzz with a fresh palette of talented designers.

Without further ado, it is time to share some pictures from the Windham Fabrics booth.  I promise you will feel like you are actually there.

Let the adventure begin!!!!!!!!!

Glimma by Lotta Jansdotter

Project Pink by Rosemarie Lavin Design and Glimma by Lotta Jansdotter

Project Pink Hand Sanatizer Market Giveaway

Ride by Julia Rothman and Downtown by LB Krueger

Ziggy and Raj by French Bull

Ziggy and Raj Plates and Spoons by French Bull

I Like You by Amy Sedaris

I Like You by Amy Sedaris

Hennessy Apron by WILLAMSBURG and Midnight Blues by Nancy Gere

Greatest Hits by Windham Fabrics

Gabrielle by Mary Koval

First Ladies BOM Quilt by Nancy Gere

Colonies Solids by Nancy Gere

Briar Rose by Heather Ross

Wallflowers by Cluck Cluck Sew

Collage by SUCH Designs

Collage by SUCH Designs

And if you stopped by the booth then I am sure you meet Quilt Girl.

Quilt Girl by Whistler Studios

Allison Harris of Cluck Cluck Sew, Heather Ross and Carrie Bloomston of SUCH Designs

I would like close with a BIG THANKS to the entire Windham Fabrics team.  Without the amazing efforts from all of the staff we would have not been able to have such amazing and successful show!  xoxo

Spring 2013 International Quilt Market

Are you going to Spring 2013 International Quilt Market in Portland??  If so, come visit us at booth # 758-759.  We have lots of fun events going on, so stayed tuned to all our social media outlets for up to the minute news.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!!!

Click here to view the Windham Fabrics Spring/Summer Catalog

Click here to view the Windham Fabrics Website

Meet Heather Ross at Spring 2013 International Quilt Market

Click here to view Heather's collection Briar Rose

Click here to view Heather Ross's blog

Click here to view the Briar Rose catalog

Designer Meet and Greet at 2013 International Quilt Market

Spring 2013 Schoolhouse

Are you going to International Quilt Market in Portland next week...Windham Fabrics has two fabulous and educational Schoolhouses planned. You definitely do not want to miss these!! Carrie Bloomston of SUCH Designs will be talking about her fabric collection Collage and Denice Lipscomb from Common Threads Quilting will be presenting her First Ladies Block of the Month Program.

Dates and times are below:

Sneak Peek to Spring 2013 International Quilt Market!

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Meet Allison Harris of Cluck Cluck Sew

Q: Tell us about your education, experience and background? 

A: I grew up in a small town outside of Seattle, and went to college to be a Dental Hygienist.  I worked for a handful of years before deciding to stay home with my kids…and even though I only work now and then, I still really love Dental Hygiene!  My Mom was always sewing clothes and quilts, but it wasn’t until I was older with kids of my own that I really got the urge to quilt.

Q: What was your biggest source of inspiration while designing Wallflowers?

A: I’ve always had a thing for zinnias.  I grew them in a little plot in our back yard, and I’d make huge bouquets to bring into the house and take to neighbors.  That was the starting point for Wallflowers and the rest came after that first large floral print was done.

Q: How did you come up with the name of your blog “Cluck Cluck Sew”?

A: I grew up with chickens…and on one visit home I was trying to think of a blog name, and I could hear the chickens being noisy in the back yard while I was piecing a quilt together.  The name just came to me…and I went with it.  Luckily 6 years later I still like it too!

 Q: When working on a new project, what are some of the biggest challenges you face?

A: Probably one of the biggest if I’m working on patterns, is trying not to have something that looks just like somebody else’s.  Now days with everything on the internet…it’s easy to copy someone without ever meaning to copy someone!  That and choosing fabrics for a project are always the trickiest bits!

Q: What is one thing that everybody should know about you?

A: Oh boy…I guess mostly that I am a pretty quiet person in real life.  I keep to myself and I would be just fine staying home or out in the garden for days (or weeks!) on end!  I’m pretty sure most of my friends have no idea what I actually do…or that I even have a blog!

Q: Besides designing beautiful fabric and patterns, what is your favorite thing to do in your free time?

A: Sitting on the beach while my kids play in the sand and look for baby crabs is one of our favorite things to do…and we are lucky to live minutes from lots of great beaches.  Working outside in the yard and gardening always puts me in a good mood!  I also love to re-finish furniture in my spare time...I constantly have a new project in my garage and I sneak out to work on it whenever I get a spare second!

 

Q: If you could have dinner with one famous person who would it be?

A: Hmm...I’d probably have to say dinner with Martha Stewart, and I’d cook the dinner with her and she’d probably let me know I was doing it all wrong.

Q: If you could be a superhero what would your superpower be?

A: If I could have one super power I’d like to be able to blink my eyes and go anywhere in the world.  I’d have breakfast in Paris and lunch in Spain every single day.  ;)