Second Day of Shop Hop

Another fun day at the shop! Lorrie Franz from Bean Counter Quilts was with us all day. If you are looking for quick and easy baby quilt to make, you should take a look at these. I love Bouncing Borders and her new Sheep quilt! Tomorrow brings Mary from MH Designs. Her new bag pattern has been a huge hit already. I like that it is a little more "dressed-up" from the normal "Quiltie" looking purses that are out there. I can't believe tomorrow is the last day of the hop. Many gals have already handed in there finished stamped cards! It's so nice to hear all of you who want to hand in their cards at Bear Patch. Come join us tomorrow- can't wait to see you!

First Day of Shop Hop 2010

We started our day with Linda Hohag from Brandywine Design. Her new book of appliqued paperdolls was just too cute! We all found our inner child as we changed the dolly's outfit. I think we would make the quilt- or at least a block and never give it away. With 4 new patterns, Terry Atkinson entertained us in the afternoon. Urban Cabin was a huge hit. After seeing her demo of "easy to insert" zipper techniques, we will all be on our way to making zillions of Ca$h and Carry bags. You won't be able to make just one! The kits are inexpensive and include everything you need to start creating. The Woodbury Quilt Guild has a "not to be missed" raffle quilt. I would love to be the lucky winner! Friday brings Lorrie Franz from Bean Counter Quilts. She will have lots of fun new samples and patterns. Mary from MH Designs will join us on Saturday. The Ducky quilt and Dribble bib are too adorable! After lots of coffee, lemonade, bars and cookies I think its time to get to bed. Tomorrow promises to be another fun day.

looks like spring!

If you look outside the front window, you would swear it's the middle of winter.

But if you look inside at our new quilt for the Twin Cities' Shop Hop 2010, it sure looks like spring is here! Well, the quilt still needs some binding, but I just finished the quilting and can't resist sharing a peek with you! I love the floral border and all the coordinates that Laurel used to put it together. Each of the 10 participating shops has contributed a block design, and each store gets to put those blocks together in their own style. I think Laurel did an great job with a layout that shows off the 10 separate blocks combined into a whole quilt. See the quilt and get the block patterns during the Shop Hop April 29, 30 and May 1. It's really just around the corner! See you then--Pam

Paulette has been busy and Cosmo Floss is Coming!

I asked Paulette to dye us some fun bright colors of wool. Guess what! She did! Don't they look great? Hurry in before they are gone. Guess I can ask her to dye more- next time she will bring in some soft and pretty pastels.

Thursday morning. That was the day I finally made the decision to order Cosmo Floss from Lecien. This beautiful 6-strand floss is made in Japan of pure Egyptian cotton. We will have all the colors along with a DMC conversion chart. Look for it sometime in early April. A lot of top designers use this floss including Meg of Crabapple Hill.

Just a Peek

It's been so much fun choosing fabric for our version of the Twin Cities Shop Hop Quilt 2010. Laurel designed the quilt, sewed all the blocks and Pam is quilting it. We hope you love it as much as we do! We will have plenty of kits available in case you do!

Zippers Galore!

I had a great time Saturday using the fun colored zippers from Atkinson Designs. Terry's new pattern- Cash and Carry is so fun to sew and so simple! There are 3 styles of tiny little bags to sew- I can't decide which is my favorite. I just know I will make lots of them for friends and family. Directions for putting in the zippers couldn't be easier. The visuals are great. Each bag is completely lined- you don't even realize your have the lining done until you have finished your bag- bet you can't make just one!

Winter Class Sign-up continues...

I can't believe how many gals stood in line last Saturday morning to begin our Winter 2010 class sign-up. Thank you to all who braved the cold weather! If you haven't stopped in there are still lots of openings. Come check out the great samples. Can't take the class- pick up the pattern and a kit, or pick your own fabric. Don't forget- it's always good luck to start a new quilt in the New Year! Here's a picture of the Easy as Pie sample. The fabric is from Moda- Laundry Basket is the designer. I love that she chose to combine prints and Batiks in her collection. The pattern is Pie Crust Pile Up by Terry Atkinson. Lots of sizes to choose from. Stop in soon!