Posts tagged ‘andover’

Fall Quilt Market 2011: Lizzy House

{ Lizzy in camouflage against a backdrop of Outfoxed } Clearly people can’t get enough Lizzy House, since she had not-one-not-two-but-three collections showing at Quilt Market! I’m so excited for them all: Outfoxed, already in stores; her Halloween collection (those ghosts! The candy corn triangles!); and Hello Pilgrim, which might not be out till the [...]

Garden Party by Jane Dixon for Andover

Garden Party is the second collection by Jane Dixon for Andover — her first was Desert Bloom, which caught my eye at last Fall’s quilt market for its funky take on cacti, which I think are seriously underused motifs as far as botanicals go. + P.S., I am retiring New Release Tuesday because they’ve become [...]

New Release Tuesday: 6/28/11 Part 1

New Release Tuesday is my periodic roundup of new fabric sightings (mostly quilting cottons). These fresh arrivals have started to arrive in fabric shops and are ready to buy. Retailers, as always, if you carry any of these collections, let us know in the comments. Wow, I’ve put this off so long that the new [...]

Preview: Dazzle by Melissa Averinos

Dazzle is Melissa Averino‘s second collection for Andover, which will be shown at Quilt Market next week and be in stores next month. A gorgeous and compact collection (six prints in two color stories, teal and pink). It is quite of hypnotizing, isn’t it? I love the light teal and navy with brown combination, and [...]

New Release Tuesday

New Release Tuesday is my periodic roundup of new fabric sightings (mostly quilting cotton) . These fresh arrivals have started to arrive in fabric shops and are ready to buy. Retailers, as always, if you carry any of these collections, let us know in the comments. Seems like it’s either feast or famine with new [...]

New Release Tuesday

New Release Tuesday is my periodic roundup of new fabric sightings. These fresh arrivals have started to arrive in fabric shops and are ready to buy. Retailers, as always, if you carry any of these collections, let us know in the comments! Bryant Park by Khristian A. Howell for Anthology Fabrics Bonjour by Diane Kappa [...]

Preview: Swoon by Melissa Averinos

The fall/winter previews are starting to roll in! See a sneak peek of Melissa Averinos‘ new fabric collection — her first for Andover — over on her blog. Swoon!

New Release Tuesday

Which new fabric collections are now in the shops and ready to buy? Since Tuesday is the day of the week when new music and DVDs tend to be released in the U.S., I thought I’d follow along (even though fabric doesn’t follow this kind of schedule). Shops, as always, if you carry any of [...]

New Release Tuesday

A lot to catch up on this week! Here are the newest collections now available to buy from your favorite fabric shops. Heather Ross‘ Far Far Away II for Kokka Erin McMorris’ Weekends for Freespirit — the bikes are a huge hit — I love the mod florals! Mod Kitchen is a little more subdued [...]

Erinn Kennedy: Painted Posies

Erin Kennedy‘s debut collection for Andover Fabrics hit the stores last month. It’s called Painted Posies and I love its Penn Dutch Modern feel. Here’s how she describes the collection on her blog: I love painting, and over the last few years I’ve gravitated more and more to decorative and repetitive imagery. While fabric has [...]

Linky Tuesday

Block-Printed Hemp/Cotton Blends from Home Sweet, via Crafting a Green World Blempgorf shares her pick for the Best fabric ever — I don’t disagree! Hello, nice to meet you too, Daisy Janie’s Urbana collection! A La Mode is giving away MORE out of print Heather Ross fabrics — deadline to enter April 10. Enter to [...]

Lizzy House Preview: Red Letter Day

Lizzy House is giving a sneak preview of her next collection for Andover, Red Letter Day, on her blog. She’s showing the individual prints one at a time and explaining their significance to the overall theme. Isn’t that cool? Below, the first print, Ugly Duckling. I’m loving it already.

Interview: Lizzy House

Lizzy Dish’s Sunny Side Up colorway Lizzy House is having a big month — she just received her B.A. in Printmaking and around the same time, her debut fabric collection with Andover, Lizzy Dish, was released. At 23 years old, she may very well be the youngest designer the quilting fabric world has seen! Judging [...]

LizzieDish Giveaway

Elizabeth House is celebrating the impending release of her debut fabric collection LizzyDish (from Andover) with a giveaway of 12 fat quarters. Get on over there and let her know what you’re thankful for, and leave one project idea!

LizzyDish Strike-offs

Lizzy House received the strike-offs of her upcoming line from Andover, Lizzy Dish. Isn’t it great? The official debut is at Fall Quilt Market, just a month and a half away now.