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Sugar Plum Christmas
I’ve been waiting for almost a year (that’s how long it takes for fabric to get from the design board to the bolt) and the Sugar Plum Christmas bolts have finally shipped from Moda! Your local quilt shop should have it very soon! UPS is also delivering boxes of fabric to Bunny Hill so we can cut it into some special kits. One kit you already know about (Glitter Houses), but the other kits I can’t tell you about yet! All in good time :>) Many of the fabrics from Sugar Plum Christmas are sold out at Moda and we won’t be able to get them again. So my advice…
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Bunny Hill Scrap Bags
It’s scrap bags and thread this month at Bunny Hill. Sue and I spent a wonderful sunny day out on my driveway, bagging up 3 huge boxes of scraps from Moda; one box of Sugar Plum Christmas and 2 boxes of Lily & Will Revisited (cotton and flannel). All of these bags are currently residing on my dining room table waiting for us to add them to our website! We also made up grab bags from our left-over Spooky Delights fat quarters. If you’ve purchased a scrap bag from us before you know how much fun they are! These are the end cuts of the sales reps sample cards. You’ll get a…
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Happy New Year Everyone!
I love doing a giveaway, especially to start a New Year! Just imagine, some Sugar Plum Christmas could be coming your way before it even ships to the stores! Are you ready for the winners of the New Year’s giveaway? If you see your name below, you’ve got a goodie coming in the mail as soon as you email me your address! Just click on the “contact” link at the top of the blog. Annette Crain: you win a fat quarter bundle of Sugar Plum Christmas Lace Faerie: you win the Sugar Plum Christmas Aurifil Thread kit with the new 80wt. thread. Beth Reilly: you win the Sugar Plum Christmas fat…
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Applique Basics
When Aurifil introduced their new 80wt. thread for applique, Kimberly (Fat Quarter Shop) and I, decided it was a great time to bring you some applique fun using this wonderful thread! Over the next few months The Jolly Jabber blog will be featuring posts on applique, every other Thursday, starting today! I designed 6 applique blocks for this series and The Fat Quarter Shop will have them for free! They’ll include one of the patterns with each of the applique blog posts! Each block can be framed, or you can simply add a border and use it as a mni quilt. They are great practice blocks to keep up your applique skills, and maybe along the way…
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A Trip to Magnolia
I’m a true Magnolia, Joanna and Chip Gaines fan. I watch the HGTV show Fixer Upper (new shows start November 29th), I’ve subscribed to their newest magazine called The Magnolia Journal, and now I’ve finally had a chance to visit Magnolia Market, the destination in Waco that Chip & Joanna have created. Just after our visit to Moda , Karla, Barb, Mary, Doug and I drove to Waco. We arrived on a Wednesday amid the pouring rain, but we were told we were lucky. The shop looked busy to us, but apparently it was slow compared to weekend and non-rainy days. The staff told us that people are usually lined up around the building to get in! Of course we…
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Exciting New Aurifil Thread
The world of applique just got more exciting because Aurifil is introducing a new 80 wt. thread at Fall Quilt Market! Can you imagine a thread from Aurifil intended specifically for applique? I’ve had the exciting task of testing this thread and I actually used it to stitch my bunny block for The Splendid Sampler. I’m in love with it! I used it for some English Paper Piecing and loved it even more. With color and quality as only Aurifil can do, this 80wt. thread is the perfect companion for applique. It stitches like a dream. They’re going to start with a selection of 88 colors! There’s only one place you can buy…
