Love Wins! A Free Paper Pieced Heart Pattern

Tammie has shared her free paper pieced heart quilt block pattern, Love Wins!, for those looking to make blocks or quilts to help comfort those affected by the massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016.

You may have heard of Quilts For Pulse, a quilt drive organized by the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild to give quilts to the survivors, families, and first responders. StitchCraft is a collection point for donations of blocks, fabric, batting, cash, etc., for the South Florida Modern Quilt Guild., who will then deliver finished quilts to the Orlando guild. Read about SFMQG's participation in the quilt drive here.

You can download the heart template for free by clicking here. Print the pattern at actual size to make 6" finished blocks. This template assumes you know how to paper piece; sorry, no additional instruction is given. We have fat quarter bundles available at StitchCraft if you love the sample shown here!

It is extraordinary to see how the quilting community has pulled together to try to provide peace during this tragedy. Our thoughts and support are with everyone affected.

Spoolin' Around - June 16, 2016 Newsletter

This was the newsletter that was emailed on June 16, 2016. Links and information may not be current by the time you read this!

 

 Thank you for reading our newsletter! 

Row by Row Experience The Row by Row Experience kicks off on Tuesday, June 21st! Thousands of shops throughout the USA, Canada, and Europe are participating, and each shop has designed a custom "Home Sweet Home" themed row. Ours is a fun sandcastle we've named Beachfront Property! We'll have our free patterns available starting Tuesday, as well as kits (while supplies last!) for Beachfront Property. Another fun part of Row by Row is the collectible fabric license plates. We have TWO this year - Spoolin' Around, and Legal Stash! You can visit the participating shops and pick up their row patterns for free from 6/21/16 until 9/6/16. There are prizes for people who collect 8+ rows and combine them into a quilt the fastest. Check out the Row by Row website for info & participating shops! Row by Row rules state that you must come in person to receive a free pattern (or send a friend or loved one!) - we cannot email, mail, or post our pattern online until after November 2016. Here's to another fun summer and reason to visit shops!!

We Challenge YOU! Wow! What a great start to the StitchCraft Challenge! Don't know what the StitchCraft Challenge is? In a nutshell, we give you fabric and you make something with it! It's nearly that simple but we have all the details here. We've had quite a few folks sign up, but there is room for more! We're gathering great prizes again this year and will have our famous Celebration Tea on September 17 for all the participants! Please note, you must stop by to see the Challenge Fabric and sign up; we don't ship the it (although you can mail your finished entry to us if necessary). We hope to see you soon and can't wait to see what creations you come up with!

Simple Whatnots Club 5 The next installment of Kim Diehl's Simple Whatnots Club starts in July! Each month for 6 months participants receive a kit to make a complete small quilt - including the pattern and fabric for the front, back, and binding. This is always a popular club, and this is the last time the club will feature small quilts! (Starting in 2017 each month will feature blocks that get put together at the end to make one large quilt.) Find more information and sign up here!

What else is going on at StitchCraft?

We've been getting a lot of questions, and YES - we're getting ready to roll out our holiday fabrics and classes in July. Look for more information soon!

We have two new quilt classes this summer-

BQ3 is a beginner friendly quilt and is perfect for highlighting a special fabric with a slightly angled segment for big quilt fun!

Tammie will teach you a "sew" easy Buzz Saw block technique for sewing lots of perfect points without actually sewing any points!

BQ3 Quilt

Buzz Saw

Thur	June 16	Glorious Hexagons 10 AM - 12 PM
Sat	June 18	Diva Wallet 1 PM - 4 PM
Tue	June 21	Row by Row Begins!
Thur	June 23	Diva Wallet 1 PM - 4 PM
Sat	June 25	BQ3 Quilt (Beginner Friendly) 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Mon	July 4	CLOSED - Independence Day Holiday
Thur	July 7	Folk Art Floral BOM 10 AM
Friday	July 8	Charity Sewing - Ryan's Case for Smiles 11 AM - 3 PM
Sat	July 9	Ten Buck BOM 10 AM or 1 PM
Wed	July 13	Buzz Saw Quilt 11 AM - 3 PM
Friday	July 29	UFO Day $5 All Day!
Sat	July 30	Textile Pottery 11 AM - 3 PM

Machines serviced and scissors sharpened every Monday.
  

Grab 3 or more of your friends and let us customize a class just for you! Contact Johanna at (561) 447-4147 if you have an idea to discuss. Minimum 4 participants. We're flexible on times and topics!

  

Give us a call at (561) 447-4147, come by in person, or visit our website to sign up! Please note, we reserve the right to cancel a class or event should there be too few participants.

Spoolin' Around - May 19, 2016 Newsletter

Thank you for reading our newsletter! 

This week is Spring Quilt Market in Salt Lake City! Johanna is there and will be posting fun updates on our Facebook and Instagram feeds. Click on the links and follow along in real time, and then join us on Saturday, June 4, at 11 AM, for the Quilt Market Recap, where you'll see all the new trends, fabrics, and products in the quilting world. It's free, no need to sign up, and we'll have some door prizes! Thanks to everyone who came out for our embroidery workshops and the Anita Goodesign trunk show! We hope you had fun and are inspired to try new designs, techniques, or notions with your embroidery projects. As the temperature goes up and the traffic goes down, you know we're heading into south Florida's summer season! Staying cool in the air conditioning... this is when many of us are the most productive with our projects. We hope you'll check out our Annual Challenge and the classes we have to offer this summer, or stop by as you shop hop for the Row by Row Experience!

Mark your calendar- the StitchCraft Challenge starts 6/1/16! Yes, our StitchCraft Challenge starts soon! Every summer we challenge our friends & customers to make something using our Challenge Fabric. Sign up and receive 1/2 yard of the Challenge Fabric, then make something with it! It is free to participate; we just ask that you sign up only if you are honestly planning on turning in a finished project. Entries are due by September 1, and then we open a "gallery" at StitchCraft with all the projects. We celebrate the participants at our fabulous tea later in September and award fantastic prizes in several categories such as Quilt, Wearable, and Objet d'Art. Seeing the amazing talent of the StitchCraft community is a highlight of our year...something we (and many of you!) have really come to look forward to each summer!! Come in starting Wednesday, June 1, to see this year's fabric is and sign up!

What else is going on at StitchCraft? 

Beginning Paper Piecing - 6/8

Diva Wallet on 6/23 (Also 6/18)

BQ3 Quilt on 6/25 - NEW!

Fri	May 20	Glorious Hexagons 10 AM - 12 PM
Sun	May 22	Tempting Tuffets (2 of 2) 11 - 2 PM
Thur	May 26	Slow Stitching Club 10 AM - 12 PM
Fri	May 27	Simple Whatnots Club 10 AM - 12 PM
Mon	May 30	CLOSED - Memorial Day Holiday
Wed	June 1	StitchCraft Challenge Begins!
Thur	June 2	Folk Art Floral 10 AM - 12 PM
Sat	June 4	Quilt Market Wrap-Up 11 AM
Tue	June 7	Decorative Stitches Art Quilt 10 AM - 1 PM
Wed	June 8	Beginning Foundation Paper Piecing 11 AM - 3 PM
Fri	June 10	Ryan's Case for Smiles - Charity Sewing 11 AM - 3 PM
Sat	June 11	Ten Buck BOM 10 AM or 1 PM
Tue	June 14	Binding Basics 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Wed	June 15	Collage Quilts 10 AM - 3:30 PM
Sat	June 18	Diva Wallet 1 PM - 4 PM
Tue	June 21	Row by Row Begins!
Thur	June 23	Diva Wallet 1 PM - 4 PM
Sat	June 25	BQ3 Quilt (Beginner Friendly) 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Machines serviced and scissors sharpened every Monday.
  

Grab 3 or more of your friends and let us customize a class just for you! Contact Johanna at (561) 447-4147 if you have an idea to discuss. Minimum 4 participants. We're flexible on times and topics!

  

Give us a call at (561) 447-4147, come by in person, or visit our website to sign up! Please note, we reserve the right to cancel a class or event should there be too few participants.

This was the newsletter that was emailed on May 19, 2016. Links and information may not be current by the time you read this!

Patchwork in Fashion

So I eat, sleep, breath quilting. I know I am not alone. I have had conversations with many of you - trading stories and photos on our phones of quilt patterns we see on our travels in sidewalks, wall mosaics and church ceilings. In the many catalogs that have been stuffing my mailbox lately, in addition to the pages I have landed on while internet surfing, I have noticed patchwork in fashion High fashion. It makes me giggle a bit, so I thought I would share some of the photos I have found.

First up is Chanel Resort 2016

And a few from Moschino Resort 2016

What do you think?  Do you see quilting on your journeys, travels and reads?

StitchCraft Challenge 2015 - Slide Show of Amazing Entries

Customize your own slideshow design

StitchCraft Challenge with a Twist!

The summer is here, the traffic is thin

Now let the StitchCraft challenge begin!

We have to see the challenge fabric

when you work your creative magic

But wait! This year there is a twist.

It's our fifth birthday! Do you get the gist?

Incorporate in your entry the number five

[hey, this will make your creativity thrive)

A five pointed star up in the sky

Five repeats of a butterfly

Five fingers on a persons hand

A foots five toes strolling in the sand

Five musicians playing in a band

Five buildings in a city grand

Five different shades of the color blue

Five happy penguins playing in the zoo

Five modern blocks that you design

Five blooming flowers hanging on a vine

Get it now?  Know what to do?

The creative result is up to you!

A quilt.  A bag.  An objet d'art. 

Whatever comes from your mind and your heart.

You have 'til September first to get it done.

For an invite to our tea that is lots of fun.

Get out of the heat and sit down and sew.

We appreciate our customers more than you know.

For more guidelines and to see the photographs from previous challenges, visit our challenge page here.

Couldn't resist doing a little poem to explain our them a bit and express my excitement!  Entries are judged and there are prizes to be won.  All entries will hang in our StitchCraft gallery for all to enjoy.  We will host a wonderful catered high tea on Saturday, September 26 for our friends who participated. Any questions?  Just ask.  Look forward to seeing what you create!

Johanna

Moda's Piece and Comfort Challenge

We are happy to have been a participating shop in Moda's Piece and Comfort Challenge.  Quilters were to use a Moda fabrics, with the majority being from their Because of the Brave or Red White and Free fabric collections.  Proceeds from these fabric sales benefit USA Cares, a program that supports military families.  

We are hanging the quilts in our shop and posting them online for YOU to vote on your favorite. Voting and display will be open from April 6th through the 18th.   The winning local quilt will be submitted to the Moda online contest.  Everyone really wins in this contest, as the finished quilts will go to deserving veterans of the quilters choice, whether a personal connection or through a national organization like Quilts of Valor.

We had four local quilters turn in quilts to StitchCraft for the challenge.  Their information and inspiration is featured below their quilt.  Leave a comment here on the blog, on our Facebook page or at the shop with your name favorite.

Grace O'Donnell

quilted by: Linda Wilson

name of quilt: Red, White and Free

I am inspired by all of the challenges faced by military families.  they work hard to make up for the missed events, the uncertainty of deployment, the challenges of not knowing where you will be moving to next.  I am a member of a

Quilt of Valor workshop and I sew to let service members and veterans know that they are appreciated for their service and sacrifice.  This quilt will be donated to the family of William VanHuss, my son in law and a member of the Air Force.

Karyn Dengler

quilted by: Linda Wilson

name of quilt:  Tribute

"To those who server, have served in the past, and to those that will serve in the future... Thank you!"

Kathy Louderback

quilted by: Linda Adamcik

name of quilt:  Remembrance

"My grandfather, father, husband and son have all been career military.  I also am a member of many military service organizations.  the fabric inspired me to honor all our military as 'stars'. "

Letty Covar

quilted by: Susan Freudenthal

name of quilt:  Chausette

" 'Chausette' was inspired by me dear husband Jim Kirkpatrick.  He was a proud soldier who was hit in Vietnam.  He was never quite the same.  We spent 3 years and 21 operations at Coatsville Vet hospital and Walter Reed Medical center.  Jim recovered from most of his physical injuries.  In the end, however, the long term effects of Agent Orange took him early.  He was never properly thanked for his valor.  So chausette is a small tribute to his service.  the hues and patterns of the Moda 'Because of the Brave' collection express what I feel when I think of Jim.  Cookie's Star pattern was the perfect format.