QKO Notebook

June 7, 2010

New from Elizabeth’s Studio!

Our very first offerings from Elizabeth’s Studio have arrived and are now available.  One is tooo elegant for words, the other is just plain fun!  We’ll talk elegance first, then have some fun, ok?

Kiev Collection

Kiev evokes the elegance of the Russian countryside, where cold dark winters are brightened by fantastic designs in decorative cloth.  Designed by Maureen Calvert, these eight designs feature brilliant colors on deep black grounds, with metallic gold highlights.  There’s even a fabric featuring those wonderful Russian nesting dolls!

These main fabrics and coordinates will add a huge touch of elegance to any setting.  Shop for Kiev, click Here!

The second offering from Elizabeth’s

Fruit Ladies by Elizabeths Studio

Fruit Ladies by Elizabeth's Studio

Studio is just plain fun, full of whimsy and guaranteed to make you chuckle.  The Fruit Ladies are back! And they’re even fruitier than ever in Fruit Ladies II.  We have several of these fun prints and blenders in stock and have a couple more on order, so stay tuned.  These are just too much fun!  Imagine a tote made from these fabrics, or especially a beach tote!

Get your Fruit Ladies Now, Click Here!

September 4, 2009

New Fabrics From Maywood Studios

We just got our first two fabric lines from Maywood Studios.  We’ve heard good things about Maywood’s fabrics, and liked the samples we saw, but we must say we’re even more impressed by the real thing.  These might be our first lines from Maywood, but we doubt they’ll be the last.

Maywood "Maid of Honor" Red Focus Fabric

Maywood "Maid of Honor" Red Focus Fabric

We decided to start with a couple of lines we could do new projects with, and they’ll be coming soon.  We were intrigued especially by the new Maid of Honor line.  This line appears to be based on fabrics from the American Revolutionary War period, but we really don’t have a lot of information about the history of these fabrics.  Perhaps one of our Notebook readers can enlighten us.  They do look like antique fabrics we’ve seen in various displays and museums though.

The line is basically centered around a couple of patterns, offered in both blues and reds, those colors being somewhat muted, having an antique look to them.  They also have backdrops of cream and pale gold or ecru that give them an overall very antique feeling.

Maywood Studios "Paisley"

Maywood Studios "Paisley"

This is our first foray into antique-look fabrics.  We hope you enjoy them.  We’ll have a project using these up in the very near future.Maywood Studios “Paisley”

Click Here for a direct link to the Maid of Honor fabrics.

The other line that we brought in, actually a partial line, from Maywood, is their new “Paisley” line.  We have four fabrics from this line, a focus large, very fancy paisley print and threeMaywood Studios “Paisley” coordinates.  These are very elegant prints and we’re sure you’ll find a lot of ways to use them.

Click here for a direct link to the Paisley offerings.

Maywood’s quality is impressive, right up there with our Fabric Freedom and other lines. The feel is great and the fabrics are definitely made specifically for quilting.

As usual, we’ll be offering both lines in half-yard and fat quarter collections as well as offering sample packs.  Project kits using both lines will be available soon.

September 24, 2008

Celtic Christmas, Here at Last!

We finally got the last two fabrics of the Celtic Christmas line from Fabric Freedom.  Boy are these fabrics beautiful!   We’ve had several of them for a couple months now, but were missing two of the blenders.  We had to wait until a new shipment came across the pond and then had to wait for them to be rolled.

We finally called and cajoled enough so that we got them shipped.  Now we have the entire product line.  I just today put all the fabrics up on the website, and will attempt to finish putting the kits up tomorrow.  The kits we’re offering with these fabrics are a hexagonal table topper, and table runner and placemats kits.

Celtic Christmas Hex Topper

Celtic Christmas consists of three panel sets and four matching background fabrics. All the colors go with all the other colors in the entire product line. There are 6 different main pictures, which vary in color composition over the three panel sets. Each individual picture is about 11 1/2 inches by 9 1/2 inches. Each set is about 24 1/2 inches of fabric, or about 2/3 yard. We’ll selling them in complete sets.  There are four background colors which are various colored celtic swirls on gold backgrounds. The colors are antique green, antique cream/gold, red, and black.

We’ll be doing something new and different with these, offering them in your choice

Celtic Christmas table runner and placemats

Celtic Christmas Runner and Mats

of fabrics with online configuration of your kit. You’ll be able to take the standard kit as shown in the pictures, or change the fabrics around however you like to create  your own combinations from the available fabrics.  We’ve always done custom kits, modified our kits on request, and offered kit options, but this is the first time we’ve tried online configuration of the entire kit.  If it works out, we’ll be doing more of it!

As usual, Bryan Taphouse has hand-painted all the original artwork for these designs, and they’re fabulous. You have to see them to believe them.  If you want to look before you buy, just order our Sample Pack for this fabric line.

One other note about Celtic Christmas.  The only thing that we can see that makes this a “Christmas” fabric line is that it has a thin border around each panel picture showing holly berries and leaves.  Cut those off, and wha-lah, no more Christmas fabric, just a neat Celtic design!

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