Inspiration Friday!

It's ALWAYS fun to see what creative people use our fabrics for. 

We thought we'd share a few with you here today; be sure to head over to our new Facebook Group, Sew Interesting, for a non-stop stream of inspiration!

First, we love this fabric-covered chair featuring fabrics from the I Want My Space collection. Made by Deb H., the chair itself is from Bosal (#BC101) and the Easy Chair Pattern comes from Aunties Two (#AT280). So cool!

Next up are a few dresses from Folter Clothing. We love the ways this edgy company uses our fabrics in unexpected ways to create hip dresses, and we think you will too! (And, these dresses are for sale!)

The Heart to Heart Dress featuring Knitty Kitty from Kanvas: 

Photo: Folterclothing.com

The Traveling Time Dress featuring Locomotion:

Photo: Folterclothing.com

The Railways Dress featuring Locomotion:

Photo: Folterclothing.com

The Vintage Dreams Dress featuring Interlude by Michele D'Amore:

Photo: Folterclothing.com

What have you made with our fabrics? Head over to Sew Interesting to share a photo, or email it to sewinlovewithfabric (at) gmail.com. We 'd love to see it, and may just feature it here!

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It's a Big Number!

503,666

That's the number, at least as of the time this post went live. American Patchwork & Quilting's One Million Pillowcase Challenge has inspired 503,666 pillowcases to be made. 
That's fantastic!
It's also just a little over halfway to their bold 1,000,000 goal. 

To celebrate reaching the halfway point, AP&Q is hosting a contest on Pinterest. They've chosen 20 of their favorite pillowcases and are asking readers to choose one and repin it on their own board. The pillowcase pattern with the most repins by July 31 will win. 

So, head over to AP&Q's Pinterest board and repin your favorite!
(And if you need help deciding which to vote for...ahem, cough, cough...this one below, featuring our Rockets & Robots collection by Blue Sky Studios, is ours.)

We at Benartex are thrilled to be a sponsor for the One Million Pillowcase Challenge. We love the concept--quilters and sewers making and donating a pillowcase to a local charity, making a difference in their own community. We love how easy it is--you can make a pillowcase in an hour! 

Find more details about the One Million Pillowcase Challenge, including free patterns for pillowcases, a list of charities, and the official counter keeping track of donations, here.

One more thing we love about the Challenge--seeing all the different ways our fabrics can be used to make bright, cheery pillows. Check out some of the samples made by American Patchwork & Quilting:

Lili-fied chevron pillowcase

Manhattan Modern  crazy rail fence pillowcase

Cabana uneven hourglass pillowcase

Interlude spool pillowcase

Tree Frog train pillowcase

Find the free patterns for all of these pillowcases here.

And don't forget to head over to Pinterest and repin your favorite! After the winning pillowcase has been selected, we'll be remaking it in some of our newest fabric and joining in the One Million Pillowcase Challenge blog hop!

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Interlude Three Ways

We're back with some more project inspiration to get you sewing, this time featuring Michele D'Amore's Interlude collection! 

Take-Along Tote

First up, as we approach summer, it's definitely tote season. From a tote to carry supplies to a quilting class to a beach bag, you can never have too many big bags! One of Melanie's favorite totes had seen better days, so Joanie made the bag below, a similar size but with more structure. 

"Take-Along Tote" designed by Melanie Greseth and Joanie Holton;
featured in Simple Quilts Spring 2013

Find the project kit here.
Find Simple Quilts & Sewing here.

Sweet Interlude

The "Sweet Interlude" quilt, also designed by Melanie and Joanie, features six-patch rows mixed with large cuts of floral fabric. Joanie says that "though this line has a modern flavor, it also has a sweet, peaceful feel to it..." which shines through in this welcoming quilt.

"Sweet Interlude" designed by Melanie Greseth and Joanie Holton;
featured in The Quilter magazine, April/May 2013.

Find the quilt kit here.
Find The Quilter Magazine here. 

Hearth & Home

This quilt has a surprisingly modern feel for something inspired by the old brickwork in Melanie's bedroom fireplace (how cool to have a fireplace in your bedroom!). Melanie challenged Joanie to figure out the pattern, and the results are right on the pages of Quilt magazine. 

Find the project kit here.

Find Quilt magazine here.

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Tranquility Inspiration & Winners!

Today we're announcing the winners of last week's giveaway for bundles of two of Michele D'Amore's collections, Interlude and Bold & Beautiful. Before we name the winners, we wanted to show off a couple quilts made with Michele's Tranquility line. We think you'll love how the soothing prints shine in these cool quilts.

Here is "Pathways" by Tony Jacobson, a modern quilt using 16-patch blocks.

Tony's quilt can be found in the spring 2013 issue of Easy Quilts.

"Tranquil Paths" by Diane Nagle also uses Tranquility, pairing pieces of the preprinted panel with larger pieces of coordinates from the collection.

Diane's quilt can be found in the the February 2013 issue of Quilter's World.

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Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway! 

Using random number generator, here are the two winners:

 For the Interlude bundle:

For the Bold & Beautiful bundle:

Congratulations, Cheryl and Michelle! We're sending you emails to get your mailing addresses. 

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Sneak Peek and a Giveaway!

We've introduced you to Michele and a couple of her current lines, 

Urbanicity and Sun-Kissed. 

Now, how about a quick preview of what's to come? 

We're thinking:

Garden-fresh rose blooms

Inviting home dec color palettes

Coordinating stripes and dots

A gorgeous focal panel

And the final touch, pre-printed patchwork yardage with a modern twist

We're thinking: 

Interlude, Michele's upcoming line

A fresh twist on classic fabric patterns in decorator friendly hues

A sneak peek at Interlude by Michele D'Amore. Watch for it in quilt shops in April.

We're going to give away fat quarter bundles to two lucky blog readers!  One reader will win an Interlude fat quarter bundle and panel; the second will win a fat quarter bundle of Michele's Bold & Beautiful collection! 

Win this bundle and panel from Michele's upcoming collection, Interlude

Win this bundle of Michele's current line, Bold & Beautiful

Enter to win in one of three easy ways:
1. Sign up to follow the blog (see the Google Friend Connect button the right sidebar) and then leave a comment on this post, telling us that you have done so.
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The giveaway will be open until Friday, January 18th at 11:59 EST. On Monday, January 21, we'll announce the randomly drawn winner, here on the blog, so check back to see if it's you!

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