April Blog Hop: Day 1

We are so excited that Susan Phillips over at Living with Punks is sharing a tutorial using our Cabana II fabrics today! If you haven't visited Susan's blog before, spend some time browsing around. You'll love her pom-pom pillow, silhouette wall art, and embellished clothing ideas!

Head over to Living with Punks today to see Susan's Cabana Shorts tutorial. Adorable, aren't they?

We're holding the Cabana II bundle giveaway right here!

Check out these nautical beauties--which do you like best? 

Here's how it works:

1. Sign up to follow the blog via Google Friend Connect or via email (right hand sidebar) and then leave a comment here, telling us that you have done so. If you're already signed up, great! Just let us know.
2. Like us on Facebook and then leave a comment here, telling us that you have done so. If you already have, great! Just let us know.

The giveaway is open through Thursday, April 18th at 11:59 pm EST. We'll 

announce the winner Friday morning. 

**If you are a no-reply blogger, either leave us a way to contact you in your comment, or be sure to check back on Friday. If you win and we don't hear from you, we can't send you your fabric!**

See the schedule for the entire April blog hop here. 

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April Blog Hop!

On Monday we're kicking off a new feature--our April blog hop!

That's right--we've got 4 fantastic tutorials with some of our favorite bloggers lined up for this week!
Plus, each stop on the hop will include a chance to win a bundle of the day's featured fabric line.

Be sure to stop by Monday through Thursday to see the tutorials and visit our talented blogging friends. 
(Plus find out how to enter each giveaway!)

Here's the line-up:
Monday: Susan Phillips from Living with Punks
Tuesday: Svetlana Sotak from s.o.t.a.k. handmade
Wednesday: Megan Pyrah from Brassy Apple
Thursday: Wendy Sheppard from Ivory Spring

We know you'll love what these designers have to share--they'll be showing a great variety of projects featuring some of our current fabric lines. 

See you Monday morning! 

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A Box Full of Color

What happens when a designer has a full palette of our Naturescapes fabrics to play with?

You get this!

Wendy Sheppard designed this beauty, called "Stained Glass," and it's featured in the spring 2013 issue of Simple Quilts magazine.

We asked Wendy to tell us more about her design (and share a few more photos!): 

How did you come up with the design idea?  

I was going for something simple with a boxed in look.  I thought that framed four-patches fit the bill nicely.

What do you like best about the design?  

The colors for sure - I like to look at scrappy quilts that draw the eye to their various parts because of the colors.

How did you choose the background color?

White, cream or gray are my usual go-to background colors.  For this particular quilt, I didn't want the stark white contrast, and didn't feel like I wanted gray either.  So, the cream was my safe choice that provided a bit of contrast, but not too loudly.

What attracted you to the fabrics?

I liked the look of textures in those fabrics, and Benartex sent me the ENTIRE range of fat quarters to play with.  It was pure bliss. 

What do you like best about the fabrics?  

The fabrics sewed up nicely.  I liked the tighter fabric weave which made the fabrics fray less easily.

How did you decide to machine quilt this and why?  

I wanted to create a secondary look to the quilt using quilting.  Instead of reinforcing the 4-patch block look, I decided to quilt a variation of the orange peel motif with feathers so that at first glance, the quilt looks much more complicated than just a variation of a 4-patch quilt.

Read Wendy's post about her quilt (and see some additional beautiful pictures!) here.
Want to make your own? Find the kit for this quilt here.
Find Simple Quilts magazine here. 

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And the Winner is...

The results are in, and we're ready to announce the 2013 Fan Favorite fabric collection!!!

Drumroll, please....

And the winner is:

 Congratulations to these vibrant batiks!

(You can also see the entire collection here)

Thanks so much to everyone who voted over the last two weeks!

And we promised fat quarter bundle winners. We had over 75 comments, so we're giving away three bundles from our winning fabric collection. Our three randomly selected winners are:

Cheryl, BJ, and Kathy, please email us at sewinlovewithfabric (at) gmail.com with your mailing address by April 10 at 11:59 EST. If we don't hear from you by then, we will have to choose an alternate winner.

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Down to the Final Two!

We're so close to naming our Fan Favorite fabric line! 

Just a few days of voting left. 

And now, for our Final Two:

Botanical Garden Balis

Lush, vibrant triple-dyed batiks that shine and sparkle. 

And a little quilt inspiration:

Grape Crush by Stitched Together Studios

Find the free pattern here.

Ellie Ann by Eleanor Burns

Classic floral beauty in three fresh colorways.

And a little quilt inspiration:

 Rambling Rose by Janet Page Kessler

Find the free pattern here.

Which fabric collection will you vote for? 

Help us name the Fan Favorite fabric line! Cast your vote on our Facebook page starting April 4 at 2pm EST and running through April 7 at 11:59 EST. 

**After you vote, leave a comment below letting us know which line you chose and why. For every 25 comments left here on the blog between now and April 7 at 11:59 pm EST, we'll give away a fat quarter bundle of the winning fabric line to a randomly chosen commenter. One comment per person, please--additional comments will be deleted.

Good luck to both Botanical Garden Balis and Ellie Ann!

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Our All-Star Final Four

Here are our Final Four Fabrics for the March Madness Fan Favorite Bracket 

as you've never seen them before! 

Botanical Garden Balis

The stats:

 The fans:

(Our staff really got into the competition!) 

 Keepsake Balis

The stats:

The fan:

Ellie Ann

The stats:

 The fans:

Sun-Kissed

The stats:

The fans:

Who will you vote for?

Voting for the first Final Four game, Botanical Garden Balis vs. Keepsake Balis, begins 3/31 on our Facebook page.  Help your favorite fabric move on to the championship game!

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Game 11 Results

Congratulations to Keepsake Balis, which moves on to our Final Four!

We can now say with certainty that there will be a Bali collection in the Fan Favorite Championship! 

The question remains...who will compete against Ellie Ann in the semi finals...

Antoinette or Sun-Kissed?

Head over to our Facebook page and cast your vote today!

Antoinette

Sun-Kissed

We'll showcase the Final Four on Saturday, March 30, and the voting will open on March 31st.

p.s. If you missed the original post about our version of March Madness, click here. To learn more about our the fabrics that made it to the Elite Eight, click here.

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