Our Weekly Newsletter

Hi folks! Today's Newsletter is all about alternate fabric substrates. We know many of our fellow makers dabble in all sorts of sewing projects and we have lots of fabrics to stretch your creative limits and get those bobbins spinning! We're very excited to see so many of you ordering our newly introduced Quilting Cotton, and we can't wait for you to try out our beautiful new Canvas. This sturdy yet supple fabric is a 55% Linen 45% Combed Cotton blend that you'll love for it's soft touch and lovely drape. At 6.5 ox per sq yd, our medium weight canvas is a gorgeous choice for a myriad of makes from accessories, bags, and bottom weight clothing to aprons, throw pillows, tablecloths, tea towels, upholstery and other home decor. Simply select your desired fabric substrate and width from a drop down box found on any one of our In House fabric designs. Yes, that means our entire Hawthorne Threads catalog of designs is available in all of these fun fabrics! Excited to sew with our new Linen Cotton Canvas? Snap to it with some fun clutches! We've enjoyed testing out the canvas immensely, as you can see. I couldn't decide on just one Snap Clutch so I chose 9 - ah, the pitfalls of when severe indecisiveness meets thousands of choices! An assortment of a fun variety of fabrics from various collections, these are Banana Leaves in Tulip, Painterly in Jungle, Painted Stripe in Lyrical, Star Charts in Midnight, Stitch Floral in Golden Canyon, Trellis in Peony, Feathers in Pebble, Succulent Border in Coachella, and Bloomerie in Ink. The Snap Clutch Tutorial is available from Sew 4 Home. And finally, our manager Becky jumped at the chance to re-cover her thrifted chair, which looks pretty amazing in our Weathervane in Golden Canyon. The coordinating Hexagon Situpon pouf features Mojave Blooms. Linen Canvas Sewing inspiration! New Knit and Rayon from Maureen Cracknell Soulful sewing inspiration from Mister Domestic, click for pattern details Soulful sewing inspiration from Lily Shine Creates, click for pattern details Art Gallery Fabrics sent along the companion Knit and Rayon fabrics for Maureen Cracknell's new Soulful collection! We love the mix of bold florals and gender neutral patterns that have plenty of bohemian vibes. We also have yardage and Fat Quarter Bundles of the Quilting Cottons in stock! New Quilt Kit! The listing for this gorgeous Briar and Bramble Quilt Kit was accidentally deleted from our site, but have no fear, this highly anticipated kit now in stock! The Meriwether collection from Amy Gibson has a vintage summery feel with modern on trend elements. While most of the kit requires standard piecing, it does include a little bit of Foundation Paper Piecing. See Amy's handy tutorial and cheat sheet here on her blog! Denim Studio from AGF Fully Stocked! Denim Prints FQ Bundles available! We're just giddy to have the entire AGF Denim Studio back in stock! Used on their own or incorporated to your patchwork and apparel designs, the quality of these fabrics is just exquisite. For lots of sewing inspiration, see the Denim Studio Lookbook! Denim Studio Lookbook from AGF Denim Studio Swatch Card New and Re-stocked Patterns from Noodlehead! The Explorer Tote and the Compass Bag from Noodlehead would be great choices for our new Linen Canvas fabric! With thousands of our In House print and basic collections, the possibilities are endless! New Giveaway! For this week's giveaway we are offering up Monaluna's new Cottage Garden collection in Fat Quarters! Congratulations to meagan.danielson, our winner of a Fat Quarter Bundle of the Wonderland Collection from Rifle Paper Co! Please send us a quick message to let us know where we should send this winning prize! Thank you so much for reading along with us, and for your continued support of our little shop! Warmest regards, Lindsay and Charlie