Monday Book Club

I have followed V& Company's blog for some time. 
Vanessa is so creative and presents such beautiful things on her blog. 
Now we can celebrate more beautiful projects in her new book.

Vanessa loves making things prettier which is the reason
she decided to write this book.
The projects are based on creative techniques with fabric.
Learn how to add gathers, pleats, texture & twisting to any project.

There are bags, scarves, quilts, pillows, accessories all divided into their
specific category of embellishment technique.
More than 20 projects great for beginner sewist as well as
the accomplished seamstress.

This is such a fun book!
Visit her blog for more fun ideas & a sneek peek @ her new fabric line
Congrats Vanessa!   http://www.vanessachristenson.com/

New Children's Sewing Classes

We are so excited to have teamed up with 

"Children Can Sew"

to offer all those little people in your life

some summer sewing fun!

They are registering for their summer sewing camps now

& you won't believe

what these kids can make!

We have a display at the shop & they are having a drawing for

a sewing lesson for two.  Come in today and enter.

Check out their blog for more information.

Feel free to contact them directly with any questions.

"Children Can Sew"

Click to be directed to their blog

Sharing A Little Fabric LOVE

We have had some wonderful, fresh & exciting fabric fill our shelves
over the last month......

Here are a few of my favorites.....

American Jane....School Days....by Sandy Klop....For Moda

Flea Market Fancy....by Denyse Schmidt.....
For Free Spirit




The "Ghastlies" Family Reunion fabric....by Alexander Henry


Chevrons.....by Riley-Blake Designs


Fresh Cut....by Heather Bailey....For Free Spirit


Kaffe Fasset......Shot Cotton


A Walk In the Woods....by Aneela Hoey....For Moda


Salt Air.....by Cosmo Cricket....For Moda


Tell us...... what would you like to see?

Free Demonstrations During Our Birthday

We are featuring free demonstrations during our Birthday Celebration

Thursday, April 26th  10-12 "Color Your Quilts" (with Crayola Crayons) 
                                          Laurie Price
Thursday, April 26th  12-1   New Circle Ruler....Laurie Price

Friday, April 27th 10-12  "Cricut Your Quilt"... Gayle Lambert
                                     Learn how to use your Cricut for applique' & more!

Saturday, April 28th 10-12  "Easy Dresden Plates"....JoyLyn Rigby
                                         Learn how to use the Easy Dresden Plate Ruler
                                         make traditional Dresden plate blocks super easy!

(Sorry the post didn't appear in time....Blogger had a mind of it's own)

Birthday Blog Give-Away

During our Birthday Celebration we will be holding a little give-away....

April 26 - April 28

Here are the rules...

#1 Join our blog (This means become a follower, you must show up as a follower of the blog not sign up for email as they are not the same thing.)

#2 Leave a comment on our blog posts each day (Thursday, Friday & Saturday) You can leave a comment even if the day has past. 

#3 Like our Facebook page (here is the link FACEBOOK )

#4 Wait to see if our random generator says your the winner.


Here is the little gem you could win!

Seven Fat Quarters

School Day's

by Sandy Klop
American Jane

For Moda






(Please make sure you are not a no-reply or we will have to choose
someone else & we will only ship to the continental USA.)
Winner will be posted Monday, April 30th by midnight mountain time

"A Gardener's Alphabet"

You will just love this Block of The Month Club!
Stitchery & crayon coloring in a way only Crab.apple Hill could do.

You really don't want to miss out on this.  It is already underway but
you will have no problem jumping in.

Complimentary Stitchery 2012 (1st. Quarter)

Our awesome designers have been busy coming up with a new Complimentary Stitchery for 2012.

After much thought, they decided to carry on the excitement from the
Red & White quilt display"Infinite Variety" in New York City last year.  
The exhibit was so popular a prediction was made that 2012 would continue to be the "Year of The Red & White Quilt".

So our Complimentary Stitchery this year will be
"Red & White" with Red work embroidery.

Patterns are complimentary and available during each prospective month. 
Fabric packets are $11.95 per. Quarter. 
The fabric packet has enough fabric for 6 blocks.
If you miss collecting any patterns, they will be posted on our blog quarterly.

You can choose to construct the quilt on display or a center medallion wall hanging which will be reveled later.

So enjoy and make this year your "Red & White" quilting year!

FIRST QUARTER PATTERN LINK

Monday Book Club

There is a movement going on right now within the quilting world.
"Enjoy the Process"

What does that mean?  Well quite simply slowing down and really finding
joy in every step of the quilt making process.....
From selecting the fabric, pattern, quilt top construction, quilting of the top & lastly the binding.

This book covers quilting by hand using big stitches called "Utility Quilting" 

Using the great information in this book, you too can enjoy just another part of the quilting process while saving some hard earned $

Learn how to baste your quilt so it becomes a portable quilting project.
You would be surprised how much quilting you can get done while waiting at appointments, sporting events, car pool, music lessons.  Little bits of time that often just go wasted. 

There is just something nice about connecting on another level with your precious quilting. 

This is a wonderful book.  Very well done & full of information & helpful hints. 
So grab some Pearle cotton & get quilting!

Birthday Party

It's time to PARTY!

Broadbent's Quilt Shop
is celebrating 9 years of Quilting Fun!

Thursday, Friday & Saturday
April 26th, 27th, & 28th
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Come in for a Cupcake &

Birthday Specials:

* Drawing for a               

    Broadbent's Gift Certificate

    (Come into the store to enter)

* 20% off all Fabric by the Yard

*  20% off all Books

* 20% off all Notions

* Clearance fabric table
    starting @ $3.00 per yard (1 yard min.)

We will also be holding an online contest to boost
our blog followers as well as
introduce our new Facebook page (Broadbent's Quilt Shop)

Watch our blog, the contest opens on 4/24/12
(Prizes can only be mailed to the continental U.S.A.)

Thrifty-Thursday

Today's Feature:

Reunion....by Sweetwater....for Moda

25% off....Thursday April 19th.....ONLY!

Subject to stock on had, not all fabrics pictured are available.

Monday Book Club

This book has been out for a little bit.....I always think it is interesting to watch how certain books or fabrics progress in popularity after they are released to the general public.  We live in a day and age where information can spread so quickly in so many different methods.  If you peruse the Internet you might have noticed the growing popularity of One-Yard Wonders groups.  They are doing everything from making a project a day from the books....to challenges in creating new items for future books.

This is the second book in what has turned out to be a very popular series....
Fabric-by-Fabric....One-Yard Wonders

 

Just as you found in the first book, there are 101 great projects which only

require 1 magic yard of fabric.

This book differs in that the projects are designed with specific fabric types in mind, which is a really great way to branch out from sewing with cotton only.

All the projects are from contributors & their bios and blogs or websites are listed so if you really love what they do, you can follow their blog for more great ideas. 

If you like small simple projects, which only take a yard of fabric, you will love this second book from Rebecca Yaker & Patricia Hoskins.

Very well done, 101 days of sewing fun!  (Over 400 pages + paper patterns)

Thrifty-Thursday

Today's Feature:

Shadow Flower.....by Jackie Shapiro.....for Windham Fabrics

25% off.....Today Only....Thursday, April 12th......ONLY!!

Subject to stock on hand, We may not have all the prints pictured.

Monday Book Club

Today's book is such a feast for the eyes and mind....

"SCRAP REPUBLIC"

This is the second book for Emily Cier....
She is quite the talented quilter.
In this book you will find 8 quilt projects, all presented in LIVING COLOR....

The focus is using your scraps.....
I love the way she walks you through the organizing & sorting of your scraps.
Then stitching them together to create scrappy fabric which you then cut your pieces from.
 
If you are not a huge scrap repository, she gives you instructions as well as yardage to purchase fabric for each quilt.

I just can't do this book justice with a review.  If your are smart you will get
your hands on a copy and feast on every page! 

Now I will say it is a modern book, & the amount of color used is not for
the faint of heart.......
I really think the principles could be applied to most any style or fabric scrap
collection.

It is only around 51 pages and priced at $16.95
so I think it will fit into most budgets.

I promise you will never look at your scraps the same way again!

Thrifty-Thursday

Today's Feature:

Papillion....by 3-Sisters....for Moda

25% off....Thursday, April 5th.....ONLY!

Subject to what we have in stock.

Monday Book Club

Just a reminder what Monday Book Club is all about....

While I love reading new quilting books and trying
to impart my excitement for each book to you.......

The main focus is to offer you 25% off on each selection
on the Monday it is featured.

Today we have another great book....

Fresh Quilting (fearless color, design & inspiration)
by Malka Dubrawsky

The cover alone is so inviting!  Great care has been taken to address many
of the basic questions many beginner quilters might have.
You will find great quilted projects for home & family
as well as super cute and not your ordinary quilts for baby
& wall.
There are two projects that really caught me..#1 A large hex quilt....Beautiful and so much easier since the hexies are about the size of a salad plate.  #2 A super cute sewing machine cover.  I think it would make a great gift (for myself or someone special)....

I think you will most certainly find inspiration inside this wonderful book.