Hi Everyone! We hope you had a great week and happy Friday!

This week like many others, we have been working on quite a few different projects.  Now that our store in physically located in Pawling, NY, we have been invited to attend different activities held in this adorable little town.  This Saturday, November 15th we will be at the first annual Pawling Chocolate Festival at the Lathrop Center at Lakeside Park.  We have put together different kits that can be used to make great gifts.  Some examples are tote bags, wallets, aprons and pillowcases.  If you are in the area, please stop by and see us!

To learn more about this event please visit http://www.pawlingrotary.org/chocolatefestival/

Huguenot Street

We are proud to be located in the beautiful Hudson Valley.  This area is filled with historical landmarks, one of which is located in New Paltz, NY.  In 1678, a group of families came to this area in order to have the freedom to worship as they chose.  Over many years this group made up of Indian, French, Dutch, African, English, and other men and women created an entire village of buildings and stories, creating a new identity as Americans .  This area later became known as Historic Huguenot Street.  Today this area is still preserved and open to the public.  Windham Fabrics reached out to us with a line of reproduction fabrics based on the history of Huguenot Street , asking us to create a quilt pattern.  Using this beautiful line, known as Windsong, we created Huguenot Revisited.  This gorgeous pattern allows the beauty of the fabrics to truly show the history of this area. This quilt is also available as a  pattern or kit on our website

Carousel

A few weeks ago I was inspired by the Carousel Line by Dear Stella.  I wanted this pattern to be fun and whimsical.  Using the main Carousel fabric as the center and adding a few pinwheels using Dear Stella Mini Confetti, this quilt or duvet cover came out exactly as I had hoped.  I can just imagine this quilt in a little girls’ room adding some color, fun and imagination.

Cutie Patterns

Our creative juices have been working to come up with so many different patterns that can be made by using our Cutie Collections.  In case you haven't heard, we have started packaging the newest lines of fabrics into Cutie Packs.  These packs include 16 Fat 1/8ths (9 inches by 22 inches).  By taking these 16 different fabrics and occasionally a background, border and lattice we have started an entire line of patterns that can be used with any Cutie Pack, making each quilt unique.  We have already had customers come in to show us the pattern they made using different packs and they are all stunning!  Last week I was working on a cutie pattern using 2 cutie packs made using the Persimmon Line by Moda. 

This queen size quilt came out exactly as I had hoped! I still need to add the final border, but here is a sneak peak at the final product 

I have mentioned previously that we are also redesigning our online store.  Once this is up and running, we will have all of our previous and new cutie patterns and packs available.  In the meantime, anyone that may be local, please come and see us at 4D Oak Street  Pawling, NY to see our newest creations! Pawling is a great little village to see with a great restaurant, bakery, olive oil store and much more!

Finally, I just wanted to share with you some of the other newest lines we recently received in the shop.  Andover Fabrics has released the newest Downton Abbey II Collection!

Last week we also received the newest Ultimate Spider-Man II Collection from Camelot Cottons.  This fabric is perfect for backpacks, neck ties, pillowcases and other projects for Spider-Man fans of all ages! These fabrics are in stock and available on our website!

We also still have them American Made Brand Cotton Solids in stock, and just ordered 12 new colors! We cannot wait for these to come in.  If you are thinking of making a Christmas gift that has been grown by farmers and finished by you, completely in the United States, this fabric is perfect!

If you are interested in any of the fabrics or patterns, please click on the links to view them on our website.  Thank you for taking the time to see what is new at the Quilt Basket, we look forward to sharing our newest ideas next week with you!

Sarah

Cutie and Handi Quilter News!

This week, like so many lately, has been a very busy one at the shop.  We have been receiving new lines of fabric, teaching classes and creating new Cutie Patterns! For those of you interested, once I have added our newest lines to our website, I post on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to let everyone know what has just arrived!

We have 3 new Cutie Patterns we are currently creating and cannot wait to share all of them with you!  This new project was a new technique for me.  Trying to create my own pattern while using a new technique was challenging enough, adding in a 17-month-old fighting for your attention at the same time, let's just say we are glad this week is almost over :-)

I am glad to say that this new pattern is modern and really appealing.  I just finished all of my blocks and now just have to figure out how I'm going to put it all together.  Looks like I may have to make a call to my mom, Cathy, to talk out the next steps while Carter is still napping.

I look forward to sharing with you all of our new Cutie Patterns soon, as well as some other fun projects we have been working on, one using Dear Stella Fabric, another referencing Huguenot Street, and of course a few ideas for the winter months and maybe Christmas presents!

What does 2 more inches mean to you? Did you hear the big news from Handi Quilter? We are excited and cannot wait for this to arrive!!!

Hope to see you back here next week!

Sarah

Quilting Retreat

We had such a fabulous time at the Quilting Retreat with Debby Brown last weekend.  There was a great attendance at the Mizzentop School here in Pawling.  Customers who made it to the class have been giving us great reviews this week, not only on the class itself but also on the fantastic food we served!!

We look forward to the next Retreat in Fall 2015 and hope you can make it!

Thank you Debby for a terrific weekend! We have added a few photos of the event below

We have of course also been busy packing up the newest lines of fabric we receive into Cutie Packs and designing all new Cutie Patterns!!  We have quite a few available at the shop in Pawling and hope to have all of the newest Patterns and Packs available on our website soon!

Quilty Pleasures: Weekend Plans

Quilty Pleasures: Weekend Plans



We look forward to seeing Debby Brown this weekend! Please check out her blog this week.

Cuties Cuties Cuties!!!

This week we have been busy once again designing new Cutie Patterns and creating new Cutie Packs.  As a reminder, these packs are made from brand new lines of fabric, including 16 Fat 1/8ths (9”x22”). By adding a background, borders and binding, many different patterns can be made using these packs.  We will continue to design this line of patterns that can be used with any Cutie Pack you choose!

This past Saturday we held our first Cutie Class. There was a huge attendance of customers who came to see the Cutie Demo and check out our new location in Pawling.

This week Cathy demoed the Rail Trail Pattern which is a Christmas Table Runner and 4 Placemats. We created our sample using the Moda Winter Wonderland Line, which is available on our website.But remember this pattern can be made using any of our Cutie Packs.  We look forward to seeing the many variations created by our customers!

http://www.quiltbasket.com/s-807-winter-wonderland.aspx

Everyone who attended had a blast and we look forward to the next one! We never know ahead of time what Cathy may be demoing, so each month it will be a big surprise.

These Cutie Classes are held once a month at our new store located in Pawling.   
All Cutie classes include a demo from 10 am-11 am.  $5.00 per class

Additional dates scheduled are October 18th, November 15th, and December 13th.

For more information on additional classes, please check out our newsletter. 

http://www.quiltbasket.com/pdf/Newsletter%2014%20Sep-Dec.pdf

Please remember we will be having our Grand  Opening this weekend 9/20 and 9/21 and hope to see you there!

Thank you

Sarah

We are Back!!!

Welcome back to the Quilt Basket Blog!

Many of you have probably been wondering where we have been for the last couple of months, I know my sister-in-law hasJ!!  We did complete the move of our physical store from Wappinger Falls to Pawling, NY. We did officially open our doors a couple of weeks ago and will be holding our Grand Opening on September 20^th and 21^st.

Not only have we been busy moving, setting up and organizing our new store but have been receiving lots of brand new lines of fabric! We are working on using these new lines in many different patterns and cannot wait to share them with you! Some of our new lines include Flirt, Seaworthy and Emerson by Dear Stella, Snowbird by Moda and Birch Farm by Joel Dewberry.  These are all available on our website.

I am currently working on the sample for our Block of the Month in January by Violet Craft which will also be available on our website. 

Finally we have been busy creating our new packaging of fabrics and patterns.  We are designing a “Cutie” package of 16 Fat 1/8^th’s (9X22) from the newest lines available.  We are designing our own patterns for these packages and hope to have the cutie patterns and kits available on our website soon.  All of the patterns are designed that ANY Cutie Pack of Fabric can be used with ANY Cutie Pattern. 

As you can see we have been busy designing, creating and planning lots of new projects. 

We also scheduled classes through the end of the year.  These are listed on our Newsletter, please call us if you are interested in signing up! 

http://www.quiltbasket.com/pdf/Newsletter%2014%20Sep-Dec.pdf

We hope to hear from you soon!

Thank you

Sarah