Romancing Eastern North Carolina Shop Hop

It's almost time!

The 2016 Romancing Eastern North Carolina Shop Hop 

takes place February 3-6.

Six shops are involved:

     All About Quilting - Jacksonville
     Cotton Fields Quilt Shop - Washington
     New Bern Fabric Center - New Bern
     Sewing Creations - Greenville
     Sewing Solutions - New Bern
     The Quilted Butterfly - Morehead City

All of the shoppers who visit every store have their name added to our grand prize drawing.  The grand prize this year is the Stella Sky floor lamp.  Adjustable height, adjustable brightness, just a wonderful lamp for sewing and crafting!  (List price approx.$389.) 

Front view

Side view

After the lamp drawing, we will also draw for one of six gift baskets STUFFED with prizes - books, patterns, fabric, thread (value at least $250).

But there's MORE!

How about one of six $50 gift certificates?

Or one of the daily drawing prizes presented by each store?

Hours are Wed., Thurs., and Fri. 9-7, Sat. 9-5.

Tonga Batiks

The weather outside was frightful!
But the intrepid UPS man made it up the steps with another delivery of batiks.
This time they are Tonga Batiks from Timeless Treasures.
All are priced at 12.79/yard.

B4169 Pinata

B3555 Sun

B4160 Zest

B4168 Poppy

B3169 Pink

B4166 Cherry

B2723 Royal

B4163 Pool

Anthology Fabrics

A big box just arrived from Anthology Fabrics.  It contained 7 bolts of their "batik solids".  I'm filling in gaps in the batik shelves, preparing for our annual shop hop which begins in just two weeks.

All of the shops keep their special shop hop quilts a SECRET until the hop begins, but mine is made with a set of "Story Strips" from Anthology.  More strip sets are coming soon.

IT'S TUFFET TIME!

Today was the culmination of the second "Tuffet" class held here at Cotton Fields Quilt Shop.  Last week, under the direction of Marti Tolbert of That's Sew Marti! four students received instructions and started sewing their fabric strips onto the special tuffet foundations.   

They returned today with sewing complete, to tackle the upholstery part of the project.

There are a lot of supplies involved!

Thick batting is molded around a foam form.

The finished covers are added next.

The covers are tightly drawn over the form and the large covered button is attached to accentuate the shape of the top.  The flat bottom is covered with a coordinating fabric and beautiful decorative legs are added last.  (Can you see Kathy's shoes?  Their flashing lights entertained us all.)

Carol Made two tuffets.  Here she is, adding the legs to the first one.

All different, all beautiful.

The next TUFFET CLASS is scheduled for March 19 and 26.  Both Saturdays, class will meet 10 AM to 2 PM.  $80 registration fee required.  Additional supplies include fabric, pattern, ruler, and $90 kit.  Spaces are limited, so register early!

Finger Painted Floral

Wow!  Three fabric deliveries in two days.  This time, it's nine bolts from Windham Fabrics.  The collection is called "Finger Painted Floral".  With our annual SHOP HOP only three weeks away, these are welcome additions to the shelves.  Priced at $11.99/yard.

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These almost-solid "Palette" blenders that came along are $11.29/yard.

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"INDIGO" by Robert Kaufman

It's so much fun to see new fabrics arriving for a new year.  This morning's delivery contained these fun pieces from Robert Kaufman.  The "Indigo" collection looks like tie dye!  I can see a lot of possibilities beyond quilts .....

And, again, I got a great price so these are all $8.99/yard.

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New Fabric for a New Year

These pretty floral prints from Andover Fabrics just arrived today.  From the Estate Gardens Collection.  All are priced at $8.99/yard.

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