1 Million Pillowcase Giveaway

Just an update on the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge...
American Patchwork and Quilting is challenging all who sew to donate a pillowcase to someone in need. You can construct the pillowcase anyway you would like and donate it to anyone who would like. Lots of shops have kits made up or would gladly make a kit for you if you ask. There is also patterns for very cute pillowcases on the American Patchwork and Quilting website. http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/
You will need to log onto the site after you have donated your pillowcase and post how many and who you gave them to. Great service project for kids envoled in 4-H, girl scouts, etc...
Right now there has been 69,742 pillowcases donated. You still have time to sew a few and donate. Just make sure that you tell them after you have!
Think of how good you can make another person feel with a simple gesture. I would love to here you stories of kindness.

What Can You Do In an Hour?

The even smaller town where I came from is having a BBQ cook off this weekend to raise money for necessary things. It will benefit the local volunteer fire department and the street light fund. So as a joint venture, my sister sewed the top together and I quilted and did the binding. I think it is just to cute. I have all of the these fabrics available at http://www.alittlefabricstore.com/ and will soon have the free pattern for download. This small baby quilt only cost around $25.00 for the fabric.

Free Block of the Month

Hurray!!!!
I am so excited. I finally have two people (that do not live in DeWitt County) showing interest in the block of the month. Anyone can do it!!! It is FREE, FREE, FREE and you can use up some of your scraps!!! Two were enough to get me motivated to finally figure the technical side of it out. It is so fun when you finally get the correct code for something and it works. So you can go to http://www.alittlefabricstore.com/ and print off the pdf files of each month's block. So super cool.

This is the pattern  for April.
The block is called Underground Railroad. I was up for a challenge this morning so I made the six inch block. Not all of the points are perfect. But they were perfect enough for me. I think I am going to make several more of these to go into my sampler quilt.
The good thing about the pick your own quilt ending is you can be creative and do more of what you want to do and not have to follow a pattern to the letter. Although I am always here if you need help or suggestions. My opinion is always free!

This is the block that I sewed this morning. I almost can't wait until next month to do another block!

Click Here TO PRINT YOUR COPY

Tax Day

Just a friendly reminder that it is April 15th. Happy Tax Day. I hope that everyone remembered to mail there money to the IRS. Oops. I better find a check book and go mail mine.

NEW FABRIC

The best part of owning your own fabric shop is that you have Christmas all year long. We have to order the fabric so far in advance, I forget what I ordered. Probally not the best business move on my part, but very exciting. So yesterday when the UPS man showed up at my door with a box, I could not help but smile. (I even enjoy that smiling is contaigous)

This is what he brought me.

June's Backyard

Being a small store, I was only able to order four of my absolute favorites from this collection by Skipping Stones Studio. How exciting would it be to have a job to design these gorgeous pieces.

There is a free pattern that goes with this collection design my Anita Peluso. There is a link on my website    A Little Fabric Store wher you can get the yardage or you can find it at Clothworks Free Patterns.

Spring Cleaning Sale!!!

I need to make room for the new fabric coming soon!! I can't believe that April is already here.I thought I had more time.

 I have put a new page on my site that will stay. Sale! It contains the still good fabric collections that need to find a different home. They are priced at $5.00 a yard with a 1 yard minimum cut. This is a bargain!!!!

check it out at www.alittlefabricstore.com/