Fabric designer Faye Burgos creates beautiful floral collections for Marcus Brothers. One of her latest collections is Olde Cedar Chest. Large floral printin antique tones of brown and pink with a bit of sage green thrown in, anda small floral print in the same colors are the focus fabrics.

Subtle stripes appear on the background of the larger floral.

A plaid on the diagonal jazzes things up.

A green leafy print for a little pop.

This dot spattered printcomes with a pink background and a tan background.

This tone on tone also comes in pink.

Here’s a table topper from some of these fabrics. Measuring 36″ square, it’s quick and easy to make.

Three fat quarters (small floral, plaid, and tone on tone pink) plus a yard of tan and a yard of dots on pink background will complete the quilt and leave enough of the dotty pink for binding. Leave a comment with your e-mail address and we’ll send you the pattern in pdf format.

The Batik Cascade Quilt Fabric line from Avlyn Fabrics are available in several colors. Each one cascades from light to dark across the width of fabric giving you several fabrics in one. These are just perfect for use in Landscape Quilt Patterns.

Coastlines is number 6 in the Accidental Landscapes series from the Quilted Lizard. Easy construction (no templates needed!) yields a one of a kind landscape quilt.

Using Batik Cascade Baby Blue will give you a full range of blue for the ocean.

Save the leftover blue for the sky in Golf Courses. You can make good use of Batik Cascade Grass in this quilt. Use it for the trees, the green, the fairway and the rough. Wow… all from one piece of fabric!

West Coast & Lagoon quilt landscape scenes have colorful skies and one features a sandy beach. Batik Cascade Cerise will give you many different shades for the beautiful sunsets. And Batik Cascade Khaki will work great for the beach areas.

The change in shade in all of the Batik Cascade colors moves from the most pale shade to a very deep dark shade. These fabrics will be useful in so many quilt projects. They are great for applique, giving your flowers from flat to full of interest and depth. Even simple log cabin blocks will take on a certain pizzazz. Try a few and have fun experimenting.

As we put away our holiday fabrics for a while, we look for new projects and different fabrics to use.  Here are a few suggestions…

Hopscotch by Red Rooster has light pink flowers on a bright pink background accented with green leaves in different shades.  Paired with fabrics of multi-colored circles and a wavy green design from the same collection, you have just the right combination for a little girls quilt or a nice lap sized quilt to toss over a wicker love seat in a sun room.

Vine Creek by Kansas Troubles includes three different tone-on-tone almond / caramel / beige fabrics.

And two simple large red floral prints, one with an almond background and the same floral print with a black background.  And smaller red accent prints… one with red berries and one with tiny red flowers.     This collection of subtle fabrics with a punch of red would make a great lap quilt for a family room.

Romantic, delicate blooms in pink with an occassional light blue bud on a light background and a large light blue flowers paired with pink daisy-like flowers on a black background are both a part of the Tuscan Wildflower collection.   

These can be paired with the Fusions Blues and Pink and would make a pretty table topper for tea or a beautiful bed quilt for a guest bedroom.

If you are looking for a great gift for a special person, a Fabric Club will give all year.  Or suggest it to your spouse to give to you – he’ll love it as there’s no roaming the mall and it’ll be a gift you’ll love over and over again – every month!

There are several from which to choose . . .

…and several more. The clubs offers a choice of the fabric cut: fat quarters, half yard cuts, yard cuts.  Each club gives 5 cuts of the size you choose, with the exception of the Marble Club which is 4 pieces. Every month you will receive your choice cuts about the same time of the month and every attempt will be made to not duplicate a piece of fabric in a twelve month period. Your stash will grow and grow . . . unless of course, you sew and sew!

Then there is the Ugly Duckling Fabric Club.  For only $13.49 you will receive 3 yards of fabric in various sizes: quarter yards, half yards, fat quarters.  All fabrics are quality 100% cotton and will include florals, prints, solids, and designer fabrics.  All fabrics that have been sold in the store – so you know they are not really ugly! Good fabrics, a surprise and all for less than half price – what a deal!

So if you know a certain someone who hasn’t shopped for you yet, copy and paste this link: http://www.quilterswarehouse.com/s-57-mcfc.aspx in an e-mail to them… hint, hint.

Or, treat yourself!

Yes, that’s right.  All Christmas patterns and all Christmas fabric is on sale.  10% off when you use the code: 10CMAS at checkout.  But hurry, this offer ends December 15.  You have just a few days left! 

Unless you are speed-sewer and have all your other Christmas work finished, you probably don’t have time to make too many more Christmas gifts.  But you can take this opportunity to replenish your stash of Christmas fabric. 

You’ll find subtle prints . . .

And bold prints. . .

And eveything in between.

And, while you have your Christmas decorations on display, this would be a good time to select a few Christmas patterns that would complement what you already have.  There are patterns for tree skirts, stockings, and ornaments.

There are also wall hangings, dolls, table toppers, penny rugs and quilts all with Christmas themes.

So head on over to QuiltersWarehouse and don’t miss out!