Denyse Schmidt Hope Valley fabric giveaway!

Posted on November 18, 2009

I’m sure many of you have seen previews for Denyse Schmidt’s newest fabric line, Hope Valley. If not, you can see it here. It’s not out yet, but they happened to have a couple fat quarter packs of the new fabric line at her studio sale last weekend, and I just couldn’t help myself. I actually already preordered the line, but when presented with it in person, I was too weak to resist.

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And now I wanted to share a bit with someone here. I’m giving away a fat eighth of each of these four patterns below (for a total of a 1/2 yard of fabric). These are from the Piney Woods colorway.

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Just leave me a comment on this post, letting me know what you think of this new line. Like it, dislike it? Do you plan on buying any? (or feel free to leave a comment about anything, really!)

I’ll select and post a winner on Friday!

Comments are now closed. I’ll announce the winner shortly!

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Denyse Schmidt’s studio sale and a visit to NYC

Posted on November 17, 2009

When Denyse Schmidt’s studio sale was announced, I knew I had to go. So what if it’s a 5 hour drive… or that it meant getting up at 3am in order to arrive in time… I think it was worth it! It was such fun to see Denyse’s studio, and all the beautiful quilts she had hanging. Here are just a few of the quilts –

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And a few shots of the sale – some pillow covers….

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(and that’s the only shot I have of Denyse herself – just her back behind that display)

and lots of beautiful quilts!

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I came home with a bag of studio scraps – some solids, some Flea Market Fancy pieces and even some scraps of Hope Valley

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I didn’t have a chance to talk to Denyse (my own fault!), but I did get to talk to Heather Ross, who really is as nice, or even nicer, as everyone says!

From there, we continued on to NYC, for a little weekend away. We had a chance to hang out with my cousin and cousin in law (hi zach & kim!), do a little shopping, and enjoy some really nice fall weather in the city. All in all, a great weekend away!

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a post about fabric, and organization, and the lack thereof…

Posted on November 13, 2009

So this is what I’ve been working on… trying (as always, it seems!) to keep my fabric organized and put away.

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I should do this more often, because they do look nice all folded and separated by color

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Now my job will be to keep it this way…

It’s hard when there are always fun new fabrics coming out though. I mean, how could I resist? New Monaluna Mingle prints from Robert Kaufman, a couple Michael Miller dots and stripes in my favorite combo of yellow (which I prefer to think of it as ‘sour lemon’) and gray, a few Japanese prints, and a fun new print from Carolyn Gavin’s new line, Wild Thyme.

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I ordered these from Fabricworm, (and in linking to her shop just now, I also noticed she now has the new Anna Maria Horner flannels available… hmmm…)

Anyway, I’m thinking perhaps a little something like this? It’ll probably have to wait until next year, but until then it’s fun to look at…

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And now I better go get these new fabrics put away!

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