April 29, 2011

Sew Circles With Ease!

New from Elisa's Backporch is the Crazy Curves templates and patterns. Do you love the look of quilts with curves and circles, but thought it would be too difficult? Well, not now. Check out these videos to see how easy it is with the Crazy Curves template and sewing technique! Then stop by the shop and pick up your templates and pattern to make this beautiful quilt....

April 28, 2011

Scallops Made Easy

Make beautiful, perfect alternating scallops all in a row to embellish your next quilt, bag or project with Quick Point Ruler's new 2" scallop ruler. It's just one of the new rulers at the shop.

April 25, 2011

Cute As A Bug

The shop's crawling with bugs - bug fabric, that is! This fun fabric even has a print that glows in the dark! Wouldn't the kids love a quilt made from it! Stop by and check out "Cute As A Bug" from Avlyn.

April 24, 2011

Full Circle

Black and tan is all the rage in fabric this year. Almost every company we've seen has a collection featuring the combination - and we've ordered a few. The first one to arrive is "Full Circle" by Moda. This black and tan collection has a punch of red color. These would be perfect paired with your black or red embroidery work. What dramatic quilts it will make!

April 23, 2011

And The Winners Are....

Drum roll please! The winners of our Shop Hop drawings are:
Gayle Archuleta - Ulysses
Maureen Flax - Dodge City
Bonnie Lusk - Springfield, CO
Orene Martin - Johnson
Dacia Stratman - Garden City
Penny Tucker - Johnson
Congratulations to each of them. And thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Shop Hop. We hope you enjoyed it!

April 12, 2011

In case you missed it....

Did you get the chance to join us on Friday for Jodi Barrows trunk show? If you didn't, you missed a wonderful show of beautiful quilts and Jodi's lively storytelling of her family history. But you can still have one of her beautiful quilts for your very own as we now have several of her most popular quilt kits available in the shop. Stop in and pick yours up today!

April 7, 2011

Jodi Barrows Trunk Show

Jodi Barrows, of Square in a Square fame, will be presenting a trunk show on Friday, April 8 at Prairie Flower Quilt Co. at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The trunk show will feature her latest line of fabric "Pony Express". You won't want to miss it! Jodi Barrows is a nationally known quilting teacher, speaker and writer, currently living in the North Texas area. Over the past twenty years, Jodi has remarkably touched thousands of quilters throughout the world with her unique method called Square in a Square. Her point of view provides the quilter with the freedom to create most any quilt design with speed and accuracy.

Jodi has spoken to quilting audiences throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. She has appeared as a guest on several quilting shows, including TNN's Aleene's Creative Living; TNN's Your Home Studio; Perfecting Patchwork on Family Net TV and PBS series with Kaye Wood. HGTV has shown her commercial on the quilting techniques she has developed on the Simply Quilts show. The Square in a Square system is a process that anyone can implement in most any design. Jodi has written fourteen books (ten of which have been on the best seller' list), produced four tools, two video/DVD's and five teacher's books. Additionally, she has a pattern book and fabric line based on a fiction novel she wrote from the 1865 time period entitled Leaving Riverton.

Jodi has been commissioned to compose quilts for many state and national organizations as well as working with the Kansas Historical Society. She has been active in guilds as well as owning several crafting and sewing related businesses over the years. Jodi was raised in southwest Kansas, has 2 grown sons, and is married to Steve, her high school sweetheart.

April 5, 2011

Spiffing Up!

Here's another view of our shop hop quilt after hanging it at the shop today. Hope you stop by to see it in person!

April 4, 2011

Finally!

It's down to the wire, but our 2011 Prairie Stars Quilt Shop Hop quilt is finally finished! This year's quilt is a "Baskets & Flowers" row quilt design featuring Timeless Treasures "Wildflower Rhapsody" collection. The fabric was designed by Kansas designers' "A Wing and A Prayer". Toni Steere is one-half of this design team and she's also our Timeless Treasures rep! Be sure to stop by and see our quilt in person because the photo doesn't do it justice. Then be sure to participate in the shop hop, which runs from April 7 - 16. Visit all eight shops for a chance to win $1000 in gift certificates or 100 fat quarters!