Friday’s Featured Fabric: Ship Shape from Michael Miller

Ship Shape by Michael Miller
Sail away with this bright orange sailboat fabric, Ship Shape from Michael Miller’s Ahoy Matey!

If you haven’t seen this collection, come by the shop soon to check it out. There are large scale nautical flags and anchors, and some adorable little whales.

Include this bright orange in a beachy picnic blanket. Make a large bag to carry all the sandbox toys. Put your little one in bright summer shorts (we’ve got a great pattern for cargo shorts in the shop!) or use these boats as an accent on a summer dress. Use this fabric with some of the others from the collection and put together a wall-hanging for your littlest sailor (or the grownup ones!).
Ship Shape by Michael MillerCome by Stash Friday, Saturday or Sunday this week for 10% off any cut of this Featured Fabric!

Your turn… what would you do with this fabric?

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Half-Square Triangle Wall Hanging

18" X 48" Wall Hanging

18″ X 48″ Wall Hanging


Here is a fun little wall hanging or table runner (or bed runner) made with fabrics from Stash. These nine-patch blocks are made of 2″ half-square triangles. If you’ve never made half-square triangles before, they are not that hard! Master the half-square triangle and you’ll find you can use them in all sorts of quilt designs.

Come pick out your own color combinations to fit your decor (we’ll help if you want). This one is hanging in the shop if you need a close up, and many of the fabrics are still in the shop (some on the sale shelf, no less!). We can even give you a quick tutorial to get your quilt started.

Can’t wait? Here are some photos on how to make the two inch half-square triangles.


Cut two 3" squaresCut two 3″ squares. Draw one diagonal line on the wrong side of one fabric.

IMG_3655Place your squares right sides together and sew scant 1/4" seams on either side of the line.

IMG_3656Cut your triangles apart on the line.

IMG_3657Press to the darker fabric from the top side.

IMG_3658Trim your block to 2 1/2" square. Watch the diagonal. A ruler with a 45 degree line on it can be really helpful for this step!

IMG_3660Two finished half-square triangle blocks!

For this wall hanging, I made 24 six-inch blocks, with nine squares in each block. To do the same, you’ll need to cut five each of two different fabrics (3″ squares) for each 6″ block. Of course, you’ll have one 2 1/2″ square leftover for another project. Mix up your squares a little for more fun. To finish the quilt you can machine or hand quilt it, then finish with a simple binding.

I can’t wait to finish mine; I know right where I want to hang it.

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Introducing Friday’s Featured Fabric

We promised fun new things at Stash and here’s our first offering: Friday’s Featured Fabric. (Go ahead, say that ten times fast!)

Each Friday, we’ll post a fabric. Maybe we’ll have some show and tell to go with it; maybe we’ll just have ideas. We’ll always ask for your ideas — just share them in the comments. If your creativity gets flowing, the featured fabric will be in the shop and available at 10% off through the weekend! Stop by and give your ideas shape!

Neighborhood Houses by Timeless TreasuresFirst up: these super cute Neighborhood Houses from Timeless Treasures.  Check out the tiny lawn mowers and the above-ground swimming pools.  And the upstairs balcony on that red and black house!  I want to embroider little green vines on the pillars and add tiny white flowers to the balcony, then frame it with a hoop.

In a more quilty vein, how about cutting some squares and sashing them with grey… put it all together and you’ve got a quilted play mat (or map?) for your little one to drive toy cars around. You could even do a square-in-square block design with a green square in the center. Be deliberate about how you add the houses and they could all face the street, with shared backyards behind.

What about a kaleidoscope quilt?  These fun one-fabric, one-shape quilts take advantage of the pattern repeat in a fabric.  The resulting blocks look like, well, like looking through a kaleidoscope. (Some examples are here.)

Neighborhood Houses by Timeless Treasures

Come by Stash Friday, Saturday or Sunday this week for 10% off any cut of this Featured Fabric!

Your turn… what would you do with this fabric?

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Shiny New Site!

We at Stash have been doing at little home improvement to our digital space. We might be a little excited… Can we give you a tour???

First off, new look to the website! We’ve switched to a blogging-style format to make it easier to keep our fans and customers up-to-date with new fabric arrivals and shop news. You can follow us via RSS (little orange button over in the sidebar) if you’re into that, or enter your email address in the Subscribe box in the sidebar to have updates emailed to you. We’ll also be cross-posting news to Facebook and eventually to Twitter (links are also in the sidebar). Please choose a method that works for you and follow/subscribe! If we’ve overlooked your favorite method of blog-following, please let us know!

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If you have a blog or site of your own, please consider grabbing the code for our new supporter badge and adding it to your site. The code is under the badge in the sidebar to the right. Show off your favorite local quilt shop!

We’ve also started a Flickr group! Do you have pictures of something you’ve made with fabric from Stash? Please add them to the group pool and share them with us. We’d love to see what you’ve made. There’s a small collection of photos in the pool already; some of them appear in the sidebar to the right on this page. As the pool grows, we’ll adjust how many images are displayed there.

Want more? We’ve got plans for a community quilt bee, featured fabric sales, and opportunities to show off what you’ve made. And we’d love to hear your ideas as well! What would you like to see at Stash? Please share!

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A Foxy Skirt!

Hi! It’s Louise, a Stash employee and the writer of I’m Feelin’ Crafty! I have been wanting to show you a little something I made with fabrics from Stash… A little Foxy Skirt! FoxSkirt-Main-ImFeelinCrafty

This is a project that I made for the spring edition of Kids Clothes Week. There’s another coming up this summer, so you can make one, too!

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Isn’t is ADORABLE??? I recently used the fox design in a Foxy Sewing Machine Cover from a few weeks back. Well, a neighbor saw it and loved it, so it gave me the idea to turn it into a skirt for her kiddo!

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Again, I used the precious little Lil’ Fox pattern by Artisania. And then I lined the back of it. I basically sewed the front and back right sides together with the rest of the skirt sandwiched in between. I really didn’t want all those seams from the piecing of the fox to show!

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Are you wondering which fabrics I used?? Well let me tell ya!
Foxy Skirt FabricsThe solid blue is Michael Miller Cotton Couture in Aqua. The solid green and solid orange are both from Clothworks Everyday Organic Solids in Lime and Light Orange. And the tree fabric is Michael Miller Birch Forest in Aqua.

The coordinating fabrics for the Birch Forest line are just adorable! Come check them out!
Birch Forest Coordinates
And for more details on how I made the skirt, check out the original post on my blog!

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New Arrivals: Ikebana and Kallianthi from Dear Stella

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Announcing the latest arrival to Stash: ikat inspired designs and coordinates from Dear Stella!

We’ve got a shelf and then some of these prints that simply scream summer. Think cool breezes by the tropical sea and warm, shady jungles. These would make a great beach/picnic quilt (Bonus! Wrap it around the kids when they finally come out of the water at the end of the day), a vacation themed summer dress, or a new pillow or two to bring your couch into summer.

Ikebana from Dear StellaThe blues (“Ink”) are from Dear Stella’s Kallianthi collection, “exotic ikats and block prints with ancient roots.” The greens and grays (“Grass” and “Charcoal”) are from the Ikebana collection, bringing “an exotic touch to home décor.”

As always at Stash, the first cut off the bolt is 10% off. Hurry in and get yours!

Did you miss the last Beginning Quilt Class?

Don’t panic! We’re doing it again!

Sampler Class Quilt TopJoin Sue Hunt for this 4 week class and create your very own wall-hanging sized quilt top (or add an extra border for a crib quilt!). This class will cover the basics, including cutting, piecing, squares and triangles, even some applique and mitered corners! You’ll get to choose your own fabrics for this project, making it uniquely yours. Receive 10% off your class supplies purchased at Stash.

There are only 4 spots available for this class, so you’ll get lots of personalized attention from Sue. Class starts on May 9th and runs for four consecutive Thursdays (May 9, 16, 23, & 30) from 6-8pm. Just $100 for all four weeks!

Stop by Stash to see the sample, sign up and pick out your own fabrics. Or give us a call at 206.535.8179 to reserve your seat!

On the Sale Shelf

Have you checked out what’s on the Sale Shelf in the second room at Stash?

20% of these fabrics!These lovelies are from the Painted Summer collection from In the Beginning.  Impressionistic florals on super-soft cotton.  Make a quilt with these and have a bit of summer with you all year long.  They’d also make sweet summer dresses for little girls.   Originally $10.50/yard, now marked down 20%.
40% off these fabrics!On this shelf, the fabrics are all currently 40% off their original prices!  From left to right:

  • Ty Pennington Impressions Fall 11 – Roscoe
  • Groovin’ by Northcott (three fabrics, black/white/yellow)
  • label fabric from Moda’s Salt Air collection – pick up a yard of this and always have something for labeling your creations!
  • “Numbers” panel from Moda’s Ten Little Things collection – perfect for a wall-hanging in a baby’s or toddler’s room
  • Dear Stella’s hand-drawn map of Paris. This makes me think of bag linings and zipper pouches. Just a little bit of travel in your every-day gear.
  • two prints from Hope Cove from RJR, both in blue and pink
  • four prints from St. Remy de Provence from RJR,  including large scale florals and small pink dots

Stop by the shop and get yours soon!