Quilters Think Christmas Thoughts in July
July 24, 2007 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
Quilters thoughts often turn to Christmas projects by July, if they haven’t before that. I’ve been receiving messages, in the various newsletters and e-mail notices I’ve subscribed to, about the Christmas fabrics and patterns available in quilting shops and online ones, too.Christmas in July, around July 26, has become a tradition with many people, most frequently in the shopping and marketing realm. So this is the day the Arts and Design channel has chosen to feature a Christmas theme.
Some of the places where I’ve found Christmas fabrics and ideas for quilters and fabric artists:
The Christmas Cloth Store handles solely Christmas and holiday related fabrics. They carry a wide variety of items for your Chrismas sewing and quiltmaking.
Free Christmas Quilt & Block Patterns from Bella Online presented by Kim Noblin.
Christmas Quilts & Accessories at Quilts.About.com presented by Janet Wickell.
Snowy River Quilts has some interesting Christmas fabrics in their store, including “Countdown To Christmas” and “Christmas Past.”
There also are delightful books about quilting and Christmas:
The Christmas Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini , one of my favorite quilting fiction writers, comes to mind. It’s a story from her Elm Creek Quilters series.
The Christmas Memory Quilt, written by Kimberly Webb and illustrated by Jennifer Gaskin, will be released soon…a story for children about quilting and Christmas and memories.
If you have favorite places to shop for your Christmas supplies and patterns, let me know and I’ll post it here. Do you have any special Christmas in July projects you’re making?
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http://www.fiberfemmes.blogspot.com and http://www.thistlecovefarm.blogspot.com.
Please visit and let me know what you think. Thanks for your site, it’s been an enjoyable visit.
Thank you for visiting my blog, Sandra, and leaving a comment. I enjoyed visiting yours and seeing the photo of your quilt. And the photos of your lovely countryside. Your blogs and the Fiber Femmes online newsletter are very interesting and informative. You also add a lot of human interest.