Sponsor Focus: Fat Quarter Shop

We have wonderful sponsors here at Stumbles & Stitches. They are businesses that we support (on a regular basis, ahem) and that we are proud to recommend. Instead of the monthly sponsor round-ups we used to post, we decided to change things up a bit and do "focus" posts on each sponsor this year. This allows us to dive a bit deeper into what each of these businesses has to offer.

Today, I'd like to share some things you may not know about Fat Quarter Shop!




What you probably do know is that Fat Quarter Shop is an amazing online store for all your quilting fabric needs. They offer yardage of every collection imaginable, as well as all the precuts you can think of (fat quarters, fat eights, charm squares, layer cakes, jelly rolls, hexagons and more!). You can purchase patterns, thread, notions. And they even have a Christmas store specializing in holiday fabrics.

In a nutshell: if you want to make a quilt, this is the place to go.




A super clever and fun offering on the Fat Quarter Shop website is the Block of the Month club. You sign up and pay a one-time membership fee, then you receive the materials to make one quilt block per month for a year. At the end of the year, you're ready to assemble a gorgeous quilt. Currently, Fat Quarter Shop has only a few spots left for their 2013 Designer Mystery BOM which features several fabulous Moda fabric designers. If you're interested, make sure you sign up ASAP! You can read all about it here.




And here's something I bet you didn't know about Fat Quarter Shop: they have a YouTube channel! And it is awesome! I just spent about an hour clicking around on various videos and learning how to put together a curved quilt block, among other things! There are quilting tutorials, there are interviews with fabric designers, there are behind-the-scenes tidbits of QuiltCon, and more. So fun!

Here are a couple of videos you might like. Please go visit the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube channel for much more!



How to make half-square triangles


How to sew the Moda Honeycomb Pre-Cut

Huge thanks to the Fat Quarter Shop for their continued sponsorship of Stumbles & Stitches.

You can find Fat Quarter Shop online here: Shop -- Blog -- Facebook -- Twitter -- Pinterest

December Sponsors: Christmas Shopping!

Happy Sunday!

In this last stretch before Christmas, there is still time to get awesome gifts for the crafty person in your life (or spend that Christmas cash on some crafty goodness for yourself!). Please welcome back our lovely sponsors for December: Drygoods Design Online, Fat Quarter Shop, Felt on the Fly and Sew Well Maide, !

Here are some gift ideas from these wonderful businesses. We hope you'll check out what they have to offer and consider them for your holiday shopping!


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My gift selections at Drygoods Design would include a fat quarter bundle of Notting Hill by Joel Dewberry, a few yards of that amazing metallic gold linen, a couple of Orla Kiely plant pots, and a gift certificate for good measure!




For you Seattle locals, how about some classes at the brand new make*do*mend studio? I had the pleasure of touring the space last week and it is absolutely fabulous!


You can find Keli and Drygoods Design Online here:
Shop -- Blog -- Facebook -- Twitter -- Pinterest

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November Sponsors: Get Ready for Black Friday!!

Thanksgiving is upon us, and that means Black Friday is coming up next! For the biggest shopping day (and weekend) of the year, our awesome sponsors are getting ready to offer up some amazing deals!


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Early on Friday, Drygoods Design launches their biggest sale of the year, in honor of Small Business Saturday. Through December 1, you can save 40% on all fabric orders of $40 or more! Have you seen their latest arrivals? I can't wait to shop!

For you Seattle locals, the grand opening of make*do*mend (Keli's sewing studio space) is Saturday December 8th with featured artist Blair Stocker. You can sneak a peek of the space during studio night on December 6th with Rae Hoekstra of Made by Rae visiting! Exciting stuff!





You can find Keli and Drygoods Design Online here:

Shop -- Blog -- Facebook -- Twitter -- Pinterest

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Fat Quarter Shop is offering a FABULOUS discount of 25% off everything on Black Friday with the code JINGLE. Make sure and go pay them a visit on Friday morning (I know I will!!).




You can find Fat Quarter Shop online here:

Shop -- Blog -- Facebook -- Twitter -- Pinterest

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Janet over at Felt On The Fly is offering Stumbles & Stitches readers a very special discount: take 20% off any of the five-piece color stories in her shop. Simply mention the code "Wish Bone" in Notes to Seller upon checkout and she'll refund the difference (that's a $3.00 discount, bringing the price down to $12.00 per Color Story!).

If you don't subscribe to her newsletter, you should! I have it on good authority that she has some pretty sweet deals and offers planned for newsletter readers in the upcoming weeks!





You can find Janet and Felt on the Fly online here:

Etsy -- Blog -- Facebook -- Pinterest

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Our Australian friend Karen at Sew Well Maide has been keeping quite busy: look at this beautiful Christmas quilt she recently completed!




Her shop on Etsy is full of fabulous patterns for gifts and quilts, take a look... Karen is currently listing reproduction fabric scrap packs in various colors in her shop (all are approx 1 metre/1 1/8 yrd of fabric). Great for scrap quilts or projects, applique and Christmas decorations!


You can find Karen and Sew Well Maide online here:

Blog -- Etsy -- Craftsy -- Threadbias -- Facebook -- Flickr -- Pinterest

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Huge thanks to our wonderful sponsors for sharing these special deals with us. Happy Thanksgiving, and happy shopping!

October Sponsors: What's New!

Happy Sunday!

Please welcome back our lovely sponsors for October: Felt on the Fly, Sew Well Maide, Drygoods Design Online and Fat Quarter Shop!

Here's the latest tidbits of fun from these fabulous businesses. We hope you'll check out what they have to offer and consider them for your holiday shopping!




Fat Quarter Shop just released their first book: Simply Fat Quarters, featuring 10 quilt patterns using fat quarters! And of course, Fat Quarter Shop is the perfect place to shop for beautiful fabrics with which to make these quilts.


You can find Fat Quarter Shop online here: Shop -- Blog -- Facebook -- Twitter -- Pinterest

Hello September Sponsors!

Happy Sunday!

I hope you all are enjoying your weekend. We are terribly late with our little sponsor round-up this month (blame the back-to-school roller-coaster!). But it's not for lack of LOVING these wonderful businesses -- we hope you will too.

Oh by the way... Stumbles & Stitches is currently booking sponsors for October through December -- you can choose 1 month or a discounted deal for 3 months. Go to our Sponsorship page for all the details. Thank you so much for your interest in supporting us!

Without further ado, here's what's new with our awesome sponsors this month!




Drygoods Design has a TON of new fabrics in stock (and I would know, because I was just there 2 days ago!). The Liberty Lifestyle is going very fast. Keli also recently received new fabrics from Michael Miller, Kokka, Moda and Free Spirit. And very exciting: Jay McCarrol's new line Center City just arrived!

In October, Drygoods Design will have more fabrics but also some gifts just in time for the holiday season, including Orla Kiely's new line of garden tools, pots and thermoses.

In other news, the storefront will be open six days a week starting October 2nd, with regular Studio Nights for sewists to gather and stitch. This means more opportunities for Seattle locals to go browse gorgeous fabrics and faster fulfillment of online orders!




You can find Keli and Drygoods Design Online here:

Shop -- Blog -- Facebook -- Twitter -- Pinterest

August Sponsor Round-Up

Summer is slipping by! I can't believe we're well into August already. We're so happy to welcome back 4 wonderful sponsors this month. Each of these small businesses is woman-owned and offers amazing sewing and crafting goodness. We hope you'll check them out!

Here's what's new with our sponsors for August:


It's always such a treat to visit Janet's store Felt On The Fly which she stocks with beautiful "Color Stories". These small bundles are composed of various colors of 100% merino wool felt, inspired by a theme. Some of our current favorites include the bright and summery Fruit Salad and the nostalgic Sweet Treats (perfect for Halloween!). And oh my goodness, check out the amazing Wool Felt Mash-Up featuring a rainbow of heathered felt -- want!



This felt is truly incredible and such a treat to craft with!

You can find Janet and Felt on the Fly online here:

Etsy -- Blog -- Facebook -- Pinterest

Thank You July Sponsors!

A warm welcome to our new sponsors for July:




Karen Pior owns Sew Well Maide, a new Etsy shop offering fresh and modern quilt patterns and finished quilts. She lives in Melbourne, Australia (our first international sponsor!).


About her shop, Sew Well Maide, in her own words:

Sew Well Maide was born out of my compulsive need to make quilts. I adore quilts - old, new, traditional, modern and contemporary. I love making them for my Family. I love making them for my Friends and I love making them as gifts. There is something so comforting and soothing about quilts. Perhaps it is the connection with the past, perhaps it is the feeling of being enveloped in the warmth of a hug or maybe just the security that warmth and softness brings us. Whatever it is I wanted to have that in my everyday. And I wanted to be able to help others bring that into their everyday and their homes.

Sew Well Maide provides you with unique, original quilt and accessory designs to enable you to fulfill your creative spirit. The feelings evoked by making your own quilts, watching the stitches bring together something tangible and unique and beautiful and useful are priceless.

You can find Karen and Sew Well Maide online here:

Blog -- Etsy -- Craftsy (this is interesting!) -- Threadbias -- Facebook -- Flickr -- Pinterest

Thank You June Sponsors

Happy Sunday!

Please welcome back our wonderful sponsors for June. We love supporting their shops and hope you will too.




Drygoods Design Online is welcoming new fabrics every week lately. Check out the New Arrivals section for updates. Some of my favorites include Happy Drawing and Quilt Blocks. I also see some adorable Kokka prints (love those navy cars!). And get ready: new Quilt Market releases start to come in at the end of the month, along with new markdowns. Can't wait to see what Keli picked out!

Keli is very excited about the Figgy's Patterns trunk show at her brick-and-mortar Seattle store on the evening of June 23rd -- I'm hoping to go! The new shop is open to the public on Saturday (10:30 to 5:30) and Sunday (10:00 to 3:30), and other days by appointment. If you're local, go check it out, you will not be disappointed!


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As always, Fat Quarter Shop is stocked with delicious fabrics, bundles and patterns. Browsing their "What's New" section, I found the lovely Serenade collection by Kate Spain, lots of Christmas fabrics (just in time for Christmas in July!!) and some great modern quilt patterns by Zen Chic Quilt Patterns and Prairie Grass Patterns.

Fat Quarter Shop has some super fun Block of the Month programs, including the Designer Mystery BOM. Check it out and sign up to receive monthly quilty goodness in your mailbox!

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Thank you to these wonderful businesses for sponsoring Stumbles & Stitches and allowing us to keep on blogging!

Join Us!

We are currently booking 3rd quarter ads for our sidebar. If you'd like to advertise on Stumbles & Stitches during the months of July, August and/or September, reserve a spot by contacting us at stumblesstitches [at] ymail [dot] com. You can find out all the details on our Advertise page.

We've got a LOT of fun stuff planned for the coming months, including the new Inspired by Nature series and our second annual Christmas in July fun fest. It's a great time to advertise! Thank you so much for your consideration.

Have a beautiful Sunday!

Welcome May Sponsors!

Happy May! Say hello to our lovely sponsors. Here's what's new:




Fat Quarter Shop recently launched their own pattern line, It’s Sew Emma, and new in stock are Little P’s, named after one of Emma’s little brothers, Peyton. They also stand for “little pattern”: excellent for anyone short on time, great for beginners, use just a few fat quarters and one background print, inexpensive at just $5.99 each -- and just plain cute! Go check them out! And of course, visit Fat Quarter Shop for fabulous fabrics, precuts, patterns and block-of-the-month clubs.

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Drygoods Design Online just opened its brick-and-mortar location in Seattle (go check it out, you locals!) and May will be a fun month. There are tons of new arrivals: Quilt Blocks from Ellen Luckett Baker, Kokka, Kei Honeycomb Dot restocks, Happy Drawing and some great Free Spirit collections.

May 19th will be the first day of the Drygoods Design Anniversary Sale and the true anniversary for the site! Folks should expect some great deals with discounts to be had on new and sale items. The sale will run until Memorial Day, May 28. Make sure and swing by Drygoods Design for some beautiful modern fabric and some GREAT deals!

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Both Fat Quarter Shop and Drygoods Design are sponsoring Feather Your Nest with amazing prizes. Owners Kimberly and Keli are also judges for the contest. We'd like to thank them very much for their participation. (Have you voted for your favorite in the Top 10 popular entries?)


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May Sale!

Purchase an ad spot on Stumbles & Stitches for the remainder of May AND all of June for just $20! Contact us at stumblestitches AT ymail DOT com.

We're currently booking our 3rd quarter ads for July-September. Let us know if you'd like to reserve a spot! You can find out all the details on our Advertise page. We've got a LOT of fun stuff planned for the coming months, it's a great time to advertise! Thank you so much for your consideration.

Have a lovely weekend!

Welcome March Sponsors!

This month, we are happy to be working again with lovely sponsors Drygoods Design Online, The Intrepid Thread and Fat Quarter Shop. Here's the latest with these great shops. We hope you'll pay them a visit and check them out for yourself!



Drygoods Design Online is a modern fabric boutique where you can find delightful textiles for home, quilting and more. New in stock are Alexander Henry and Moda prints, Hello Pilgrim from Lizzy House and Premier Prints. Flea Market Fancy, Kokka, Nani Iro and more Echino should be in any day!

Follow Drygoods Design on Facebook and Twitter to be the first to know about flash discounts coming up for National Craft Month. And if you're in Seattle, Drygoods Design just moved into a retail space in Ballard. The Grand Opening party will be on April 14th during the art walk. Save the date!

Drygoods Design Online -- Blog -- Pinterest -- Facebook -- Twitter
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The Intrepid Thread specializes in high-end, designer quilting cottons. They just launched their brand new web shop this past week!! Julie is throwing a Grand Opening sale to celebrate the new website. Go browse the new shop for fabulous fabrics (like the adorable Woodland Tails prints or the ethereal Cosmos collection) and use the coupon code GRNDOPN10 to get 10% off your purchase.

The Intrepid Thread -- Blog -- Facebook -- Twitter
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Fat Quarter Shop offers an incredible selection of quilting fabrics and pre-cut bundles. They've just launched their 5th annual Designer Mystery Block of the Month Quilt Club! This sampler quilt features 12 wonderful blocks from Moda designers and features the Vintage Modern collection by Bonnie and Camille. It is their best Designer Mystery quilt yet! You can see pictures of the quilt and quilt blocks here.

Fat Quarter Shop -- The Jolly Jabber Blog -- Facebook -- Twitter
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Thank you to these wonderful sponsors for supporting Stumbles & Stitches. We hope you'll browse their offerings for your next fabric purchases!

February Sponsors!

Welcome to February (a few days late...)! We are excited to have three lovely sponsors on board this month. We hope you will check out and support these small businesses. Not only do they offer fabulous fabrics and more, they also allow us to keep blogging here for your reading pleasure!

Without further ado, here are our February sponsors and their latest deals.



Fat Quarter Shop is the place to shop for all your quilting fabrics and pre-cut needs. Their selection is just incredible. For something fun and different, check out their Block of the Month program! Their 2012 Designer Mystery Block of the Month sounds so fun: you receive the pattern and fabric to make 12 different sampler blocks, resulting in a spectacular vintage sampler quilt filled with traditional blocks. The Among The Stars BOM sounds right on trend too.

Fat Quarter Shop -- The Jolly Jabber Blog -- Facebook -- Twitter
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Drygoods Design Online is about to move to a larger space in Seattle (where I and other locals will be able to visit and browse, rather than just order online! Can't wait!) Owner Keli is offering some super deals: 30% off fabric orders of $100+ (includes sale and regular price) through February, and until Wed 2/8 midnight, folks can save an additional 25% off of sale fabrics, while supplies last. Woot!

New in stock are top picks from Good Fortune by Kate Spain, all of Echo by Lotta Jansdotter, new Timeless Treasures, and the cutest flannel chevron prints from Northcott. Washi by Rashida Coleman Hale and Curious Nature by Parson Gray will arrive soon, among many others!

Drygoods Design Online -- Blog -- Pinterest -- Facebook -- Twitter
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At The Intrepid Thread, Pezzy Prints are on the way, and owner Julie just marked down over 200 items to 30% off in the sale section, including Power Pop, Pear Tree, Primitiva, Sugar Hill, Happiness and Petal Pushers. I noticed they have a lot of the super popular Outfoxed Pearl Bracelet in stock, in various colors!

Just for Stumbles & Stitches readers, Julie is offering a 10% discount on your fabric purchase with the code STUMBLE10, so go check out her great selection!

The Intrepid Thread on Etsy -- Website -- Blog -- Facebook -- Twitter
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What catches your eye in these wonderful shops? We'd love to know.

January Sponsors

We're already a week into January and it's about time we give a little shout-out to the lovely folks who sponsor Stumbles & Stitches. We hope you'll give them a click or two, since they are awesome (first and foremost!) and allow us to keep blogging here for your reading and crafting pleasure!

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We are thrilled to welcome The Intrepid Thread, our brand new sponsor! The Intrepid Thread is a wonderful little fabric shop on Etsy and a one-woman show called Julie. "It is my goal to provide the highest quality service and satisfaction to my customers," she says, and in her well-curated shop, you will find an array of reasonably priced cotton fabrics and pre-cut bundles.

New in stock at The Intrepid Thread are Domestic Bliss by Liz Scott, Sunny Happy Skies from Riley Blake, Impressions by Ty Pennington, Karavan by Valori Wells, and Sugar Hill by Tanya Whelan. Julie recently put Outfoxed, Meet The Gang, and Moroccan Mirage on sale for 30% off.

You can find The Intrepid Thread on the web at TheIntrepidThread.com, on Etsy, Julie's blog, Facebook and Twitter. Julie puts out a great monthly newsletter featuring tutorials from around the web, you can sign up for it on her blog.

And just for Stumbles & Stitches readers, Julie is offering a 10% discount on your fabric purchase with the code Stumble10, so go check out this great little shop!

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Welcome back to the Fat Quarter Shop! We love this one-stop shop for all quilt-related fabric needs and more. New arrivals at Fat Quarter Shop include Redwork Renaissance, Urban Cowgirl and Summer Breeze II by Moda. We never fail to find incredible inspiration when we browse this shop!

You can find Fat Quarter shop online at FatQuarterShop.com, on owner Kimberly's blog The Jolly Jabber, on Facebook and Twitter. Make sure and check out their recently opened pattern shop, It's Sew Emma.

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And please welcome back Drygoods Design Online to our sponsor line-up! I personally heart Drygoods Design and owner Keli because I get to visit her studio (minutes from my house in Seattle!), hear the latest on trends and design by this sharp mama, and drool all over her gorgeous modern fabrics in person. Drygoods Design always has an awesome free shipping or discount deal happening on the Current Specials page.

New in stock (or soon to be listed) at Drygood Design Online are Free Spirit solids, new voile solids and linen prints from Jenaveve, the fabulous Echo line by Lotta Jansdotter, great stuff from Timeless Treasures and a ton more coming throughout January and February. Keli's Sale section is usually stocked with incredible prints at crazy good prices too. Make sure and pay Drygoods Design Online a little visit!

You can find Drygoods Design Online at www.DrygoodsDesignOnline.com, on Keli's blog, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter.

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Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for supporting Stumbles & Stitches. We're so grateful to be working with such lovely small businesses. If you're interested in sponsorship, please visit our Advertise page or contact us at stumblesstitches [at] ymail [dot] com.

Sponsor Giveaway: Fat Quarter Shop

It's giveaway day on Sew Mama Sew and we are participating with a very generous giveaway by our sponsor Fat Quarter Shop: a $50 gift certificate! That's right! That is $50 to spend on beautiful fabrics, patterns and more.


How to enter: For a chance to win this fabulous prize, simply write us a comment. If you'd like, tell us about the best handmade gift you've ever received or your favorite handmade item to have ever given. One entry per person, please.

Please make sure and leave an email address so we can contact you if you win. We'll keep comments open until Friday, December 16 at 5 p.m. PST. We'll choose a random winner, will announce the name here, and will email this lucky person. (Void where prohibited.)

This giveaway is now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated! The lucky winner is Maya of redzshadow. Congratulations, Maya! We've sent you an email.

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If you're new to Stumbles & Stitches, a very warm welcome! We are so glad you're here! We hope you'll stick around, browse a little and subscribe. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter. And let's not forget Flickr and Pinterest.

A huge thank you to Fat Quarter Shop for this awesome giveaway, and to Sew Mama Sew for organizing giveaway day! Make sure and go check out all the lovely people giving away supplies and handmade goodness all over the blogosphere.



Pssst... For giveaway day, I'm also having my first giveaway of a Jenny Bartoy original! Go check out the details and enter the giveaway here for a chance to win one of my Wonky Stripe Christmas Table Runner, or a custom Wonky Stripe Table Runner -- your choice!

Cyber Monday

Happy Monday! I hope you enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. We had a wonderful, cozy few days with family, celebrating turkey day and Henry's 1st birthday. I can't believe my baby is ONE! I've been so busy with projects that my little lovebug didn't get anything homemade for his birthday, aside from cupcakes which he really enjoyed! (Here's a gratuitous photo of the birthday boy.)


But let's get to business...

Today is CYBER MONDAY! So many shops and companies are offering great deals for doing your holiday shopping online today. How about a little round-up of our sponsors and their special deals?




Drygoods Design Online is offering 40% off (that's right FORTY) your fabric order of $40 or more with the discount code HOLIDAY40 (good through Dec 14). This shop is a fabulous source of modern fabrics. Owner Keli's handmade goods shop Bread & Salt is full of beautiful gift items too.

Fat Quarter Shop is offering 25% your order to celebrate Cyber Monday. Use the code MONDAY11 at checkout (good through Dec 1). We love this shop for quilting fabrics, patterns and pre-cut bundles. Tons of great stuff!

A Child's Dream Come True is offering $5 off your order over $50 with the code JOY (good today only). A Child's Dream is our favorite place to purchase wool felt, wool roving and other natural crafting supplies. They have a wonderful selection of children's toys and art supplies too!

Fashionable Fabrics is offering 5% off orders over $50 with the code BF5 and 10% off orders over $100 with the code BF10 (good through Dec 5). Fashionable Fabrics is a great spot to find unique novelty fabrics. You can always find great deals in their Sales and Remnants sections.


Happy online shopping! We hope you score lots of great deals.