Donate Quilts to Quilts for Kids to Help Children in Oklahoma

When disasters occur and we all wish to hide under a cover from the worry, fear and heartache, that’s when Quilts For Kids, Inc. comes to help.

We have all seen the news reels on the recent tornado activity that has devastated Moore Oklahoma and its neighboring counties.  When an elementary school collapses the first thing we do is cry for the children.  We often feel helpless and wish we could do something.

Quilts For Kids does just that.

They rally their forces of volunteers and donate their works of beauty – in this case to children who have lost everything.

There is no favorite stuffed animal – no grandma’s handmade quilt to sleep under – in fact no bed to sleep on!

What they will have is a patchwork quilt that will enable them to have companionship and cuddling.

Linda Arye, Founder and President is working directly with the DHS (department of Human Services) in Oklahoma.

Through a partnership with P&G and the Downy Touch of Comfort Program 1,300 quilts are getting into the hands of the childrenwho have been injured and are in the hospitals there.  The charity has many connections and is using them to make certain your quilts get to where they belong.

A child is waiting for a hug from you – Please send a quilt –it’s the next best thing!

Please consider making quilts (lap or crib size is fine) and donating them to:
Quilts For Kids, Inc.
494 Lincoln Hwy
Fairless Hills, PA 19030

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Save 15% at ShopFonsandPorter.com

In honor of Memorial Day, save 15% off everything at ShopFonsandPorter.com now through Monday, May 27th at 11:59PM PST. Enter promo code FPMD15. Click here to start shopping.

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Scrap Quilts Fabric Giveaway

We are excited to show you the quilts in the Scrap Quilts magazine from the editors at Fons & Porter. Many of the scrap quilts featured in this magazine have alternate size charts for your quilting convenience. Click the magazine cover to browse through the quilts before the magazine is on sale. You will also get to see the winning quilt in the Scrap Quilts Quilt Contest, Fiesta. Get your Scrap Quilts magazine at ShopFonsandPorter.com as a print or digital issue.

Please tell us which quilt you will use most of your fabric stash to make. Enter your comment in the comment box below and enter to win a 1930′s reproduction fabric fat quarter bundle.

Two lucky winners will be chosen at random. The contest will close at midnight on May 31, 2013. Good Luck!

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ShopQuilty.com is Here

We are excited to announce that ShopQuilty.com is now available for your quilt shopping pleasure. Buy fabric by the yard, notions, magazines, quilt kits/patterns and more.

Fons & Porter and Shop Quilty share the same shopping cart and customer accounts so shop at both stores and check out in one transaction…it’s easy peasy!

We are headed to quilt market in Portland, Oregon today to find more great fabric and notions to share with you at ShopQuilty.com. Check back often to see what’s new.

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Quilty May/June Fat Quarter Giveaway

 

 

 

Quilty May/June is on sale now! Get Quilty at your favorite quilt shop or at ShopQuilty.com as a print or digital issue.

Rainbow Baby
Offset available as a quilt kit
Taggy Blanket
Modern Pinwheels
Super Star available as a quilt kit
Circle Circus
Stamped
Butter
Losing My Marbles
Petaled Bloom available as a quilt kit
Tree Everlasting available as a quilt kit
Play a Card available as a quilt kit
Ocean Front
Doll Quilt

As a thank you for checking out our quilt pages and for being such dedicated readers, we are giving away a fat quarter bundle of Hoffman California Fabrics Bali Handprints in Bubblegum. To enter the giveaway, tell us what you love most about Quilty magazine in the comments section below. One lucky winner will be chosen at random. The contest will close at midnight on May 29, 2013. Good Luck!

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Love of Quilting May/June Fat Quarter Giveaway

Love of Quilting May/June is on sale April 16th! As the summer quilting season approaches we know you will be inspired by the color and fabric selections in these beautiful quilt projects. Love of Quilting is available in many formats; print, digital, and print/digital subscription so be sure to get your issue today.

Midsummer Solstice available as a quilt kit
Power of 4 available as a quilt kit
Washington Island Poppies by Marianne Fons available as a quilt kit
Non Sibi Sed Patriae
Twilight available as a quilt kit
Pomegranate Mountains
Homespun Honey
Emily’s Wedding Quilt by Liz Porter (Includes free instructions for Aunt Gracie’s Garden)
Curvy
Antique Kaleidoscope–Free Pattern
Strawberry Skies available as a quilt kit
Spring Radiance–Free Bonus Quilt Pattern
High Street–Free Bonus Quilt Pattern available as a quilt kit

Sew Easy Lessons: Sashing Alignment and Using Tri-Recs™ Tools

As a thank you for browsing through our online quilt pages, we are giving away a fat quarter bundle of Flirt by Moda. To enter the giveaway, please tell us which quilt inspires you the most for summer quilting. Two lucky winners will be chosen at random. The contest will close at midnight April 24, 2013.

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This contest is now closed, congratulations to our lucky winners:

Janet Walters: Spring Radiance looks great! I would enjoy making it.

Michele Timms: I love Emily’s Wedding Quilt…but it wasn’t an easy decision.

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April is National Serger Month

Did you know April is National Serger Month?  Join Baby Lock in celebrating sergers all month with free projects and a giveaway! Check back weekly during the month of April for a chance to enter the sweepstakes and for inspirational free projects.   Visit www.nationalsergermonth.com today!

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Kaffe Fassett–A Life in Color

Watch the BBC News interview of Kaffe Fassett in regards to his new exhibit at The Fashion and Texile Museum in London going on now.

Kaffe Fassett–A Life in Color
The Fashion and Textile Museum, London
March 22 – June 29, 2013

Kaffe Fassett is widely acknowledged as a visionary textile designer in his explosive use of color. This retrospective, designed by Sue Timney, celebrates Fassett’s extraordinary life and career from his revolutionary knitwear for Bill Gibb in the 1960s, to his work with needlepoint, mosaics, rug making, tapestries, yarn and fabric design, costume and set design, and quilting. Now in his seventies, Fassett continues to produce new work which also features in the exhibition.

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Easy Quilts Summer Fat Quarter Giveaway!

The pages of Easy Quilts Summer are filled with terrific patchwork projects that you can make in a weekend or less. Easy Quilts Summer is on sale now, so pick up your issue at your favorite quilt shop, online as a paper or digital magazine, or have it delivered right to your door as a Quilters Club of America Premium Member.

Boxed In available as a quilt kit
School Girls in Red available as a quilt kit
Fabrique Foursome available as a quilt kit
Fresh & Fruity
Summer Duet available as a quilt kit
Easy as 1-2-3- Baby Quilts available as quilt kits
Punch & Judy
Adam’s Rib
Enchantment available as a quilt kit
Elephant in the Room
London Tube
Curious Cats available as a quilt kit
Petals available as a quilt kit
Lavender Fields
Hello, Hello available as a quilt kit
Windmills

Sew Easy Lesson: Quick Triangle-Squares and Hourglass Units
Sew Easy Lesson: Windowing Fusible Appliqué

Enter the Easy Quilts Summer Contest for a chance to win $425 in Prizes.

Take a look at the projects featured in Easy Quilts Summer. Then, enter to win a fat quarter bundle by telling us, in the comment section below, which project is first on your quilting to-do list.  We will choose 2 lucky winners. The contest will close at midnight on 3/27/13.

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Congratulations to our Winners:

Joey: Boxed in. I love the colors!

Carol Rose: I like Windmills and Lavender Fields. I like all the colors involved with them. Besides, my lavender granddaughter would be so happy with her new quilt.

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Quilty March/April is On Sale!

Quilty March/April

Quilty March/April is on newsstands today. This issue features 13 easy modern quilting projects for the beginner quilter.

Click on the project links below to find out more about each project in the magazine.

Kid Potential
Xs & +s
Hush Little Baby
August Intensity (The Easiest Quilt Ever)
Crown of Thorns
Très Chic
Bounce
Orange Peel
Flannel Bricks
Cloth Napkins
Hello, Handsome
Chevron & On
Homestead

Quilty magazine is available as a print and/or digital magazine and is also available to be automatically shipped to your front door. Find out more about Quilty at HeyQuilty.com. You can also watch Quilty videos at QNNtv.com.

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