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Lori Holt's new Bee Vintage collection has arrived! There are 42 adorable fabrics in the collection, and she's designed several patterns using this and some of her other Bee Basics collections. You can view her Storyboard for the fabric line here. The Sew Simple Shapes for this collection, as well as her September collection, Bee Dots is available here. By the way, did you know the Sew Simple Shapes for this fabric collection will also be used for multiple quilt patterns for the Bee Dots collection, coming in September 2023? We've also received 5" stackers, 10" stackers, and fat quarter bundles!...

I'll be offering a limited number of kits for this 64" x 76" Vintage Kite quilt made with the Bee Vintage collection by Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet for Riley Blake Designs. Lori Holt's Bee Vintage line is due out in March (I'm hoping early March!) Pre-orders for this kit are still available. Just click here to claim yours!

I just had to catch up today, so here are blocks 4, 5 and 6, all using the Bee Vintage collection by Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet for Riley Blake Designs, with a little Bee Cross Stitch sprinkled in. Riley Blake designers Jennifer Long, Amanda Niederhauser, and Sandy Gervais provided these inspired blocks! The fabric is due out in just a few weeks, and I can’t wait! In the meantime, I’m grateful for the fabulous EQ8 software that allows me to so easily preview this gorgeous fabric. I will be offering 2023 RBD Block Challenge kits in several layouts shortly...

The Riley Blake Designs 2023 Quilt Block Challenge is in full swing! This fun challenge has become an annual event, and features a different quilt block designed by different RBD fabric designers every Tuesday except the last Tuesday of the month. You can find information about the challenge, download the fabric requirements, and free block patterns here: https://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/2023-rbd-block-challenge.  It’s not too late to jump in! You can see what others have created and post your own creations by joining the #RBDBlockChallenge2023 Facebook group. Be sure to look for my posts to see these blocks with the soon-to-be-released Bee Vintage by...

For some time, several of the major quilting fabric companies have had problems getting wide quilt backing fabrics into their warehouses. There have either been manufacturing issues (COVID-based), or port-of-entry issues. We received some good news yesterday! Riley Blake Designs, one of our major suppliers for quilt backing fabrics has been notified that their shipment of MANY different quilt backing fabrics will be arriving by Friday, November 18. Because of the delay for so many different fabric collections, they are making shipping these out to quilt shops a priority. This means if you have been patiently (thank you!) waiting, the...