Blogger's Pillow Party

If you haven't already, head on over to Stitched In Color to check out the Blogger's Pillow Party. The April entries will be judged by the fabulous Malka Dubrowsky of A Stitch In Dye and the prize will be a Kona Bundle (actually two bundles) by yours truly! 24 FQs of solid goodness.


Pillows are fun, quick, useful and can zip up your decor in a snap. Go ahead and give it a try. I've made a few pillows in my time so I know anyone can do it. If you're afraid of the invisible zipper (though Rachel at Stitched in Color has a great tutorial), go for the quick and easy envelope enclosure. Here's some great inspiration from the Flickr pool and here's a quick and easy one I made. Now go sew!

Welcome Gen X Quilters (and Y too)!

Hello, hello quilters! Come on down and make yourself comfortable. Pull up your sewing machine and let's have some fun. Sew Fresh Fabrics is Peg (me) and Becca – friends, fabric addicts and multi-taking moms. We love bright, fresh prints as well as solids and have a deep and abiding fondness for wonky. We've got some great Kona mixes in the shop but if you want to have it your way, choose a Pick 4 (or 6 or 8...) in FQs, half or whole yards. Your Konas will always come labeled so you can identify all the yummy colors. And most importantly, we're always happy to hear what you'd like us to carry and see what you've made. Thanks for visiting. Don't be a stranger.

New Konas, New Art Gallery!

New prints from Art Gallery's Modern Affair line. So gorgeous!!


New Kona solids in stock. 56 total now.

A Win-Win Situation

The Castle Peeps giveaway on Liz's blog, Teeny Tiny Quilts is over and Helen from New Zealand is the lucky winner of a FQ set of Peeps in Gallant Green. The fantastic readers of TTQ gave us some good direction as to new Kona colors they'd like us to stock. The top votes for specific colors were Cerise, Pomegranate and Celery.

Great choices! We love them. For those who couldn't pick just one color, the most requested hues were purples and pinks, followed closely by greens and blues. In response, we've listed "I'm Blue for Greens" FQ and half yard packs in our shop. It's 12 fabrics in our selection of greens and blues.


A new Kona order is in the works and I'm sure the result will be a pink and purple package. Thanks for the great feedback. Happy Sewing!

Want to Win Some Peeps?

Visit our great friend Liz of Teeny Tiny Quilts, and enter the Peeps FQ giveaway we're sponsoring. Liz is great for sharing her gorgeous quilts and helpful hints (see the Cobblestone quilt, beautiful technique). She's one of the people who really helped me overcome my solid aversion. And somehow she does all of this while raising toddler twins. An amazing woman.

And go easy on the intervention folks. As a supplier of her solid habit, we think she's really got this thing under control. A girl just needs some nice fabric every now and then. It's no big thing.

Sew Fast Pillow Project

Ever get the feeling you just have to sew something? Something quick and easy, an instant gratification fix. This fun pillow cover is it. I finished in just under an hour.

I cut strips of the fantastic bikes from Erin McMorris' new line, Weekends (a good choice for the long holiday weekend!) and paired them with strips of Kona solids - cactus, bright pink, medium grey, orange and ash. I didn't even care if I sewed them that straight. A little wonky never hurt anybody. It's a simple envelope enclosure in the back. If anyone is interested in a tutorial, leave a comment and I'll get a more specific write-up for you.

All fabrics used are available in our shop. Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!