Quilts of Valor Documentary Update

 

“Quilts of Valor,” a 73-minute documentary starring national quilters Eleanor Burns, Alex Anderson, and Mark Lipinski and hosted by Marianne Fons, has just been made available to all public television stations nationwide by its producer, Iowa Public Television. To make sure this unique and compelling program is aired on your local station, contact your station’s programming department and ask it to schedule the show.
For help in finding your local station, go to http://www.pbs.org. Contact your station via email, phone message, or personal note to let them know you want to watch “Quilts of Valor.” Click on this link if you’d like to watch the opening section of the show!
Download the featured quilt pattern here:  http://www.andoverfabrics.com/Quilts/American%20Valor%20Fabrics.pdf
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Flock to your Quilt Shop!

Can you stand it? Thomas Knauer is the newest “cover guy” of the June issue of American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine, shipping to subscribers now, and on the newsstand April 3.
Here is a flat shot of the front of  his fabulous quilt – “Electric Slide” – so fresh, fun and surprisingly easy to make!
And as is Thomas’ trademark, his backs are just as cool as his fronts – the awesome backside of “Electric Slide” pictured above. What a great reversible quilt!
His latest collection, FLOCK, is flying off the shelves at your favorite local quilt shop, so spread your wings, head on out and get your share!!
http://andoverfabrics.com/Grid.php?GroupName=Savanna%20Bop
Be sure to follow Thomas’ blog and share his excitement
http://www.thomasknauersews.com/blog/
And check out this great interview on The Jolly Jabber!
http://fatquartershop.blogspot.com/2012/03/designer-tidbits-thomas-knauer.html

All pictures Used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting®.  ©2012 Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved.”

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Introducing Storybook Lane

One of our newest designers, Kelly Lee-Creel, has been busy behind the scenes getting ready for the launch of Storybook Lane which will ship into stores in May.

Storybook Lane is a village where all of our favorite fairytale characters are next door neighbors. It began with one idea: How cool would it be if you could sew your own village and the houses opened up?

The fabric collection features 18 prints in two colorways including 2 very special panels that can be sewn into stuffed houses, dolls, and more.

Click here to see a full tour of the collection along with some close-ups of the panels.

This May, Kelly will have her first booth at Quilt Market in Kansas City, Missouri where she will be debuting 6 new sewing patterns.  If you’re following us on Facebook, you may have already seen some sneak peaks of some early pattern prototypes.

These are not final fabric, but they give you just a little taste of all of the fun things you can make with the Storybook Lane panels.  We can’t wait to see new villages popping up all over!

All this week, be sure to visit the Ever Kelly blog to meet the residents of Storybook Lane and take a peek inside their houses!  On Friday, she will be giving away an entire set of fat quarters!

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Renee Nanneman’s in the House!!!

Renee's working on her next gorgeous collection!

Renee Nanneman of Need’l Love Designs www.needllove.com is currently here in our studio working on her newest collection – goodness we don’t even have the name yet, but it MIGHT be French and it MIGHT have a little something to do with a lovely Chateau…….

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Announcing Grand Prize Winner of Andover Fabrics Winter Schoolhouse Fat Quarter Tuesday Sweepstakes

We are so very excited to announce the Grand Prize Winner of Andover Fabrics Winter Schoolhouse Fat Quarter Tuesday Sweepstakes! Our winner, Susan Callaway, of Taylorsville, Utah writes:

Gail,
Here I am, home alone (I retired a year ago) and no one to hear my screams of excitement!  I am so excited I can’t even put it into words.  Along with my daughter, we participate in Jo’s Little Women Club and were anxious to see her new projects which she presented at Fall Quilt Market in Houston.  I collect Jo Morton fabric, which is the reason I was checking the Andover Blog waiting for Jo’s presentation.  However, I really enjoyed each of the schoolhouse videos and all the wonderful fabrics I saw each week.  I can’t imagine having all those fabulous fabrics to make into anything I want!  I have a sign that says ‘Any Day Spent Quilting Is A Good Day’ … this has been a GREAT day.  Thanks so much.  I love Andover!!!!
Susan Callaway
Gail,
  I’ll send you a picture when the fabrics arrive.  You’ll get pictures, too, when I get something made using the wonderful, wonderful fabrics.  Thanks, again!
Hugs,
Susan
We are so very happy for Susan and all our winners!  Thanks to all who participated in our contest. Be sure to continue follow our blog, “like” us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter for all the latest news from Andover and our talented designers and staff!  Hey, you never know when we’ll come up with yet another opportunity to win fabric – but know you’ll always come away with great inspiration……
Happy Sewing!
Gail Kessler
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Announcing Winner of Winter Schoolhouse Fat Quarter Tuesday Sweepstakes Week #6 Contest!

Dimples 27 New Colors for 2012

 

Everyone smiles with Dimples! And Rebecca Aikema of Chillliwack, BC, Canada is really grinning from ear to ear as the winner of Week #6 of our FQTS. Rebeccas’s  name was drawn using a random number selector from among the contestants with correct answers. She writes:

Hi Gail!  THANK-YOU so much!  I am so excited to be getting this fabric in my mailbox, perfect for a quilt – I’m already picking out the pattern!  I’ve had a lot of fun watching your videos every week and seeing so many beautiful quilts created from your fabrics.  Maybe one day I’ll be in the audience, wouldn’t that be amazing?! And I’ll be sure to send you a picture of me with the fabric when it arrives, and post about the finished quilt on my blog.

THANKS again!
Rebecca

Now not to worry all the rest of you – you still have several days to enter and vie for the Grand Prize!!  Scroll down a little to see all the questions and link to all 6 Schoolhouse videos and win 6 gorgeous fat quarter bundles of your very own!  Good luck!!!

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There’s Still Time…Watch/Enter/Win the GRAND PRIZE!!!

It’s Leap Year!  And in honor of the extra day this year, we decided to give everyone a little extra time to enter our Grand Prize drawing!

The drawing for the Winter Schoolhouse Fat Quarter Tuesday Sweepstakes Grand Prize will take place next Thursday March 1. You must answer all 6 weekly questions correctly in order to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing (see the details below).

Picture of Fat Quarter Tuesday Sweepstakes Grand Prize

Contestants who answer all of our Winter Schoolhouse Fat Quarter Tuesday Sweepstakes questions correctly will also be entered to win our Grand Prize, which is one (1) large fat quarter bundle of from each of our six featured designers’ collections. For a total of six (6) fat quarter bundles!

If you get started with the contest after we’ve already given away some or all of the weekly prices don’t worry! You may still enter the Grand Prize drawing by sending in an entry email which includes all 6 correct answers.

If you’re confident you’ve already answered all six (6) questions correctly you do not have to send in another email. We’ve already entered you in the Grand Prize drawing. If you missed one or more of the weekly questions you only have to send in the answers to the questions you haven’t sent already.

We want to make it as easy as possible to enter the grand prize drawing, so here are all the questions, and links to the videos that you’ll need to watch in order answer them, in one place:

Week #1

Watch Thomas’s video to find the answer to this question:

Thomas’ first collection, Pear Tree, was inspired by The Partridge Family television show. What is the name of Thomas’ second collection, shipping to stores Feb/March? Hint: This second collection was based on his impressions of “The Brady Bunch”.

Week #2

Watch Gary and Kim’s video to find the answer to this question:

Word has it that Flower Doodle by Kim Schaefer, coming this May/June, is Kim’s favorite new collection. How many new Tic Tac colors did Kim create to coordinate with this bright, fun group?

Week #3

Watch Jo’s video to find the answer to this question:

What is the name of the club that Jo has been running through quilt shops and is starting it’s 11th season?

Week #4

Watch Lonni’s video to find the answer to this question:

Who is Lala?

Week #5

Watch Linda’s video to find the answer to this question:

Was John Hewson’s second wife, Zebiah, a quilter?

 Week #6

Watch Gail’s video to find the answer to this question:

David was the first to announce our newest well-known designer creating collections available exclusively for independent retail quilt shops and fabric stores. Her first collection makes its debut this spring.

Who is it?

Once you’ve found the answers send an email with your answers to: contest@andoverfabrics.com

All prizewinners will be chosen at random from among the pool of contestants that send in the correct answers by the drawing date for the corresponding prize.

We’ll be aggregating all contestant’s answers by their unique email address, so if you enter all of the Weekly Prize contests we’ll be gathering all your answers for entry into the Grand Prize contest automatically. Be sure to send all of your entries from the same email account.

Remember, you must answer all six questions correctly in order to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing. Only one Grand Prize will be awarded.

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Announcing Winner of Winter Schoolhouse Fat Quarter Sweepstakes Week #5

 

We’re so very pleased to announce the Winner of Week #5 of our Fat Quarter Tuesday Sweepstakes!

Jo Richards, of Cambria, KS has won a gorgeous Fat Quarter Bundle of Winterthur John Hewson fabrics!!!!  She writes:

Gail — Yippee!! Thank you soooo much.    I am just thrilled to be able to add more of these beautiful John Hewson fabrics to my collection. These reproduction fabrics are a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I have lots of ideas on how to use them.
Thank you to Andover, and everyone involved, for making this fabric for all of us to enjoy.
Jo Richards in KS who is doing a happy  dance!

All of us at Andover Fabrics want to add to your fabric stash too, but you have to enter to win! There’s still time to enter and vie for the Grand Prize plus the remaining weekly prize.

We urge all of you to continue to enter each week and GO FOR IT and watch all the videos to vie for the Grand Prize!

Congrats Jo, and Keep On Quilting!!

Fat Quarter Tuesday Sweepstakes

 

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Tokyo Rococo in The Sewing Cottage

Patchwork Posse has featured two great projects with Andover’s  Tokyo Rococo by Carol Van Zandt in The Sewing Cottage magazine.  Rococo Gardens, a gorgeous, yet quick and easy quilt, and the adorable Momma’s Little Helper Set are both so fun!

Tokyo Rococo shipping into stores now!

Momma’s Little Helper Set

Rococo Gardens quilt, free pattern download here!

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Week #6 – Andover Fabrics Winter Fat Quarter Tuesday Sweepstakes

Fat Quarter Tuesday SweepstakesGood Day Quilters!

It’s FAT Quarter Tuesday here at Andover Fabrics. That means it’s time for our sixth Winter Schoolhouse Fat Quarter Tuesdays Sweepstakes question.

Today’s question comes from the YouTube video of Gail Kessler’s presentation at Andover Fabrics Schoolhouse, Houston, Texas October 2011.

Watch Gail’s video to find the answer to this question:

David was the first to announce our newest well-known designer creating collections available exclusively for independent retail quilt shops and fabric stores. Her first collection makes its debut this spring.

Who is it?

Once you’ve found the answer send an email with your answer to: contest@andoverfabrics.com

We’ll enter all the correct answers into the drawing for this weeks prize, one (1) large fat quarter bundle of fabric from our featured designer’s collection.

The winner will be announced shortly after the following FAT Quarter Tuesday.

Your correct answer will also put you in the running for the Grand Prize.  Remember, you must answer all six questions correctly in order to be eligible for the Grand Prize.

Contestants who answer all of our Winter Schoolhouse Fat Quarter Tuesdays Sweepstakes questions correctly will also be entered to win our Grand Prize, which is one (1) large fat quarter bundle of from each of our six featured designers’ collections. For a total of six (6) fat quarter bundles!

We’ll be aggregating all contestant’s answers by their unique email address, so if you enter all of the Weekly Prize contests we’ll be gathering all your answers for entry into the Grand Prize contest automatically. Be sure to send all of your entries from the same email account.

For the latest information on the Winter Schoolhouse Fat Quarter Tuesdays Sweepstakes, follow our blog, and be sure to check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube!

The Winter Schoolhouse Fat Quarter Tuesdays Sweepstakes has begun!  Start watching those videos now for your chance to win.

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