New Sentiments Collection and Book from Nancy Murty!

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Gail Kessler
sentiment quilts
Building Blocks BookletBuilding Blocks book

To celebrate the introduction of my new fabric line Sentiments (with Andover Fabrics),  this book is loaded with projects for baby and the perfect companion to the Sentiments fabric collection. Just call 315.597.1478 or email Bee Creative Studio to order your books today.

CLiCK HERE to view a promotional flyer featuring information on the Building Blocks book, class ideas and lots of images of the projects featuring the Sentiments fabric collection.

List Price: $9.00
Item No:  A1065
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New Collection with Andover Fabricspanel

I am so excited to introduce “Sentiments” a fun and whimsical collection. The 20 piece collection includes fresh, clean prints including a panel filled with seven wonderful sentiments, perfect for any child. This is one collection you won’t want to miss. Contact Andover (800.223.5678) to place your fabric order today.

CLiCK HERE to view the Sentiments fabric collection.

These two offer a great combination for spring sales and remember that shopping for a baby quilt is what often brings a person into a quilt shop for the first time and something quilters are always looking for.

Wishing you all the best and happy sewing!

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Posted on February 2, 2011 by Gail Kessler

Margaret Harlan-Chair of Baton Rouge is the winner of our Groundhog Day contest! Congrats to Margaret, and thanks to all who entered – and a special thanks to those who shared pictures of their projects with us!

As promised, here is a favorite, easy to make chocolate cake recipe that’s been a staple in my family since I was a little girl. It was most likely the first cake I ever made! It’s a rich dark cake that takes no eggs. Growing up, it was everyone’s favorite cake – especially with peanut butter frosting!

Carolyn’s Chocolate Cake

3 Cups flour

6 Tablespoons cocoa

2 Cups Sugar

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 teaspoons vineagar

2/3 Cup vegetable oil

2 Cups water

Combine all ingredients in large bowl and beat on medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth – about 2 minutes. Fill cupcake tins (lined with paper cups) approx. 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cupcake comes out clean.  Cool, then frost with favorite frosting, or dust with confectioners sugar.

Can also bake in 13 x 9″ pan or two 9″ round pans.

Now, onto making our Groundhog Cupcakes!

All you need are some vanilla wafers, a few chocolate chips, and some sliced almonds!

First, melt a few chocolate chips in the microwave for a few seconds until they are the consistency of glue. Using a toothpick, smear a little melted chocolate on the back of two almond slices and “glue” onto the back of each vanilla wafer as shown.

Then, draw the groundhog faces on the front of the wafers using the melted chocolate and the toothpick. Stick the wafers into the tops of the cupcakes – and there you have it! Great fun for the kiddies to make!

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Enter Our Groundhog Day Contest on Andover’s Facebook Page!

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Gail Kessler

It happens every year, just when we are UP TO HERE with winter weather, our good ole’ buddy Punxsutawney Phil wakes up from a luxurious nap to remind us that sooner or later, Spring IS coming.

Punxsutawney Phil

Now being from Pennsylvania, I KNOW our Phil is the REAL Groundhog Day groundhog, but I’ve heard some places in other parts of the country have their critter of choice predict the weather…. so let’s hear about your traditions, and enter to win Andover Fat Quarter Collections valued at $100! All you have to do is “like” us on Facebook if you haven’t already, and predict whether or not my buddy Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow! You have to hurry, as the contest closes @ 11:59PM on Feb 1. Prize winners will be randomly selected from among those who make the correct prediction. And just to sweeten the pot – if you post pictures of your latest project using Andover Fabrics (what better way to get through the winter doldrums!) I’ll double the prize!!! Gee I’m thinking “Sunshine and Shadow” quilts would be appropriate……. Oh and I’m making Groundhog cupcakes later….and will post the recipe and pictures…. this involves chocolate you know……. http://www.facebook.com/andoverfabrics


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Posted on December 10, 2010 by Gail Kessler

Gail Kessler Isn’t this great? Jean Ann Wright’s quilt featuring Andover’s Early Bird Collection by Cosmo Cricket is a cover girl!!!! Gracing the front of the latest issue of The Quilter magazine.

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FreeBee and Give-A-Way from Nancy Murty

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Nancy Murty

Hi everyone, it’s been snowing in the Finger Lakes region of New York state for the last 6 days and it’s definitely looking like Christmas. So I’ve been keeping busy in the studio working with my Holiday Joy fabric collection making Holiday Gift Bags. These make perfect hostess gifts or a special little something for neighbors, quilting friends or coworkers. CLICK HERE for the printable Holiday Gift Bags FreeBee pattern and make a few Holiday Gift Bags for the special people on your list. Pattern includes directions to make 2 sizes, a smaller 7″ bag perfect for chocolates or jewelry and a taller 12″ wine bag.

In the holiday spirit, I’m doing a Holiday Give-A-Way! You can WIN a quilter’s quarter bundle of the Holiday Joy fabric along with a gift bag filled with goodies. There will be six winners!

It’s easy. All you have to do is visit my blog at nancymurty.typepad.com and leave a comment on the “holiday FreeBee and giveaway” post by December 12th. Share your best holiday memory or the thing you love most about the holidays.

On the 13th, I’ll select six names by the use of a random number generator and contact the winners for mailing information. I will also post the winner’s name on the blog (with permission of course).

With six winners, your chances are really good to win so let your friends know. I look forward to reading your comments.

Happy Holidays!

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Lonni Rossi’s One Woman Show!!

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Gail Kessler
ART QUILTS ETCETERA: Lonni Rossi Exhibit
by Lonni Rossi Fabrics on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 4:11pm

PRESS RELEASE

Ardmore, PA—Internationally known and local fiber artist, Lonni Rossi, has announced the dates for an upcoming one-woman show of her unusual artquilts and custom painted fabrics. The exhibit –ART QUILTS ETCETERA: LONNI ROSSI– will open on Sunday, December 19, from 4:30 – 6:00 PM—with a reception in the Gallery of Waverly Heights located in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. These are not your grandmother’s quilts–these quilts are meant to hang as paintings in fabric and thread. The art is suitable for private homes as well as corporate offices and public spaces. The exhibit contains more than thirty examples of Ms.Rossi’s work, mostly art quilts that are heavily machine embroidered, stitched and quilted, embellished with Angelina fibers and “threadpainted” to achieve depth of color and texture with many types of thread. Custom painted yardage of silks, linens and cottons will also be on display. All the works are for sale and part of the proceeds will be donated back to the Waverly Heights Retirement Community. Ms. Rossi’s work is all about color and texture, a visual exploration this artist has pursued in her fabric design and quilt work for many years. She is drawn to elements and motifs from Nature, and uses those graphics in a bold way. Her color sense is the element most often remarked upon by those viewing her art quilts and fabrics. On January 16, 2011 at 3 PM Lonni Rossi will present a lecture and artist tour of her exhibit. Fiber enthusiasts will enjoy her detailed and sometimes humorous accounts of what inspires her and how she achieves the textures in her quilts and fabrics.Please call the Waverly Heights main number for exact times to view the exhibit and to R.S.V.P. for the January lecture. The exhibit will be on display beginning Monday, December 20, 2010 through Sunday January 16, 2011.

Exhibit Location:Waverly Heights Main Building / 1400 Waverly Road, Gladwyne, PA

Phone: 610.645.8600 More information about Lonni Rossi can be found on her website at www.LonniRossi.com Her studio/store: Lonni Rossi Fabrics 70 Rittenhouse Place, Ardmore, PA 19003

Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 10 – 5  Contact: Molly Werner / Phone: 610.896.0500

E-mail: LonniRossiFabric@gmail.com

Exhibit Dates:December 19, 2010 through January 16, 2011

Lecture Date:Sunday January 16, 2011 / 3 PM

 

 

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Urban Shades by Lonni Rossi

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Gail Kessler
“Urban Shades” is the newest fabric collection from Lonni Rossi and is also the name of a beautiful new free-to-use quilt design!  Influenced by textures found in the city, Lonni added a bit of copper accent to some of these fabrics. 

  This quilt designed by Lonni is 59″ x 68″ and is shown in the three colorways — which one will your customers love? 
The kitting sheet for the “Urban Shades” quilt also shows coordinates used in the quilt from other fabric groups by Lonni — “Little Lonni’s” and “Petals.”  Check your stock to see which of these basics you need for kitting this great design!

See the “Urban Shades” collection on Andover’s website at http://www.andoverfabrics.com/Grid.php?GroupName=Urban Shades

 

To see Gail Kessler’s interview with Lonni just posted on Andover’s channel on YouTube, click here!  Find out more about Lonni, including her graphic design background and how her design process translate to fabric.  Learn, too, how she manages to keep all her “balls in the air” while inspiring quilters.   

Find out more about Lonni Rossi and her designs at www.lonnirossi.com. 

I’m sure you’ve noticed that Andover has redesigned it’s website!  We believe you’ll enjoy the added features now available.  Be sure and tell your customers to visit our website and blog often!

   Find us on facebook — www.facebook..com/#!/andoverfabrics

Watch for more new great things from Andover!

email gail@andoverfabrics.com

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FALL 2011

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Renee Nanneman

Hello Everyone …
As a designer for Andover Fabrics, I’m working a year in advance to develop exciting new fabrics & quilt patterns.

For over 15 years I’ve been publishing a series of very popular books with quilt patterns, hooked rugs, wool applique, home decorating items, etc. … I’ve called them THREADS … each book with a theme … a season or holiday or simply French. The good news is that in 2011, there will be a new Pumpkin Patch Threads book. The Pumpkin Patch quilt uses a mix of yarn-dyed wovens & prints, many of which are my Itsy Bits “basics” & even prints designed by my friend Jo Morton. The quilt has wool-on-cotton applique pumpkins, acorns & leaves.
You are going to love it! This quilt is a classic! The colors are much more rich & vibrant than these photos show. We’re currently photographing all the great projects for the new book.

Pumpkin Patch Quilt Close-up

Queen Size Pumpkin Patch

Even better news … I have 12 new wovens coming in 2011 — Pumpkin Patch Plaids!

Pumpkin Patch Plaids

My new Need’l Love wools will also be available in early 2011 … YES 18 NEW and long awaited 100% wool plaids!

It’s going to be an exciting year! As for this fall, Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Renee Nanneman of Need’l Love

Renee

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Andover Here!

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Gail Kessler

Welcome to Andover Fabrics blog, appropriately named Andover Here! This is where you’ll find all the latest news about our beautiful fabric collections and the talented designers behind them!

We’ve just returned from International Quilt Market, where we introduced five new designers: Melissa Averinos, Jane Dixon, Deb Eiseman, Eirene Henderson, and Carol Eldridge. In the next few days you’ll learn all about these talented artists and the inspiration behind their new collections.

Of course, we’ll be featuring ALL our talented designers you’ve come to know and love, including Jo Morton, Kim Schaefer, Lonni Rossi, Renee Nanneman, Karen Stephens, Kathy Hall, Nancy Murty, Lizzy House, Cosmo Cricket, Gail Kessler, and our fabulous licenses: Eric Carle, Lucy Cousins, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Olivia, Museum of New Mexico, IQSC, and much more!

Booth 532 is the place to be!

 

 Join us as we have Sooooooo much news to share  –  a brand new website, designer interviews…. you’ll hear all the latest – and you’ll hear it here first!

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