I have to admit, when I first heard about Texture Magic I was skeptical.  Texture Magic will tend to shrink the fabric you use with it by about 30%.   What?!  I want something that will cause my stash to grow not shrink!  But the results are so unusual.  It only takes a little bit to really add some pizzazz to any project.

If you’ve never used it, here’s some details.  It looks like a very thin curtain sheers, and is very wispy.   When you open the package and take your bit of “magic” out, it will have creases from being folded.  You’ll be tempted to iron it smooth.  DON’T!  And don’t worry about the wrinkles – they will all come out when you actually “activate” the “magic”.   So take your fabric and put the texture magic on the wrong side of the fabric.  If you want, for additional texture, you can add batting between the fabric and the texture magic.   Stitch on your fabric.  Have fun with it.  You can quilt straight lines, free motion meandering, or even one of your fancy stitches.   Then take it to the ironing board with the Texture Magic side up.  Set your iron to steam.   Holding your iron just above the Texture Magic steam the bejeepers out of it.  Steam, steam, steam.   Turn your piece over and see the “magic”.

Lisa’s Bag Purse Pattern is the quick and easy to make.   The flap and exterior pockets use Texture Magic to jazz it up.   It’s the perfect pattern to use to experiment with Texture Magic.

Texture Magic takes the Lizzie Purse Pattern by Claudia Atchison for Black Cat Creations from ordinary to extraordinary.   14″ x 9″ x 3.5″

Try Texture Magic once and you’ll come up with lots of ideas for using it.  Have fun!

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This month’s Facebook First Friday is 20% off all Quilters Dream Batting!

Quilters Dream Cotton Batting is 100% cotton, by hand or machine, your needle will glide smoothly through the fine, consistent, even webbing.   Available in four lofts, there is no need to prewash and you can machine wash and dry your finished projects with minimal shrinkage. 

Quilters Dream Poly Batting is very resistant to wrinkles, creases and fold lines.  There is no need to prewash; you can machine wash and dry finished projects with little to no shrinkage.  Available in white or black; and in two lofts.

Quilters Dream Green Batting is made 100% from recycled bottles!  Every pound of it keeps 10 plastic bottles out of our landfills.  Make a baby quilt and make that baby’s future better by keeping 5.5 bottles out of landfills.  Go Green! 

Quilters Dream Orient Batting is a luxurious blend of velvety Bamboo, luscious silk, strong silky Tencel and soft, stable cotton.  All this gives it an elegant, silky soft drape.

All of these battings are available in sizes from crib to King.  Choose your favorite and SAVE!  Hurry!  Head on over to our QuiltersWarehouse Facebook Page for the coupon code!  Happy quilting!

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Pinwheel blocks are one of those fun blocks.  You know the kind…. you have to smile when you look at the finished block.  They are just fun!   Although they can also be frustrating when you don’t remember that they can spin two different ways…. you have to pay attention!  Here’s a few quilt patterns that use pinwheel blocks.

30′s Bunnies is a paper foundation pieced pattern by MH Design designed for small scale reproduction fabrics.  The quilt has a smattering of pinwheels and the bunnies come to life with their button eyes and embroidery floss whiskers.   ’tis the season!

Patriotic Pinwheels would make a great picnic table cloth for the 4th of July.  If you aren’t too messy, you could then spread it out so you can lay on it to watch the fireworks.  The smaller version is crib size.  Strip piecing techniques are used so this quilt will go together rather quickly.

Adding pinwheels to any quilt adds motion but the placement of the rail fence type blocks in this patterns seems to really emphasize the motion.  Spinners Pattern has intructions for two different sized table runners and matching placemats.

Picnic Pinwheels also has a great deal of extra motion going on.  I’ve seen this pattern done with a white background and it looks great that way too – the pinwheels seem to float around.

Go ahead and have some fun.  Make some pinwheels!

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Do you have too many fat quarters?  Silly question.  How could anyone have too much fabric?!  Let me rephrase that.  Do you have lots of fat quarters and you’d just love to use some and see them in a quilt?  Here’s a few fat quarter friendly patterns.

Grab some of those colorful fat quarters and add some blue fat quarters to create Up A Lazy River.  This pattern from Far Flung Quilts comes with instructions for three sizes: Lap, Full/Queen, and King.

Candy Wrappers by Celine Perkins is made from one simple block, plus sashing and cornerstones.   Instructions are included for three sizes: Throw, Twin, and Queen.  The skill level is described as “organized beginner” – love that!

The Fat Quarter Table Runner Pattern uses four fat quarters.  Constructed with simple strip piecing and quilt-as-you-go methods, you’ll have it together in no time.   If you like this pattern, Out Of The Blue has several more fat quarter table runner patterns for you to try.

Here’s a quick project, and all you need is two fat quarters.  The 2 Fat Quarter Clutch Bag is so easy you’ll definately want to make more than one.  Let’s see.. soft and feminine with florals, fun and flirty with A Cappella Hearts, moody with some dark batiks… so many ways to go.  Just have fun with it!

That’s four to get you started.   Be sure to check back with us soon as there is an awesome giveaway coming up!