Here are some Memorial Day weekend sales and coupons to pass your way!
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The Intrepid Thread – We are having a Memorial Day Sale 15% off everything in the shop (even our already marked down sale items) on Monday with this coupon code MARKET15 The coupon is not valid on Block of the Month or Fearless Fabric Clubs. Coupon valid 5/25 through 5/27.
Sew Modern - Back from Market Freakout sale! 20% off fabric INCLUDING sale items. That means 20-60% off! Enter code FREAKOUT online.
Fat Quarter Shop - WEDNESDAY SPECIAL! 50% off Marmalade Cottage by Robin Betterley for Wilmington Prints w/code MARMALADE at checkout! Ends SUNDAY! 20% off ALL Aurifil thread! Ends 5/31/2013! 20% off ALL Cotton Couture by Michael Miller Fabrics! Ends 5/31/2013!
Fabricworm – For this weeks sale we are offering 10% off all Bundles! Including Fabricworm Custom Bundles, Designer Bundles, Precuts, Kits, and Scrap Packs! Sale ends Thursday 5/30 @ 8am PST.
Pink Castle Fabrics – This week we are running 30 % off all our fabrics that are under 5 yards in the shop! Coupon code is SKINNY30. Lots of newmarkdowns in the sale section of the shop including Comma, 23, Shelburne Falls, Japanese and Metro Living.
Chit Chat Fabrics – Take 10% off of all orders over $50.00 through Memorial Day! Special Weekend Sale Items in the shop. Bouquet from Annette Tatum has just arrived!
Sprightly Fabrics – Come shop our Memorial Day sale and save 10% off our just arrived Fabrics.
Crafter’s Vision - HUGE MEMORIAL WEEKEND FABRIC SALE
- SAVE AN EXTRA 35% OFF ALL SALE FABRICS IN ADDITION TO THE ALREADY REDUCED PRICES!
- PURCHASE OVER $30 (AFTER ALL DISCOUNTS AND BEFORE TAXES) AND RECEIVE FREE SHIPPING IN THE USA.
- INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: receive 10% store credit of product total (after all discounts and coupon codes). This discount will be automatically applied to your account and available for your next purchase. You must have an account set up on our website to receive this credit. Customers who check out as a “Guest” will not be eligible for this promotion.
- Over 500 fabrics to choose from!
Skye Reve Fabrics – 15% OFF everything in the shop through Monday May 27th! Use the code MEMORIAL at checkout!
Marie Madeline Studio – BIG Memorial Day sale!!! You’ll find all of our fabrics (including new collections), sewing patterns, trims, buttons, and scrap bags 20% off through May 30th!! We hope this will inspire you to get some summer sewing done. Our machines have been buzzing, so keep an eye on the blog for a fun new release, as well as peeks at our personal sewing projects. Happy shopping & sewing! xoxo, the Long ladies
This blog is meant to be light, happy, inspiring your creativity. Seldom do I take it in any serious direction.
Today is not one of those days.
There was a time in my life when, after a terrible tragedy, I would feel mildly guilty for continuing to exist and function in my ordinary, day to day life when there were others out there who’s day to day would never be the same again. As a nation, I feel like so often we are shocked, moved to tears, devastated even, but then the alarm goes off the next morning and our own, normal realities remain intact and we just go on living.
I don’t feel mildly guilty any more, I feel down right crushed. You see, I believe in a God who has called us to take care of each other: the sick, the hurting, the starving, the orphans. I believe in a God who commanded us to love our neighbors. And I stop and reflect on that. We are all brothers and sisters, neighbors. If my neighbor’s house was just torn to it foundation, if my sister’s children were left suddenly without their mother, if my cousins were left starving, and my grandparents without a home, could my life go on as normal?
Whether you believe in God or not, I would challenge that most of us would answer “no”.
When I pray, I ask to be able to see with God’s eyes, and hear with His ears, and let my heart break for what breaks His. So whether it’s the millions who are kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery in the human trafficking industry, the plight of the nations ravaged over and over by hurricanes and living in such poverty that a tent with a dirt floor serves as their home, nations torn by genocide, or if in our own homeland when so many are devastatingly affected by some of the strongest forces of nature, I should not be surprised when my heart is left in pieces.
source ~ foxnews.com
My son’s preschool graduation is tomorrow, and we will attend my cousin’s wedding on Saturday. These will be tearful, joyful celebrations. But I feel like somewhere pieces of my heart will be feeling for the couple in Oklahoma who was supposed to celebrate their wedding this weekend. Or to the parents who won’t go to their child’s graduation, not only because their school no longer stands but because their child is no longer living. What right have I to celebrate in the wake of such loss.
source ~ foxnews.com
So what can we do? I feel helpless. Literally, helpless. In light of reports that have surfaced about where donated money really goes, it’s left me feeling somewhat jaded (I can’t find that source right now). I want to really help.
I’m hoping you will share responses in the comments below. What can we do as a sewing and crafting community? How can we try to make a difference? We’ve had raffles based on donations in the past. What do you think?
How can we mend the seams of suffering?
We’re back from market and whoa!
…lots of awesome stuff is coming so…
Let’s make some room!
The SALE:
20% off your fabric purchase/order
INCLUDING SALE fabrics! What?!!
(online, use code: FREAKOUT)
Now Through May 26th
My son will complete preschool this week and it has really caught me off guard. I can’t believe his school year is over already and next year we’ll be off to kindergarten! But my other thought was, “Oh no! Do I have enough time for a personalized, crafty farewell gift?” You see, my son’s teacher was really the best. My son is a handful and she has shown nothing but love, patience and understanding with him. I wouldn’t have made it through the year without her.
On the other hand, I was a teacher for several years, and while the gesture of the farewell present was always so sweet and thoughtful, I always ended up with quite a few thing that I just didn’t know what to do with. The first thought that sprang to my mind, since a teacher is thinking about summer vacation and a few months of relaxation and not necessarily something new for her classroom is a beach bag!
Why not whip up a beach bag and add a few summer essentials, like a good book, a beach towel, some sunscreen, anything you can think of that would be affordable and relaxing. You can even monogram it for her if you are crafty enough to do so! Here’s a few different beach bag tutorials I’ve rounded up.
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Here’s a pretty oilcloth bag, perfect for beach and pool trips. A cute pair of flip flops (if you have any idea of her shoe size of course) is a neat idea.
Oil Cloth Tote Bag from Twinkle and Twine
Here’s an extra big one that could fit just about anything into it! I love the nautical feel of the navy and white bold stripes.
Canvas Beach Bag by Elle Apparel Blog
This Go Anywhere Bag is actually a PDF pattern for purchase, but it is so pretty I had to include it.
Go Anywhere Bag by V and Co.
This shoe bag tutorial is just the right size for a few small items to pamper an exhausted teacher!
Shoe Bags from Cloud9
Here’s one that uses fabric and mesh together.
Mesh Beach Bag from OCD: Obsessive Crafting Disorder
Hunting for a great combination of coordinated fabrics with elephants as the main theme? Then you need to go on a Pachyderm Mission! Cynthia and the gals at Fabricworm have put together this cute little bundle in navy, orange, and green to help you on your elephant safari!
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Here’s what you’ll find in this bundle:
Michael Miller Atomic Dot Olive
Essex Linen Jungle
Kokka Pachyderms Natural (Lightweight, Apparel Fabric)
Alexander Henry Mercer Dot Navy
Kokka Pachyderms Blue (Lightweight, Apparel Fabric)
Jay-Cyn Solids Orange (Organic)
Rebekah Ginda Sunburst Orange (Organic)
Kokka Pachyderms Slate (Lightweight, Apparel Fabric)
Michael Miller Diamonds in the Rough Black
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Mix It Up Monday aims to help you coordinate fabrics from multiple collections to take the guess work out of your fabric selections. I hope this week’s bundle inspires your next project!
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While some of our beloved shop owners are at Quilt Market this weekend, here’s a list of their fabric sales!
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Contemporary Cloth – 25% off selected pre-cuts, use code: 25off
Pink Castle Fabrics – This weekend we are doing a Stash Builders sale. 15 % off with code STASH15 Anything in this section of the shop including Stash Builder Bundles like the new Rain!
Fabricworm – Our sale this week is 10% off all children’s fabrics until Wednesday 5/22 @ 8am PST.
Chit Chat Fabrics - Free US Shipping on orders of $50.00 or more. $5.50 off International shipping. Some Jennifer Paganelli Circa still available! Bouquet from Annette Tatum arriving soon!
Fabric Spot- Canada based, Fabric Spot is spring cleaning! We have Yard Sale (Dear Stella), Meet Me at Sunset, (Dear Stella), Windsor Lane (Moda) and Boys Will Be Boys (Free Spirit) collections marked down for clearance!
Skye Reve Fabrics – 15% off everything in the shop with the code FABRICSHOPPER.
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Canton Village Quilt Works – clearance section starting around $5/yard and up!
Contemporary Cloth – great prices in the sale section!
Crafter’s Vision – sale section & free shipping over $30!
Fashionable Fabrics – lots of tempting fabrics in their sale section!
Fresh Squeezed Fabrics – sale and bolt end section!
Fabric Shoppe – sale/clearance section, starting at $6.50/yard!
Fabric Spot – sale section!
Gorgeous Fabrics- take a look at the sale section!
Hawthorne Threads – huge sale section
Heart to Heart Fabrics – Spend $30.00 to qualify for FREE SHIPPING.(US/Canada only)
Hip Fabric – great selection in the sale section!
Lemon Tree Fabrics – check out the great sale section!
Mad About Patchwork- Clearance yardage and fat quarters from $5 /yard.
Marie Madeline Studio – $6/yard section!
Mimi’s – Great finds in the clearance section, $7 and under!
Pink Castle Fabrics – sale section starting at $4/yard!
Pink Chalk Fabrics – sale section!
Quilt Sandwich Fabrics – sale section, all fabrics $6/yard and under!
Sew Modern – epic sale section!
Skye Reve Fabrics – sale section!
Spiceberry Cottage – sale section with tons of selection!
Sprightly Fabrics – clearance section, most $6.99/yard and under!
The Intrepid Thread – 20-30-50% off sale sections!
Bijoux is the latest fabric collection by Bari J. for Art Gallery Fabrics. It is “a collection from the imagined life of a traveling free spirit and her elegant caravan decorated with gorgeous textiles and the beautiful items she has acquired along the way”. (artgalleryfabrics.com)
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Buyer’s guide ~
I love this expertly coordinated bundle of prints from Fabricworm. The theme is modern princesses in this combination of prints in pretty shades of pink mixed with gray and black. It is perfectly coordinated for your little princess’s quilt, bedroom decor, or any number of projects fit for Her Majesty!
Here’s what we have in this week’s bundle:
Kokka Japan, Ribbon Stripe Black/Pink
Solid Crosshatch Charcoal
Lotta Jansdotter, Tove Rosey Cheeks
Riley Blake Medium Chevron Baby Pink
Lotta Jansdotter, Kulia Rosey Cheeks
Ann Kelle, Princesses Sweet
Robert Kaufman, Fleur de Lis Blush
Valentina Ramos, On A String Garden
Mix It Up Monday aims to help you coordinate fabrics from multiple collections to take the guess work out of your fabric selections. I hope this week’s bundle inspires your next project!
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A few fabric sales, coupons, and promotions to pass your way this weekend! And a very Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms from the Fabric Shopper!
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Chit Chat Fabrics – All Glimma from Lotta Jansdotter is $8.50 per yard through Sunday. Bake Sale from Riley Blake Designs and Circa from Jennifer Paganelli now in stock!
Pink Castle Fabrics – We added a lot of new fabric to our sale section. Over 350 sale fabrics for Mother’s Day!
Sew Modern – Awesome goodies in our EPIC SALE section including some FQ bundles, The Red Thread by Marisa and Creative Thursday, Sweetcakes by Riley Blake and more all 20-40% off!
Sprightly Fabrics – 30% off everything that’s not listed in our Just Arrived fabric section! Valid through Monday 5/13/13. No coupon code necessary. Happy Mother’s Day!
Contemporary Cloth – Use the COUPON CODE: ThanksMom for 20% OFF YOUR ORDER (some exclusions)…ends 5-12, Sunday, midnight EST. Thank you to all of the mother’s out there for all that you do
Crafter’s Vision – Crafter’s Vision wishes all moms a Happy Mother’s Day! To celebrate we are offering 30% off all our Monaluna Organic Fabrics and 15% off all our 1 ½” Premium Ribbons! Sales on both end Tuesday, May 14th. Free Shipping for all orders over $30 (after discounts and before taxes) shipping in the USA!
Fat Quarter Shop – 20% off Fat Quarter Shop gift certificates with code ILOVEMOM at checkout! Ends SUNDAY 5/12/2013. 50% off Impressions by Ty Pennington w/code IMPRESS at checkout! Ends SUNDAY 5/12/2013! 20% off Auriful Thread all month long! Expires 5/31/2013!
Fabricworm – What an exciting week of exceptionally gorgeous fabrics! We have much to show you to inspire a summer full of stitches! Lets start with our newest sale offering 10% off all of our Japanese Import Fabrics! Sale ends Thurs, 5/16
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Canton Village Quilt Works – clearance section starting around $5/yard and up!
Contemporary Cloth – great prices in the sale section!
Crafter’s Vision – sale section & free shipping over $30!
Fashionable Fabrics – lots of tempting fabrics in their sale section!
Fresh Squeezed Fabrics – sale and bolt end section!
Fabric Shoppe – sale/clearance section, starting at $6.50/yard!
Fabric Spot – sale section!
Gorgeous Fabrics- take a look at the sale section!
Hawthorne Threads – huge sale section
Heart to Heart Fabrics – Spend $30.00 to qualify for FREE SHIPPING.(US/Canada only)
Hip Fabric – great selection in the sale section!
Lemon Tree Fabrics – check out the great sale section!
Mad About Patchwork- Clearance yardage and fat quarters from $5 /yard.
Marie Madeline Studio – $6/yard section!
Mimi’s – Great finds in the clearance section, $7 and under!
Pink Castle Fabrics – sale section starting at $4/yard!
Pink Chalk Fabrics – sale section!
Quilt Sandwich Fabrics – sale section, all fabrics $6/yard and under!
Sew Modern – epic sale section!
Skye Reve Fabrics – sale section!
Spiceberry Cottage – sale section with tons of selection!
Sprightly Fabrics – clearance section, most $6.99/yard and under!
The Intrepid Thread – 20-30-50% off sale sections!
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