Half-Square Triangles: The Trimmer

Tina March 14, 2023Featured Products 2 Comments

Do you love the look of half-square triangles (HST) but dread making them? Well, this tool is for you… It comes in two sizes, Trimmer A for HST with a half inch and Trimmer B for HST with a full inch. After you sew your triangles together and before you iron them open, is when you want to pull out your new favorite friend, “The Trimmer.”

March / April 2022 Newsletter!

Tina February 28, 2022Store Updates Leave a Comment

The Fabric Nook March / April Newsletter has dropped! New Classes and Products inside!

This quilt block shows a tall two story house. On either side of the house are two large plants with ferns coming out of them. The ferns are penned in green strokes, while the pots are duotone polka-dot fabrics. The house itself is a dark tan color with a very dark brown door on the left. To the right of the door is a quilt block on display in a frame, and to the right of that is a yellow window with a hatch pattern over it in gray. Above these items is writing in script that says,

Block-A-Day 242 – Maggie’s Retreat

Tina August 30, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

She was surprised by how much she really loved quilting and how creative she was. Maggie attended lots of quilting retreats with her friends. It was at one of those retreats that it occurred to her that this might be what she should do with her house.

This block shows a brown garden fork sticking in the ground. It's like a pitch fork but it's completely brown and made of wood. It's fairly large. On top of the fork is a yellow singing bird. Next to the fork are two beautiful plans, drawn by green pen and stitching. Each flower has bulbs on the ends, one in a drooping fashion that are red, and the other along the stalk going up that are pink. This is all against a blue background.

Block-a-Day 185 – Garden Compost & Mulch

Tina July 4, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

An amazing quilter, she once told me if she had to choose between quilting and gardening she would choose gardening. One of her best ongoing projects is her compost pile. She loves her compost pile.

This light yellow house is just a simple square house with an angled roof. It has three windows, one on the side, and a black rounded door on the front in the center.

Block-A-Day 39 – Prudence and Primrose

Tina February 8, 2021Block-A-Day 2 Comments

This saltbox house is owned by Prudence and Primrose. Both of them are in their 60’s. They have lived in this house virtually all of their lives. Neither of them has ever married and they enjoy each other’s company so much they are happy together. Each is an accomplished quilter!

A quilt block on a green background depicting townhouses and a tree. The tree is in the corner, while the townhouses are both vertical and horizontal as if built on a corner.

Block-A-Day 3 – First Corner Block

Tina January 3, 2021Block-A-Day Leave a Comment

“… The first thing that crossed my mind as I did this square was the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. It’s a book that most of us read sometime in our lives. The tree in the book is an Ailanthus tree, also known as the Tree of Heaven. …”

Row By Row 2018

Tina June 26, 2018Row By Row Leave a Comment

Tina talks about the 2018 Row By Row for the Fabric Nook. This year’s theme was “Sew Musical!” and this year’s Row By Row was truly inspired by the agricultural history of Granby, Fabric Nook’s hometown, and Grand County’s agricultural history. Everything you need to know about Row By Row is inside!

ReNae Merrill demonstartes the process to several Fabric Nook customers.

Good Day, RaNae!

Tina March 13, 2017Store Updates, Guests Leave a Comment

It was a wonderful surprise when ReNae Merrill, international author and quilter, called me from New York and said she was coming to Colorado to ski, and could she come and sew at my shop. It was so much fun to have her in my shop. She demonstrated her paper piece pattern to over a dozen people and then went on to demonstrate her new toolkit and book Free Motion Mastery In A Month.