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Ready, Set, Go! Destash
The Pile O' Fabric Destash is live! I would love it if you would share with a friend and help me spread the word. Happy Shopping! Alyssa
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Christmas Gifts and 2014 Planning
What have you been up to lately? Are you making your gifts for Christmas this year? I started working on my handmade gifts and wanted to share. My niece is a huge Vera Bradley fan and specifically asked me to make her a quilted cross body bag. I decided to design something from scratch, which actually came together very quickly....
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Day to Day Life at Pile O' Fabric
Somehow I manage to get really behind on sharing about my day to day life. I blame it on Instagram. I love instagram, but it can make me a really lazy blogger. If you follow me on instagram you have seen what I have been up to the last few months, but for those of you who don't here is...
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Giveaway Friday - Concerto Pattern & Modern Patchwork Magazine
Giveaway Sponsor Aria Lane is a modern design company that produces original modern quilt and embroidery patterns for the crafting community. New Product Update We at Aria Lane are working very hard behind the scenes on new patterns. We will be coming out with quite a few more quilt and embroidery patterns and a bag pattern throughout the next few...
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Concerto in many colors!
Each Aria Lane quilt pattern is tested by multiple testers one for each size, this assures that all the yardages and instructions are correct. For the Concerto pattern we had six testers who chose some really cool fabrics and colors for their Concerto quilts. Today I would like to share their finished quilt tops with you… Concerto Wall Hanging by Jan ZiagosConcerto Crib Quilt by...
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The Mothers Love Collection by Holly Stringer
The other day I announced the beginnings of Aria Lane a modern pattern design company. If you haven't already, you can read all about Aria Lane here. Today I want to share with you our first Embroidery Collection. First I want to introduce to you my sister and one of the first Aria Lane Designers, Holly Stringer! My name is Holly Stringer and I...
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Very exciting news. Meet Aria Lane…
Back in September 2012, I began designing a few quilts behind the scenes, and knew eventually that someday I would like to turn them into patterns. I began brainstorming ideas for how I would go about selling the patterns, and my little idea somehow turned into a big one. If you have been around Pile O' Fabric for any length...
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October Pin It, Sew it! Link Up
Wow, today I woke up wen't about my day and realized, its the 1st! No way, what happened to October? For the month of October I decided to make some zipper pouches for a swap gift. I followed Noodleheads tutorial for Open Wide Zippered Pouch. This tutorial is really easy to follow and she has instructions for 3 different sizes....
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Working on a ton as usual…
I don't have to much time to write this morning, but I did want to squeeze in a little W.i.P Wednesday post for you all to see what I have been up to lately. Throughout the week when I am working on things I usually will take photos with my phone and share on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram(pileofabric), and Flickr. So...
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Let the Voting Begin! ~ Groovy Finalists ~ Totally Groovy QAL
This post is part of the Totally Groovy Quilt Along. Click here to see all of the posts and learn more about the Quilt Along. Alright folks let me just start off by saying this was SOO SOO hard! Narrowing it down from 21 finished quilts to 10 was not easy for us judges. I am so glad the final...
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Bloggers Quilt Festival - Fall 2012
Wow how the time flies! One of my favorite online events is going on right now and happens twice a year over at Amy's Creative Side. The Blogger's Quilt Festival, is an online quilt show and it is fabulous! Last festival in spring I submitted my Black & White Memories Quilt. I have made quite a few quilt's since then...
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Fabric Giveaway Friday ~ Andalucia Fat Quarter Bundle
Fabric Giveaway Sponsor Connect with Mad About Patchwork Facebook/Shop/Blog Mad About Patchwork has been selling fabric online for just over 4 years. At the time, Canadian online retailers were rare, and shipping from the US was sometimes expensive. The response from Canadians has been terrific. Pam has always brought in fabric that appeals to her. Modern, fresh, fun is her...
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Important Change for Groove Quilt Link Up - Totally Groovy QAL
IMPORTANT CHANGE! We are coming to the end of the Totally Groovy QAL and I have really enjoyed getting know you all and seeing you wonderful progress! Tomorrow will be the last day to link up your final quilts! And I have decided to make a BIG CHANGE! Linking up Originally I had asked that to qualify to enter a...
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Cross-Stitched Heart Mini Quilt
I have joined a TON of handmade swaps recently. It all started when Erica the leader of our Wish at do.Good Stitches asked if the 10 of us wanted to have a little swap. Then I started signing up for swaps left and right. I am now participating in Pillow Talk Swap, Sew Sew Modern Swap, Hoop-La-La Swap, Color Wheel...
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Fabric Giveaway Friday ~ Kona Cotton Fat Quarter Bundle
Fabric Giveaway Sponsor Meet Jackie Kunkel of Canton Village Quilt Works, Jackie has been a quilter for 18 years, in business for 12, designing for about 2.5 years for magazines, and has taught classes over the last 18 years as well. She produces a quilting podcast called Jackie's Quilting Chronicles which can be found in iTunes. She has been...
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Fabric Giveaway Friday ~ Welcoming a New Sponsor, i don't do dishes…i sew instead!
GIVEAWAY CLOSED - Congrats Anda Wolk! Today is a double post day. Just prior to this post I posted about my goals at Pile O' Fabric and plans for the future. I talked a little about sponsors, giveaways, and upcoming post series. So if you haven't seen that yet I encourage you to check it out. One of the things...
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Sponsors, Goals, and Plans for Pile O' Fabric
The last few months at Pile O' Fabric have been a whirlwind of excitement. I have been quilting up a storm, working on some fun secret projects and plans, I just completed the Beginner's Quilting Series, we're coming to the end of the Totally Groovy QAl, we're in round two of the Kona Swap and I am planning a fun...
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September Pin It, Sew It! Link Up
For the month of September I was able to make something I have been wanting to do for a while now. I have a ton of app's for to do lists and such, but when it comes down to it I have to have my good ole' Monthly Planner. I've been meaning to make a nice cover for it, but...
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A Mini Twister Mini Quilt for the Winter Fun Challenge
So a while back we had a little fabric giveaway challenge here at Pile O' Fabric to welcome one of my lovely new sponsors, Mad About Patchwork. Four lucky winners received a Fat Eight Bundle of a beautiful custom bundle that Pam had put together called Winter Fun. One of the stipulations of the contest was to make something using...
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Sprout, Berry, Peapod, Pacific…Swimming in Kona!
Today I began working on a quilt I have been planning for quite some time. Thanks to the folks at Robert Kaufman for making this quilt possible! I don't wan't to give you too many details yet, but here are some pictures of what I have been working on today! Lets just say at this point I could probably name...