Baking for Christmas

Hope you all had a great 4th of July! :-)  We enjoying hanging by the pool, some Scrabble and cooking out.

Are you ready to start your Christmas projects yet?!  While I was making my way through my Google Reader this morning, I came upon this post over at the Moda Bake Shop for an awesome quilt using Sweetwater's Countdown to Christmas.

Check it out and consider baking one up yourself! :-)

Happy Sewing :-)

A Pink Problem

I have a problem ... I'm willing to admit here for everyone that I collect pink fabric.  A lot of pink fabric.  Refer to Exhibit A:

OMG!  I really should resist the urge to add more pink to my collection!  LOL  :-)

Yesterday, I dd some more overhauling of the sewing room.  I'm not ready to give you the grand tour yet, but I thought I'd share my progress on my fabric "collection".  I went through almost all of my stash and organized it better.  I still need to work on the holiday/seasonal stacks, but this is the majority of my personal "color wall."

The last time I posted about my shelf, someone asked about how I get my fabric to stand up straight. Well, I use these boards and this tutorial (I don't pin mine down and I only wrap stuff that's more than a half yard).  Hope it helps you if you need a system!

Talk at y'all soon ...

Happy Sewing :-)

Customer Spotlight: Picky Picky Peacock Shop

Hi there!  Hope you are all enjoying the holiday weekend!  It's nice and hot here as it should be for the 4th of July, right?!

I wanted to share a great product that Alicia from the Picky Picky Peacock made.  Check out this cute baby gift set that she incorporated the Houndstooth Gray print into ...

(Aren't you in love with that ribbon she's got around that bundle?!)  One thing I love about the houndstooth prints is that they work well with lots of other prints and collections.  (They're also on sale this week and the gray is moving to the Last Chance page!

Thanks so much for sharing with us!  We love seeing what y'all make with the bundles we put out to our customers in the mail!

Happy Sewing!  :-)

June FQ Promo Winner!

Congrats to Amy of Stitchery Ditchery Dock who won our free fat quarter drawing for June! :-)

See y'all tomorrow for a customer spotlight!

Happy Sewing :-)

Our New Bimonthly Challenge - Sew Lux Stitch & Share

Happy Friday - can you believe it is July already!? 

If you're like me, you can really lose track of time checking out all the quilty, stitchy goodness in blogland and on Flickr!  I really enjoy seeing all the different projects and reading the back story/process to many of the them.  So, today I am introducing a new bimonthly challenge designed to get your creative juices flowing as well as to inspire each other with our projects.  Ready to play along?

Here are the details to our challenge - The Sew Lux Stitch & Share Challenge

• On the first of every other month (odd months), we will post a challenge theme.  This may be a technique that should be used or a concept to base your project around.
• If a technique is to be used in your project, we'll share a step-by-step tutorial within the first week of the month to show you what to do just in case the technique is new to you.
• On the 27th of the month, we'll put up a special post for you to link your projects to.  This is the time to share on your blog about what you made.  If you don't have a blog, you can link to a Flickr photo.  This will make it easy for us to check out everyone's projects!  (A Few Rules: Make sure your project and your post is specific to this challenge and is not a giveaway/promotional post.  We'd love for you to link back to the challenge post as well and visit the other participants' project posts.)
• Each month, we'll select a random winner from participants who link up their project to win a $20 gift certificate to sewluxfabric.com.  You must link your project by the last day of the month to be entered for the random winner drawing.

For our first challenge, we're just going to give you a theme ... SUMMER!  Make a project that is inspired by whatever summer means to you - it can be a block, a mug rug, a quilt, a bag, whatever - it just has to include fabric and be made by YOU! :-)

Here's a little project to get you thinking ...

This swatch book/notebook/journal cover was inspired by that strawberries fabric in the center - it just made me think of summer... fruit trifles, fresh berries, picnics, etc.  So, I chose some other prints that went along with that theme - and of course red and white picnic table cloths are classic so I built around red and white and green for grass.  I have fabrics with bugs too ... including ants!  You'd be hard pressed to have a picnic without a few uninvited ant guests. :-)  (I used the "Sketch Book Cover" pattern by Keyka Lou to create the cover.)

So, what you do think?  You wanna play along?  I sure hope you will! :-)

Happy Sewing :-)

Summer Spectacular Week One!

Happy Thursday y'all!

We're kicking off our Summer Spectacular today ... the first of four sales in July!  Starting today (and through July 10th), you can save 20% on all Solids and Blenders!  This includes Bella solids, Free Spirit Designer prints (houndstooth, beads/dots), Moda Essential Dots, Moda Crossweave, and more!

And .... when you place a minimum order of $15 (prior to tax and shipping) now through July 5th, we'll add a free Watermelon Mug Rug kit to your order!  No need to add anything extra to your cart and no coupon codes needed to receive this kit!  We'll automatically add one to all qualifying orders!

Isn't this cute?!  It's about 6 in x 12 in and super easy ... fabric and instructions will be provided in the kit - just add thread and batting!

We'll also be doing a Free Fat Quarter Promotion drawing for each week of the Summer Spectacular.  We'll post a random winner from customers ordering June 30-July 10 here on Monday, July 11th.

All prices have already been adjusted in the shop to reflect the sale - so start saving today!  Also, if you have a previously issued shop-wide coupon code please be aware that the Summer Spectacular specials will not be included - but all other merchandise is fair game!  Thank you. :)

Stop by tomorrow ... I will be announcing the first challenge in our new bimonthly challenge!

Happy Sewing! :-)

They're Here!

Dear UPS Delivery Person, 

Thank you for bringing fabulous new precuts!

Yours Truly, 

Chrissy @ Sew Lux   :-)

Now available ... charms in Ruby, Little Apples, Circa 1934, and Late Bloomers as well as layer cakes in Etchings!

And at about 11 PM tonight, I'll start updating prices in the Solids and Blenders section (20% off!) to start off our first of four sales in the Summer Spectacular! (Yes, we're starting a day early! :-)  Don't forget you can get a Watermelon Mug Rug Kit FREE with a minimum $15 purchase - we'll automatically include it in qualifying orders now through the July 5th!

Happy Sewing! :-)