Get the stall ready (G21 with Pinwheels):
and they will come:
New Quilt Designs Reveal
Come and see our colours in all their glory and feel our new rich, soft drape. We promise a feast for the senses!
There’ll be Special Show Prices and a few surprises …
Find us in the catalogue under ‘P’ for Pinwheels.
There’ll be Special Show Prices and a few surprises …
Find us in the catalogue under ‘P’ for Pinwheels.
To tempt you further, here’s a flavour of the NEW quilt designs that you’ll find on our stand.
Only 10 Days to the Festival of Quilts 2016
11-14 August
NEC, Birmingham, UK
If you’re planning a visit, please note that we’ll be listed in the show catalogue under ‘P’ for Pinwheels, our US partner, with whom we’ll be exhibiting.
Save on tickets
For tickets at £12 each, use Promotion Code EX12
We hope to see you there!
New Lakes ripples across quilt projects
Whether or not you enter this month’s prize draw for a Lakes Fat 8ths Pack, do join us in celebrating the arrival of the New Lakes collection by making one of the amazing designs we can offer from Lynne Goldsworthy and Helen Howes.
The Lakes Table Runner has been designed by Lynne Goldsworthy (and coloured by Helen Howes) and the pack contains the pattern and a Lakes Fat 8ths Pack and the finished size is 53″ x 18″ / 135 cm x 46 cm
Alternatively, you may like a bit of a chunkier project. Have a go at City Lights by Helen Howes. She originally designed it for Ruby Reds, but as you can see it has a certain éclat in Lakes as well:
The pack contains a Lakes Fat 8ths Pack, a Ruby Reds 5″ Square Charm Pack and the instructions. The backing fabric will need to be bought separately. The finished size is 47″ x 47″ / 120 x 120 cms.
Or one of the six special designs that came out of Sew Mama Sew’s Oakshott Lakes Table Linens Challenge; mats, runners and napkins. Read all about them and introduce some iridescent blues into your home by downloading the free Lakes Table Linens ChallengePDF booklet.
Monthly Prize Draw for Lakes
What would you make with this shimmering little pack of gorgeousness? Perhaps the Lakes Table Runner or the City Lights Quilt?
Either way, don’t miss your chance to enter this month’s Prize Draw. Entries must be received by 10 August 2016. One entry allowed per person.
Free patterns for Scandinavia
Download a free booklet of Seven Schemes for Scandinavia. Seven whimsical designs use a Scandinavia Fat Quarter Pack and the bloggers (who answered a call from Lily’s Quilts) have produced a tutorial and giveaway templates/patterns, as appropriate. So get whimsical with:
Scandi Windmill, Sarah of {no} hats in the house used a traditional block and added a freesia pack
Hop House Pillow, a whimsical house from Amy of nanaCompany
Saskia, Rossie of r0ssie.blogspot brightened up her winter with a baby quilt
Seminole Piecework, Elaine of messygoat shares her pre-table runner wedding dress story
Sewing Pouches, Sarah of the last piece reined in applique ambition for speed and simplicity
Mountains from a Mole Hill, Nicholas of Quilts from the Attic was inspired by Scandinavian landscapes
On the Wings of Love, Lori Landenberger of SewPsyched in Anchorage, Alaska went baby sized
See the patterns page for more free downloads.
Open Day 2016
See the Oakshotts in all their glory, snap up special packs and products not offered online
Bring your sunglasses! Bring a friend! Bring a crowd – and make a day of it.
Oakshott and Company Ltd.
19 Bamel Way, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4BH
Planned Improv
If you subscribe to Simply Moderne and read magazine issue 5 you might have spotted the scrumptious new design by Krista Hennebury (she of Chess on the Steps and Improv Under the Influence fame) using ALL the Oakshott Colourshott range.
We are lucky enough to be selling the kit for this beauty, called Variegated Threads:
and if you need any more inspiration then have a read of Krista’s blog on the development of this piece – and how flexible it is (make a runner, make it bigger and smaller, have fun with the background). Most of all, it is a great introduction to improv techniques.
If you go to the Festival of Quilts on 11-14 August at the NEC, you’ll be able to actually see it up close on stand G21 (with Pinwheels).
Artistry from Bosna Quilts
Maybe it is being on the banks of the gorgeous Lake Constance, maybe it is just in the genes but we have always been No. 1 fan of the creations designed by the inspirational Lucia Lienhard-Giesinger who runs Bosna Quilts in Bregenz, Austria.
It is a privilege to supply her with fabric.
Here is one of the latest Bosna Quilts using Oakshott fabric, positively radiant …
Oakshott Monthly Prize Draw for Ruby Reds
Seize your chance to win this sizzling Fat 8ths Pack of New Ruby Reds.
Click on the image to enter. Entries must be received by 17 July 2016. One entry allowed per person.
From pink to blood-red and deep crimson, our New Ruby Reds ooze romance and passion, glinting like their gemstone namesakes. They’re as passionate and seductive, mysterious and misunderstood as the culture of Spain, their inspiration.
New Ruby Reds are available as cut lengths and in a choice of pre-cut packs, including Fat 8ths, Fat Quarters, Half Metre Blocks and 5” Squares.