Colourshott – Oakshot Blog

October 31, 2016

Happy, Happy Squares

Pick up your November copy of Popular Patchwork
Pick up the fabric pack to go with the free pattern in the magazine
get cheerful making your very own Happy Squares quilt designed by mandy munroe

What more could you want to beat the shorter winter days?

July 7, 2016

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).

June 16, 2016

Offer of the Week – go orange and blue

SAVE 15% on these vibrant complementary colours that, according to colour wheel theory, “create maximum contrast and maximum stability”.

Go to the offers page on our Oakshott Fabrics shop website to select your fabric and use promotion code SHOT02 at the checkout.Offer ends Tuesday 28 June 9am UK time. Minimum order: 1 metre.

June 6, 2016

Offer of the Week – essentially neutral

SAVE 15% on these essential neutrals.

Go to the offers page on our Oakshott Fabrics shop website to select your fabric and use promotion code SHOT01 at the checkout.Offer ends Monday 13 June 9am UK time. Minimum order: 1 metre.

June 3, 2016

Colours Crossing

Thanks to Nancy in the USA for sending us a photo of her finished Colors Crossing quilt showing her great use of

reds and blues from the last holiday sale.

and thanks for saying:

I love your fabric!

We can’t wait to see what Nancy is going to do with the Forest Fruits Pack she ordered!

May 18, 2016

Crepuscular bloghop

The Little Red Hen has combined the Lipari Fat Eighths pack with 18 colours from a Colourshott 31-57 Fat Eighths pack – which have given the project quite a ‘wow’ colour spectrum:

“You really must see this fabric in person to fully appreciate its beauty. It is very difficult to capture with a camera.”

and if you go to the blog you’ll see some great close-ups of the quilting and pattern.

May 13, 2016

Don't let the grass grow

It was a trip to Ireland – the Emerald Isle – that inspired Johnny Cash’s song Forty Shades of Green. From subtle teals to more acidic shades, our Offers of the Week depict the sheer breadth of greens in nature.
You can SAVE 15% when you order these greens before Thursday 19 May, 9am UK time
Enter Promotion Code 40SHADES when prompted in the checkout

April 28, 2016

Placing red and blue

Thanks to Nancy Feve for a look-in to her creative process. She took advantage of an Oakshott sale of packs in reds and blues and here is her colour placement sample, yet to be quilted (we look forward to the next instalment).

Don’t those colours shine?