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Help us and win a £50 Voucher

Here at Oakshott, we always try to provide news items that we hope you’ll find interesting and informative. But of course it helps to understand what you do (and don’t) value!

So we’re asking you to spare just a few moments to tell us a little about yourself and your quilting / patchwork / sewing interests by completing our Oakshott Snapshott questionnaire.

Replies received by 30 November will be entered into our Prize Draw with the chance to win a £50 Oakshott Gift Voucher* ($75 / €67 approx)

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* Gift Voucher is redeemable against your next online purchase.
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New ARUBA Competition

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We have put together a new pack of 12 vibrant colours to lift your spirits and boost your energy; available as Fat 8ths and Fat Quarter Packs (and we are really looking forward to seeing what you make of them).

We are running a competition up until Friday 16 October 2015 for three lucky readers to win one of these little packs of sunshine by answering 

“Where is Aruba?”

Email your answer (with your name, email address, phone number and address with postcode/zip and country) to oakshottcompetition@gmail.com

More info about the competition is on the Oakshott Fabrics website, please read the competition terms and conditions before entering.

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Festival of Quilts Draw Winners 2015

Thank you to everyone who came to visit us at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK. We were thrilled to meet you, energised by your enthusiasm and are delighted to announce the winners of our Prize Draw:
1st Anne Hawkins
2nd Vivienne Hansell
3rd Jamie Leitch
The winners will receive Oakshott Gift Vouchers and in due course, we hope they’ll share photos of their makes.
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Its not just the stands

We are looking forward to meeting you at Stands G13 and G21  at this year’s Festival of Quilts, but then there are all the quilt categories to drool over as well! See if you can spot the Oakshott …

CherylEdwardsFoQ2015ArtQuilte.g. Cheryl Edwards wall quilt in the art quilt category using Oakshott ruby reds, lime green and black fabric alongside batiks.

 

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Vote Victorian

We congratulated Karen Terrens for winning best in show in Sydney in June 2015 now we can actually vote for her to win the Victorian Craft Award. Her Sanderson’s Apprentice Quilt (made using Oakshott fabrics) is a finalist in this wide-ranging event: it had 116 finalists out of 450 entrants; is exhibiting in four venues across Melbourne, Australia; covers all crafts from jewellery to ceramics, fabric to glass.

Read all about her work on victoriancraftaward.org.au/karen-terrens/ and vote for her in the People’s Choice (once you have checked out the other entrants, of course!) and be in for winning some craft vouchers.

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Don’t you just love the world wide web; such beautiful things to see without moving an inch.

 

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Size isn't everything!

With thanks to Laura Welkin for sharing both her good news and her picture:

This is my miniature quilt, Dancing Dahlia. It measures 15″x15″. It received a first at the AQS Paducah and a second place at the NQA Show. The dark blue fabric and the green background fabric are both Oakshott cottons. I have been told a few times that the green fabric seems to glow!

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I discovered your fabric in the Pinwheels vendor booth at the Paducah show in 2014. I instantly fell in love with a bright blue and bright green. I only purchased half yards of each, so I had to make a small quilt. I entered the quilt in the 2015 Paducah show and received a first place in the miniature category! The question I am asked the most about the quilt is, “What fabric is the green background?” A judge’s comment from the NQA Show stated, “Use of silk fabric makes this small piece glow.” Many do think it is silk.
I found some eighth yard pieces on Etsy, so I am currently making another miniature with some of your violet fabrics as the background. Can’t wait to finish this one!
Thank you for making such beautiful fabric!

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Congratulations to Leanne

Designer of the cool, crisp Oakshott Hint quilt, Leanne Chahley,  has won a ribbon at the Quilt Canada National Juried Show with her minimalist design Echoes:

Echoes-LeanneChahleyDo catch up on all her news and some really encouraging, useful and entertaining comments on why you should enter your quilts to these competitions on her blog: shecanquilt

and once again, CONGRATULATIONS LEANNE, keep on designing …

 

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Family in the Pink

Daddy Wore Pink

That’s the name of this quilt Valerie designed for a guild challenge to use at least three sizes of flying geese.  We love the story behind the inspiration; every memory can be an inspiration one day!

“Oakshott reminds me of the suit fabric my dad wore, and back when it wasn’t popular for men to wear pink daddy did. Mama would buy his clothes to wear to church, and he’d always get compliments.”

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Lucky Sisters

What do you do for special birthday when you have six sisters? A quilt of course. Valerie made the following for one of the 50th birthdays and called it Bountiful Bouquet of Blessings:

2014-10Valerie2smallValerie buys her Oakshott from Maria Tamaoka of www.pinwheels.com

 

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Top of the Quick Makes

Our newsletter readers were invited to vote for their top two favourite New Colourshott Quick Makes packs and the votes came in for Freesia as a clear winner, followed neck and neck by Derwent and Orchid:

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Quick Makes Fat 8ths Freesia Mini Pack
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Quick Makes Fat 8ths Derwent Mini Pack
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Quick Makes Fat 8ths Orchid Mini Pack

Congratulations to Wendy Dorey, Mary Charman and Sheila Musson for winning their favourite packs. P.S. don’t forget to show us all what you made.

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