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April 9, 2015

Colourshott Memory Game

Earlier this year we marvelled at the eight stunning designs that came out of a bloghop run by Lynne Goldsworthy (see the individual ones in earlier posts). Now we have drawn them together into one of our FREE ezines so you can choose which design to start with! Each quilt uses a selection from the 27 vibrant colours in a 10″ Square Pack of Colourshott 31-57 and the booklet tells you a bit about each designer and gives you the link to their pattern tutorial (covering topics like foundation piecing, 60 degree and half rectangle triangles, hourglass blocks, bias tape for appliqué, 6-patch trip around the world block).

So download the booklet here (or from the Instant Colour page, where you will find the others in the series) and meanwhile, have a go at matching the squares from each quilt off the front cover design:

April 2, 2015

Oakshott in the Arctic

We’ve just heard from Krista Hennebury (award winning designer extraordinaire of Improv Under the Influence© fame, read her blog Poppyprint):

I thought you might enjoy seeing your divine fabric pictured in the Arctic beside a real honest-to-goodness igloo (okay, it was built for the Sunrise Festival welcoming back the sun on January 7th, no one is actually living in it, but it is a traditional igloo!). I was teaching Chess on the Steps in Inuvik, North West Territories in Canada’s Arctic last weekend and took the opportunity to bring some quilts for show and tell, including Lynne [Goldsworthy]’s Lonestar Circle she designed for my book Make It, Take It.

You too could make Krista’s fabulous modern quilt; go to her blog page to read the fascinating story behind the design, which has previously featured as a Modern Quilt Guild pattern of the month. It was inspired by an unnamed antique quilt and Krista’s interpretation is a colour study using five related warm-coloured and five related cool-coloured Colourshotts.
The complete Quilt Kit containing the pre-cut fabrics and pattern is available to buy online from Oakshott Fabrics.

March 17, 2015

St Patrick's Day Only 10% Off 7 Lucky Greens

We counted 26 greens throughout the Oakshott fabric collections, enough to create a multimedia map of Ireland we reckon.

On this St Patrick’s Day, 17 March 2015, we are offering you 10% off the seven greens in the Colourshott collection. Just type in PATRICK at the checkout if any take your fancy.

March 13, 2015

Dutch Dahlia

Calling all quilters in the Netherlands.

The talented Mirjam Boter has sent us a picture of her latest creation made with an explosion of Colourshotts and titled Dahlia:

It is currently hanging in the Carol Cox shop in Utrecht, who is an Oakshott Fabrics stockist and who is exhibiting at the Patchwork Quilt dagen in Rijswijk from 10-12 April 2015.

February 24, 2015

Sewing and Slinging an Hourglass

I wanted to put together a really straightforward but good sized quilt that maximised every inch of these pretty fabrics. So here is my tutorial for a simple hourglass block lap quilt.

Thanks Hannlib of Sewing and Slinging for your Yorkshire-based thoroughness – the tutorial covers the backing, quilting and binding.

The Oakshott Colourshott 10 inch squares look good on the Camargue background.

February 23, 2015

Little Mushroom Cap Log Cabin Bloghop

I love the various range of colours and the crispy feel of these fabrics.

Another fantastic tutorial on piecing to produce this kaleidoscopic pattern (based on a sock knitting book!). Read all about it on Amira’s Little Mushroom Cap blog.

Fascinating stuff from Australia, our little 10 inch squares are getting themselves about a bit.

February 18, 2015

Moroccan Market Spicy Quilt

A rummage on Pinterest led Collette of Poppy and Poochie to thoughts of technicolor piles of spices.

The Oakshott fabrics are so shimmery and colourful so I wanted to show them off! The fabrics are a dream to work with and very stable and just beautiful to look at.

and this is the technicolor result using Oakshott Colourshott Charcoal (COTX29) as a background to the the New Colourshott 10″ Square Pack of 27 colours

“A gramme of saffron please!”

Do visit her site for a fulsome tutorial on using 60 degree triangles, with a template supplied.

February 17, 2015

Circle of Life Mini Quilt

Alyce of Blossom Heart Quilts has translated the New Colourshott 10″ Square Pack of 27 colours into a seasonal mood palette. Wonder if you see what she sees in these colour ways*:

Alyce is travelling from Japan to the US to find some quilting threads at QuiltCon, it will be fun to see what she is inspired to do after her visit (don’t forget to drop into Pinwheels at booth 520).

Meanwhile Alyce has done a great tutorial on her blog: http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2015/02/circle-life-oakshott-mini-quilt-tutorial/

* blossoms, beach, boots and scarves, snow.

February 16, 2015

The Oakshott Colourshott Blog Hop

Another exciting bloghop from Lily’s Quilts; do follow and see what the bloggers have created from a New Colourshott 10″ Square Pack of 27 colours by clicking on this button:

The first creation from myBearpaw features a truly detailed freehand foundation piecing tutorial; so feast your eyes on her sea urchins and then have a go. Or pop along to Pinwheels booth at QuiltCon, Austin, Texas to have a close up look.

Look out for the booklet we’ll create to bring them all together for you.

February 12, 2015

Give Yourself a Valentine Treat

Buy the colours of passion and love with a Fat 8ths pack of Colourshott Brighton Rock or Ruby Reds on 13, 14 or 15 February 2015 and we’ll give you 20% off.

Brighton Rock is normally £22.50, click here to buy for £18.00;

Ruby Reds is normally £42, click here to buy for £33.60.

Enter the promotion code VALENTINE at checkout to receive your 20% discount.