The American Made Brand Collection, Some Solid Solids

You may have heard people talk about fabric collections or designer fabric collections. What does that mean?

When you go into a quilt store, you may find several prints in the same color scheme, and the same style. That's not an accident. They were designed to work with each other. They're put out by the fabric company as a collection.

  Did you want a background that matches the white in the print? Did you want the same colors but in a small print for the bias? Collections make that super simple.

But sometimes a collection reaches past that and becomes a constant staple.

That's why we're so excited about the American Made Brand Collection from Clothworks. It's more than 20 colors of solids in the same weight, perfect for piecing and for quilting. And it's made and grown in America, which is jobs and support for our own fabric industry.
We couldn't wait till it arrived. And we couldn't leave it alone.

Most times we buy solids it's catch as catch can. You'll find a piece in one weight, another piece where the color is perfect but it has poly in it. And there will be no more than two of every color. How limited is that!

That's why this collection is so great! The colors blend well. There's a full color range. They're the same weight and content. And did we say that they're pretty? They're really pretty. 

Solids also give us a great design experience. They give us the best backgrounds for quilting and shine clean and clear in your quilt design.

Clothworks shared this great Thickety Mountain quilt pattern with us. If we had to hunt this range of colors that could be a long search. This great collection has them all ready for us. How good is that?






You can look forward to that as a class at the shop.

Things to know about collections in general:

• Usually (unless it's an amazingly popular print) you will probably only see it for one season. Collections come and go. Quickly. If you like it, we recommend you buy it now. You many never see it again. And it's not likely the store will be able to reorder it, particularly if it's from a past year.Totally sad. Totally true.
• Colors change every season. It's not always drastic but it does happen. One reason to collect bits of fabric constantly is that this year's green may not be in next year. Really.
• Having a mix of colors is always better if you do run out.  5 prints the same shade may look like a design decision. When you have one block with one different shade, we all know what happened.

Fabric collections make quilt design super easy and fool proof. It's like you have a fabric designer in your pocket and she picked out the best stuff for you. And the new American Made collection has us wowed! Come in and play with it today!