The new Athill range of Quilting Fabric designed by Cabbages and Roses for Moda is now available to buy-online.

To view all 38 different fabrics in the Athill range click here.

The inspiration for the range is described by the designers..”After a lunch with a divine lady named Diana Athill the perplexing task of naming our latest collection was solved. Her name, her demeanor her elegance and wit, her fine head of coiffed hair, everything about her stated ‘English lady’. Born in 1917 she has worked as a literary editor with some of the most important writers of the 20th century, she is a novelist and raconteur and is completely fascinating. In essence this collection is brim full of vintage English charm and the name Athill seemed so fitting. My favourite ditzy prints, with just the right amount of colour, beautifully adapted by Moda divided into tiny, medium and larger scale prints.”

The Paradise Collection of Quilting Fabric by Kona Bay is now available to buy-online.

To view all fabric in the Paradise range click here.

We have recently added lots of new quilting fabric to the website. Below are just some of the ranges, but to see all New Quilting Fabric please click here.

Serenity range of Quilting Fabric. The newest patterns of Taupe prints styled by Daiwabo exclusively for Cara Collection. Deep, dark rich browns to creamy ivories. Subtle designs for show-stopping projects.

Pure Velvet is a range of Quilt Fabric with dramatic large florals by Fabric Freedom. 5 different types of flower, including hydrangeas with their showy heads of flat flowers, their heavy balls of colour are both deep and dark. Hyacinths, with their exquisite columns of waxen petals and the sweet, delicate violet, one of our early spring garden visitors. Later arrivals are lilac with its heavy bunches of tubular flowers, a favourite with the bees and butterflies, as are the delicate, scented sweet pea. All of these go beautifully together and we hope they inspire you to create your next quilting project.

Oriental Traditions 9 range of Asian-Inspired Quilting Fabric by Robert Kaufman.

Deco Dance 2 range of Quilt Fabric by Fabric Freedom. This range has been inspired by the style and artistic individuality of Clarice Cliff. She was the most prolific ceramic designer of her generation and her designs caught the imagination of the thirties. Fabric Freedom have revisited 4 of the most popular designs from this range, including the panel made up from 6” squares containing 5 different stylised scenes. The panel is inspired by landscape designs and set in a circle within a square, the theme of which has been picked up in an all-over design of trees, houses and rolling hills depicted in Art Deco style. Realistic crocuses and nasturtiums contrast with these scenes, which have all been coloured in bright reds, yellows and oranges, and are embellished with metallic gold to add lustre and richness.

We have new fabric from Moda in store and now available to buy-online.

Quilting Fabric from the Papillon range designed by 3 Sisters for Moda.

and Ooh-La-La by Moda

To view all new fabric click here.

We will be closed for the Easter Holidays from Friday 6th April to Monday 9th April and re-open at 10am on Tuesday 10th April.

Wishing a Happy Easter to all our customers.

We now have a selection of the Moda fabric Jelly Rolls that we stock in store available to buy-online. Also available is our own Lecien Roll of quilt fabric which we cut ourselves lengthwise down the fabric (warp) which means less stretch. To view all Jelly Rolls click here.

We also have new fabric recently added to the site. Including the fantastic range ‘London‘ by Makower.

and Rouenneries Deux by Moda

To view all of the new fabric added to the site click here.

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We will be attending the Chilford Spring Quilt Festival again this year. Please come and visit us, at our usual stand. We will have a large range of quilting fabrics and quilt kits, including Secret Garden by Lynette Anderson from Lecien. As always we will have our ‘retired fabrics’ on offer at £2.50 per half metre or £10 for 5 x half metres.

For details of the location please see below or visit the exhibition website here.

Spring Quilt Festival, Chilford
Chilford Hall Vineyard, Linton, Cambridge, CB21 4LE

Friday 09th to Sunday 11th March 2012
10:00am – 4:30pm (4:00pm on Sunday)

Good facilities including restaurant, disabled facilities, free parking, vineyard.

The full range of Lecien Cosmo 322 Multi Work Thread is now available to buy online.

Designed for quilters and all needle workers, the work is done for you as this thread comes off the spool ready to use – no separating strands!  There are 95 colors available, to view the full range on the website click here.

Workshop spaces remaining
We still have a few spaces on some of the workshops planned for 2012, to view the schedule click here. For example, on the 11th February, we have a basic curtain making workshop, why not save money by learning to make your own, Sallyann will guide you through the process from start to finish.

To enquire about availability on this or any other workshop please call us on 01986 896147 or email us at general@sewsos.co.uk

New Fabric available to buy online
We are regularly updating the website with new fabric to buy-online, this week we have added more than 80 different fabrics to use as blenders to view them all click here.

We have added several quilt kits to the website, below is a selection or to view all quilt kits please click here.

1.  Wall Quilt Kits from Rachels of Greenfield

2. Linked Squares by Lynne Edwards

3. Miss Maisie’s Garden – Lecien

4. Cushion Fabric Kit – 1930′s Fabric

Last week was very busy in the shop with the Sale, thank you to all our customers who visited us. There are still a few sale fabrics left so if you couldn’t make it please do pop and see us.

We have also taken delivery of some new fabric which is available to buy-online or in the shop:

BAKE by Makower – Hand painted designs from Makower featuring a baking scene, cupcakes, aprons, and stripes. Click here to see the range.

INDIGO RED Color Story Fabric by Michael Miller. Click here to see the range.

Also now back in-stock is the popular BUTTONS AND BLOOMS designed by Whimsicals for Red Rooster Fabrics. Click here to see the range.

Happy New Year to you all, we hope the break has left you all refreshed and that you have not fallen foul of the awful bugs that seem to be doing the rounds at the moment.

Do not forget our SALE starts on Monday 9th January and ends on Saturday 14th January, we look forward to seeing you and feel sure you’ll find some wonderful bargains!
For directions to our shop click here.

We hope you like the new website, we will be adding to it on a daily basis. If you have any ideas on how we can improve it or if there is something you require which is not currently on the site please feel free to e-mail us.

Here’s to a Happy and Healthy Quilting year to all of us.

The Grosvenor Exhibition Makower UK Windsor Challenge 2012 has now been released. Six of the designs in the Windsor collection have been chosen for the challenge. You can view the fabric by clicking here.

The closing date for entry forms is 15th August 2012. You can download full details and an entry form by clicking here.

Dare we say it but Christmas is fast approaching and we’ve already sold out of most Advent Calendars and they’re only a few stockings left. Rob reckons it’s because of his new shelving, being able to display things so much better. Verona’s of the view that it’s her choice of fabrics. Why is she always right?!

We had a really wonderful response to our Quilt show in July, raising £2500 over the two days which does not include the Prize Quilt raffle which is still ongoing till the 16th December. Thank you to everybody who helped in so many ways. Along with other fund raising we sent just under £3000 to the orphanage in Thailand. We had a letter back recently to say that although the building is safe, the roads and surrounding homes have been washed away in the dreadful floods. The orphanage is therefore also being used as a refuge for the homeless! …and we think we are going through hard times!

We have now released the new class and workshop programme. We will now publish the programme twice yearly rather than three times. If you would like to receive the new programmes by email as soon as they are released please click here to sign up.

We have a wonderful new Lynette Anderson fabric coming in very shortly from Lecien. If her last, “Scandinavian Christmas” was anything to go by it won’t be in the shop very long. Also starting in January, we will be running a block of the month “William Morris” by In the Beginning Fabrics, please call for details. As you know we have new fabrics coming in all the time so don’t be too long before you pay us another visit.

All that remains is to thank you all for your support and wish you a Very Happy and Healthy Christmas and New Year.

May God Bless us All .

Our Annual January Sale will be held in our shop between Monday January 9th and Saturday 1th January 2012.

Amazing bargains to be had with fabrics starting from £3 per metre, and of course our usual promise of 10% off all fabrics that are not in the sale, providing you finish the bolt. We believe our prices are already very competitive, this offer makes them unmissable!

Sale prices are not available on-line so to find out details of how to visit our shop in Bungay please click here.

The shop will close for Christmas at 3pm on Wednesday 21st December and will re-open at 10am on Wednesday 4th January 2012.

Please note that any orders placed online during this period will not be fulfilled until after 4th January 2012.