What's New From Marti

News & What's New for Quilt Making

• All the Wild Rose II fabrics are now available in our web store. Beautiful! And if you're making the Romance Continues, you may want to pick one of these prints for your backing.
• Use our new Deluxe Corner Trimmer to trim 6 common angles, measure seam allowance and mark dots for hand piecing.
• Marti's Aurifil thread collection matches her Wild Rose fabrics, plus a set of best colors for piecing. Aurifil is holding a contest that expires on 1/31/12 - check it out on Aurfil's Facebook page!
• Set T, 3 pieces for cutting 8 shapes to make 5" units.
• 4 more pieces have been added to the original 3 pieces to make the New Set Q more versatile. Make 2-1/2 inch units for 10-inch 4-patches and 7-1/2 inch 9-patches. Use it with Set T to make 5-inch units ffor even more block designs.
• One-derful One Patch Tumbler One multi-size template for cutting 7 sizes of Tumblers (or "Thimbles").
• One-derful One Patch Apple Cores in 2 sizes.
• We've just added The Farmer's Wife Quilt Sampler by Laurie Hird to our book offerings. Marti used our templates to make all but 10 of the 111 six-inch blocks in the book! To receive template conversions, send an email to cservice@frommarti.com and put "sign me up!" in the subject line. There are 10 PDFs, one every 2 weeks. Our next mailing schedule begins in September, so the list will close the end of August. Sign up soon if you're interested.
• Are you familiar with the From Marti and Me Club? Check our list of From Marti and Me Club shops to see if there's one near you or at a location you'll be visiting.
• The Romance Continues is our newest Block of the Month program available through quilt shops. The blocks are cut with Template Sets B and D.
  
  
• NEW! Set S templates for making darling 6-inch blocks. If you're a fan of Farmer's Wife, you'll love them!
• Videos. When you see the computer Video icon on one of our Web pages, click on it to watch a demo about the product or technique on that particular page. To see the complete list of videos, select "Videos" from the "About Our Products" link at the top of every page. Thanks for watching!
• Fresh Cuts Quilt Kit. Marti's Bridal Bouquet "Fresh Cuts" quilt - and the pattern - are in the October 2010 issue of "American Patchwork & Quilting" magazine. The fabrics are from the Wild Rose line. Basket blocks are cut with Set E and the mutli-size Kite Ruler. The large Diagonal Set Triangle Ruler was used for the setting and corner triangles.
  
  
• Shades SoftFuse die-cut swags and Fresh Cuts quilt kits are available.
• Rachel's Basket Log Cabin quilt kits also uses fabridcs from Marti's new Wild Rose fabrics by Maywood Studio! You can pick a black or white background.
  
  
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  Does your favorite quilt shop have a From Marti and Me Club? Click the Club logo above for a list of participating shops. Every month brings a new pattern that focuses on the Tool of the Month. The pattern booklets are packed with info on how to use the templates or ruler and include well illustrated instructions small and large projects. Easy enough for beginners and interesting enough for eveyrone! From Marti and Me Club exclusive patterns are available only at shops that have a From Marti and Me Club. Ask about the Club at your favorite shop! . (Shopowners, complete details are in the shopowners side of our site.)
  
• Stacy and Marti have their own channel on Quilters TV! And it's FREE! http://www.quilterstv.com
• NEW Sashing Stars Set for rotary cutting all the pieces to add stars to any quilt with sashings.
  
  
• "American Beauty" was made with Marti's fabric line with Maywood Studio, "Wild Roses" and you can make it in black or white. The blocks are the same in both quilts. Ask about the American Beauty BOM at your favorite quilt shop! Click on the images to see larger photos on the Sashing Stars page.NOW AVAILABLE AS A FABRIC KIT. If you are making the quilt, click here to download the color key.
  
  

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