Village Fabrics & Crafts

What's New

Updated 2/28/10

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What’s New

2/28/10

Wow, what a great new variety! From crocheting those very useful “scrubbies”, to slippers, socks yarns, mugs for your tea and coffee, fun and artful Paintstiks and plenty of new books and patterns for inspiration. There’s no time or reason to be suffering from cabin fever now! We find that a new project, no matter what the size, can really boost your enthusiasm. It’s just the midwinter pick-up you need and suddenly completing a UFO (unfinished object) seems to fit right in!

Crocheted Scrubbies - Everyone loves these little gems because they work so well. They are even easier to make now that we have the netting on spools all cut and ready to crochet. It comes in two weights; regular and stiff. We have a free pattern for you too, when you purchase a spool of the netting.

We mentioned earlier about the new patterns for sewing slippers for the whole family. Lisa has completed a pair and they are on display in the shop. Now we have Jiffy Grip for the soles by the yard. Much less waste than purchasing in packages.

Opal has just released 5 new colors of sock yarn. These are a bit heavier, can be knit on a size 3 or larger needle and the skeins are large enough to make a pair of socks with one skein. The self striping colors are green/blue, strawberry reds/grey, multi, tans/greys/creams, soft reds with a bit of purple and teal. This is an especially nice weight for winter and makes great baby items as well as hats, mittens and scarves for all ages. The yarn is easy care super wash wool and nylon.

Who isn’t happy when they are knitting or quilting? Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in one of these mugs that says it all: “Knit Happy” or “Quilt Happy.” What a special gift for a secret pal or just because. Stuff in a fat quarter or some yarn, a favorite tea bag or coffee and you will really brighten someone’s day.

Paintstiks- So much to do with these little gems and more patterns all the time. Use the rubbing plates to create beautiful backgrounds and fabrics all your own. Put them on a brush to add color to special areas of fabric and use them with stencils. The colors are so rich and gorgeous and permanent. We’ve been washing a sampling on a T-shirt scrap and it has been washed many times now, even with blue jeans, and it comes out looking as good as when it was first painted. And it’s still very soft on the fabric. As we said, “so many possibilities!”

New books and patterns - More terrific ideas for making baskets and containers with fabrics wrapped around clothesline, combining two different quilt blocks in one quilt to create an intriguing secondary design, a book of 24 different biblical quilt blocks, new books of sock patterns, hats and scarves, wraps and shawls, take along knitting projects, crocheted baskets and bowls, doilies, scrap crochet projects and more.

1/28/10

“Knitting Brioche” is the title of this new book which takes a very in depth look into this fascinating ribbed pattern stitch. It is very pretty, textured and versatile enough for everything from pillows/cushions, hats, scarves and cozy warm sweaters. Use 2 colors of yarns or hand dyed yarns for stunning results. This book is brimming with lots of good pictures of the techniques as well as different stitch patterns.

The new fabric book panel is all about ABC’s and animals. Each page has a cute little rhyme for each animal and letter of the alphabet. The colors are nice and bright and the kids love it.

Lake Superior rocks may be buried under the ice and snow right now, but we have some on these new fabrics. The stones are smooth just like the ones on the shore and are in all black/gray tones or dark gray with hints of brown. The two color choices make it easy to match one to your next project.

A new color of Rivertwist yarn from Mountain Colors arrived last week. This one is called Stillwater and it is mostly rich blues/purples/greens with a hint of rust. This is a worsted weight 100% wool yarn.

Also, a new color of our most popular sock yarn, Crazy Zauberball. This one is in shades of blues and teals. We love Zauberball!

For you crocheters, there’s a book featuring 12, 12 hour doilies and one called Knit one, Purl 2 in Crochet. Now you can create crochet look items using this unique stitching method. The book includes

patterns for pillows, totes, scarves, hats, afghans and sweaters.

Grommets are the “in” thing on tote bags and purses. Now there’s an even wider range of colors and shapes from which to choose. In addition to the originals, we now have purple, lime green, and squares.

“Knit Happy” (who isn’t happy when they are knitting!) has come out with the most useful and pretty knitting accessories. Our favorite is the small roll-up, travel size case for all the essentials like stitch markers, holders, row counters and all of the other great tools. Each compartment is see-thru and zippered so nothing gets lost. What a great idea! Pick up a matching “Knit Happy” travel mug. Each “Knit Happy” item features their adorable happy sheep logo.

“Quilt Happy” is made by the same clever folks and these accessories come with a quilt block design on their mugs and organizers as well. The “Knit Happy” and “Quilt Happy” products are available in fun colors like purple, raspberry, bright blue, bright green, watermelon which only make sense since us stitchers are all about color! All of the travel mugs are stainless steel which means they are PBA free!

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Village Fabrics & Crafts

32702 W Hwy M-123

PO Box 254

Paradise, MI 49768

(906) 492-3803
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