Fluffy Sheep Quilting: The Shop!

With incredible excitement, I announce the opening of Fluffy Sheep Quilting: The Shop!  Fluffy Sheep Quilting is an online shop that offer you fabrics that I find very difficult to find in Ireland and the UK at reasonable prices.  Simultaneously I hope to create a modern quilting community for us all to participate in and provide opportunity for inspiration.  

Fluffy Sheep Quilting supplies contemporary, modern fabrics catering to today's modern quilter.  There are 36 prints available from high quality designers and manufacturers that we all know and love.  This collection will grow by leaps and bounds this summer and into the autumn, so be sure to check back frequently.  There is also a  selection of 34 Kona solids that might suit that new project of yours.  And, of course, what is a fabric shop without a selection of Aurifil threads?  We currently have 4 neutral colors that are perfect for piecing or quilting, but this selection will grow to nearly 100 different colors in the coming weeks!  

Fluffy Sheep Quilting also provides a customer rewards program.  To join, just create an account at checkout so the points you gain with each purchase can accumulate.  You will receive 1 point for each euro spent in the shop.  The points will accumulate in your account and you can redeem them at any time for any product.

To celebrate, I invite you to have a good shop over at Fluffy Sheep Quilting with 10% off orders of 20 euros or more, excluding shipping.  Just enter the coupon code Launch10% at checkout for your discount.  The coupon is good from today (14 May 2012) through to 21 May 2012.

Now, what's a huge announcement without a give away!?!  I would like to offer to one lucky commenter a 25% off gift certificate for all items in the shop, excluding shipping.


To enter the giveaway, leave one comment below if you...

• Become a follower of my blog...or if you are already a follower of the blog.
• Visit the shop and return here to tell me what your favourite item is.
• Register for the Fluffy Sheep Quilting newsletter.  Just leave your email address in the box on the lower right hand corner of the shop page.
• Follow Fluffy Sheep Quilting on Twitter (@FluffySheepQuil).
• Follow Fluffy Sheep Quilting on Facebook.
• If you blog, tweet or mention the shop opening your Facebook page.

Please, please, please be sure to leave your email address in your comment if you are a no-reply commenter.  I will choose the give away winner on Friday night (18 May) at 5PM Irish time.

There are several other places you can try your luck to win something from Fluffy Sheep Quilting.  Head over to Susan's for a chance at Aurifil thread, to Hadley's for a chance to win Kona Solids or to Sarah's to win a fat quarter bundle.    


Most of all, thank you all for your support in this fabric, thread and quilt-filled adventure.  If you have any suggestions of how the shop could improve or fabrics/threads you would like to see, please email me at fluffysheepquilting(at)gmail(dot)com.  

Modern Quilt Guild Launch

It is with ridiculous excitement that I announce the launch of the Modern Quilt Guild of Ireland.  Sarah  and I have been chattering on about this for several months now, but finally FINALLY we have ourselves organized.

We have two organizations in Ireland that support quilters, the Irish Patchwork Society and the Quilter's Guild of Ireland.  They are both very active and a great way to meet other quilters, take classes, get involved in the community.  Sarah and I are both members of these organizations.  However, we wanted to create something specifically for modern quilters.

What are my hopes for this guild?  Well, I love the idea of a group of people with a similar passion getting together and sharing ideas, enthusiasm, support and knowledge.  I want for us to have regular gatherings that are filled with giggles and fluttering over each other's projects.  I want to host workshops to share ideas and techniques.  I would love to have a bee or block swap to have a little bit of each other's craftiness in each of our homes.  In the end, I want a modern quilting community where we are all welcome, supported and thriving.

So, will you join us?

To read about our hopes for the guild, you can go to the blog or the facebook page.  Please become followers of one/both to be sure you get regular updates of our activities.  To join the guild and/or the email list, please complete the registration form here.

If you would like to learn more about modern quilting, please head over here to see our interpretation.

Sarah and I are completely thrilled with the opportunity to foster the modern quilting community in Ireland.  We hope you join in and become a part of it too!