It is looking like an amazing day out at the beach. Saturday Market is up and the city of Ilwaco is bustling with people.

I just got back from two days in PDX and brought home all sorts of goodies. I feel like I should be singing that song from the Little Mermaid,

I’ve got Patterns, and Templates a’plenty.

I got Books and Notions galore,

You want Green Products, I’ve got more!

Ok, seriously.

New stuff all over the place,

and I have the entire line of Keiv by Elizabeth Studios. Beautiful doesn’t come close to describing this fabric.

Time for Sunshine…

And here I had thought last month was cold — time to get the powers-that-be to turn up the thermostat! Although, the sun is out longer and coming in at a different angle than in winter. It comes in my skylights all afternoon making the store even lighter and brighter. Sometimes I wish I were a kitty and could follow the sunbeam across the store all day.

I started working on my website and ended up totally overhauling it. I also added a few important pages – I have a gallery of pictures for you to check out, and soon there will be a web store where you can shop and sign up for classes.

I can hardly believe that my Halloween fabrics are already arriving; Jelly Beans’ first day open was last Halloween, and here we are already getting ready for the next one! I have some great Alexander Henry bolts in and more (glow in the dark!!) coming. They are perfect to make pillowcases for Trick-or-Treating loot bags. And get ready for snowmen, because before the end of May my winter collection will already be starting to arrive. .

Green Tip of the Month

This month try making a plastic shopping bag sleeve.

You can even throw it in the car when it is full and reuse the bags you have stored in the sleeve.

Patterns:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2342865_make-plastic-bag-holder.html

http://www.craftelf.com/Extra%20Large%20Bag%20Holder.htm

http://www.dioramarama.com/2006/12/grocery_bag_dispense.html

Looking to get away from it all for a bit?

2010 Retreats are coming!

OCTOBER 22-24   $189  (+ tax)

NOVEMBER 11-14   $275  (+ tax)

Overnight stay at Long Beach Super 8, (room included in price).      Secured meeting room for sewing machine setup. All meals included in price.  24-hour sewing. Saturday night private shopping at Jelly Beans with 10% off on all fabric, patterns, and notions.

$50.00 Deposit refundable up to 30 days prior to retreat.

(PRICE FOR DOUBLE-OCCUPANCY ROOM)

Every Wednesday

Stich’n’Gab

Every Thursday

Stitch Witchery Appliqué Society

Every Thursday Morning from 10 – 12 bring down your appliqué project and hang out with other appliqué workers. All skill levels welcome.

As Sue Grennan said, we’ve already got quite the cozy group.  And we keep adding new members every month.

May

Yard Work Season…

May 1st

Spring Flowers

This was a superb class! We even got to watch the Ilwaco Loyalty Days childrens’ parade from the shop. I know everyone really enjoyed themselves, and we are all excited for Bev’s next class.

May 22nd

Beginning Paper Piecing

Do you want to learn to paper piece?

Do you want to like to paper piece?

Here is your chance, Patrice says she can teach anybody how to paper piece and that you will love to do it after you take her class. She will also have a trunk show if you would like to stop by.

Available Spaces: 0           Instructor : Patrice Seawright          Cost: $30

PLUS $2 Kit- at class

This class is full. I am trying to put a list together for an advanced class and another beginner class. Let me know if you are interested and I will put you on the list.

June

Picnic Time…

June 26^th

Sand, Baskets and Geese…Oh my!

For the intermediate quilter.  Come learn how to piece the perfect basket and geese. Janet King will be teaching how to use your Lazy Girl Flying Geese ruler and your EZ Angle 6.5

Available Spaces: 9          Instructor : Janet King          Cost: $30

2010 Block of the Month

Block of the Month Update

I am no longer stocking kits for past months; please let me know this month if you are missing any back-kits including the center so I can make them for you. I will continue to make back-kits as people need them.  Kits up to two months old will cost a dollar, same as the current month’s kit.  The price on custom-cut kits over two months old will be $3.95 for the individual months and $9.95 for the center block.

I am enjoying the blocks and hope you are too!

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110 1st Ave S

Ilwaco, WA 98624

360.244.4595

Fax 360.442.4558

news@jellybeanfabrics.com

Skype: JellyBeanFabrics

Open

Monday – Friday 10-5

Saturday 10-6

Sunday 11-4

My first shipment of Halloween fabrics have arrived!
I am so excited, I love Alexander Henry fabrics.

Springing into April

April seems to be a bit chilly out here with hail last week and ice on the car this morning. The mild winter was nice, but I am ready for spring. I look forward to the bright colors of nature inspiring my color choices as the world starts blooming.

I have batiks, batiks and more batiks coming in this spring from Avlyn and Princess Mirah. Enchanted Journey Batiks are coming in next month. (There’s a great free project sheet on that website!)

Green Tip of the Month

Check out my blog to get your pattern for a Coffee Cup Cozy.

http://jellybeanfabrics.com/blog/?p=18

Bring Green to your quilting. I have bamboo/cotton blend fabrics in and they are magnificent and reasonably priced at $6.00 a yard. Also I have recently discovered that the Fabric Freedom batiks I already have and Avlyn batiks are fair-trade batiks.

Last month’s news was bounced back to me by my server so here is a recap if you haven’t seen the news on Facebook or my blog:

We donated 31 pillowcases to the Pacific and Wakiakium County Foster Care program. Thank you to all who participated. A goody bag was awarded to Beverly Wakeman. She said it may be the second time she has ever won anything. Congrats Beverly and thanks to all who participated.

I have been busy buying and meeting new vendors this month. You may have met my husband Justin while I was gone. You can meet him every Sunday from now on. Our summer hours started today – we will now be open every day of the week.

Speaking of FACEBOOK:

Become a Fan of

Jelly Bean Fabrics

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Ilwaco-WA/Jelly-Bean-Fabrics/169353642555?ref=ts

The Lewis and Clark Shop Hop

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lewis-and-Clark-Shop-Hop/109740402387903?ref=ts&v=wall

Discover Ilwaco

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ilwaco-WA/Discover-Ilwaco/101764406525246?ref=ts&v=wall

And

The Peninsula Quilt Guild

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Peninsula-Quilt-Guild/114858748540451?ref=ts

Keep up to date even without an email newsletter. Find out what’s happening with the shop hop, when the quilt show is and more!

Looking to get away from it all for a bit?

2010 Retreats are coming!

OCTOBER 22-24   $189  (+ tax)

NOVEMBER 11-14   $275  (+ tax)

Overnight stay at Long Beach Super 8, (room included in price).      Secured meeting room for sewing machine setup. All meals included in price.  24-hour sewing. Saturday night private shopping at Jelly Beans with 10% off on all fabric, patterns, and notions.

$50.00 Deposit refundable up to 30 days prior to retreat.

(PRICE FOR DOUBLE-OCCUPANCY ROOM)

Every Wednesday

Stich’n’Gab

Every Thursday

Stitch Witchery Appliqué Society

Every Thursday Morning from 10 – 12 bring down your appliqué project and hang out with other appliqué workers. All skill levels welcome.

I am working on the book Affairs of the Heart.

May

Yard Work Season…

May 1st

Spring Flowers

Bring spring into your home with these flowers

Learn how to use your EZ TriRecs tool and quilt up tulips and alternating blocks. Local quilting master Beverly Wakeman will be teaching all day long, starting at 10:30. Space is limited.

Available Spaces: 5           Instructor : Beverly Wakeman          Cost: $30

May 22nd

Beginning Paper Piecing

Do you want to learn to paper piece?

Do you want to like to paper piece?

Here is your chance, Patrice says she can teach anybody how to paper piece and that you will love to do it after you take her class. She will also have a trunk show if you would like to stop by.

Available Spaces: 3           Instructor : Patrice Seawright          Cost: $30

PLUS $2 Kit- at class

June

Picnic Time…

June 26^th

Sand, Baskets and Geese…Oh my!

For the intermediate quilter.  Come learn how to piece the perfect basket and geese. Janet King will be teaching how to use your Lazy Girl Flying Geese ruler and your EZ Angle 6.5

Available Spaces: 10           Instructor : Janet King          Cost: $30

2010 Block of the Month

Block of the Month Update

I am no longer stocking kits for past months; please let me know this month if you are missing any back-kits including the center so I can make them for you at the current price. I will continue to make back-kits as people need them.  Kits up to two months old will cost a dollar, same as the current month’s kit.  After April, the price on kits over two months old will be going up to $3.95 for the individual months and $9.95 for the center block.

I am enjoying the blocks and hope you are too!

Please send this email on the your quilting friends.

Click to add yourself to the mailing list

If you no longer want to receive E-mails from Jelly Bean Fabrics Click here

Jelly Bean Fabrics

110 1st Ave S

Ilwaco, WA 98624

360.244.4595

Fax 360.442.4558

news@jellybeanfabrics.com

Skype: JellyBeanFabrics

Open

Monday – Friday 10-5

Saturday 10-6

Sunday 11-4

For an easy stocking stuffer or anytime present make a coffee cup cozy and put a gift card in it. Any reusable gift reminds your friend of you when they use it.

You need:

• Scraps
• A tie of some kind, ric rac, elastic, etc
• A button
• Batting

Start by downloading the pattern: HERE

Tape your pattern together. Notice the overlap in the pattern for easy placement.

Cutting

Sew your scraps together to build a single unit for the front. Cut out pattern.

The back – I got lucky and found a pre-quilted scrap.

Choose a single piece of fabric larger than the pattern quilt the wrong side to the batting. Cut out pattern from quilted section.

The Gift Card Pocket

Cut two square 3″ x 2.75″

Sewing

Using the pocket squares:

Sew together both long sides and ONE short side using a 1/4 inch seam allowance.  Clip corners.

Turn pocket right side out.   Press.

Now layer

• Outside right side up
• Pocket open seams matching bottom of cup cozy
• Insert Tie with end hanging out
• Backing Right side down

Sew BOTH Long sides and ONE short side -> Sew the side with the tie in it.

The other short side sew like this:

You are leaving a hole to turn your project inside out.

Clip corners, turn right side out and press. Pin open seam shut.

Your pocket is still loose. Using a decorative stitch sew the side edges down of the pocket.

Using different stitches and threads choose edges of fabric or through the middle of one -  as I did in the red section. This gives it the “Crazy Quilt” look and feel and quilts the cozy all at the same time.

Finishing:

You can sew the hole shut by hand, but you can also use 007 powder.

Tear off a piece of freezer paper and heat up you iron.

Pour a little bit of powder into your seam – it is a bad picture but you can see the bit of white crystals.

Fold freezer paper wax side down over your seam and press.

Add a button and you are all done.

Not only did you go green by using scraps you are no longer in need of a cardboard cozy.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/oneblockwonders/pool/

I have been looking at making a one block wonder quilt.

This convinces me I am missing out.

I started this quilt after noon today, and it is already finished. Perfect for big prints this pattern also has more layouts for the locations of the boxes.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ilwaco-WA/Jelly-Bean-Fabrics/169353642555?v=photos&ref=sgm#!/pages/Lewis-and-Clark-Shop-Hop/109740402387903

Keep up to date with the latest about the shop hop and the participating shops.

Jelly Bean News

I can hardly believe that March is halfway gone already.

We donated 31 pillowcases to the Pacific and Wakiakium County Foster Care program. Thank you to all who participated. A goody bag was awarded to Beverly Wakeman. She said it may be the second time she has ever won anything. Congrats Beverly and thanks to all who participated.

I have been busy buying and meeting new vendors this month. You may have met my husband Justin while I was gone. You can meet him every Sunday from now on. Our summer hours started today – we will now be open every day of the week.

But on to the most exciting news:

Fat Quarter Sale this weekend!

$1.25 Fat Quarters Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

And don’t forget, right around the corner from me is the Peninsula Quilt Guild Show.  Admission is FREE!

Looking to get away from it all for a bit?

2010 Retreats are coming!

OCTOBER 22-24   $189  (+ tax)

NOVEMBER 11-14   $275  (+ tax)

Overnight stay at Long Beach Super 8, (room included in price).      Secured meeting room for sewing machine setup. All meals included in price.  24-hour sewing. Saturday night private shopping at Jelly Beans with 10% off on all fabric, patterns, and notions.

(PRICE FOR DOUBLE-OCCUPANCY ROOM)

March

Show and Tell…

March 19^th, 20^th, 21^st

The Peninsula Quilt Guild’s Quilt Show

Wednesday March 31^st, 1 PM

Block of the Month Sew time

Use Stich’n’Gab time to finish up this month’s block.

April

Beach In Bloom…

April 3^rd

Bunny Hop Sew

Come on in and start spring’s new projects. Open sew all day.

April 4^th

Closed for Easter

April 10^th, 1 PM

Pansies in Bloom

Add a truly unique artistic touch to your work!

Thread Painting!

If you can lower your machine’s feed dogs (most every machine can do that – I’ll show you how), you can paint! We’ll start with a star and move on to Pansies.

Available Spaces: 12           Instructor : Andi Maroncelli          Cost: $35

April 15^th and 17^th, 1 PM

Special Stash Busting Tax Day Celebration!

Surely Uncle Sam left you at least some bits and scraps?  This is the perfect way to get the most out of them!

Save your environment!  Every month, we’ll be taking the bits and scraps piling up in the corners of your studio and turning them into a new quilt top. For just 15 dollars, we provide the pattern, workspace, and helpful hints, and finish it off with a free recipe so you can treat yourself afterwards.  Think of it as your little reward for helping keep the planet beautiful.

Cost: $15

April 24^th, 1 PM

Bias Binding

Every project comes to an end eventually.  At least, that’s the idea, right?

But that very last step can be a tricky one.  I can help make it easy!

Learn how to make bias to bind your quilt and how to apply it.

Bring a 12 inch block in and we’ll make a pot holder.

Available Spaces: 12           Instructor :  Andi Maroncelli          Cost: $35

May

Yard-Work Season…

May 1st

Spring Flowers

Come learn how to use your EZ Tri-Recs tool to make stunning flower blocks. Beverly not only teaches you how to use a great tool but provides valuable quilting hints and cutting techniques. Instructions and class supply can be picked up at the store.

Available Spaces: 5           Instructor :  Beverly Wakeman          Cost: $30