Summer Soiree has just started arriving in online fabric shops. Find it at the following shops:

Coming Soon To:

(Please leave a comment if you know of any other sources and I will add them to this post)

Above, Summer Soiree in Nantucket.

As fabric designers make their way to Spring Quilt Market in Pittsburgh, let's take a look at a few of the projects they made with their new fabrics. It's a great way to see the scale of the designs and how the fabrics look together.

Full Bloom by Bari J (photos courtesy of her blog: Bari J)

Above All Fabric - Amy Butler Midwest Modern & Daisy Chain fabrics on sale for $6.50/yard during month of May.





Fabric Shack - 20% off select Michael Miller fabrics, including Flights of Fancy by Paula Prass.




Hancock's of Paducah - 20% off select quilt backs, including 108" Timeless Tonga Swirl and Bali, pictured above.





Fabrics-Store - 10% off new colors of middle-weight, yarn-dyed 100% linen. Sale ends 5/10/09.




Quilt Home - 20% off all in stock Belle & Quilting Solids by Amy Butler until 5/10/09 with coupon code 20beauty




Sara's Place - shop specializes in quilter's quality flannels, 15% off all orders of 3 yards or more, including Michael Miller's Carnival Bloom flannel and Dumb Dot flannel.




Aunt Bea's Sewing Basket - LakeHouse prints by Holly Holderman $6.25/yard

So many new collections are debuting ahead of the Spring Quilt Market! Here are a few of my current favorites. I might take a closer look at a few of these a little later.



Summer Soiree by Paula Prass in the Manhatten palette. I really love some of the black/yellow collections that have been coming out lately and this is no exception. I'm dying over the houndstooth! And polka dots in a sophisticated gray/yellow! And zigzags? And the floral, reminiscent of the best of the country patterns of the late 1980s/early 1990s. Love it! Click over to her blog to see the other color palettes.



Mezzanine by Patty Young. Another great collection from her, featuring wonderful, intricate European-style patterns but in a fresh and modern color palette. Definitely old world meets new! Be sure to click over to her blog to see some projects she completed with these fabrics and to get a better sense of how beautifully these patterns mix and match.



Hushabye by Tula Pink - Beautiful patterns in pastels, really soft and quiet with a pretty boutique look. Click over to her blog to see the other palettes!




Alhambra II by Patricia Bravo for Art Gallery Fabrics - Sky palette pictured above. An updated version of her popular Alhambra I collection. Click over to her blog for the other beautiful palettes.




Shade Garden by Michelle Engel Bencsko - Polka-dotted mushrooms and snails, sigh, what else is there to say, other than I can't wait to see more?

The Quilted Castle - Katie Jump Rope by Denyse Schmidt Fat Quarter Set with 14 different fabrics on sale for $28

Fabritopia - Andalucia by Patty Young and Flights of Fancy by Paula Prass, $7/yard until 5/3/2009

The Fabric Bar - Jay McCarroll fabrics $7/yard, full yards only. Sale 5/2/2009 at midnight PST

Fabrichound - Moda Mania sale! Moda fabrics 24% off (including Wonderland by MoMo, pictured above) also Soiree by Lila Tueller, Neptune by Tula Pink and Oh, Cherry, Oh by Me and My Sister Designs.

J Caroline Creative - 30% off patterns (including Market Bag by Portabellopixie) and 30% off organic fabrics.

Fat Quarter Shop - 20% off gift certificates! Ends 5/10/2009 midnight CST

Sew, Mama, Sew! - Select fabrics on sale, including Matroishka Dolls by Heather Ross and Bandanna from Katie Jump Rope by Denyse Schmidt. Receive a free fat quarter (shop's choice) with every $30 you spend by using coupon code FQAPRIL09. Expires 5/1/2009

The Quilted B - 20% off Lakehouse fabrics, including Doll Dresses Collection

Fabric Shack - 20% off select reproduction fabrics, including Dear Jane by Brenda Papadakis for Windham

Fabric.com - 50% off brand name fashion fabric ("from a dress designer found in major stores") pictured above, lightweight cotton lawn