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I don't' know about you but I feel like 2015 is moving along much faster that I want. I had to date the expiration date on a new dye concentrate yesterday and the expiration date is in 2016. Eek! I'm not ready!

I'll tell you who is ready, the super-organized and super-scrappy Angela who coordinates the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. She already has her color plans for 2016 and I'm excited to once again sponsor the RSC. Angela has set her color palette and we organized a collection of hand dyed fabrics for the project. The fabric collection of fat eighths of hand dyed fabrics is available for a limited time at a discounted price here. Angela has a great project planned for 2016!

Reviewing self threading needles

I love using self-threading needles when I'm burying threads after quilting. Check out my review of the Spiral Eye Needles.

My big projects

Here are the 3 big projects that I'm coordinating this year. Are you participating? Link up your own or check out everyone else's progress on the blog.

Customer Gallery

Have you made anything from fabrics that you have purchased from me? If so, you have an opportunity to win your own personal 25% discount code on non-sale items for shopping in my shop! I have a Flickr group for customers to share photos of completed projects made with my fabrics. You are welcome to share any projects in process as well but only completed projects are entered into the drawing. Each month I draw a winner from the entries for that month. The winner receives a personal 90-day 25% discount for shop purchases.The winner will be announced here in the newsletter each month. You can see all of the customer projects in the Flickr Group. All other entries for the month will receive a 30-day 15% discount!

Snowflake Runner Front

Snowflake Runner Reverse

This month's featured project is from Robyn Cuthbertson. She made a beautiful reversible runner with the Red Dawn Gradient and lots of beautiful threads. She's a master longarmer for sure! Robyn wins the 25% 3-month discount!

Be sure to check out the other great projects submitted by customers and add yours for a chance to win the discount next month.

I'm Sponsoring

Check out these projects that I'm sponsoring this year.

Fat Quarter Drawing

Each month I draw the email names of 5 current newsletter subscribers and post them here. As a subscriber you are automatically entered. If your email name is listed below Email me with your name and address and I will send you a free fat quarter of hand dyed fabric. I will not be sending any notification beyond this so if you miss it you miss the free fabric. You also must contact me from the listed email address.

The winners of this month's free fat quarters are:
artgoose@_____.com

gogirl5051@_____.com

gillwatson@_____.co.uk

cdwyerfonda@_____.com

e.lite2@_____.net

Inspiration

Lithuanian photographer Agne Gintalaite shows us that inspiration and art is all around us. Checkout her collections of photographs of old garage doors and you will see what I mean. They are mesmerizing and the color palettes are so inspiring. You can read the story behind the photographs at My Modern Met and follow her art on Facebook.