After almost 5 fabulously wonderful years serving as the one-woman marketing team for Clothworks, I’m moving on to stay at home full time with my 2.5 year old son. It’s very exciting, but also sad to leave the quilting community.
Luckily I get to help Clothworks find a fun, energetic new marketing person. Could it be you? Do you know a super crafty, Etsy-type, quilt-blogging, Facebooking, Twittering sewing enthusiast? If so, read the job posting below, and if you’re interested, email us at
Social Media/Marketing Coordinator We are looking for a fun, social media savvy person with a passion for crafting, to lead our social media program and marketing efforts. Job responsibilities include:
-Be the company expert on using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube to promote our fabrics.
-Generate new project ideas, tutorials, contest ideas and other ways of providing value to our end consumers who are quilters and sewing enthusiasts. Promote these ideas through social media channels as well as on the blog.
-Network and interact with other quilt/sewing/crafting bloggers using social media tools.
-Use your writing skills, crafting expertise and creative ideas to increase readership and interaction on our company blog.
-Use email marketing as well as print/web advertising to promote new collections, new programs, etc.
-Work with pattern designers and magazine editors to get project ideas using our fabrics into the quilting magazines and featured on the web.
A successful candidate will:
-Have a Bachelor Degree in Marketing, Social Media AND/OR a college degree plus crafting and social media expertise
-Be a passionate crafter (quilting, sewing, knitting/crochet, scrapbooking, etc.)
-Be a social media expert
-Be energetic with lots of creative ideas
-Friendly personality and networking skills a must
Additional qualifications include:
-Have fabric/fashion/female-centric industry experience
-Familiarity/basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Suites
-Experience with video-editing software
-Photography skills
-Copywriting experience
-Positive, can-do attitude
-Fun, friendly, easy-going
Quilter’s Newsletter also did a story on Kinkame’s European Taupe fabrics and included this applique piece designed and made by award-winning Japanese quilter/teacher Reiko Kato.
Flying Colors II will be coming to a quilt shop near you in February, and we have some exciting new projects to show you using this dazzling fabric. Cheri Fraaza, an expert applique quilter from Richland, Michigan created these three projects using the Flying Colors II collection. There is a shower curtain, wall hanging and tote. As you will see, Cheri uses an dimensional applique technique to make her projects truly one-of-a-kind. Let’s have a look, shall we?
Cheri was inspired by the first Flying Colors collection by Laurel Burch and began creating dimensional applique butterflies years ago. In addition to creating quilting and applique patterns, Cheri is a Registered Nurse and also teaches quilting classes. Her patterns are available for sale by emailing Cheri at
There are four new fabulous collections out in the quilt shops this month. Here’s a photo/video preview of what you’ll find if you visit your local shop this month and ask what’s new. Enjoy!
First up is the Dinosauria collection by Studio.K. This quilt is our free pattern, which you can download here.
Here is the lovelySuzette by Sue Zipkin. This quilt was an original design created for quilt market.
If you’ve been browsing the magazine shelves lately, you might have come across the latest Quiltmaker and Easy Quilts magazines. We were very excited to see our fabrics on both covers, with fabulous designs from some very talented pattern designers.
What fun! I just loved the scalloped heart borders on the first quilt and the fabric is to-die-for cute. The colors and fabric in the second quilt are fabulous too–and it looks pretty easy to make. Wonderful quilts for an exciting new year!
Christmas is only 3 days away now, and you probably have most if not all of your shopping done…right? No? Well I have just the answer for you last-minute procrastinators! With just 2.5 yards of fabric and about an hour of time, you can have a really nice little blanket for babies, kids or even adults depending on the style of fabric you use. Flannel works best for this blanket since it’s just two layers of fabric. The two layers of flannel creates a lightweight blanket that is surprisingly warm and cozy. So fire up the sewing machine–it’s sewing time!
It’s finally here! I had so many requests for instructions on how to make Susan’s cute triangle hot pads that I just had to make a video showing the technique. These make great last minute holiday gifts, so take a look and give it a try!
The holidays are quickly approaching, so hopefully everyone has their sewing projects near completion…right? Here is a quick review of some holiday projects using Clothworks fabrics–fun!
Our fabulously talented Accounting Assistant, Shirl, made these adorable flannel pajamas for her daughter Ashley (on the left) and granddaughter Autumn (on the right). The fabric is from the Roly Poly Penguin Flannel collection by Barb Tourtillotte. The pattern is Kwik Sew 3553. Cute girls, cute pj’s!
Fun, fun, fun! Are you feeling ho-ho-ho-ish yet? I sure am. The Christmas tree and decorations are up, hot chocolate is being consumed at record rates, festive music is constantly on, and fun holiday outtings are on my calendar. Cookie making begins this weekend. How about you? How do you get in the spirit of the season? What holiday sewing projects have you been working on? We’d love to hear from you!
Have you subscribed to the Clothworks channel yet? On our channel you can get the inside scoop on quilt market, see new collections, watch our tutorials and more! When you subscribe you get email updates whenever we add something new. Here are our two latest new collection preview videos…
…and there are more coming your way, so be sure to subscribe now! Thanks for tuning in and Happy Sewing!
We had a blast at the Fall 2011 Quilt Market in Houston and came back with a bunch of “Clothworks fabric sightings” on video. Most of these videos are pretty short, just showcasing the various fabulously talented pattern designers who use our fabrics in their creations. Check it out!
…and of course, here is a tour of what our booth looked like!
Welcome to the Clothworks blog where we talk about fabric, creative project ideas, and more! Do you have a Clothworks project to share? Something you'd like to see us blog about? Leave us a comment or drop us a line at blog@clothworkstextiles.com - we'd love to hear from you! Happy Sewing! -Brandi & September
