Hello Reader,

First, thank you so much for taking the time to read the weekly newsletter. I truly appreciate your support and always try to share the most important things for readers in these Sunday notes.

I returned home last week after 12 days touring in England with an incredible group of quilters (and some fantastic non-quilters too)! It was an experience that has surely changed me and will affect my art and designs in the future.

Lots of things are happening now that you won't want to miss out on, and so I'm just going to jump right into all of the announcements.

Birch & Willow is Shipping!

Our Birch & Willow fabrics are shipping now--that was a fun surprise to come home to :) I've got some precuts and low-volume bundles in the shop now, and yardage is arriving soon. Birch & Willow project packages will ship in early September.

Chelsi Stratton Patterns Sale + Family Favorites Sale

If you've been looking for a pattern from Chelsi, her designs are now 25% off at Fat Quarter Shop (paper and PDF). In addition, our Family Favorites book is also 30% off this month. So, it's a great time to stock up.

Haven Charity Quilt Raffle

I pieced the Haven Charity quilt using my Midsummer fabrics, and I'm happy to share that I was able to donate it for the Fat Quarter Shop Charity Quilt Raffle. If you are interested in this quilt (or in one of the other Haven charity raffle quilts made by Lissa Alexander, Pat Sloan, and Kimberly Jolly), you can find all of the details below. The raffle does close this evening.

Recently on the Blog

I didn't get a newsletter sent out last weekend, so I'll add a couple of posts from the week before in case you missed them. I've also got several great posts from this week to share including a little post on my trip:

• ​A Quilting Life Block of the Month August 2026​
• ​A Quilting Life Favorites July 2026​
• ​Top Posts from January - July 2026​
• ​England Trip Recap​
• ​Poinsettia Stars Blocks C + D (link to the sashing tutorial here too)
• ​Sewcialites Block 25 (find the link to block 24 here as well)
• ​Saturday Seven 455: Lifestyle & More for Quilters​
• ​The A Quilting Life YouTube Channel​

Thank you and Notes for the Week Ahead

Once again, thank you so much! I do appreciate your reading and following along with the A Quilting Life adventures from week to week. Lots more coming this week including a look at the project we worked on in England, finishing of the Sewcialites 3 quilt, and more!