Country Life is a classic Toile fabric. This decorative fabric has a beautiful scene of country life, women with their children playing and some sweet little romance . This gorgeous toile features classic colors of off-white and black. This Waverly fabric is from the Country Weekend Collection. The perfect choice for creating a French Country look for drapes or comfy throw pillows, for a splash of color, or for decorating an entire room.

We have all the latest fabrics from Waverly Covington, Richloom, P Kaufman and more.

Some people say sewing is a dying art. We here at J and O say it's all relative.

Working in a fabric store you see a lot of people who love to sew.
For many people sewing is truly an art form, an expression of their creativity. Fabric itself can become sort of an addiction. Especially for those who love the intense feeling of pride that comes with creating a precious little baby blanket or a posh new pocketbook.
Every new fabric seen, becomes a new idea about what can be made from that little piece of cloth. It may even become a unique challenge to use scraps of left over material from an old stash and make something new and wonderful. Little pieces of fabric can help us teach little hands how to sew. There is nothing better than seeing a child's eyes light up when they have made something on their own. Like a tiny little change purse or a shoulder bag to carry their allowance in.

From Upholstery fabric to quilting fabrics it is limitless on what you can make. We have over 4,000 novelty fabrics to choose from. Our quilting fabrics range from Dog and Cat fabrics to Elvis, Cars, Airplanes, Trains and Cowboy and Cowgirls fabric. Our novelty fabric section is great for quilting, along with making something special for your kids. It is limitless on what you can make with a piece of fabric.

A little girl can whip up a shirt for a kitty cat using a fun novelty print and spend hours trying to put it on!

It's an art well worth learning, and carrying on. So if you know how to sew, think about who you can teach. If you don't know how to sew maybe think about who can teach you.

It's all relative to who you know.

It's been a long winter and a lot of us are ready for the Spring time and Summer time. Maybe your thinking about a ride down the shore. Or cleaning up the yard.

I love the smell of fresh mowed grass,it reminds me of summer festivals and craft
bazaars.

I remember as a kid going to the neighborhood church bazaar. They usually start in April or May.

There would be lots of home made cakes and cookies and crafts. There was
one crafter who always made beach bags.

I would go over to her table and check out every one of those beach bags making plans for my next visit to the Shore. She would make bags using tropical fabrics or fun decorative fabrics with flip flops,tropical flowers,seashells. One of my favorite beach bags that I remember was that she made a bag using a classic floral tapestry. The tapestry made an ordinary bag into a classic work of art.

Down the shore, in Wildwood, NJ we have a Mariners festival. The festival is always fun and you can see all different projects people made. I love the craft shows as it always gives me new ideas on what I can make. They have everything from Christmas wreaths made out of ruffled up novelty fabric to pillows and lots of
nautical crafts made from lighthouse and beach scene fabrics.

And then again if you have a beach house it can be so much fun to decorate it.

There are so many different ways you can decorate a home with fabric. You can use all white sail cloth and add some floral fabrics to give you the shabby chic look. You can go with a cute sea life theme with lobsters, crabs and fish. Mmmmnnn that's a good idea.

Or you can have a more sophisticated look and buy a nice decorator fabric
for drapes or comfy throw pillows. From a classic Toile fabric to an elegant stripe, 0ur decorative fabrics have a huge array of colors and styles. We have all the latest fabrics from Waverly, Covington, Richloom, P Kaufman and more.

I'm just glad it's that time of year again!

I can almost feel the sand under my feet.