In Mayhem

h+h Americas 2025 Recap and Coming Soon to Quilting Mayhem

Mindy just came back from h+h Americas in Chicago with updates on all the new things she saw and is bringing back to Quilting Mayhem. h+h Americas is the biggest trade show for yarn, fiber arts, and crafting supplies in North America; it’s like Quilt Market but expanded for knitters, crocheters, and makers. There were 541 exhibitors to visit, and here are our highlights: Sewing and Longarm Quilting Machines Handi Quilter has a new machine coming soon! Big news for longarm lovers! Handi Quilter announced a brand-new machine arriving this September/October. While we can’t share all the details

Continue Reading
June 5, 2025
In Makers Blog

Quilting Mayhem Turns 10!

From Mindy: Wow, 10 years of Quilting Mayhem! I'm overwhelmed as I look back on how far we've come since opening our doors May 1, 2015. What started as a small dream has grown into something beyond what I ever imagined, and it’s all thanks to you, our amazing community of Mayhem Makers. When we first opened on 1st Street, we were a cozy 3,000-square-foot shop with a modest fabric selection, one classroom, and a longarm rental station. Fast forward to today, and oh, how things have changed! Through challenges (yes, that global event), we kept stitching

Continue Reading
May 16, 2025
In Makers Blog

A Word from Your Local Craft and Sewing Shop

The crafting world has felt a seismic shift over the past year, especially with the closure of JoAnn Fabric stores across the country. For many of us, JoAnn’s was a go-to destination for fabric, notions, and inspiration. Its absence has left a void, but it’s also reminded us of the importance of independent fabric stores like Quilting Mayhem. While we may not be a big-box retailer, we’re committed to stepping up and expanding our offerings to support our crafting, quilting, and fiber communities—not just in Snohomish, but across the country.     Expanding for our crafting community For almost

Continue Reading
April 3, 2025
In Mayhem

Holiday Gift Guide 2024

The holiday season is here, and we’re thrilled to introduce our brand-new Holiday Gift Guide on Issuu! Mindy and the Mayhem Makers have been hard at work curating a quilty guide packed with amazing ideas for quilters, stitchers, and even our new yarn-loving friends over at Fiber Riot. If you’re searching for the perfect gift or treating yourself to something special (we won’t tell), the Quilting Mayhem Holiday Gift Guide has you covered. We wanted to make shopping as easy as possible, so we made the guide shoppable! That’s right—see something you love? Just click directly

Continue Reading
December 17, 2024
In Makers Blog

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show 2024 Recap

Our head Mayhem Maker Mindy went to Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and is giving us the low down of her adventures! What is Sisters? Every year on the second Saturday in July, the entire town of Sisters, Oregon transforms into an open air quilt show. The quilts are in every style and pattern and color, and they’re hung all over town. Literally. The whole town comes together and quilts are displayed on the fronts of buildings, draped between trees, hanging from tents, quilts are everywhere.    How was Mindy’s trip to Sisters? To put it into one word, it was

Continue Reading
August 3, 2024
In Makers Blog

Meet the Mayhem Makers: DeeAnn

We’re back with another chat with one of our Mayhem Makers. Quilting Mayhem is a big place, and everyone has their favorite part. There’s beautiful fabrics, advanced machines, and ideas everywhere. Let’s talk to one of our resident experts. My name is DeeAnn and I work in the machine department. Hi, DeAnn! Let’s get to it. How did you get started quilting or sewing? I started sewing as a young child, learning from my Grandmother, Mother, and Aunts. A family affair! What’s your favorite part of the quilting process? Choosing just the right fabrics for each project It’s the best. And

Continue Reading
October 20, 2023
In Makers Blog

Meet the Mayhem Makers: Kimberly

Quilting Mayhem is a big place; it’s 17,000 feet of fabric, sewing machines, and inspiration. And there’s a lot of hands behind the scenes making all of it work seamlessly (yes we said seamlessly!). For today’s post, we’re doing something a little different and sharing the people that make Quilting Mayhem the treasure it truly is. Let's meet the Mayhem makers! I'm Kimberly, and I work in Fabricland. Let’s start at the beginning. How did you get started quilting or sewing?   I started sewing when I started at Quilting Mayhem. The other staff are so enthusiastic and inspirational

Continue Reading
October 6, 2023
In Makers Blog

Things Every Beginner Quilter Should Remember

Picture this, it’s 11:30 at night, you’re eight episodes deep into a Dr. Who marathon and your stack of 387 half square triangles. Somehow your stack topples over and before you know it, you slice through a bunch with your rotary cutter. Ok, maybe it wasn’t exactly that, but we all run into problems at one time or another. Whether you’re a beginner or have been quilting for years, we’ve put together our list of questions to ask yourself when you’re in meltdown mode.   Can this mistake become an opportunity? Remember that every mistake you make can

Continue Reading
July 21, 2023
In Makers Blog

Six Free Rainbow Quilt Patterns for Pride

LGBTQIA+ plus ROYGBIV equals a rainbow quilt roundup! We’ve put together six of our favorite free patterns full of vibrant colors to celebrate love, inclusivity, and diversity. What better way to embrace the spirit of Pride than by creating quilts in a rainbow palette? Highland Falls Quilt - Fabric from the Attic A rainbow of stars made with space age prints is arranged in an unusual diagonal setting. The stars wink in and out, some dark and bold, other softly muted. The fun comes with arranging the stars in rainbow order!   Going Up Use those big, beautiful, prints you’ve

Continue Reading
June 1, 2023
In Makers Blog

Build Your Stash with a Subscription Box

Picture this, you go to your door and find a box. You open the box and discover the most beautiful assortment of fabrics have arrived from your favorite quilt shop, aka Quilting Mayhem, and they’re just what you need to reignite your sewjo. You happily pet the fabric stack, adding some to your stash, some to the latest project you’ve been planning, and one goes with you to the shop to find the bolt. They’re perfect! It’s not a fantasy, it’s a Subscription Box from Quilting Mayhem!    My fabric subscription helps me instantly build variety in my

Continue Reading
May 18, 2023