For BasicGrey’s principal designer Rachel Brenchley, invention and inspiration are all about family, friends, and full-on FUN!
Rachel launched BasicGrey over fourteen years ago as a surface design company, and as it’s owner, she knows a thing or two about pushing the ticket rather than simply following a trend. Inspired by her crazy, hectic and colorful life, her sweet husband and four fabulous children, Rachel loves to mix things up with unique color palettes applied to bold prints and patterns – eclectic representations of her eclectic world.
What does she think is the best part of her design work? Seeing her designs become YOUR amazing creations!
Quilt Market Trend: Pointy Things - As per usual, Quilt Market was exciting and slightly overwhelming. Everywhere I looked, there were gorgeous fabrics, quilts, tools, books, and patterns. I saw things I knew I needed and things I never knew I needed…but now I do. The bottom line is that I came home inspired to sew, sew, sew. Jump to Leave us a Comment
Chocolate Cherry Bars… - Take a cake mix, combine it with a few extra ingredients and you now have something completely different. A cake mix that isn’t exactly a simple cake. Jump to Leave us a Comment
Sew On The Go… - Because we’re going to need somewhere to store all this pretty new fabric… Jump to Leave us a Comment
A Grunge by any other name… - Grunge. I think a fabric this cool deserves a better name. I know it describes the fabric – that kind of smudged, painterly, drop-cloth kind of look. But “grunge”? Grunge. It’s so much better than that. Jump to Leave us a Comment
Up up and not away… - Up – for up-cycling. As in, don’t throw those old jeans that don’t fit away… not without cutting the legs off first. It started out very simply… Allison had an adorable little bag she’d made using the new Mon Ami collection and some old jeans as part of her display in the Basic Grey booth at Quilt Market. I fell in love with it… coveted it… and was thrilled when Allison gave it to me. (No, whining was not involved.) […]
EQ Block Challenge - Design a quilt block with EQ7 using fabrics from Fresh Cut by Basic Grey and you could WIN! Click here for more details on how to enter… http://doyoueq.com/blog/2015/01/eq7-block-challenge-featuring-moda-fabrics/ Challenge ends February 2 at 9am EST. Good luck! Jump to Leave us a Comment
New Town & Country Pattern by Artful Offerings - By Karina Hittle, Artful Offerings NEW! for Fall Quilt Market…My “Town & Country” Pattern I knew that for Fall Market I wanted to design a clutch. I had several ideas popping around in my head, but hadn’t settled on a specific style…that is…until I happened upon Moda Fabrics “Little Black Dress” by Basic Grey…H-E-L-L-O, it was love at first sight for me!!! This fabric collection encompasses my absolute favorite colors. The beautiful patterns and stunning classic hues ranging from pure […]
Off the Shelf Patterns - Welcome Lynne Wilson Designs to the United Notions/Moda Fabrics family. Lynne has a new pattern line named, Off the Shelf. The patterns are designed using fat quarters, which makes the projects easy to kit, easy to sew and combine fabric lines. I love these patterns so, I thought I would try one out. I also love hexagons and these are big pieced ones, so I thought I would make this pattern first. Pattern # LWD12, Hexagon Magic # 2. I decided to […]
Basic Grey featured at Quilt Market - Hello! We are BasicGrey. Please come and visit us at 2011 Quilt Market in Salt Lake City, Utah. We will be at booth 1024 showing off our new products in the fabric market. It’s never easy being the new kid, entering a new market, searching for friendly faces in the crowd (tons, thankfully!). It’s important for us to make a good first impression, so we’re hoping for that chance. We took a similar leap into the paper-crafting market with our […]
- Freebie Friday!Our new collection, Saturday Morning, and we designed this freebie set of cutting files to compliment this bright, fresh collection! CLICK HERE to add this fun freebie to your stash! Tweet ... Read more »
- TBT: A Sweet FavoriteWe are throwin’ it back to a sweet, tasty collection from 2008, compliments of HandKrafted by Stephanie. Any guesses? If you guessed Bittersweet, you are right! This was BasicGrey’s first ever valentine collection and it flew off the shelves. Tweet ... Read more »
- BG Winter Warehouse Box Sale!Tweet ... Read more »
- BG Remix with Sarah WebbI love mixing collections. I find it a fun challenge to pull out coordinating elements and it allows me to pick the items that really match the theme of the page. I used a variety of elements from three different collections: Sun Kissed, Type Set, and Dear Heart. I started... Read more »
- Goodie Bag MondayTo kick off your week, we’re giving away a collection pack of Urban Luxe! For your chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post and tell us who you think will win Super Bowl 50 — the Denver Broncos or the Carolina Panthers. We’ll draw a random winner this... Read more »
- Goodie Bag Winner!Kudos to Karen B., winner of this past Monday’s Goodie Bag giveaway! Karen, please email allisonb@basicgrey.com with your mailing address and we’ll get the Saturday Morning collection pack sent off to you! Thank you to everyone who left a comment. We hope you have a wonderful Saturday! Tweet ... Read more »
- Freebie Friday!This week’s freebie cutting files welcome spring and coordinate beautifully with the new Hillside collection! CLICK HERE to add this sweet freebie to your stash! Tweet ... Read more »
- TBT: Lily KateWe are throwing it back to a well-loved and super lovely BasicGrey collection from 2010. Any guesses? If you guessed Lily Kate, you are right! The card was created by Pryn. This was one of our most popular collections for baby pages, albums and more. Tweet ... Read more »
- BG Blueprint with Lisa DickinsonI came across this poster while surfing on Pinterest. The collage of colorful triangles on this collage piece was so eye-catching I knew I had to recreate it on a scrapbook page. Using papers from the new Urban Luxe collection, I cut triangles to fill the bottom half of my layout.... Read more »
- Sew Easy with Nicole NowosadGood morning! My favorite technique on a page has to be using sewing. Whether it is machine or even by hand, sewing adds a great texture to a paper crafting project of any kind. I created a fun and semi-floral stitched background for my page, and thought I would share how... Read more »