Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from HALO Inspirations! ✨
Please note, we will be closed on Christmas Day as we celebrate with family.
Happy New Year!
HALO Inspirations wishes you a Happy New Year! ✨
We will be closed on New Year’s Day.
250th Anniversary Quilt Deadline!
As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, there’s no better place to honor this milestone than Virginia’s Historic Triangle—Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown. Visit Williamsburg is uniting the nation one stitch at a time through The Great American Birthday Quilt, a project that invites people from across the country to contribute handcrafted blocks for a lasting tribute to our nation.
The completed quilt will be revealed in Williamsburg in 2026 and permanently displayed at the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center, where it can be admired for generations to come.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Design Direction
Each quilt block should illustrate what you want to celebrate most about America. You can take inspiration from anywhere, such as inspiring people (past and present), places you love, iconic landmarks, famous quotes and historic events.
INSTRUCTIONS
Quilt blocks must be exactly 12" x 12", 12" x 14", 16" x 16", or 16" x 20%.
Quilt blocks can be made from any type of fabric.
Quilt blocks can be sewn or glued together.
Only fabric glue that adheres to muslin can be used.
Bonus: incorporate red, white and/or blue in each square.
Acceptable materials to adhere to the fabric are buttons, yarn, felt, paper, ribbon, sequins, feathers. Any other materials adhered to the fabric may result in the submission not being used in the quilt.
Prepare your quilt block for shipping by wrapping in plastic.
Once complete, blocks can be mailed to the address below for storage and assembly by Feb 28, 2026. We accept all major shipping methods, including USPS, UPS, and FedEx. All packages must be sent with postage prepaid. We do not provide or reimburse shipping labels or postage costs.
Mail Completed Quilt Blocks to:
Visit Williamsburg
Attn: Selena Coles
421 North Boundary Street
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Terms: All quilt blocks are subject to review. Quilt blocks can be rejected if they do not meet standards for design or appropriate content or are not received before the submission deadline.
We are proud to serve as a drop off location for your finished blocks! Stop by the shop to drop off your block! Stop by the shop when we are open (and before the deadline) to drop off your finished block!
5th Saturday Challenge
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Reminder: Those that purchased a 5th Saturday Project Bag in August, your challenge is due 29 Nov 2025!
What is the 5th Saturday Challenge?? Every month that has a 5th Saturday, you can purchase a 5th Saturday bag and use the ingredients to make any project your heart desires.
The guidelines are:
You must use at least a piece (no size requirements) of all the fabric in the bag.
You may add additional fabric.
All projects are due at the next 5th Saturday and will then be hung in the store for a selected amount of time for visitors to vote on their favorite project.
Prizes are awarded for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place.
Cost: $14.99
Challenge bags available while supplies last.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
From our house to yours, Happy Thanksgiving to you!!! The store will be closed today, and will resume normal business hours tomorrow!
Tree Trimming Party!
Tinsel, threads, and trimmings — oh my! 🎄
Join your quilty crew to kick off the Christmas season at your local quilt shop. Bring your homemade ornament (totally optional!) and help us turn our tree into a masterpiece of merry memories. Let’s get festive and have a “sew” good time!
TRQS
Tidewater Regional Quilt Study
Do you love old quilts? Do you want to discover their stories? Do you wat to know more about the people who made them? Join us from 2 PM- 4PM on one Thursday a month! Please call the shop at (757) 808-5947 to reserve you seat, as space is limited.
TRQS
Tidewater Regional Quilt Study
Do you love old quilts? Do you want to discover their stories? Do you wat to know more about the people who made them? Join us from 2 PM- 4PM on one Thursday a month! Please call the shop at (757) 808-5947 to reserve you seat, as space is limited.
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo
We will be at Original Sewing & Quilt Expo @fxbgconventioncenter in booth 302 September 25-27 Come by and see us! We will be featuring Grace Company machines and frames.
Get you tickets here: https://sewingexpo.com/.../Fre.../EventID/214/ProductID/1786
Our Shop will remain OPEN while our owners are at the event. Stop by the shop and see Leah while our owners are away!
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo
We will be at Original Sewing & Quilt Expo @fxbgconventioncenter in booth 302 September 25-27 Come by and see us! We will be featuring Grace Company machines and frames.
Get you tickets here: https://sewingexpo.com/.../Fre.../EventID/214/ProductID/1786
Our Shop will remain OPEN while our owners are at the event. Stop by the shop and see Leah while our owners are away!
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo
We will be at Original Sewing & Quilt Expo @fxbgconventioncenter in booth 302 September 25-27 Come by and see us! We will be featuring Grace Company machines and frames.
Get you tickets here: https://sewingexpo.com/.../Fre.../EventID/214/ProductID/1786
Our Shop will remain OPEN while our owners are at the event. Stop by the shop and see Leah while our owners are away!
Sweatshirt Jacket Workshop
Sweatshirt Jacket Workshop
Instructor: Ann Czompo
This is a 2 day class. Price of workshop includes both days and the pattern.
“Sweatshirt fun for everyone! Turn a sweatshirt into a stunning vest, jacket, or pullover in your choice of colors and prints. Repurpose a favorite sweatshirt with pretty fabric scraps! Learn Gail’s sew and shrink, raw-edge patchwork technique. Don’t pre-shrink your fabric or sweatshirt - washing and during frays the patches and creates wonderful texture. You’ll be amazed at how your sweatshirt gets transformed in the process!” -Gail Abeloe of Brookshire Design Studio
Supplies for this project:
Pattern: I Can’t Believe It’s A Sweatshirt!, designed by Gail Abeloe. #07753 - The price of the workshop includes the purchase of the pattern.
Sweatshirt - Select a sweatshirt with set-in sleeves, a size or two larger than you would normally wear. If you are tall you might want to get a man’s sweatshirt which will likely be longer in the body and sleeves.
Sewing machine (with cord, foot pedal, bobbins, manual, presser feet, and 1/4” foot or preferred way to create a 1/4” seam allowance). Lubricating the machine and a new needle (12/80 or 14/90 microtex, sharp, or topstitch. Because you are sewing on a knit, a stretch needle 14/90 might be useful if stitching is uneven or skipping stitches) recommended.
Rulers & Mat: Recommend 18” x 24” mat minimum with guide or lines marked on the mat, and 6” x 24” ruler. Rotary cutter with new blade.
General: scissors, seam ripper, lots of regular pins, 3-4 spools of thread matching the sweatshirt.
Fabric:
8 Fat Quarters (18” x 22”) or 1/4 yards of different fabrics (color, texture, scale of design). Coordinated bundles are great. Or go crazy and use a variety of scraps.
1 yard fabric for binding, if you wish to do that. You can also sew the ribbing back onto the sweatshirt neck and sleeve cuffs.
DO NOT PRE-WASH THE SWEATSHIRT OR FABRIC! The texture of the jacket comes after the fabrics are sown to the sweatshirt, and it is machine washed and dried.
As always we encourage you to shop your stash! However, if you would need/want something for class, you will get a 15% discount at the shop for any class supplies!
Cost: $75
Sweatshirt Jacket Workshop
Sweatshirt Jacket Workshop
Instructor: Ann Czompo
This is a 2 day class. Price of workshop includes both days and the pattern.
“Sweatshirt fun for everyone! Turn a sweatshirt into a stunning vest, jacket, or pullover in your choice of colors and prints. Repurpose a favorite sweatshirt with pretty fabric scraps! Learn Gail’s sew and shrink, raw-edge patchwork technique. Don’t pre-shrink your fabric or sweatshirt - washing and during frays the patches and creates wonderful texture. You’ll be amazed at how your sweatshirt gets transformed in the process!” -Gail Abeloe of Brookshire Design Studio
Supplies for this project:
Pattern: I Can’t Believe It’s A Sweatshirt!, designed by Gail Abeloe. #07753 - The price of the workshop includes the purchase of the pattern.
Sweatshirt - Select a sweatshirt with set-in sleeves, a size or two larger than you would normally wear. If you are tall you might want to get a man’s sweatshirt which will likely be longer in the body and sleeves.
Sewing machine (with cord, foot pedal, bobbins, manual, presser feet, and 1/4” foot or preferred way to create a 1/4” seam allowance). Lubricating the machine and a new needle (12/80 or 14/90 microtex, sharp, or topstitch. Because you are sewing on a knit, a stretch needle 14/90 might be useful if stitching is uneven or skipping stitches) recommended.
Rulers & Mat: Recommend 18” x 24” mat minimum with guide or lines marked on the mat, and 6” x 24” ruler. Rotary cutter with new blade.
General: scissors, seam ripper, lots of regular pins, 3-4 spools of thread matching the sweatshirt.
Fabric:
8 Fat Quarters (18” x 22”) or 1/4 yards of different fabrics (color, texture, scale of design). Coordinated bundles are great. Or go crazy and use a variety of scraps.
1 yard fabric for binding, if you wish to do that. You can also sew the ribbing back onto the sweatshirt neck and sleeve cuffs.
DO NOT PRE-WASH THE SWEATSHIRT OR FABRIC! The texture of the jacket comes after the fabrics are sown to the sweatshirt, and it is machine washed and dried.
As always we encourage you to shop your stash! However, if you would need/want something for class, you will get a 15% discount at the shop for any class supplies!
Cost: $75
TRQS
Tidewater Regional Quilt Study
Do you love old quilts? Do you want to discover their stories? Do you wat to know more about the people who made them? Join us from 2 PM- 4PM on one Friday a month! Please call the shop at (757) 808-5947 to reserve you seat, as space is limited.
5th Saturday Challenge
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Reminder: Those that purchased a 5th Saturday Project Bag in May, your challenge is due 30 Aug 2025!
What is the 5th Saturday Challenge?? Every month that has a 5th Saturday, you can purchase a 5th Saturday bag and use the ingredients to make any project your heart desires.
The guidelines are:
You must use at least a piece (no size requirements) of all the fabric in the bag.
You may add additional fabric.
All projects are due at the next 5th Saturday and will then be hung in the store for a selected amount of time for visitors to vote on their favorite project.
Prizes are awarded for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place.
Cost: $14.99
Challenge bags available while supplies last.
2nd Anniversary Bash
Our 2nd Anniversary Bash
There will be games, prizes, Authors, Dominion Dogs, Sales and all around fun for the entire day.
All sales from the week continue until we close the doors on Saturday.
Book Signing with Cyndi McChesney
Author of Fun With Panels and Playful Panel Quilts will be in the shop to sign books.
Bring your book, or pick one up in the shop to have it signed by the author.
Christmas Past 30% Sale
30% Off All Christmas fabric from the past years. (New Christmas fabric excluded)
Skinny Bolt Sale!!!
Skinny Bolt Sale!!
It’s that time again for another Skinny Bolt Sale. We have many skinny bolts (4 yards or less) that we have “skinnied” the price just for you ! The bolts are selected and placed on a certain shelf.
From selected bolts:
Buy (1) yard, receive 20% off
Buy (2) yards, receive 25% off
Buy the rest of the bolt, receive 30% off!
Can not wait to see you on Saturday (5 July) our Skinny Bolt Sale! We are open 10am - 4pm!
TRQS
Tidewater Regional Quilt Study
Do you love old quilts? Do you want to discover their stories? Do you wat to know more about the people who made them? Join us from 2 PM- 4PM on one Friday a month! Please call the shop at (757) 808-5947 to reserve you seat, as space is limited.
Closed Today
We are closed today. HALO will be in D.C. honoring Angel’s dad being placed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall.
Closing Early!
We are closing early today to allow time for HALO to travel to DC for tomorrow’s event!
5th Saturday Challenge
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Reminder: Those that purchased a 5th Saturday Project Bag in March, your challenge is due 31 May 2025!
What is the 5th Saturday Challenge?? Every month that has a 5th Saturday, you can purchase a 5th Saturday bag and use the ingredients to make any project your heart desires.
The guidelines are:
You must use at least a piece (no size requirements) of all the fabric in the bag.
You may add additional fabric.
All projects are due at the next 5th Saturday and will then be hung in the store for a selected amount of time for visitors to vote on their favorite project.
Prizes are awarded for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place.
Cost: $14.99
Challenge bags available while supplies last.
TRQS
Tidewater Regional Quilt Study
Do you love old quilts? Do you want to discover their stories? Do you wat to know more about the people who made them? Join us from 2 PM- 4PM on one Friday a month! Please call the shop at (757) 808-5947 to reserve you seat, as space is limited.