Sneak Peeks

Hi Everyone,

 These are sneak peeks of adorable projects that are going to be in my newsletter this week.

If you didn't know about the newsletter it is a way of me bringing you fun projects and exclusive content that you don't get to see on the blog. It comes out just once a month (so no spamming your inbox) and it has fun projects and tutorials, some by me and some by my amazing creative friends. The two projects above are by my wonderful friend Brooke (you met her last week when she guest hosted my blog) and I have one coming from my sweet friend Sasha too (I will sneak peek you on that one tomorrow).

So go sign up for my newsletter (there is a link at the top of the blog on the right) so you don't miss out on these fun projects.


Wrenly will be here today ... oh happy day :)

The Plan...

Hi Everyone,

First of all I wanted to show you this gorgeous quilt that one of my shop patrons made. She married Kumari Garden and Kumari Garden Holiday so beautifully in this don't you think? Here name is Carly and her shop is called Quiltville. She not only makes quilts she designs them and has her wonderful patterns for sale in her etsy shop. You should go take a look I think you might find something you can't live without. I know I have.

So what did I mean by "The Plan"? I will be gone this week starting on Wednesday. It is a wonderful and exciting week for our family. Our amazing son, Michael, is graduating from High School and having his Eagle Scout Honorarium this week. We are so stinkin' proud of him :) It is really hard for me to be away from the shop right now that it is just getting going but this is so important.

Doesn't he look handsome?

I am so proud that one of my good friends has agreed to step in and guest blog for me while I am gone. Brooke is an amazing creative lady and I know she has some fun things up her sleeve for you. So I will be back tomorrow but then I will be incommunicado for a few days. I know you won't forget me right?

Hugs to all!

Talk soon....

A tour of sorts...

Hi Everyone,



Since I have been so busy with the shop I haven't had nearly enough time to sew and the few things that I am working on I can't show (surprises) I thought I would give you a tour of some of my friends handmade goodies.

Above is a mug rug that my new friend Sasha made with some fabrics she got from my shop. I love how she mixed the Prince Charming with the Silent Cinima they go so well together. She got the idea from my friend Brooke's tutorial last week on The Quilted Fish Blog. This was her first attempt at free motion quilting. Didn't she do a fabulous job?

Speaking of Brooke ... here is a mug rug she made out of Kumari Garden Holiday. This proves that my imagination is lacking because I seriously thought you needed huge blocks to show off this fabric. This is so lovely. It can be found in her etsy shop.

 My friend (and Quilt Market Roomie) Sally has been busy. A mug rug and pillow from Little Apples and a quilt from Silent Cinema (and more) you should see her blog today she has been busy! Don't hate me for stealing your pictures Sally :)

Hoo's In The Forest is in the shop and it is cuteness overload as Sasha told me this morning :)

Talk soon!

Off to the Guild...

Okay maybe not at 5:49 in the morning but at some point today...

I am a member of the Modern Quilt Guild for the west side of the San Francisco Bay Area. There is an East Bay guild too and they have some amazing artists.

I have so much to work on today it is almost counter productive for me to go, but I just have to, it is one of the highlights of my month.

LouLouThi is in the shop and I have it at a great price so go take a look if you have been wanting some. I also have marked all of my sale items down to 30% off that includes Sherbet Pips, Silent Cinema, Happier, and Kumari Garden.

Meet you back here on Monday. Have a safe and happy weekend.

On to quilting already...

Hi Everyone,

I hope you don't hate me for this not so naturally lighted picture. It rained cats and dogs yesterday. I am in California we are supposed to have the nice weather. No tornadoes in my neck of the woods though, so I won't complain. I only had about an hour's worth of work left to do on this quilt so I went ahead and finished it last night. I think it will be so adorable all quilted up and bound in... red? or green? And who gets it for a Christmas present?

This is a pattern by the girls over at Quilt Story. I met them at market and snatched some patterns. Let me know if you want me to kit it up for you. I love these fabrics. I mean I really love them. They are vibrant and the prints are so delicious.

My quilting frame has been my packing and shipping platform so I guess I better get everything moved off of there so I can get this thing quilted huh?

LouLouThi will be in tomorrow woot! Then Dazzle, 1001 Peeps and Hoo's In The Forest early next week. I can't wait it will be raining fabric over here (instead of the wet stuff :) ).

Talk soon!

WIP Wednesday and Halloween In June

Hi Everyone,

In between getting the newsletter out on Monday and packing orders I have been trying to get some sewing done. It feels good to finally be back to the sewing machine. Above is a little quilt that I have been wanting to make ever since I got Kumari Garden Holiday into the shop. It is large blocks to show off the gorgeous prints in the collection and has a super cute applique feature at the top... I will show you soon when it is finished. The pattern will be available soon in my shop as well.

The second WIP I wanted to show today is something I am working on for a reveal next month... so I can only show you a little sneaky peeky... have I said how much I love red lately? I so do!

Back in the old days we called WIPs UFOs. Does anyone but me call them UFOs anymore?

My friend Jana is having a Halloween Party in June... she says she doesn't have time in October to get her Halloween decorations made so she is going to start this month. Go over to her blog and sew along with her. She is a hoot and you are sure to have fun.

Hope everyone is having a super short work week this week.

Talk soon.

I am free... and giveaway day 5 winners.

Hi Everyone,

Oh my goodness I am so happy to finally be free of the Jury Duty thing. I have had a crazy three weeks. First it was Market, then a friend came to stay for a week, then I had the "On Call" for Jury Duty. I finally feel like I can get back to normal now. Lola's Posies is in the shop. It is so cute! I love it.

Now what you really want to know... who won the Prince Charming and Kumari Garden Holiday....

First Mr. Random picked #40 (I accidentally saved over the picture of the generator but you can trust me it was #40)

gill said...

I love both sets!
Thank you

May 21, 2011 12:18 PM

Then Mr. R said

~The Bargain Babe said...

Those are gorgeous, I would love to win!

To make you laugh...an episode of Friends. Joey learns someone doesn't have a tv. He looks perplexed and says "Well what do you point all your furniture at??"

So Gill and Bargain Babe I will be emailing you right away.

Thanks to everyone that entered I will be back tomorrow with another prize. Now off to sew... yippeee!