Friday Fun Day, Blessings, and The Giveaway

Hi Everyone,

For fun I thought I would show you a few Sneaky Peekies of some things from the Newsletter (it will be out Tuesday).

Melissa's Original Reversible Bag Pattern. This will be so awesome for Christmas gift giving...

There will be a super little pattern tip from our friend Sunni.

And I know you have seen this already but it's so gorgeous I just have to show you again:

A tutorial from Brooke on how to make my table runner :)
PS. go take a look at her blog today she is working up something with one of the fabric collections I have coming for the shop.. yum yum!

There will also be a tutorial from Jackie for this adorable Christmas Wall Hanging.

In this month of Thanksgiving I also want to tell you how blessed I am to have such wonderful friends. Melissa, Sunni , and Sasha are new friends but no less cherished (lucky me I get to meet Melissa this week). Brooke, Sally, and Jackie are old friends (I met them in January LOL) but we are soul mates and I always know they are in my corner as I am in theirs. I am so blessed.

One more very special friend is my friend Becky. I met Becky through this blog. She is a new quilter and we hit it off instantly. She was the one that introduced me to Mixed Media Art and we share books across the miles. I love this girl! Here is a piece of art that she made that showed up across the miles for me one day:

She is such a doll! So all of this to say Happy Birthday girlie! Hope you have a wonderful one!

On to the Giveaway... in honor for Brooke I am giving away a six fat quarter pack of Primitiva that I picked up at Sample Spree... yay!

Fun stuff!

All you have to do is leave a comment here telling me what you feel most blessed for. Giveaway runs until Friday 11/18 at midnight.

Have a wonderful day and go thank a Veteran or Soldier it's only fair!

I've Lost My Mojo and Newsletter Sneaker Peekers

Hi Everyone,

That day again... Newsletter day...

This is a working picture of Sasha's Hanging Sewing Tools Organizer... gosh I love those fabrics. This is perfect for those of us that are horizontal surface challenged.

This is Sally's Simple BowTie Quilt. I am in love with this one and think she needs to send it to me LOL Just kidding Sally don't really do that.... I will be there in October to pick it up in person LOL

So if you don't want to miss these and those adorable projects I showed from Brooke (go say "hi" to her today it is her birthday) the other day, go sign up for the newsletter. (Upper right corner of the blog.)

I just started sponsoring this blog. Maureen is a super designer and has so many fun projects on her blog I know you will enjoy her. You might have seen her pillow project in the latest Fat Quarterly. Today she shared another super fun tutorial for an upcycled pillow. Honestly go look you will enjoy it.

I've lost my sewing mojo... Do you ever have one of those sewing days? Yeah I know you do... I had one yesterday nothing I did came out right.... my Kindle cover tutorial is going to be a few days late because the original model was fine but I wanted it to be a little bigger and the bigger model became this:

After spending 5 frustrating hours on this yesterday I didn't have enough time to write my tutorial. So if you give me until Monday I promise I will have it posted here on the blog... it might not be blue to match Sally's pillow from last month's newsletter anymore but .... here is to getting my Mojo back :)

Have a super Wednesday!

Talk soon....

Happy Monday

Hi Everyone,

What a weekend! No time for sewing but maybe today. I can hope right? Take a look at the adorable mug rug Sasha made with some scraps I sent her:

Totally love it!

Here is the beginnings of the mug rug for my partner in the Scrappy Mug Rug Swap:

It is actually past this stage already sewn together just have to quilt it and bind it now.

What have you been sewing this summer? Inquiring minds want to know.

Talk soon!

Newsletter Tonight...

Hi Everyone,

Here is the final peek at what is in the newsletter... you all were clamoring for a tutorial for Sasha's wristlet so she graciously accepted the challenge of writing her very first sewing tuorial. (She is an old hand at technical writing though so it came naturally.) She did a great job.

Much going on today. See you tomorrow with my tutorial for Friday Fun day.

Talk soon!

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 :)

Just a quick note

Hi Everyone,

My friend Sasha made this from the Rose colorway of Lola's Posies isn't it adorable

Just letting you all know that today is the last day for the sale on Lola's Posies. Tomorrow it goes back up to regular price. Have a wonderful Sunday!

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!