Clearance Sale

Hey, I have to make some room CLEAR20 is the code for 20% off. Come and get it :)

Friday Fun Day, Giveaway Winner, and the new Giveaway

Hi Everyone!

Time to Reveal the Glamp Kit Giveaway winner. If you are looking for the Little Apples Giveaway winner Di has posted the name here. Now for the Glamp Giveaway The winner will receive a Glamp Kit straight from the one and only Quiltded Fish and a few fat quarters of the ever popular and sold out Sugar & Spice collection of fabrics from me.

Mr. Random says:

And Number 39 is:

Quilter in the Gap said...

I voted! What super cute lamps

August 11, 2011 4:36 PM

Woot Rhonda! I will be emailing you.

Thanks for entering both giveaways. This week.

I am off to a quilting retreat today with my Modern Quilt Guild. So much to do in the next few hours. Here are a couple new free quilt patterns for thenew lines I have coming in... Fun stuff.

Moroccan Mirage

Rendezvous (this one is for three table runners)

Okay on to the really important stuff... the giveaway for this week. This week my friend Jackie will be hosting my giveaway. She chose 6 Taza fabrics "The Hostess' Half Dozen" for you to receive FQs of. They look something like this:

So go over to her blog and enter to win some of this yumminess. Click any of the links to get there or here :)

Tomorrow I will be making a very short post... seriously less than 10 words probably but you won't want to miss it. ... just sayin'.

Talk Soon.

Wanted: Guinea Pigs... and more new fabric.

Hi Everyone,

First the eye candy:

These are from Rendezvous by Khristian A. Howell for Anthology... it was the Damask that did me in. I know some people are saying they are tired of teal and red... but this is oh so different and sophisticated. Click here to see the whole collection. (be sure to click the thumbnails for full size pictures these are gorgeous)

  

This is The Woodlands again by Khristian A. Howell for Anthology. Amazing diversity. I love the teeny bit of Japenese style these have. You can see the whole collection here.

Now about the Guinea Pig part. I am looking for a few people to help test a new software for me. I am going to branch out into a regular online shop (not Etsy) so that it is easier to order yardage and shipping is calculated more efficiently etc. I will still have the Etsy shop too this will be in addition. I don't want to launch it and have customers be frustrated if it doesn't work properly though. So I need people that like to dig around check all of the pages see if they can break it or what needs fixing, check spelling (Sasha) etc. So if you would like to volunteer I would like to get started testing on Monday. Leave a comment if you want to help me out.

Giveaways: Don't forget to go back to last Thursdays post and enter the two giveaways they both end tonight at midnight. Tomorrow I will have a new giveaway hosted by my friend Jackie so come on back y'all.

Talk soon!

Where did Tuesday go?

Hi Everyone,

I can tell you where my Tuesday went... I woke up this morning thinking it was Tuesday because yesterday (the real Tuesday) went straight to the dogs first thing. I had a migraine that made me sick (yes, that kind of sick) so the rest of the day pretty much got away from me. The one thing I did yesterday was ordered more fabric... I mean what is a fabri-holic to do right?

This is Moroccan Mirage by Khristian A. Howell ... I also bought her other two collections that are coming this fall I will show you peeks at those tomorrow. This one is supposed to come this month. I am in love with it... what do you think?  
I love new small fabric companies. They are so easy to work with. Some of the bigger ones that have been around a while are much more difficult to get a hold of and get started with.

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!

Giveaway Winner, Echo, and New Friends

Hi Everyone,

I know you are itching to find out who the winner of the Wrenly charm pack is so without further ado:

Mr Randon said:

And #51 was:

Tamie said...

How about a tutorial on a fabric basket cube? Thanks for the giveaway. I'd love some Wrenly.

August 5, 2011 1:17 PM

Congrats Tamie I will be emailing you in a moment for your particulars :) 

So excited to tell you about a new line that I just ordered (will have it on the coming soon page by Sunday night) it is called Echo it is by Lotta Jansdotter I saw it on Ashley at Film In The Fridge's (seriously go look at her pictures) blog a week or two ago and just fell in love with it. The preview pics don't do it justice at all (that is why you have to go look at Ashley's) but here are a few of them:

So cannot wait for it to come in November... le sigh.

I have a new friend her name is Rae and she and her mother own a little company called ARMOMMY you can find them here. They have some super fun patterns and accessories. Here are just a few:

They are allowing me to give away a 20% off coupon in my next newsletter (you also get it if you make a purchase with me) So sweet of them. In the mean time go over and like them on Facebook (tell them I sent you) for a free tutorial download of this:

Fun fun stuff!

Friday Fun Day- Art Smock Tutorial and Y seams

Hi Everyone,

If you are looking for the Friday giveaway it can be found here on Thursday.

Last week I didn't have a tutorial for you from The Quilted Fish but wouldn't you know it Sally that sly girl had a surprise up her sleeve. So go check out her Laminate tutorial for a little girl's art smock:

Isn't her daughter the cutest thing?

Working my way through all of your requests for tutorials and one that is coming up a lot is Y seams. Honestly I could never do a better job than Kaye Wood at showing you a super simple way to do them. I figure why re-invent the wheel when she has a great video for you:

I was thinking of all of the reasons that I have ever used Y seams and this would work with all of them. So let me know if you need more after viewing this.

I will be working my way through the list and either bring you tutorials that are already out there (because as I said why reinvent the wheel) or make them myself. The Kindle holder is already in the works for the next newsletter (with instructions on changing the size for other sized readers) and if you haven't checked out my tutorials page there is a great (if I do say so myself) Ipad bag/carrier tutorial already there that I did for the Riley Blake blog.

Have fun this weekend. See you tomorrow with the winner of last weeks giveaway.