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We’re so excited!! Our first fabric line came in yesterday!…Yay…happy dance around the living room. Paige came right over after work so that we could share the excitement of opening the package together.
It’s the Heather Mulder Peterson line called Artful Home from Henry Glass.
Paige already has a million ideas running through her creative brain on what to make with this. I can’t wait to see what she comes up with.
I think my favorite is the green and blue daisy “bubbles”.
Thanks for all your support and comments. We love sharing our journey with our blogging friends:)
I hope everyone has a chance this weekend to relax and create something special!
Andrea and Vicki came over on Monday to do some sewing, eat, gossip, lust over some new lines of fabric. You know, all those things girls do when we get together:) We can always count on Vicki to have the latest and greatest and if you haven’t seen Fig Tree’s new line, Strawberry Fields, then you must run to the quilt store. Sooo pretty and we’ve determined that it matches my kitchen perfectly…hmmm another project? Yikes!
So, back to my title. I was so easily distracted by the sweetness of those fabrics. Now onto the sweetness of gumdrops.
Can’t stop making gumdrops. So easy, so fun. So cool looking!
Andrea made the 24″ one out of Amy Butler fabric and polka dots and mine of course is the OU one:)
Holy tower of gumdrops!
The cubs one is my fave! It’s going on the Esty site along with the kiddie one.
At least these don’t make you fat.
Enjoy the weekend everyone. I’m going to be busy, busy. I’m rearranging and changing so check back next week to see what I’ve been up to!
Paige has been working hard on these awesome bags that we’ve listed on Etsy.They are huge and can hold all your supplies for a sew-in or your pj’s and favorite blankie for a sleepover.
Susan was kind enough to be my supermodel for the day:)
Love, Love, Love this surfer one! I think if we weren’t selling it, she’d have to arm wrestle me for it!
I want one made out of this Michael Miller fabric we posted on Fabric Friday…Knitty Gritty. Wouldn’t that be super cute!
We also listed several Moda Jelly Rolls at great prices. So head on over and take a look.
Happy sewing everyone!
I found some more awesome kitties for Paige to drool over:) It’s from the Eerie Alley collection from Kaufman fabrics. It should be available in May.
And I wouldn’t want to forget to show you these from the same line.
And would you just look at these prints from Riley Blake coming out soon called Trick or Treat.
There’s even trim and buttons to match!
Oh my cuteness!!
I finally snagged a few minutes today to photograph the beautiful group of rows I received a couple weeks ago from our SewMod row exchange. I’ve been daydreaming of all the possibilities for layouts and borders! From left to right the rows were made by Andrea, Lorrie, Pattie, Vicki, Shelley and Kelly! What a creative group!
I thought I’d show you a picture of my first row quilt made with rows received by each member in my long time quilting group Pieceful Pals which was the inspiration for this SewMod group challenge.
With Quilt In Joy having the biggest selection of Batiks in the area, I’m sure at some point someone will want me to help with their fabric selection for a quilt. I’m totally unfamiliar with these fabrics and only until a few weeks ago I had never even owned one of these fabrics.
Remember I’ve been on a turquoise kick lately, so I couldn’t resist these prints.
I’m finding that the only Batiks I seem to be attracted to are the ones that read a certain design. Like the daises above or the one’s that arrived at the store recently. These are from Anthology and Kaufman.
And look at how this one reads flowers. I was immediately drawn to these dark prints.
These caught my interest because they look like cute polka dots. These are the Emma and Essentials line.
And just look at this awesome woven basket made out of Batiks that the store is giving a class in. It’s called Knotty Baskets.
And since I’m Batik challenged, Paige let me borrow several of her books. I’m going to be picking a quilt design and trying to put together an entire Batik quilt. Wish me luck!
Honestly, my days have been screwed up because of the snow days. I didn’t realize it was almost Fabric Friday till about 10 o’clock last night. I’m seriouly unprepared!
Instead of leaving you hanging, I thought I would just show you some of the fabrics I can’t seem to stop thinking about.
Up 1st is Knitty Gritty from Michael Miller. I love this with the scissors under the skulls. The other piece to this line has knitting needles crossed behind the skulls.
It comes in lavender too. I can see a cute wallet or a coffee cup cozy out of this.
A novelty print from Michael Miller that I saw recently made into a bag.
I don’t know how old this Halloween fabric is. I think it’s Maywood Studios. I know Paige will like this one.
You didn’t think I’d leave out Christmas did you?
Here’s a peek at the new Kate Spain’s line Flurry.
And the Basic Grey line Jovial, which I’m just counting the days for. Although I kinda wished they had named it a Christmas treat like the last two, Fruitcake & Figgy Pudding. Those names were so much fun.
Have a great SuperBowl weekend everyone!
And Happy Birthday Mom!!
I know… it’s Thursday. But tomorrow is the big day for the pillow giveaway, so I thought I’d move Fabric Friday up a day.
As some of y’all know, I began working at the LQS, Quilt In Joy, earlier this year.
It’s a great quilt store specializing in Batiks and Brights. They carry a lot of novelty prints as well as a good color wall.
I asked Kathi, the store owner, if I could feature some of our new lines on the blog, and she thought that was a great idea!
The line I’m working with this week for the store sample is Beetle Boy. Cute little “buggas” all over it….that’s what my son used to call them when he was “bitty”.
This pattern is called Beetle Boy and is available here as a freebie from Clothworks. The store also has several kits for these if anyone is interested. I made this in 1 day!
Love those giant appliqued bugs! My son would have loved this quilt when he was little. He had a giant tub of bugs and snakes. He used to arrange them in rows and play with them.
We even had a bugga birthday party!
You know, laminated fabric is not just for tablecloths anymore…
Riley Blake is coming out with several laminate prints in May. They are supposed to be “soft and supple..like butter.” Really?…I hope I will be able to get my hands on a few yards of this. My fabric Diet will be over by then and I’d love something that’s new and exciting to work with.
I decided to do a little searching to see what I could make with the laminated fabric and here’s what I came across on Flickr……
Niesz Vintage Fabric's
Lil.B.Designs'
cerise422
searching through Google….
sewing wall organizer from SewCanDo.blogspot
and on Etsy…
uhreusable's Etsy shop
I love that lunch box and now that I’m working, it might be added to my to-do list:)
Have a great weekend everyone!
I just finished machine quilting this on the Gammill for Kelly (supercool Kelly as Lorrie puts it!). Her quilts inspire me so much the creativity just flows so easily. She designed this quilt from the center out until it reached the dimensions she wanted @ 96×101! I believe most or all the fabrics are Wonderland by Momo for Moda Fabrics. Here are a few of my favorite pictures…
Isn’t this design perfect for flying geese?
The back of the quilt turned out just as interesting lots of texture.
Check out my Flickr site for more pictures!
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