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Well…Shelley and I are taking a border challenge class together at one of our local quilt shops, Acorn Quilts.. All we needed to start was to bring a center block of our choice. Of course being the over achievers we are, it had to be something fabulous! I chose the Which Witch’s Boot that I had been embroidering for Paige. I’m almost finished with the center. I’ve been stuck on the circle stitch, actually just dreading doing that stitch, so final decision…I’m not doing that stitch!
I’m going to add little yellow wool circles to it instead, giving it even more dimension. Since I’m almost finished, I’m going to hold off showing the finished piece till next time.
The quilt hanging in the shop was truly a work of art with attention to detail. And I loved the blue border on it.
The idea of the class is to start with a center and show up each month for the next border idea, 5 total. Our first class was yesterday evening. After everyone showed off their center, a color was chosen from a crayon box at random and a page number from a quilt block book. Our first border idea must incorporate the color Sepia, (a shade of brown) and flying geese.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a tiny piece of brown or even just one flying geese as long as you can show that was added to the border in some way.
The first thing that comes to mind when I think of flying geese and Halloween is Candy Corn! Pretty excited about that! I hope I can get that to work out.
Next month when we meet there will be a new set of colors/tasks to work with. Each time the fun changes, and so does the inspiration. For example, we asked what was the inspiration for the blue triangle border on the sample quilt and she replied that she had chosen a “My Little Pony” from a basket of “items” and the pony had pointed ears shaped like triangles.
The inspiration is endless!!
Hey friends! Hope everyone is swell:-)
We have lots of new fabrics in the shop which I’m very excited to share with y’all.
Pat Bravo from Art Gallery has been busy designing more wonderful prints. This new line is called Carnaby Street. Designed in mind with the “swinging London” movement of the 60’s. Her line reflects “groovy blooms, strong geometrics,and liberty-esque florals”.
Check out this print called Brit Boutique Royal.
Jeni Baker has designed her first line for Art Gallery Fabrics called Color Me Retro. You might know her as the blogger from In Color Order. Inspired by retro kitchenware from the 50’s and 60’s.
Kitchens curtains come to mind….so cute!
Next up, new fabrics from Blend. Global Bazaar which features spice colored prints from a melting pot of destinations.
And these two called Keiko Pink & Pine Stickers.
Riley Blake sent up these adorable prints with coordinating fabrics and charm squares. This line is Happily Ever After. Perfect for that little happy princess of yours!
All of these prints are in the Etsy shop. Head on over and check ’em out!
Are you in the ChicagoLand area and you love to quilt, craft, sew, create, & share? Paige, Shelley & I have started a local chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild!
Please join us. Our first meeting is Sunday, February 10th from 1-4 p.m. at the Home State Bank Commercial Banking Center at 611 S. Main Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. Check out our blog and like us on Facebook for all the latest news on meet times, dates and topics.
We can’t wait to meet everyone!
So, my lack of blogging in the latter part of 2012 is embarrassing to say the least. I was busy though, I promise. I’d hate to think you guys thought I was just goofing off and being unproductive so I’ve gathered a few pics of some of the projects/fun things that we were up to.
Here we go… This is a commission quilt we made for a customer we met at Madison this year. Made for her granddaughter, Mimi. It’s a modified Sassafras. I tagged this one “I’m a Barbie girl”. It was so so very pink and girly!
This
Became a very popular one of these…
Did a lot of daydreaming about one of these…
All of those hexies I made became one of these…Is this the cutest place mat or what. Still workin’ on my 2nd one! This was a sample for when we were asked to vend at a local Modern Quilt Guild. We did a demo on hand and machine hexies.
We made a commissioned breast cancer throw for someone’s Christmas gift.
Started a spool quilt with Elsie’s Girl, Shelley, which we work on weekly. This is my progress so far…
I had some life changing decisions thrown…definition(Pushed or forced violently and suddenly into a particular state.) upon me. Which caused this…
And let’s just say this…you can’t hide from Karma peeps. At least I’m hoping anyway;) More on that subject at a later date.
Spent a total of 3 weeks over the last 2 months like this. Which probably was a result from all of the stress caused by the above…
Had a Christmas crafting party..
And we made these cute button trees…This one’s mine.
And this is Paige’s..
New fabrics arrived at the shop. We now have all of the Oval ELements in stock and this great new line from Blend called Gabbie. You can find it here…
Did some of this…
But then ate a lot of this..
We found a perfect cupcake stand for SewMod. So we ate even more of this deliciousness just to decorate the stand….
Paige and I went shopping and found these SewMod Christmas decorations in our colors…
That matched these trees! How could we possibly resist…It’s Christmas, SewMod Style!
Spent some time catching up with the nephews in OKC…
And finally made more progress on my December fun project, Rendezvous..
Whew, 2 months of blogging done! Here’s to a great 2013! We made a lot of progress this year and we couldn’t have done it without all of your support. We made wonderful friends and met so many people thru social media and our experiences at the quilt shows and local guilds. Thank you everyone! We are looking forward to another exciting year!
Better late than never, right?
I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas break. I spent mine in OKC again. My brother finally tied the knot with his long time girlfriend and I have an amazing new sis-in-law. A fun, country wedding held in a cozy barn where they stable their horse. She looked beautiful and this is my favorite pic of her on her horse Joker.
They had a cute & tasty cupcake tree with a top cake that resembled birch wood. Her dad made that stand! Isn’t that awesome!
I just had to show everyone her bouquet. It was so creative and I’d never seen anything like it. They had taken pins and broaches from her family members collections and poked them into a Styrofoam ball. So sparkly, and very pretty. I loved it! Something old and new:)
My date for the wedding was my bff, Angela…aka lala. Lala was the name my son, Russell gave her when he was bitty because he couldn’t say Angela. BTW, he STILL calls her that and he’s almost 18…so cute! We had a great time.
Congratulations Tommy & Jamie! This is a great way to start 2013 off!
Back from Thanksgiving and now the countdown is on for Christmas. I hope everyone had a great holiday. I spent time in OKC catching up with friends and family & now it’s time to get back to work and wrap up the year.
Paige and I spent some time this weekend picking out new fabric lines and hatching some ideas for the new year. Lots of Art Gallery prints and restocking the ever popular Oval Elements was on our list.
We ordered this cute line from Lecien Fabrics, designed by Natalie Lymer from Cinderberries due out in February.
Here’s a few shots I pulled from the Cinderberries blog. Head over and check her out if you haven’t already. She’s sure to be on your favorites list after you’ve seen all her cuteness!
Paige and I had so much fun last December working on our trees from the Material Obsession book called The Seasons found here that we decided to make it an annual thing. Its nice to do something just for fun that’s kinda un-work related. So now that the years work is winding down and orders are filled, were tackling our next fun project.
I don’t want to give too much away before our fun reveal but I’ll give you a sneak peek:)
We’re making something from this fabulous new book called Hexa go-go.
Yes my Hexie love is contagious! What did I work on while on vacation…hexagons! I even had my mom cranking them out on Thanksgiving. And now it’s Paige’s turn to become a hexie addict:)
These are some of the 3/4″ hexies we’ve been working on for this project.
My inspiration word is rendezvous and these are my fabric choices.
And that’s the only peek you get so far! If you don’t have the book and you’re a hexie lover like me, get a copy. Lots of projects to keep you busy. If you’ve never made a hexagon and want to learn, we have a tutorial found here. I just know that you’ll have Hexie love too!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope y’all enjoy spending time with your family and eating all the good food. Daisy and I had the opportunity to do some holiday traveling and I’m having a great time back in OKC for a couple of weeks.
Daisy is enjoying the weather!
I’ve already made my Texas Sheet Cake and working on my Mac ‘n’ Cheese. Two staples around these parts.
Our BLACK FRIDAY sale begins Friday, November 23rd thru November 28th 2012. Everything in the shop is 15% off!
So stop by and see us when you get a chance!
Get your glue gun. Gather your two favorite christmas fat quarters. Don’t forget your crafty fun supplies like buttons, trim, stickers. Let’s make a Glitter Village!
I spent the day with great friends working on this crafty project. Some of the girls came over and we made these cute houses from Terry Atkinson’s pattern “Glitter Village”.
Pretty simple. Lots of cutting, but what isn’t I guess. No sewing required! It’s all assembled with Heat and Bond and double sided heavy Peltex.
We had a lot of fun decorating them!
Mine of course was not made in traditional colors. I love the turquoise and pinks that are in so many Christmas decorations now.
Paige made a modern, whimsy Christmas house with bright pink fringe and a purple polka dot roof!
Two of the girls decided on grays. This one is the classy house on the block!
And this one is super cute with the little fairy house fabric from Cinderberries.
And these two houses were done in traditional cuteness!
Isn’t that the cutest ruffle roof!
Pick up one of the patterns and get started on your own little village. Lots of fun!
SewModDesigns’ Shop Announcement
**SALE** Saturday, November 10th thru Saturday, November 17th. For every yard of fabric you purchase receive a FREE fat quarter from the **SALE** section of the shop! Here’s how…During checkout, simply convo me with your fat quarter choice from the sale section. Want a free fat quarter that is listed by the yard in the sale section? That’s ok too! We will cut it into a fat quarter for you!
Let’s get started on all those holiday gifts. Click on the logo pic and start shopping!
Happy Friday everyone. Have you recovered from the Halloween candy high? I was good this year and only had 1 piece! But it’s not due to will power, but a head cold and I can’t taste a thing:(
Paige’s kitty “baby” is featured in a kitty quilt contest. She’s adorable, all posey on the long arm. What a great pic Paige. I hope she wins.
Will you help Baby win too? Vote now!
http://www.quiltpatternmagazine.com/program/QuiltKitties/index.html
Have a great weekend everyone!
SewMod