amy butler gumdrops – SewMod

A Week Of Finishes

Lorrie — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:58:16 +0000

Paige was on vacation the week of the 4th so we sewed, and sewed. We’re trying to get some of the samples and kits ready for the NSQG quilt show that’s coming up in September. It will be our first time vending…exciting! I loved every minute of playing in the new studio. We were super productive and I had no problem getting motivated. Projects finish fast when one person sits and sews and the other pins and irons!

We finished the Pick A Bunch and the Fluttering Butterflies quilts. We made 2 table runners. All will be kitted for the show.

North Garden Dresden Table Runner

And Which Witch Table Runner. The purple comes off really blue in the pics but it’s really a perfectly matched purple to this line. This turned out sooo cute!

A couple of Gumdrops …A couple of friends joined in on the Gumdrop fun. Kathy made hers from the Artful Home fabrics. We love how she fussy cut the green daisy for the top.

And Janet and Paige both picked the Groovy Bugs fabric with aqua Ta-Dot tops…fun, fun fabric!

Several last touches on patterns…all available soon in Etsy.

Summer tweets, which we showed you a few weeks ago.

Fruitcakes

And North Garden Dresden Table Runner

And we had countless ideas and brainstorming sessions and planned out this weeks projects. I’ll be working on the Hoo’s In The Forest quilt. I see a cute appliqued deer and big appliqued strawberries for this project so I’m looking forward to starting this one. Of course that all depends if we can keep the power on in the neighborhood. Lots of outages here..:(

We also had our 1st SewMod meeting in the new studio. It was nice and relaxing. We celebrated a couple of the girls’ birthdays with some wine and I made a cheesecake….I forgot to take a pic…I wish I had though because it was beautiful & yummy! They’re always yummy, but not always beautiful:)

Paige will probably be mad at me but….. everyone wish Paige a Happy Birthday today!!

Lazy Summer Days

Lorrie — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:59:09 +0000

Sorry for our lack of blog posts lately. It’s summer here in Chicago…finally, and I gotta say, it gets harder and harder to do any work inside when you know that you only have a short window of hot weather to enjoy.

But, I have managed to make some more gumdrops:) We had a couple of custom orders last week. This one is a large gumdrop made from the Hoo line. Alternating pink plaid and sweet flowers with the strawberries on top. So cute!

And my neighbor requested a small volleyball one for her 13 year old niece’s birthday.

Since it’s so nice out, I think I’ll take Daisy and my camera out for a walk and see if we can get some good flower shots…I’ll share my finds tomorrow.

Logo Love & Class Sign-ups

Lorrie — Wed, 04 May 2011 10:42:01 +0000

I’m sure y’all noticed our new logo that Paige added not too long ago to the blog and Etsy.

We have a talented graphic designer.

Holly Shoulders

Think • Creative Design
email: hashoulders@comcast.net
http://thinkcreativedesign.weebly.com

We asked her to design something modern/whimsy, with daisies, in a blue/green combo. It’s exactly what we had in mind.

We had some note cards and business cards made up too. We couldn’t be happier with it Holly. Thank you!

In exchange for her work, she asked if we could make her a couple of gumdrops for her children. We made the large gumdrops and used Amy Butler’s Daisy Chain in pink and turquoise.

We hope your kids love these as much as we love our logo! Thanks again Holly:)

Wanna make your own gumdrops? We’re holding a gumdrop class if you live in the Chicagoland area. All you need is basic sewing skills. Click on the Contact us and drop us an email if you’re interested. You will be addicted to gumdrops too!

Paige is also giving private machine quilting lessons, one on one, for anyone interested in learning machine quilting. The class can be tailored to your experience level, so that you will feel confident in your machine quilting.