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Featured in Mollie Makes!

How excited am I to be featured in the Mollie Makes?  SOOO TOTALLY GOSH DARN excited! It's one of my favorite magazines and I'm over the moon thrilled!  Check it out!  How cute are these little mice? 

 

Here's a little bit about Mollie Makes:

'Mollie Makes is published thirteen times a year. We curate the best craft from around the world into a tactile, collectable and totally irresistible magazine.

We love to make – handmade is more than just a hobby for us, it’s in everything we do. 

We can’t resist hunting down treasures in thrift stores, then customising, re-covering and embellishing our finds with our endless stash of ribbons, buttons, fabrics and felt.

We’re forever on the lookout for new inspiration. Whatever we do, we’re living and loving handmade.’ 

♡ Making ♡ Thrifting ♡ Collecting ♡ Crafting

 

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Zakka Style Signed Editions - In stock!

Happy Wednesday friends!  Did you have a nice Valentine's Day? I sure hope so. 

Real quick, I have signed copies of Zakka Style available in my shop!  There will also be a special gift of a free Washi fat quarter (your choice!) for the first 5 shoppers!  *That was fast! ^_^ *

Yaaaay!  So if you feel so inclined, please do drop in my little shoppy-shop and......well, shop! ^_^  (I'll email you if your one of the 5. ^_~)

Win some Washi!

Hey! Happy Tuesday! 

Did you know that there's a 'Washi' giveaway?  You didn't?  Well now you do. ^_~

 

 

Super, awesome, sweet, gracious Lindsey of LRStitched.com is having a giveaway.  I have the distinct pleaseure of seeing her whenever I visit with the lovelies of the ATL Modern Quilt Guild.  She was at the meeting this weekend and bought some of my new collection 'Washi' (which is sold out in many shops btw.....*faints*) and is sharing some of her stash with one lucky reader over at her blog.  A super fat quarter bundle featuring 8 prints! How sweet is she?? ^_^ *does the washi is wonderful running man*

Comments will be open until Monday, Feb. 13th at 10pm EST. So get your booty over there and comment! 

In the mood for love.

Hello again friends.  Happy Friday!  Well it looks like it's that time of year again. Valentine's Day!  The wonderful day when we celebrate those that we heart most.  I love making things more than anything and I knew I wanted to make something quick and super special for such a fun love filled day.    

This little project is inspired by the Happy Garland Message Board in 'Zakka Style' created by fabulous contributor Katrien Van Deuren.  Katrien blogs at Pilli Pilli and she so super talented and her creations are just amazing to me! I truly admire her work.  Be sure to check out some of her lovelies at her Flickr page.  

The message board is one of my favorite projects from the book, as you can easily adapt this pattern to any holiday or occasion.  You can use a large hoop or even a tiny one and leave a message for a special someone in your life.  *sigh*  Gotta love a project with lots of possibilities! 

The Stash Books blog has a couple of great posts featuring loads of cute little projects for Valentine's Day.  So if you're looking for more inspiration pop over to their page.

 They're also going to be giving away some lovely fabric.  Genevieve Gail's Flower Bucket collection from Windham Fabrics! Don't miss it!

Also, for my ATL friends, I'll be at Intown Quilters most of the day tomorrow.  I'll be joining the Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild for a little chat at 10am.  Then I'll be doing a Zakka Style book signing at 2pm!  If you're not busy, I'd love to see you!  Please drop by and say, "Hola!".  

Washi is here!

 Hey there friends.  I know! I haven't posted since last year!! Gah! But luckily last year was just a month ago, right? :P 

I've been a busy bee, working on tons of projects that sadly I can't talk about at the moment.  If I tell you then the feds might come knocking on your door and I don't think you want that. Okay, not really, but it would be nutty if they showed up because of sewing projects!   Anyway, I'll be a good girl and keep it to myself for the moment. ^_~

What I can tell you though is that my beloved, sweet, precious, Washi collection is here! Yippee!

Here's a little baby quilt that I whipped up with the new group and I'm quite in love with it! I love it even more than the first, which is saying a lot. 

The pattern is based off of a vintage quilt I saw on a Japanese blog some time ago.  I haven't been able to locate the name of this block anywhere or anything similiar.  My Japanese isn't that great anymore, but from what I can tell it's called "Crazy Star" and it's supposedly very rare.  

I was able to figure out the pattern in Illustrator, so I'm thinking of putting up a tutorial for it.  (That is only if enough people are interested. So do let me know.) It's SO super easy to do and sews up failry quickly, so a large quilt could be made in this pattern in no time.

Here's my crappy iPhone pic before I quilted it:

Love it!  So, Washi doesn't officially debut until Spring Market, but you my quilty friends are some super lucky ducks!  It's available at quite a few shops already! Yippee! 

Hawthorne Threads

City Craft

Pink Chalk Fabrics

Fabricworm

I've also started a Flickr Group for the collection.  I'm DYING to see what you make with it!!! *faints*  

There are already some gorg-awesome projects there: 

1. Washi quilt top done. I am so in love, 2. Washi Pillow, 3. first 241 tote

Please join the group and share your work with everyone!  Inspiration is best served shared. ^_~ 

Ciao!

~R