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. ^_~)
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*
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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!".
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!
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
Hey! I'm going to be on the radio again today! Woot!
At 4PM EST I'll be on American Patchwork & Quilting Radio with super duper awesome host Pat Sloan! This was pre-recorded at Fall Quilt Market in Houston! I hope you can tune in. ^_^
I'm going to be on the Creative Mojo Radio show chatting with Mark Lipinski tomorrow! Someone find me a paper bag because I'm hyperventilating right now. *faints*
The show starts at 3pm EST and I'm scheduled to be on LIVE *faints again* at 4:27 - 4:40 EST. To listen in go to www.toginet.com and click on the listen live button on the right hand side of the page. I'll be chatting about Zakka Style and Washi and whatever else comes up. So excited and so super nervous! I hope you can tune in and listen. It should be fun and you might even get to hear me pass out live! :P
....a copy of my new book Zakka Style?!?! Of course you do! ^_^
Run over to the Stash Books Blog....like...right now....yes now! They're hosting a giveaway of my soon to be released new title, 'Zakka Style'!
Take a look at some of the lovely.....
Mmmm....Zakka.
You know you likey. I sure do!
Stay tuned for a reveal of all of the 24 lovely, talented, rockstar contributors!
You still reading this??? Go enter the giveaway silly! ^_~
Yeah, I feel like I've been in a daze lately....so much going on around here! Hey guys! Remember me! ^_^
So we've finally settled into our new home and I'm enjoying it SO much! I didn't really feel inspired at our old place, but that has changed and I'm starting to feel like crafty myself again.
I've started sprucing up the place for Christmas! Yaaay! Anyone who knows me well, knows that at night I turn into a mad sewingtist and all of my really good ideas happen then. Well this one was no different....it's our new Advent Calendar!
I wanted to make something really fast and simple that I thought the kids would enjoy, so I came up with this little cutie. It was so super duper easy to put together! How cool is it that exactly 25 triangles make up the shape of a tree?! SO frikkin cool! So here's what I did:
I stitched up the tree with some green scraps I had.
I've had this lovely linen with snowflakes that I bought on Etsy many, many moons ago that was just sitting in my stash. I never could figure out what to use it for and this was the perfect project for it. So I added it as the background and Ironed on some fusible fleece to the back.
Next I went to Office Depot and bought a cheap 18 x 24 cork bulletin board and removed the frame. Whipped out my staple gun..(my favorite non-sewing tool to use with fabric) and stapled the lovely to the back of the board.
Finally, I made 25 covered buttons with some red scraps, removed the stems, stamped them, and hot glued some thumb tacks to the back. And voila! Advent calendar! Yaaay! ^_^
So excited to start counting down the days until Christmas with my littles! What super cool Christmas projects have you made? I'd love to see! ^_~
**Update** I just learned that Washi will be shipping as early as February!!!!! Wooooooot!!
Hello lovelies! So I've been super busy around here, packing up my home to move into a new home. Not a giant move like this one. Just moving to a really nice neighborhood in ATL. I'm so excited! WE move on Saturday and we'll have some really great neighbors as well. Melody and Ellen will be mere blocks away! Playdates! Yay! Can't wait! Here's a pic of our little bungalow!
I'm also gearing up for Fall Quilt Market. Sadly, my Fall fabric line is now a Spring fabric line thanks to my sample yardage being stuck at the mill in China. So Timeless Treasures made the executive decision to push the debut back to Spring. *sigh* Kinda bummed about that, but at least it gives me more time to sew, sew, sew! Also, I don't have to scramble to sew samples for the show. But geez Louise, Spring seems so far away! Aargh! Well at least there's something to look forward to right?
I've been working on my postcards for the show and I think they're kinda cute. ^_^
**EDITED** Thought I'd add a sneak peek of some of the prints. ^_~
Geez, I can't wait until Spring! Or Quilt Market! Are any of you going? I'd love to see you there!
The winners are # 27 and # 109!
Erin and Chiska! Ladies, please email me with your shipping information.
Yay! Congratulations ladies and thank you to everyone who commented! There are still a lot more chances left to win a copy, so be sure to follow the rest of the tour! ^_~
and. AND!! My banner is up at the Timeless Treasures blog! Go take a look! Woot!
