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Lots 'o stuff

Jun 15, 2009 at 03:02

Well I have had lots of stuff going on.

Still trying to organize photos from our trip to Portugal. Found a new fabric swap group on Flickr and have been engulfed in it. Also making baby stuff for friends that are near and dear to my heart.

While my little one is out for a nap I thought I would share some.

Cute little outfits that will be packed and shipped to Europe next week. I would post a few more photos of the other handmade things, but I am afraid the recipient will read this posting. So I need to keep a few things secret. ^_^





Here are some of the swaps received from my new Flickr group.

Yummy fabrics!











Lastly, this is how I spent my morning. With my wonderful little guy and my two sweet nieces!



It has been a wonderful day!


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Fun fabric Friday (03.27.09)

Mar 27, 2009 at 12:06

It is shortly after midnight so this qualifies as my Friday posting. I do not know if it is insomnia or the pizza I ate at the Elbow room for dinner, but since I am up I thought I would blog for today's FFF winner.

Congrats to you KT at Metrosupial Designs! You are this month's winner.

I will get your fabric in the mail before we cut out for our family make-shift holiday.

Also wanted to share a sneak peek with you... this is what's "on my shelf".



Yummy Japanese fabrics!




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Rainy day crafting (and shopping)

Mar 26, 2009 at 05:47

I am toddler free for the day and thought to myself, "Since it is raining outside, I need to make good on some crafting."

Earlier in the week I cut some fabric to make my nephew a bag. On accident, I cut enough fabric to make two bags. Here is the end result on what they looked like.



I have no idea what I will do with the extra bag, but since the fabric was already cut I went ahead and stitched it together.

I have also been promising to make dear hunny bunny some bookmarks as I refuse to pay $4.95 for them in the book store.

I stitched this one together with some scrap fabric to find a method that would work for me. I think it turned out pretty well. Now he'll just need to go though my stash to pick out some fabrics he will like, as he does not like my gnomes. :-(



By late afternoon the rain let up and thought I would venture out to JoAnn's with my 50% coupon in hand to find something cool.

Well I found it... more fabric.



It was already on sale, 30% off and I could not use my coupon... Darn you JoAnn's!


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Current favorites

Mar 6, 2009 at 04:10

Here are some current favorite fabrics in my stash.

This first picture is of current JoAnn's fabric finds.



I just love them all. They are quilting cotton. Trees, forest friends, and lunchtime goodies... a bit of everything. What's not to love.

The next photo... mmmm... Denyse Schmidt (insert Homer's mmmm donuts here).



What more do I need to say about these yummy fabrics except, I would love the blue and gray backgrounds.

This last image are of gorgeous out of print fabrics from Alexander Henry titled Arvika.



I love the bold, yet simple, graphics. They are completely stunning.


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Returning from vacation... well rested.

Mar 3, 2009 at 09:30

So the family has been gone this last week or so on a very unexpected trip. We went to south Florida to visit with the cousins. Benjamin had a blast, mommy did a lot of fabric shopping and papa worked (what's so new about that).

I did a small bit of crafting. I made the boys some pirate patches and I say there were a huge hit.





I also found little swords, pirate chest, and strings of beads that played the roll for treasure. A week later and I still heard, "walk the plank", "scurvy pirate", "my treasure"! It was too sweet for words.



Here are a few things I picked up for myself.



I love this new magazine Stuffed. While I am not a stuffie maker, I may have to try some of the items posted in this magazine.

Oh and the Alexander Henry fabric is the real deal, not the 2009 reproduction. I love the black background. I have no idea what I will make with it, but it has to be something fun!

More later.


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Stash equalization

Feb 9, 2009 at 03:55

By now it is old news that we have moved, and moved, and moved again.

I still have not totally unpacked my craft space (maybe it is for fear we will move again, or maybe not). I am waiting on one more shelf to show up and all my craft supplies will be out and in full view. I can not wait. I mean, I have done a small amount of sewing here and there, but if I could see what I have, get my things organized, and a designated space to do it all in... life would be good.

In the meantime, I have been doing a small amount of stash equalization. What is that you ask? The simple answer: swapping.

This great piece of fabric was swapped for the same print, but in different colors.
The designer: Sandy Klopp for American Jane
The line: Peas and Carrotts
The manufacturer: Moda



Thank you Film in the Fridge!

She and I set up this sweet little swap last week. She had red... I wanted red... I had orange and yellow... she wanted orange and yellow.

Now if we could only find it in green. Anyone out there in blogland listening?


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Fun fabric Friday (02.06.09)

Feb 6, 2009 at 03:19

In lieu of a FFF FQ Giveaway every Friday, I will be giving away fabric one Friday each month. So keep your eyes peeled on the blog and on Flickr for the giveaway!

I did not mind giving away fabric each Friday, it was the postage that hurt and with rates going up again in March (or May, I can't remember), I just can't do it and keep my stash a float (is anyone else out there laughing).

Instead, I will come to you each Friday and share a peak of what is in the stash.

Let's start with "What's new!"

I went to JoAnn's for two things (non-fabric) and came home with these lovely fabrics.



Also unpacking a bit more of my stash has uncovered these two awesome fabrics from Alexander Henry titled Arvika.



Lastly, while the little man is visiting his Avo today I whipped up a little something for myself. A new checkbook cover via this fabulous tutorial from Crazy Mom Quilts.



Have a great weekend everyone!


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Mail

Feb 3, 2009 at 04:54

The little family has been on a little vacation the last few days.

I want to say thanks to the friendly folks at ESC for letting us crash in the company apartment in NYC for the weekend.

Now moving on (I will blog more about the trip later, but this is important stuff)...

When we returned home from our trip the postman left me a nice little box outside of our front door.

It was from my dear friend out in Seattle who was just here for a small visit herself at the beginning of the new year.

This is what she sent me.



Thanks KT! I loved every piece of it... and I can't believe you sent me some of your fantastic stash of "Paint by Numbers Birds".

xoxo


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Fabric

Jan 11, 2009 at 10:31

So I have been slowly unpacking my craft supplies.

Since I share a space with dear hunny bunny it is very important that everything find a place. Organization will be key to us living happily every after.

I purchased a huge stainless steel rolling rack for my craft supplies, yet they do not all fit. So what is a girl to do?

Go out and buy more fabric of course.

Here is the new Robert Kaufman "sweet tooth" print.



The pink I already had (just using it for a size reference), it is the blue that is new... and the print much smaller.

How great is that?


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A good mail day

Jul 11, 2008 at 10:35

Today was a very good mail day.

I received 5 packages! Yeah!

The first package I received was a couple of crafty booklets that I had been admiring for sometime now. I could not find them local, so I had to order them through Ebay.



The second package was from Leslie at alittlegoodness.

I love my new owl fabric and she always gives out the best freebies. Thank you Leslie.



Last, but not least, I received 3 new/used books from PaperbackSwap.com.

If you have never heard of this service before, check them out.

They rock!

Here is a photo of my new bits of summer reading. My new favorite mystery authors:

*Charlaine Harris
*Kinky Friedman
*Carolyn Hart



Of course, Author Conan Doyle will always be number one in my heart.

Long live Sherlock Holmes!


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I finally found it!

Jul 6, 2008 at 08:48

For those of you that know me... I love fabric!

For those of you who do not know me... I love fabric!

Here is my new addition to my stash.



From Moda American Jane's Building Block series.

This is an older print that is now out of production, but I happened to find a few colors.

Now if anyone has any red or green they would like to trade... I am game if you are!


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