Winner!

That took awhile -sorry! Got struck down by some nasty germs so a few things fell through the cracks. I am so ready for nicer weather and the end of this germ filled winter!
I asked my son to pick a number between 1 and 44 and 33 it is!
Congratulations Janelle! I will email you for your address!

It's finally here- time to share!

Giveaway at the end of the post!
Full Moon Lagoon is finally here! It started arriving at stores a few days ago and I could not be more thrilled! I dug right in when I got my bolts and started on the free quilt pattern. I designed the pattern before I even had the fabric so putting this together has been fun! When I am done it will look something like this:  (follow this link to find the pattern!)

I also had a little time to put together the first of many projects with this line. I am thrilled with how the colors came out and love the way the colorways play back and forth with each other so nicely.

This bag is from Elizabeth Hartman's Perfect Quilted Totes. It is the wide version- I am sure I will be making the tall version soon because it really is a great tote.

The first of many pillows! When I designed the cheater print I put the large seahorse motif in for just this type of project.
I hope you all love this collection as much as I do. I want to get the ball rolling so go ahead and leave me a comment and tell me what you are excited to make with Full Moon Lagoon. I will randomly pick one winner to receive a fat quarter set of the whole line!
Happy sewing!!

Winner!

Thanks to everyone for entering! I loved reading your comments and even got a few good ideas from your traditions. The winner of the book and gift card holder is Valerie! Thanks to Sew Mama Sew for another fun Giveaway Day!

Giveaway Day!!

 Welcome to Giveaway Day!! I always love participating in Giveaway Day because I know I will find some great new blogs to read. So many talented people out there!
My Giveaway is a copy of the book Pretty in Patchwork Holidays by the wonderful John Q. Adams. You might know him as Quilt Dad. It is a fantastic book and loaded with really great and beautiful projects.   I have a project in the book so my giveaway will be for the book and for one of my handmade gift card givers! All you have to do is leave me a comment with your favorite holiday tradition and I will choose one comment randomly to be the winner. I will ship internationally! Good luck! I will announce the winner on the 8th of December.

So excited!

I have been sitting on this one for quite some time now and am SO excited to share this! Several months ago I signed on with the amazing and fabulous Andover Fabrics as one of their licensed designers! I am already having a blast with them and am so happy to be working with such a wonderful group of people. I am doubly excited to share with you a tiny peek at my first collection with them that should be shipping in December. I should have strike offs very soon and have some great project ideas to share when the time comes. Until then, enjoy this little peek of Full Moon Lagoon. It is my most favorite collection I have done and I just can't wait to show you the whole thing!

Baby quilt starring Madrona Road!

Wow- haven't been on blogger in a looooong time and everything is different! We'll see how this goes... There was recently a sweet baby girl born to the family of one of my son's friends. I had the itch to make a quilt and Madrona Road by my sweet friend Violet Craft seemed the obvious and perfect choice! I used the snail playmat pattern from Dare to Be Square Quilting and I love how it turned out!

I love her donkey that stands next to the mailbox with her name on it. So cute! The colors of this line are great. Certainly sweet and girly but a bit sharper and not too sugary.

I pieced the back and put a little embroidery in with her name. I couldn't believe it when I flipped the quilt over after quilting and the quilting lines ended up framing her name so perfectly. I didn't plan that but maybe I should just tell people I did!

And here is the whole back. I love how it turned out and it was so nice to make something after such a long dry spell. Spring is always so busy around here that not a lot of sewing happens.

Pillow swap!

I accidentally pushed the memory card into the computer too far and it went inside! My husband finally took it apart and fished it out so now I can post these gorgeous photos! I was so thrilled to open my package from Deb at http://triostitchstudio.blogspot.com/ (stupid blogger won't let me link correctly!) It is perfect in our family room though I am scared to put it on the couch because it is just too beautiful to get squished just yet! I love the way it looks perched there so I am going to leave it on display for awhile longer! Her sewing is impeccable! I told her I was so tempted to turn the whole pillow inside out and take a picture so everyone coild see how well she sewed it up- all finished with french seams and it just looks gorgeous!

Here is a better photo though these grey days make photos so hard to take. The negative side to living somewhere so lush and green

And here is the back- I love the whole thing! I love this swap because I always get to meet such nice and talented people!

Here is the pillow I made for my partner, Colleen over at Lucky Duck Dreams (http://cyarnell.blogspot.com/) She and I have similar colors that we like so that made it a bit easier. She said she loved Heather Ross fussy cut pillows and these prints worked well in her color preferences so I broke out the Mendocino. I Like the way it turned out- might have to make another one for myself. You can never have enough pillows!