Bunny Tales

Going to market

May 14, 2012 By Anne 23 Comments

Lily the Elephant and Gerry Giraffe are going to Quilt market in Kansas City! They’ll be at Sample Spree on Thursday night waiting for new homes. The fabric of course is Windsor Lane!

Gerry & Lily are new petite patterns.

I thought maybe I could get the patterns on the website before market but I’ve run out of time. I’ll list all the new patterns right after I get back. I’ll have lots of market pictures to share too! Wish you could all come with me.

Have a great week everyone! I’ll be back next week.

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Bunny Hill Patterns Tagged With: Bunny Hill Petite Patterns, Elephants, giraffe, Windsor Lane

Mother’s Day is also for ducks!

May 12, 2012 By Anne 50 Comments

In all the craziness around here getting ready for market Chelsea and I still manage to take our morning walk. She loves it, I love it and today a little mother duck loved it!

We live near a “wetland” area and Chelsea and I walk by it almost every day. Today I noticed a duck in the street pacing back and forth by one of the street drains. As I got closer I could hear her babies ~~crying~~ quacking and I realized they had fallen into the drain and the poor little mom was so stressed!

I called my husband and the fire department. I knew one of them would come to the rescue and they both did!

Here’s my husband and a fireman looking for the babies…

The fire department put their ladder down in the drainage hole…

…and then decided what to do…

One of the firemen went down into the drain and they handed him a canvas bag…

…to scoop up the babies!

There’s nothing better than a fireman and a bag filled with baby ducks…

He carried them over to where mom was anxiously waiting…

…the babies were released and mom and babies waddled off into the field. Look at the center top of the picture below and you’ll see the mother. The babies are right behind but the tall grass is hiding them.

I think this just might be the best mother’s day present I’ve ever seen!

Happy babies + happy mother = Happy Mother’s Day!

For me it’s back to writing patterns. I’ll have something to show you soon I hope. We leave on Tuesday for Kansas City!

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Inspirations, My town, Pets of Bunny Hill Tagged With: Baby ducks, baby ducks rescued

What’s cooking at Bunny Hill?

May 4, 2012 By Anne 19 Comments

Moda’s introducing something new with my Windsor Lane fabric line…Junior Jelly Rolls! They are just the cutest, little, petite, baby Jelly Rolls ever. They’re half the size of a regular Jelly Roll and half the price too! I took a minute from sewing today to take a picture of “Junior” for you. There I was in the front yard with my little pink cake stand, a pink Junior Jelly Roll, bench, camera and tripod, oblivious to the fact that my image was reflecting in the cake stand in every photo. Photographer extraordinaire, that’s me. It’s just been one of those days. LOL!

What else is cooking at Bunny Hill? Here’s a hint…quilt shops! Two of them…one in wool and one in fabric.

What’s that about? How can there be 2 quilt shops? I’ll show you very soon!

I miss my blogging friends (that’s you) but I’ll be back to regular blogging soon. Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Bunny Hill Patterns, Quilt Design Tagged With: Baby Fabric, Moda fabric

Mollie Makes, Jeanne d’ Arc and Redwork Kits

April 25, 2012 By Anne 8 Comments

Right in the middle of all the crazy sewing going on in the studio, Mollie Makes issue #13 and Jeanne d’ Arc Living May arrived! There’s always some excitement when that happens but when they both arrive on the same day it’s really hard to get any work done.

Mollie Makes…

Just look at buttons on the cover of Mollie Makes! Little red rose buttons that will be the perfect accent for a sewing project. I don’t know how they think of what to include for cover projects but I sure do love them!

And the little pooches on the cover are so cute. Have any of you tried needlefelting? I’ve always been a bit intimidated by those barbed needles but I’d forget about barbs for one of those little dogs.

Or, how about crochet and embroidery? Just look at this granny square pillow made from scraps of yarn! SCRAPS! I had no idea I should be saving yarn scraps. Directions are inside the magazine.

And little Japanese Embroidery patterns too! Thank you Mollie Makes for another great issue!

Jeanne d’Arc Living May

Then sit back and relax while you skim the pages of Jeanne d’Arc Living for the elegant side of life. I’m always inspired by the decorating and gardening ideas and the May issue is delightful. 144 pages of beautiful articles and photos and NO advertising. How on earth do they do it?

Redwork Raining Cats and Dogs Kit…

And last but not least we finally have a kit for Redwork Raining Cats and Dogs. I’ve been waiting and waiting for fabric bundles to arrive. This fabric is sold out at Moda but somehow they came to my rescue. The bundles arrived this week and we’ve got kits! The kit includes everything you need to make the quilt except backing and floss.