2010 March

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

March 17, 2010 By Anne 13 Comments

I feel like I should be baking shamrock cookies or something exciting like that. But yesterday this brown truck brought a box of sweets like you’ve never seen! My heart skipped a beat and I could hardly breathe! The box is filled with the sweetest of sweets and I’m in heaven.

I know, it’s so bad of me not to show you yet! I will in a few days I promise, but today I have to spend St. Patrick’s day cleaning. Tomorrow is photo shoot day at Bunny Hill. Quilter’s Home magazine is coming!

In order to make up for my lack of sharing, we’re having a St Patrick’s day sale at Bunny Hill. If you find something on our web site that you’ve been wanting to buy, and it has the color green in it, you’ll get it for 25% off! 25% off anything with green for today only! Just enter the word green in the coupon section on checkout and the luck of the Irish will be yours.

Do you do anything special for St Patrick’s Day? Are you Irish? I’ll be thinking of you today as I’m picking up threads and bitty pieces of fabric that seem to migrate all over the house! How does that happen?

Maybe I’ll even get a photo of the photo shooters for you tomorrow. How’s that for a picture? Back soon to show you the sweets that were delivered yesterday! Ahhh sweet treats. I love them!

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Magazine Quilts, My Studio, Photography

Cat Photos

March 14, 2010 By Anne 20 Comments

If you have a cat, chances are you have some great cat photos. Cats are naturally curious, sleep most of the time, and are easy to photograph.

Case in point…Mooch…

Mooch loves the backyard. She goes out on a leash. She thinks she’s a dog, so it’s very appropriate.

This picture was taken with my IPhone…

And this one? I have no idea how I did this…double exposure?

And if you stop by Bunny Hill for a visit, chances are you’ll never see our twins…Topsy & Turvy

They are rescue cats and very, very shy.

Topsy…

Turvy…

And another rescue we named Lucky, appropriate name…

He came to us during a storm; wet and obviously starving…

If you’re a cat lover like me, be sure and check out The Pioneer Woman’s cat photo contest! You’ll love it!

And remember, as much as we might hate the time change today…smile!

Happy Sunday everyone!

Filed Under: Pets of Bunny Hill, Photography

Sewing Day!

March 11, 2010 By Anne 23 Comments

I’ve had two days of sewing help in the Bunny Hill Studio. It’s been exciting to see what we can get done when we work together.

The studio has gone from this…

To this…

…in a matter of minutes. Here’s Nancy sewing together the “Snowbound” quilt. It’s so cute , I hope you love it! She finished it early and now it’s over at Ellie’s for the border applique. I can’t believe I’m showing you this messy photo. I mean really, the bathroom door is open and we’re ironing in the bathroom! This is what happens when you add people to a studio!

Meanwhile Robin is sewing together strips of jelly roll fabric…she’s on a roll so to speak!

Robin’s coming back today to sew more strips together! Soon we may have a quilt! A real quilt! I have stations set up in my studio so more than one person can cut and sew. Think about how messy your sewing room gets when you’re working away. Then triple it and you get the idea of what my studio looks like right about now. I have to say it’s so much fun! I love my Bunny Hill helpers!

Next week I’ll show you some photos of it cleaned up. ”Quilter’s Home” magazine is coming for a photo shoot. I’m not telling them about the iron in the bathroom. A quilter’s gotta do what a quilter’s gotta do! We can work anywhere right?

Hugs everyone! It’s back to work! I’m going to sew on my pink featherweight today!

Anne

Filed Under: My Studio, Quilt Design

What’s On Your Wall?

March 10, 2010 By Anne 19 Comments

What’s on the wall in your sewing room? Do you have an inspiration board, or a place to put all the pictures and things that inspire you? I’m inspired by so many things; some you’ll find on my wall…

Here at Bunny Hill I have inspiration walls, inspiration boards, inspiration books, inspiration binders, and inspiration drawers. I remember reading years ago that Martha Stewart keeps file cabinets filled with things that inspire her. To think that she clips things out of magazines too! Amazing!

My journals are the simple black ones you can buy at any art store. They have plain pages just waiting to be filled. I keep a supply of glue sticks just for the occasion.

And my binders are assorted. I buy pink binders when I can find them but it’s really HARD to find good pink binders. Soft, shabby chic binders would be more my style…

I’ve been saving clippings and pictures for as long as I can remember. I go through each magazine or catalog before I throw it away and clip out anything I like. I glue small pictures into journals. I put larger articles into plastic binder pages, and other things get put into a drawer in file folders organized by subject. I love going through my clippings and journals. It’s an endless source of inspiration for me!

So before you throw out that catalog that came in the mail, or magazine that you just finished reading, think about what you saw. It may be worth saving.

Sharon over at Farm & Fru Fru has a great post about inspiration boards. Be sure and read it. You’ll get lots of ideas!

Hey, what’s up with all the Moda stuff in this post? Did you notice? Are you a Moda Maniac too?

Hugs,

Anne