Hi everyone! Welcome to the Moda Blog Hop and Bunny Hill. When Chelsea heard this was about our hometown and Moda Candy she got so excited! She begged me to let her show you around and there’s no keeping that dog out of things when she decides she wants in. She’s been after the “Candy” I’ve had stashed for my giveaway ever since I brought it home. Maybe she’ll forget the “Candy” if I let her show you around.
We live in the San Francisco Bay area in a town called Discovery Bay. No one really knows where Discovery Bay is except for the 13,000 that live here. It’s not even a an official city yet but we like it that way. If you drive in the San Francisco Bay area you are guaranteed to find freeways filled with traffic but Discovery Bay doesn’t have a freeway. We drive through country roads where the only traffic is created by driving behind a slow tractor on a 2 lane road.
OK Chelsea, show them where we live!
Here’s a map of the San Francisco Bay area and Discovery Bay. Wait! I think Chelsea’s standing on our house! Chelsea move over please!
At one end of town you’ll find waterways…inlets coming in off the River Delta with houses lining the waterways. You can walk out your back door, jump in and swim because these inlets are fresh water. This is only a few blocks from our house but poor Chelsea hates to swim so we try to stay away from this area. Being the brave dog she is, she agreed to jump in just for the purpose of this picture.
…At the other end of town you’ll find acres of farmland.
Chelsea loves to visit the fruit orchards and vegetable stands. She’s really into chasing birds healthy eating.
Chelsea get out of those onions! (…sorry but she likes to pick out her own veggies.)
Bunny Hill is located inside my Discovery Bay home. The studio is on the upper floor of my house so it’s not open to the public. Chelsea’s been trying to get me to open a store but I know her reasons are a bit one sided…more attention. She gets enough attention already. She sleeps in a little drawer right by my desk and she get pets from everyone all day long.
She’s active in my design work and often puts in her 2 cents worth when I’m designing.
She personally checks my fabric when it arrives…gives it the sniff test to see if it passes.
Yesterday when I got out the Moda Candy, Chelsea was so excited! She’s been watching these little bundles ever since I brought them home! I can’t blame her, just look at these cute little packages of 2 1/2″ squares of fabric. They are perfect for making a dog bed doll quilt, miniature wall quilt, table topper, pincushions, small totes…you get the idea.
If Chelsea will give up some of this “Candy” you could win a few to make a cute miniature quilt like this one!
Don’t worry, I’ll make her part with some Candy and we’ll add it to our giveaway.
You’ll find the FREE pattern for this Candy quilt below:
So what are we giving away? One of you is going to win this beautiful bundle of WINDSOR LANE and three of you are going to win some Windsor Lane Moda Candy to make my Sweet Lily quilt. We’ll announce the winners on September 15th so be sure and check back.
All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this blog post telling me where you live and the names of your pets if you have any!
If you haven’t been to Kate and Deb’s blog yet, click on the links below to see what they have for you today!
KATE SPAIN
and
DEB STRAIN
Have fun!
Anne
I live in Elizabethtown, PA. I don’t have any pets. My granddaughter has a bunny.
I live in Lebanon, Oregon….love the little town. We have lots of chickens and a few goats. Chickens are to many to name and the goats get named by the granchildren. They have a few different names depending on which grandkids you talk to:)
Thanks so much, Jan
Live in Buellton, CA and have a dog named Chessie and a 4 week old barn kitten that was orphaned named Lucky. Of course!
I live in Houston TX and we currently have one cat named Ike … we found him after Hurricane Ike hit here exactly 4 yrs ago (Sept. 13) Our kids call him the “grand cat”. Thanks for the chance to win, and Happy Fall !!
Thanks for the giveaway. I live in Watertown, MA, and we have two bunnies – Cupid and Gracie.
I live in Emory, TX and we have one special border collie/brittany spaniel named Annie. When Annie first arrived (just over a year ago), she was drawn to the fabric in my studio. Anything on the floor would disappear and re-appear in the house under a pillow or beside the chair. I had to teach her not to rip the batting off of the roll (I need it to place in the quilts without holes in it). She has out grown some of the earlier tendencies, but occassionally has a set back. Thanks for the bundle offer, I hope I win.
I live in Valparaiso, Indiana and my cat is named Dusty.
I’m in Urbandale, Iowa for now. My little buddy is Ginger. She is a golden retriever mix and looks like a mini Golden. She’s my buddy and follows me everywhere, working in the office, down to the sewing room, across the room, etc! She can’t hear these days and doesn’t want to miss any fun, so she is at my feet all day, which is a great thing if you ask me! It’s great to be loved!
I’m Diane from Tiffin, IA. We have a wonderful 9 year old male Pomeranian named Teddy Bear. He’s just that, sooo sweet and cuddly and loves it if I take him everywhere I go. We also have a 3 year old long haired black cat named Ruckus. He used to live at our business, however a recent serious injury caused the need to keep him at home to rehab and he’s never left. I found quickly that kitties love sewing rooms! Teddy’s not a huge fan of his new roommate but he’s getting better. Meanwhile Ruckus’ old roommate, Kiwi, an 11 year old quaker parrot is really confused! She was taught as a joke before Ruckus to say “Where’s the kitty?”, “Meow, meow”, and “Here kitty kitty!” Then there was a kitty and kitty would sleep on the top of her cage. We later found after Teddy was spending time at the shop that she would bark like the dog. Now she’s a bit lonely as they’re all in the house without her. But she’ll still tell you you’re silly or that she’s spoiled and then laugh at herself. Or even ask you if you want to cuddle.
Thank you for the bundle offer. The fabric is gorgeous!
I live in Reese, Utah. Paradise to the world.
I live in Cedar City, Utah. We don’t have any pets :)
Hi!
I live in Hamar, Norway:)
We have lots f aquariums, and I tend to give some of the fishies names. My favourites are Papillon, which is a Butterfly chiclied, and Snute (translated to “nose”) which is yellow with a pointy nose:)
I live in Hatfield, Arkansas. I have 2 cats named Mittens and Misspriss.
I live in Bluewater, Australia and I have a 15 yo black cat, Missy.
I live in Racine Wisconsin. I don’t have any pets.
Chelsea is so cute!! I live in Muscatine, Iowa with 3 cats…..Simon, Bella and Bo!
I live in Racine, Wisconsin. We had a dog named Scamper who passed away a number of years ago.
I am however a Grandma to a Grand dog Murray and a Grand cat Ari.
I live in Brewster, MA which is on the east coast and located on Cape Cod. I have two four footed friends that live with me and their names are Hendrix and Simone. Thanks so much for the tour of your beautiful area.
I live in London England and am enjoying our Indian Summer at the moment. I love your dog! We have a dachshund/beagle cross name Jax. Life wouldn’t be the same without him – and he hangs out with me when I sew. Keeps my feet and leg warm!
my home away from home is just down the river in a place called Wetherbee Lake. I met my husband there and we make a trip to discovery Bay about once a year. We used to go down Grantline but they have blocked that off so we come by way of the Deep Water Channel and Stockton. I met my husband at this special place 54 years ago when i was 12 and he was 15. We grew up with a Huck Finn lifestyle meandering along the river. We raised 4 kids along the river and now have 5 grandsons we are introducing to this special place. In our 45 years of marriage we have had two dogs, Buppies lived for 16 years and Buster for 17. We are babysitting our grand-dog, a beautiful golden retriever named KNOX. thank you for your lovely website, tutorials, great blog and free patterns. you have found your gift! E
I live in Santa Clara and have made numerous trips to SF, but don’t remember ever seeing Discovery Bay! We don’t have any pets but we have two adopted family members that are Labrador Retrievers – Ruby, a 7 1/2 year old, laid back, loving, yellow female and Max a 2 year old, crazy, loving, chocolate male.
Love the tour of your hometown, and of course Chelsea. I had 2 dogs, Scruffy & Bear and 2 cats Tegan & Lizzie, unfortunately I have sadly lost all of them, the oldest one being 19, so it is fun to see your pictures of your Chelsea, helps ease the pain a little.
Thanks for everything you do and keep inspiring all of us.
Lisa
Such a cute post! Chelsea is a wonderful tour guide. I live in Aiken, SC with my husband and four (out of seven) children that still live at home. Our pets are a completely spoiled Italian Greyhound named Bella and an aloof, independent black kitty named Jade.
I live down the road a bit. I’m in Seaside CA, which is on the Monterey Peninsula. No pets in the house as my husband is allergic. /sigh
I also have a watery address, I live in a suburb called Brookwater…..but its on a golf course! The only pet we have at the moment is more like another child, he is a Tenterfield Terrier by the name of Charlie.
Thanks Anne!
I live in Randleman, NC and I have a cocker spaniel Patches, and two kitties, Precious & Peanut! They are NOT pets…they are our children!
I live in Rusk Texas. My sweet dog’s name is Lou. I do my quilt shopping in Tyler texas, where I work and online.
You design the most beautiful fabrics! I live in Sandy,Utah. I lost a wonderful pet last Dec. Miss him.
I live in Fremantle, Western Australia. Unfortunately our only pet died a few years ago and we havent found the desire to replace him yet. He was a big fluffy white and grey cat called Trax – he used to make a lot of them traveling in our car with us all the time.
My home town is (rather appropriately) Windsor! We have a cat named Oliver. Thanks for the chance to win!
It was nice to visit your part of the world. Hometown is Bloomfield , NJ and we have a pet named Chunks
I live in a little town, Louisville, Ohio. Currently, we have one dog, Butter and a cat named Tigger and some fish. We also have four adopted stray cats, Mo, Tootsie, Peanut and Mr. Sir. Tigger sits by my chair when I sew, too. I love your designs.
Hi! That bundle of fabric… it’s given me a longing. That’s never happened before. Anyhoo, something peaceful and homey about it! Beautiful!
Bakersfield, CA is where I live, where I grew up, and I’m glad we finally moved back so that I got to raise our three kids here. The week we moved back our almost-human cat that was so much fun and loved to ‘hug’ got bitten by a baby bat and had to be put to sleep. I cried so hard when they came to pick her up, that I couldn’t even talk. But now, I have a German Shepherd Coyote. Yep, mom was the Shepherd, dad was a wild one!!! Mika is a love bug!!!! :)
I live in the Antelope Valley, CA. We’ve got two silly cats that go by many names!
hi, I am from Metamora, IL and have a cat named Tyson.
Hi, I am from Metamora, IL and have a cat named Tyson
Waving over the hill from Reno, Nevada. I have two cats at the moment ~ big ole Leo and wee Lucy.
My 2 dogs, Qtip and Hershey and I are all waving a biiig hello to you and Chelsea from Alliston, Ontario, Canada. We are located approximately 1 1/2 hours north west of Toronto. We love it when Chelsea posts….Claire
I live in Coppell Texas – come on by! I sew/quilt with a kitty companion named Cocoa. He’s white with apricot tabby markings. He has a heart on his back. It wouldn’t be any fun without a kitty – they have to give the “Kitty Seal of Approval” – to answer the question “Is it nap-worthy?”!
I love these colors, so sweet. I live in Jacksonville FL and have one very fat orange cat named Lucy.
We live with a kitty named Wolfy, rescue feline. He fills the pawprints of our former kity, Grady. Both gray boys. It’be great to have calorie-free candy in all those fantastic colors. Wolfy will make sure it passes the sniff test.
We live in Henderson, NV and don’t have any pets but we do have two grand-dogs!!
I live in Murphysboro, IL, My pets are fish that live in my water garden. The biggest fish is named Big Al. Love to sit and watch them. So relaxing. Thanks for a chance to win your fabric.
Hi Anne! I live in Laguna Hills and have a rescue mixed black lab named Dakota. She is a moose of a doggie and likes to sit on our feet (to say “I am here”), but is super sweet. I make her elastic dog colars out fru fru girlie fabric. Love your fabric line. I am daydreaming just looking at it. Thx so much!
I live in West Jordan, Utah – which is a suburb of Salt Lake City. I had a dog for 16 years, his name was Klondike, but just last week we got really sick and we had to put him down :( He was a good dog, very partial to our family. I’m hoping that’s a nice way to say that he didn’t really like anybody but his family. Beautiful fabric, thanks for the chance.