“I Love Candy” Moda Blog Hop
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
1,151 Comments
Anita
I live just outside of Edmonton, AB Canada. We have two dogs named Rowdy (black lab/border collie cross) and Morey (Jack Russell Terrier). I loved your blog post! So cute! And Chelsea is adorable. I have added your blog to my favorites and started following because I loved this post so much! Thanks for the chance to win your beautiful fabrics.
Jan Luter
Love the blog hop and your patterns. I live in Brookhaven, MS – very hot and humid now, so plenty of time to check out all the projects and do some sewing. I am sorry to say that our Australian terrier, Scruffy, is no longer with us, but never forgotten – still cry when I look at pictures.
Dianne Bondaroff
Thanks for the intro to your town – looks lovely and away from all the hussle and bussle. I live in Kelowna BC, Canada and have a dog as well. She’s a gorgeous Portugese Water Dog – with one black eye patch and one white eye patch.
Thanks for a chance at your giveaway.
Kristin
I live in Fairfield, CA (not too far from Discovery Bay) with my family and our Standard Schnauzer Roxie and 2 Siamese kitties, Buster and Ella. I love the Windsor Lane collection – it is so pretty!
briawna
our only pets right now are two goldfish, jewel and opal. I have three kids under 6, so pets (especially potty training pets!) are out of the question right now. I love this beautiful line! Thanks.
Linda L.
I loved Chelsea’s tour. She is a great guide. Thanks.
Linda L. in Tx.
Gloria B
I live in a High Wycombe, UK. It is not an attractive town as most of the attractive bits were modernised in the 1960’s. Though, if one looks above the shop fronts, traces of the original Georgian town can be seen.
And there are a lot of really pretty villages within a few miles.
Gloria B
I forgot to say that we do not have a pet, but get wonderful birds visiting the garden. At the moment a Bullfinch is drinking at the bird water-fountain.
Viviankay
Our cat Nutmeg is one of those snotty, I don’t need people, kind of cats. At least she was until she got old. Now at 15 she has to make up for a lifetime of “please scratch my ears”. It is actualy quite annoying especially to my husband. Catsm you never know what kind you will get until they grow up. Crazy!
Rachel
OK, what an awesome giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity! We live in sunny (HOT!!) Southern California. We have 2 dogs Lady (half rat terrier and half Boston Terrier) and Kitty (She IS a dog, LOL, and she is half chihuahua and half papillon). We have a great bunny named Draco and a parrot named Mojo. We are also bird sitting (long term) a tame love bird named Rainbow.
Janet H
Babe, Ace and give or take 5 to 10 cats live here on our farm in Fowler, Kansas. Thanks for the tour Chelsea! jmh
Karen Shackleford
Hi Anne – I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. However, I grew up in Pleasant Hill, CA, lived for 30 years in Walnut Creek, and also worked for 6 months at Thimble Creek–just before moving to NM. I left in 2000. So it is very fun to see you photos of Discovery Bay and the map of the SF Bay area! Love you designs. It would be great fun to win some Windsor Lane candy! P.S. Great fun to read where everyone else lives–all around the world!
Madeline Watson
I live in Maryville Tn. with 3 other people and 3 dogs, The three dogs are Sadie, CeeCee, and Cloe. All girls and all adorable.Thankis for the opportunity to win a great give-a-way.
Lee
I hope Chelsea’s mouse gets found… I can knit … I will see if I can make one -i have never had to knit a mouse. I have a little helper dog too – Loki (a dachshous beagle mix). We live in a suburb of Detroit which is not far from Windsor, Canada – just like your fabric which is lovely!
June
We live in Monrovia, California (a tiny suburb of giant Los Angeles). Okie and Dokie, twin little tortoise shell kittys, and their brother, Midas, live with us.
They are generally afraid of dogs, but think Chelsea looks friendly and enjoyed taking the tour with her.
Viv
I LIVE NEAR ASTORIA, OREGON….PENNY IS MY TOY POODLE…..GREAT GIVEAWAY!
Kristen
Love AZ! Don’t have any pets. Love your blog! I loved following along last year and making a Henrietta quilt!
Karmen
I live in Cardwell, Montana and we have several pets! Dogs – Patches the lab/springer spaniel and Trudy the amazing Cockapoo. Cats – Daisy because she looks like the skink from Bambi and Bubba because he is so small he needed a tough sounding name. Horses – Hazel, Julie and Only. Plus we have a lot of guest bears, deer, and wild turkeys in our neighborhood! The amazing side of living in the mountains!
Marja van de Nes
I live in Uithoorn, near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Our cat is named Floortje!
Paulette Doyle
Hi Anne!
I live just outside Victoria, BC and am one of your biggest fans! Molly and Rylie are our two cockapoo pups…and they too are my quilting ‘helpers’! LOVED this post…with the help from Chelsea of course!! SEW CUTE!!
Thanks so much for the chance to win your very generous give away!
Paulette
Louisa
Portland OR with Lewis the Cat!! And his side kick Chunky Girl, affectionately known as Chunks.
MaryAnn Jakbert
Greetings from Eaglr River, AK. At our house, you will find a large tank of fish and a box turtle named Peek a Boo.
Cindy Sharp
Chelsea did a great job showing us around town. If she were to visit my home, Frisco Tx, she could play with my two dogs….Rae and Hope. Then she could hunt down the cats…I doubt they would come out and play, but you never know. Button and Took might surprise me.
Thanks for the give away.
Pam
I live in Denver and have Allie and Scruffy the dogs, and Conan and Miss Moo the cats.
marie
I live in Dallas, Oregon—small town, no freeways. No pets now but many years ago had 2 horses named Chip and Amber.
Jessie
I am currently living in a tiny town in SC called Piedmont. I have two dogs, a corgi named Lily and a springer spaniel named Miley.
MoeWest
I live in Calgary Alberta. At the moment we are petless but usually we have a cat. Thanks for the pattern and a chance to win some beautiful fabric.
Debi
We live in Edmond, Oklahoma. We have a black lab, Alf. For 13 years a basset named Chelsea shared our home so I enjoyed your Chelsea’s tour.
Monica
I live in Granbury, TX, and I have two orange tiger kitties named Frank and Jesse. They live up to their names…believe me.
susan
We live inKokomo, Indiana and have a dog named Casey. Thank you for the cute pattern.
Michelle H.
We live in Cleveland, OH but how I long to move to the suburbs…Cleveland is way to busy for me. Not to mention we need a much bigger house! We have three dogs about 5 times the size of yours: Bo, Sasha and Bailey-Bear and one 3-pawed cat named Tango (who gets around pretty well considering she was born with only 3 paws).
Ruth Chow
I live in Atlanta and am sad to report I have no pets. I used to live in East San Francisco Bay and had heard of Discovery Bay but never went or saw pictures. Thanks for sharing!
Miriam F
I live in Columbia SC. We don’t have a pet right now..still on a waiting list for a kid friendly dog.
Judy
We make our home in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. We have a Golden Retriever named Bailey who is 12 1/2 years young. The most gentle, well behaved dog we’ve ever had. Thanks for the chance.
Rosalie M
I live in Moore, OK -a suburb of OKC…home of Toby Keith. :-) We have a lab mix and her name is Bambi. I absolutely love your fabrics-they’re some of my favorites!! Thanks for doing a giveaway!
Sandra Timmons
Shadow’s is our female Bermeise cat. My husband and I have lived herein Sonora, CA. We are called the foothills. It used to be a small city but that has changed since more people are getting out of the Bay Area to move here to retire. My Mom and my sister live in Jamestown which is about 3 miles away. Shadow likes to help quilt by laying on top of the fabric and giving her approval. She even has her own quilt but she still has to help. She certainly would approve of the Sweet Lily Quilt. Just need to win some Windsor Lane fabric. Thank you for the chance to win and joining in the ModA Blog Hop.
Sandi T.
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Carol Lewis
I enjoyed the city tour, very much, thank you Chelsea. It’s good to have a little furry friend helper. I live in Glendale AZ and I have two Boston Terrier dogs – Buster and Betty. They are lots of fun. I like to have them help me with my quilt photos.
Gale C.
I live in the northern suburbs on Chicago. And I don’t have any pets. I am allergic to some…
Erin @ Sew at Home Mummy
Hi Anne and thank you for letting us all participate in the Moda blog hop! I love your website – adding it to my blogroll now…
I live in Evanston, Illinois, which is the first suburb north of Chicago. Evanston borders Lake Michigan to the east, much to the enjoyment of my chocolate lab, Orson. He LOVES swimming so we’re at the wonderful dog beach here as much as possible.
Elizabeth
We had a Jacque, but he has moved with my daughter to Baton Rouge, LA. We are from Iowa, Louisiana. Love your WINDSOR fabric.
Tiara
I live in the north Ga mountains in a very small town. I have a puggle (pug/beagle mix) named Medussa who loves all of the open space to bark and sniff around.
trillium
My apartment complex in the Northern Panhandle of WV does not allow pets. Your dog is cute, and so are all of the blog pics here! I live near the Ohio River, a little ways south of Wheeling.
Linda V
I’m from the Midwest…..Lansing, IL (not Michigan) situated between always-exciting Chicago and the beautiful SW Michigan beaches and wineries. I’m afraid we no longer have pets at home but enjoyed our rescued greyhounds, Memory and Desi, for years while the kids were growing up. Thanks for sharing your beautiful patterns and ideas!
Angela
I live in Grande Prairie, Alberta and we have one dog. His name is Stoner… He was my husbands before we were married and I’m always so embarrassed to introduce the dog to people! Lol
Kathy
We have Skittles the cat and Holly the dog, and we live in Wisconsin.
Thanks for the giveaway chance – beautiful fabric!
Shawna
I live in Springfield, OH. We have one very spoiled Beagle, Duke. He may be only a “duke” but he thinks he’s the King of all! Sorry Chelsea. ;)
Colleen
I am in Southwest Florida, and we have cats named Milo, Molly, and Jake as well as guinea pigs named Peggy and Wolfie. Thanks for the cute pattern!
Leslie
Oh Oh!, am I the first one?
Hi Anne! I’ve visited with you for over 3 years, it is your blogging that got me into blogging!
I live in Northwestern Ontario Canada, 150 miles east of Winnipeg Manitoba and about 350 miles north of Minneapolis Mn. We live in a little city as well! We have a fox terrior/jack russell terrier named Simen, whom we adopted!
Thank you sooooo much for all you do for us peeps! It is all so lovely, I drool over your website on a monthly basis.
Take care, Leslie
Deb Fox
We have a cute corgi named Emerson, a little black and white cat, Chloe, and a HUGE. Orange tabby cat Jupiter ( we didn’t know how big he was going to get when we named him!)
Deb Fox
Sorry- I forgot to tell you we live in Rochester NY!
Michele
Love the Moda Candy squares! I live in Edgewood, Maryland. I currently have one dog, Rusty.:)
Janet
We have Puss and Peanut in the house. We live in South Dakota. We have a herd of cattle, 5 llamas and 15 barn cats to feed and love too.