Crafts

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.

Even the pattern is included, but if you have it already let us know and we’ll deduct it from the cost.

You’ll find Mollie, Jeanne and Redwork on my website.

It’s back to work. Market it just around the corner and we’re still sewing away. Can’t wait to show you what we’re sewing on!

Anne

Filed Under: Crafts, Embroidery, Uncategorized Tagged With: Jeanne d' Arc Living, Mollie Makes, Redwork Raining Cats & Dogs

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

December 5, 2011 By Anne 199 Comments

Welcome to our Moda designer holiday blog hop! You’ll be hopping around a bit this week visiting 4 to 5 blogs per day. Each designer you visit will have a new sampler block and recipe for you. Print them out on card stock, package them up and you’ve got a great little gift for yourself or a quilter friend! You’ll find a PDF link for my block and recipe below:

Flying Coaster Block from Bunny Hill!

You’ll need just 3 fabrics 9″ x 22″ to make this block; one dark, one medium and one light! I’m crazy about pinwheels and stars so I combined them to give you this block!

Make up a quilt using 12 of these blocks and put sashing in-between each block. You’ll have a quilt that looks great in any fabric.

Or, maybe you’ll want to wait, choose your favorite blocks and create a masterpiece like this one from Moda…

And then when you’re done sewing these blocks together you can start cooking!

Here’s my recipe for Peach Cobbler but you may have to substitute apples for the peaches if you make it in December…

If you get busy sewing now you should have these blocks finished in time for Christmas!

Christmas 2012!

Here’s the designer list for the week:

December 5th

Minick & Simpson
Bunny Hill
Me & My Sister
Deb Strain

December 6th

Kansas Troubles
Fig Tree
Cosmo Cricket
Lucie Summers
Liz Scott

December 7th:

Cotton Way
French General
Oliver + S
Sweetwater
Ellen Luckett Baker

December 8th

Thimbleblossoms
Kathy Schmitz Studios
Laundry Basket Quilts
Kate Spain
Primitive Gatherings

December 9th

Basic Grey
Jan Patek
American Jane
Sandy Gervais

Have a fun week everyone! I hope you enjoy the blog hop!

Anne

Filed Under: Crafts, Designing Patterns Tagged With: Moda Designer Blog Hop, Moda Fabrics, Quilt Blocks, Sampler Quilt

Mollie Makes Magazine!

September 16, 2011 By Anne 2 Comments

If you haven’t seen this magazine you’re in for a treat! Mollie Makes is the best magazine I’ve seen in a long time. Crafty, decorative, and oh those little craft kits they include with each issue. How creative can they get? That’s right, you get a little surprise kit with each issue!

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It’s published in England and released for sale in the US several months ago. It’s so popular it sells out right away. I love this magazine and I’ve decided to offer it for sale on my website. Copies are limited but you can pre-order the issue you see above (#6). Order it now so we can process your order, let our supplier know and hold a copy for you. It will be shipping very soon!

The Moda blog hop continues so be sure and check out Lynne from Kansas Troubles today! I hope you are enjoying the hop! You’ll have a binder filled with free projects by the time it’s finished. Cute free projects and lots of giveaways…doesn’t get much better.

Moda Blog Hop List of Designers!

September 6th Sandy Gervais of Pieces from My Heart

September 7th Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs

September 8th Barb and Mary from Me and My Sister Designs

September 9th Camille Roskelley of Thimbleblossoms

September 10th Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts

September 11th Basic Grey
September 12th Polly and Laurie from Minick and Simpson

September 13th Sandy Klop from American Jane (Post will be featured on Moda’s blog)

September 14th Liesl from Oliver + S

September 15th Joanna from Fig Tree and Co.

September 16th Lynne from Kansas Troubles

September 17th Barb and Alma from Blackbird Designs

September 18th Aneela Hoey from Comfortstitching.com

September 19th Barbara Brackman from Barbara Brackman, of course.

September 20th Bonnie from Cotton Way

September 21st Christina from Cabbages and Roses

September 22nd Deb Strain

September 23rd Jan Patek of Brannock and Patek

September 24th Lauren and Jessi Jung

September 25th Stephanie from Lily Ashbury

September 26th Julie from Cosmo Cricket

September 27th Kate Spain

September 28th Karla, Susan and Lisa from Sweetwater

September 29th Kaari from French General

September 30th Lisa from Primitive Gatherings

and the fun continues into October

October 1st Kathy from Kathy Schmitz Studio

October 2nd Liz from Liz Scott Designs

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It’s A Country Fair!

September 7, 2011 By Anne 1,566 Comments

Today is American Jane Day at the Fair…

Wait until you see Miss Henny Penny!

Lissa Alexander at Moda Fabrics always has creative ideas…she stores them in her head and just pulls them out when she needs one. Amazing talent don’t you think? She came up with the idea of the Moda Country Fair Blog Hop and then she thought up all these things for us to do! Thanks Lissa, you are just so smart!

We’ve been talking about the Moda Country Fair for the last month around the studio and somehow Chelsea got the idea she was invited to the fair. She’s got these big brown eyes that make it really hard to say no…

So what do you tell a Chihuahua who thinks she’s going to a country fair? You tell her “OK, OK, you can go”!

There was no stopping her after I said that. Chelsea wanted to be in on everything. Everything? OK Chelsea, Lissa thought up questions for us to answer so if you’re “in” you have to answer them too!

Question #1: What’s your favorite fair food?

This question is way too easy for Chelsea to answer!

I hope Chelsea doesn’t tell Moda what I was really thinking when I was holding this cupcake pincushion!

Question #2: What’s your guilty pleasure?

Something no one knows… EVERY market my friend Anne and I load up on HOT TAMALES and CANDY CORN. We each bring several boxes and we have a sugar party the entire market. Fall market we eat the orange candy corn and spring market we eat the pastel candy corn. I’m addicted to these little treats and so is Anne.

…and Chelsea’s guilty pleasure? You’re not going to believe this but it’s Broccoli with butter!

Question #3: What’s on your bucket list?

Ha! Is Lissa kidding? This was way too easy for Chelsea (click on the picture to enlarge). I swear this dog is smarter than me! Why didn’t I think of the pink convertible? I want one too!

Question #4: What inspires your work?

You may not know it but Chelsea is part of the approval committee at Bunny Hill. She likes quilts with bunnies on them and she’s very vocal about it…she actually wanted me to design a quilt with a Chihuahua wearing bunny ears! Oh my what am I going to do with a Chihuahua who wants bunny ears?

MY favorite thing to do for inspiration is visit the flea markets…

When I think of a Country Fair I think of a cake walk…remember those? Since I can’t do a real cake walk, I did a cupcake pattern so everyone can have a little cake! You can choose from a cupcake banner or a cupcake pincushion!

Bunny Hill Cupcake Pattern

And of course when you go to a country fair you’ll probably enter a raffle so let’s have one here. You don’t have to buy a ticket but you do have to leave a comment on this post. Here’s what we’re giving away…

3 Jelly Rolls of Puttin’ on the Ritz…a bundle of waffle cloth and satin for baby…

…and 16 wonderful Puttin’ on the Ritz scrap bags!

We’ll be picking 20 raffle prize winners! TWENTY!!! I’ll pick with a random number generator (Chelsea can’t be trusted to pick) and announce them on the 14th of September. Be sure and check back!

I hope you enjoy our Moda blog hop. Each day will bring you a new designer, more prizes and so many free patterns you’ll be jumping for joy! Country fairs just don’t get any better than this!

Hop on over to visit Barb and Mary from Me and My Sister Designs tomorrow. I adore these ladies and I bet you do too!