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It’s A Country Fair!

September 7, 2011 By

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!

Moda Blog Hop List of Designers!

September 6th Sandy Gervais of Pieces from My Heart
September 13th Sandy Klop from American Jane (Post will be featured on Moda’s blog)
September 14th Liesl from Oliver + S
September 19th Barbara Brackman from Barbara Brackman, of course.
September 20th Bonnie from Cotton Way
September 22nd Deb Strain
September 27th Kate Spain
and the fun continues into October
Oh my how can you not love Bitsy!  Looks like she’ll be going too!   Chelsea, Bitsy and I are off to the fair!  Hope you all have fun!
Hugs,
Anne
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DIY, Oh you are SO crafty!

November 22, 2010 By

You know who you are you crafty one you!  You’ve been busy working on holiday gifts all year, and when someone finally opens one of your gifts you hear “you made this yourself? I can’t believe it!”  So give yourself a round of applause!  You’re part of the family! DIY!

If you’re looking for things to make there are some great ideas on The Moda Bakeshop.  Free things designed by those fabulous Moda Bakeshop designers like Sarah Meyer.  Just look at these darling blocks she made.  Sarah shows you how, step by step!  Hummm, think I’ve seen that fabric before!   Beautiful baby blocks from Lily & Will?   Sarah you are the DIY crafty one!

Need some more help with DIY?   Jessica Sprague is offering a FREE class.

I love her site.  It’s filled with all kinds of  classes from scrap-booking, photography to digital design.  To give you a taste of how fun her classes are, she’s giving a FREE online class starting November 29th!  All you have to do is register!  It’s DIY time!  Take a class and learn some fun things!

And look what I just made in a few hours of free time!  I took a few kitchen towels and trimmed them with left-over jelly roll strips!   These were so easy to make.  I just turned under the edges of the jelly roll strips (2 1/2″ wide strips)  1/4″, pressed under the edges and stitched on the strip.  I added some trim and they were finished!  Someone on my list just might find these under the tree!

Taupe & Beige Kitchen Towels!

Close-up so you can REALLY see.

Red & White Stripe Kitchen Towels!  Just in time for Christmas!

Another close-up!

And speaking of crafty,  have you visited my Snowbound group lately?   Take a look at what they’ve  been doing!

Snowbound!

Don’t forget to make these free holiday tags from Bunny Hill.  There’s still time!  Lori suggested adding a bit of glitter to the tags.  How cute would that be?

Oh, and if you want the same towels I used you can find them here on my web site.  I ordered them at Quilt Market about 10 minutes before it ended.  Just couldn’t pass up the Dunroven House booth and it was right on the way to checkout.  They have the best towels!

I’ll be cooking a GREAT Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday for my family with all the trimmings.  Has to be great so I can bribe my husband with food on Friday.   He’ll be decorating and hanging my Snowbound quilt!

Are you cooking this year?  Have you made anything you just love and have a hard time parting with?  Share with me!  I’d love to hear from you!

I’ll give thanks this Thanksgiving week for all my DIY friends out in blog land!  You are simply the best!

Hugs,

Anne

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Bitsy Says Thank You!

October 18, 2010 By

Bitsy says thank you to all of you who may have come to my blog sometime during the past few weeks to see if I’ve posted something new.  Thank you for for being so patient when you saw her photo over and over.  Thank you for understanding how busy her mom is, and how she just nevvvvvver lets her blog go this long unless she’s tethered to the computer.  And well, thank you for looking at Bitsy and not saying “oh it’s still that darn dog”.  If you did she forgives you.  She’s been suffering from attention deprivation too.

Sweet relief is on the way!  This week I can play just a bit and maybe you’ll even hear a few tweets!  I just  finished the last sample for market!  She jumped right off  The Night Before Christmas quilt.

So if you like this quilt…

You just might like my newest pincushion!

Bitty Mouse!

She’s ready to hold your pins, or forget the pincushion base and place her in your Christmas tree.  She’ll be so happy!  Why she could even peek out of a stocking or sit on your mantle.  And best of all?  She’s easy to make!  The pattern will be for sale on my web site Friday!

For all of you who entered my contest oh so long ago, if you guessed the name of my quilt I’ll be picking a winner this week!  Finally!  One of you is going to win a fun prize!  Yeahhhhh!! It’s about time don’t you think?

You’ll also get sneak peeks at new fabric and patterns.  All of this is happening because I’m in such a great mood!  I leave for market a week from Wednesday!

Hugs to each and every one of you!

Anne

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Snowbound Block Eight!

August 4, 2010 By

Block eight is here!   Another month has gone by and now Mr. August is arriving in a wagon.  As you can see my “Snowbound” is quilted and ready for Christmas!  Yours will be too in no time at all! I hope you’ve been working on your Irish Chain blocks and assembling your quilt by rows so you can see it coming together!

Tell me where the year has gone?  Did you notice it flying by?  Only four more snowbound blocks left, can you believe it? 

 We’ll be decorating for Christmas before you know it!

If you received my newsletter this morning you know it’s “I Love My Pet” month at Bunny Hill!  Email or send me a picture of your pet and you’ll be entered in the drawing to win this basket full of goodies!  Email your photos to info@bunnyhilldesigns.com .  

 

 Here at Bunny Hill we are surrounded by pets as most of you know! 

Bitsy is back to normal, her stitches are healing fine, and she even wants to play.  But she still won’t walk.  It’s not that she can’t walk, she can walk just fine, she’s just refusing to.

Can you believe it?  Just look at this face!

Or this one with her ears up. 

Can this be the face of a spoiled smart dog? 

She has a stub of a tail that she wags at just the right moment.  She makes sure you’re looking first.

Chelsea’s getting worried that you might forget how “cute” she is with all this attention going to Bitsy.  She wanted a few of her pictures in the blog post

And Mooch?  She’s not worried a bit.  After all, she’s a cat!

  So love your pet and show me how cute they are!  You might see them on my blog!  How fun is that?

 

And now for the next hint you’ve been waiting for…

 

Hints to help you guess my Fall Market Block of the month theme!

1.   Christmas with some pieced blocks

2.  A little bit of snow.  White snow NOT pink snow.

Have a great day everyone!  

Back soon,

Hugs,

Anne 

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