Inspirations

A New House for Jeaneane!

November 27, 2011 By Anne 13 Comments

Remember the photos of Jeaneane’s home after the Joplin tornado hit?

Jeaneane’s family is rebuilding in the same location. Where there was once devastation a new home now stands waiting for a brick front…

And the inside of the home waits for paint, flooring and final touches…

I can’t imagine how excited Jeaneane must be! Her new home is so close to completion.

One of her housewarming gifts will be a box filled with quilt blocks that you’ve made. Here are a few of the blocks I’ve received so far…

I think Jeaneane is going to be excited when she sees all the blocks and she’ll love them even more knowing that they’re from such caring quilters.

If you haven’t made her a block yet you have until December 10th. Send a 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ unfinished block to me. You’ll find my address on my website.

If you’re having trouble making a 8 1/2″ unfinished block try a 12 1/2″ unfinished block.

For each block you make your name will be entered to win one of the following prizes…

1. 9″ x 12″ Artograph LightPad with Led Illumination.

2. A fat eighth bundle of Moda Puzzle Pieces (100 fat eighths).

Someone’s going to win one of these prizes. Just make Jeaneane a block and it could be you!

Have a great Monday everyone! Back soon!

Hugs,

Anne

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What a weekend I had at Holly Hill Quilt Shoppe in West Linn, Oregon. I’d move to Portland if I could, just to live near this shop! When I walked in and saw the Bunny Hill section I couldn’t believe it. What an incredible display!

And then I walked over to the French General section…

…and what to my wondering eyes should appear but a miniature sleigh and tiny reindeer…

It’s my Night Before Christmas Quilt and tons of fabric!

Upstairs is the most beautiful classroom ever!

The classroom is large with lots of windows.

I could be Snowbound here forever!

…and then the classroom filled up with wonderful people and we had so much fun!

Each teacher had a project and everyone rotated from table to table to make all the projects!

In-between projects there was shopping!

Holly Hill is a quilter’s paradise, a “must see” if you’re in the Portland area. Thank you Holly Hill for a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Anne

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Henrietta Goes Blog Hopping

November 10, 2011 By Anne 10 Comments

How would you like to win this Henrietta Squirrel? You might if you hop on over to Pretty By Hand blog and tell Kristyne which of my patterns is your all time favorite! She’s not only giving away this squirrel, but some of my Petite Patterns too!

I found Kristyne’s blog a few weeks before market and fell in love with it. At market we met for the first time and I liked her instantly. Take a look at our business cards…

Destined to be friends don’t you think?

Now, here’s where I’m going tomorrow!

Holly Hill Quilt Shoppe

There’s a FARM HOUSE inside their shop! How cute is this? The shop is decorated to the max for Christmas and if you’re near Portland (West Linn, Oregon) anytime in the future be sure to make this shop a destination.

Their displays are incredible and their classes are events by themselves!

If I just lived a bit closer I’d be there every week! I’ll take lots of pictures to share with you when I get back.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Anne

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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!