Snowmen

Rainy Days are for sewing

January 23, 2012 By Anne 8 Comments

Happy Monday everyone!

I’m off to teach at our local quilt shop Thimble Creek today. We’re making wool snowmen pillows in January! Unheard of you say? Just think of the start these ladies will have. Remember how fast last year flew by?

Here’s our project for today…

Snowballs is a fun, quick and best of all EASY pattern! You'll find it here on my website.

Since I'm on the subject of snowmen, I thought you might enjoy seeing this quilt!

I spoke at the Diablo Valley Quilter's Guild last week (what an incredible group of people), and this quilt (Snowbound) was made by Mary Anne the President of the guild! I love the red and the beige together and can you see the plaid border peeking out? She really had me with the polka dots. I just love them!

Then I looked a bit closer and noticed her embellishments...they were perfection. Just look at the little silver beads she stitched on the angel's wings!

Thank goodness for my iPhone. The camera in the new phone is great and it's always with me.

I have more pictures to share!

Jeaneane sent me pictures of her birthday cake made by her daughter-in-law Victoria Graham.

Are you ready?

This cake is a work of art! It's a sewing basket filled with goodies and it's C A K E!

Here's the back of the cake...

The accessories are all made of fondant. It took Victoria about 6 hours to make this cake and Jeaneane said it was delicious.

I can't even imagine cutting into this cake!

Hope you all have a great day. It's pouring rain here in California. A good day for sewing and sewing classes.

Back soon,

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Inspirations Tagged With: Christmas sewing, Snowballs, Snowmen

Snowbound Block Eight!

August 4, 2010 By Anne 28 Comments

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

Filed Under: Applique, Crafts, Embroidery Tagged With: Applique, Snowbound, Snowman Quilts, Snowmen

Happy 4th of July!

July 3, 2010 By Anne 14 Comments

Surprise! It’s July 4th and I’m in the mood to celebrate! Here’s block seven of “Snowbound” a day early, just in case you have time to sew today in-between barbecues and fireworks! Just click on “Free” on the top bar of my blog, scroll down the page and you’ll find the pattern!

My “Snowbound” quilt just came back from Lynne my quilter and it’s ready for the pretty red binding. All of my embellishments were stitched on ahead of time so I could take photos, so Lynne had to quilt “around” them. This wasn’t easy and she went above and beyond for me. She deserves extra applause! Can’t wait to show you the finished quilt! It’s such a happy one!

If you’re not signed up to receive my newsletter, here’s the latest news! Bunny Hill is having a 25% off sale on my web site, today through July 7th! All you need to do is enter the code july sale in the coupon section on check out. It’s that easy! We only do this sale twice a year so now’s the time to take advantage of it!

Let me know if you try TasteBook that I talked about in the newsletter ! It’s so much fun! Maybe we can figure out how to share recipes with each other! Be sure and try that Peach Cobbler recipe. It’s so good and it’s the season for fresh peaches! Perfect for the 4th!