“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
1,155 Comments
Stephanie S.
Hi from Mechanicsburg, PA!
Chelsea is absolutely adorable! Our three Golden Retrievers are Tucker, Tamba, and Dash.
Linda Sapp
Good Morning. I live in Cross Lanes, a suburb of Charleston, WV. We have 2 adorable old english sheep dogs named Rosebud and Wizard. We’ve sent two other OES to the Rainbow Bridge named Daisy and Lily. As you can see, I love flowers and I love my sheepdogs so they have all been named after beautiful flowers. Wizard is the only exception. He is adopted (with much love) and quite a different character. He has been quite a challenge to both of us but is a funny, lovable pet. We just made the trip to and from Marblehead, MA and they were quite the center of attention everywhere we went. One gentleman even told my husband “Boy! You must be the luckiest man alive to have these two!” We think so. And the one grandson was terrified of them when we arrived but by that evening they were great buddies. When we left he asked his mother “When will Wizard be back?” You see, Wizard came from a family of 3 small children and really loves to play with them. The other one is more motherly, like Nana in Peter Pan. She’s my guardian angel and won’t leave my side much like your Chelsea. I love animals of all kinds. They are very special to me.
Cassie
What a wonderful blog post! You are so creative and I love your sense of humor! We live in the country and often follow tractors as well. We have a rascal dog named Snickers who we absolutely adore (especially when he’s not chasing the horses or kittens!) We also have a mama kitty named Zella (but we just call her mommy). Baby kitties are Mittens and Zous. We also have a horse on our property named Noble and a pony named Bart. We can’t seem to get enough of those guys either! We love all our creatures, even the toads!
Anne, you are such a gift to us. You are truly my inspiration to creating and quiltling. I also have a special love for bunnies and I LOVE pink!!!! Your Singer Featherweight is beyond dreamy :)
Thank you Anne for sharing all that you do with us!