“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
1,151 Comments
Donna W
Thanks Chelsea for the great tour. I live in Baraboo, Wisconsin in the country with losts of corn fields around us. But, this year the corn is really sad! The drought has hit us hard. Tilly my Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (Toller for short) loves it out in the country. But, she also loves to go to town so that she can see lots of people. She is such a people dog. You go for a walk, and wants to visit with every person she see.
Linda Bakken
Cute town! I’ve made one of your bags several times and everyone loves them!
Joyce
I live in a small town in Maine called Winslow. I had a cat named Max who died last year, but I do have 2 grand-pugs named Edward and Boo!
Sherry
HelllOOOOO!
Can’t wait to get acquainted with all your stuff! looks wonderful!
We have one doggie… Pearl a Charpei (sp) mix.. 10 yrs old now. She is verbal and says ” I love you” to my husband every morning. She also blinks both eyes at you like a cat…” Love eyes”
She eats ornamental plants.. when you aren’t looking… Yum Yum!
Then there is our pictus catfish.. Mr. fish , is alone at this time in a hex. 29 tall tank… He is 10 also..
and Mel, Oscar, The Big Puff, Mushie, Coco, The General, PeePaw, and Randy Jr. are our cats, various colors, ages,with various numbers of legs. Claws optional, but all are spayed or neutered! They adopted me all but Mel, we got him from a rescue shelter..
Our children are grown and gone.. some live near.. with grands visiting throughout the year… I love to crochet and sew for the children.. I recently made two rocking cradles with Goosie headborrds. complete with mattresses, pillows and linens and bedspread and afghans… LOL
Thanks for the pattern and your original talent/eye!
Carolyn
I live in Medford Lakes, NJ, a town in southern NJ that is about a mile and a half square and has 22 lakes! That’s why when I had a longarm quilting business it was named Lakeside Quilting. I just wish I lived on one of the lakes!
The pets who own me are two cats named Calvin and Cheyenne and a Husky/Australian Shepherd mix named Daisy. She gave us a scare today…had a full blown seizure, but we took her to the vet and she’ll be fine. I’d love to make a quilt with those fabrics…they’re beautiful!
JulieZaloudek
I’m pretty sure we drove past Discovery Bay on our way to Lodi for wine tasting in March!
I live in the Houston area, have 4 cats, Phlash, Daisy, Muffin & Spunky and a hedgehog, Prickles.
I always love it when Chelsea helps with the blog!
Louise Niemuth
From Appleton, WI, dog Max passed away 3 years ago.. Now all my grown kids have dogs, Remi a black lab, smart as a whip, Frankie, a mut, and dumb as a box of rocks, and Nova german shepherd trained for Search and Rescue. Thanks for the blog, interesting to read about all these designers!
Beth
Oh, my, another wonderful blog including Chelsea! Did she get any mice toys yet? We live in Plymouth, MN, which is a suburb of Minneapolis. It’s the land of over 10,000 lakes and we have four distinct seasons during the year. Looking forward to fall! We have three elderly cats – Morley, the boy, Callie and Tori, our girls. When my daughter visits from college we have her kitten Pep-Pep. He drives our four geriatric cats quite crazy! Love the pattern and the fabric :)
Janice
I live in South Bend, IN, two dogs, Georgia (named after Grandpa George and Lexie (short for Rolex our “watch dog” get it? – hubbies idea for a name. Oh almost forgot 2 goats, Tonka and Skippy. Thanks for the great give a way!
Lacey
I live in Renville, Minnesota among fields of corn, beans and beets. I have two dogs (labs) named Abbey and Sadie who I love to pieces!!
Dyann Cox
I live in Gilbert, Arizona, the sun shines at least 310 days a year and our winters are fabulous. We had a little white poodle for 18 years but don’t have a pet right now, but I can see one in the future.
Nena
I’m from Vernal, Utah and we have one pet–a cat that has the most unique meow ever. Our kids named her Whiner because she sounds like she is whining. She has been with us for many, many years now and we love her.
STACEY LARSON
Chelsea is soo cute. And boy do they all (our pets) know how to get under our skin. But the love they return in priceless. I have 2 dogs – Piper and Crystal. Piper is a mini pin / jack russel mix. She very loving but very bossy! Crystal is our Lab/Border collie mix. Piper is the boss over Crystal which is rather funny. We also have a cat that is orange and white named Garfield and he is big and fat. You can’t see his feet when he sits. We couldn’t have named him better. We also have 2 other cats that came together to our home. We went for one which is Brownie (a black cat) but there was a sweet little kitty with one eye that had been thrown from a car that no one wanted to rescue so we adopted her too. We named her Sparkle and she is the most loving cat I know. Last but not least is my “husbands” guinea pig. She only squeaks when he pulls in the driveway and that’s because he’s spoiled her and cuts her fresh grass when he gets home from the yard. Totally not making this up. He’s Mr. Tough guy and tries to pretend she’s not his but Mollie is under his skin! We live in Apex, NC and it awesome here. We are about 20 min from Raleigh. Thanks for pattern, info on your hometown with Chelsea and your chance for TREATS. :)
Charlotte
Murrieta, CA is the name of my hometown. I have 2 “grand dogs” named Snorkel and Hops.
Thanks for the giveaway.
Charlotte S.
Angie
Oh my – your Lily quilt is wonderful! I especially love the striped fabric borders and binding. Will have to make this soon! I live in New Orleans and have several four-legged creative helpers: Bailey, Missi (short for Mississippi) and McKenzie (named for a beloved, but no longer with us New Orleans bakery) – the canine helpers; and Moxie, the queen-of-all-she-surveys feline helper.
Nancy A
Discovery Bay looks like a wonderful place to live. I live in Denver and love it, but also loved living in the Bay Area back in the 90s. No pets, but I’d love to win. Thanks for the giveaway.
sndy1
I live in San Jose, California ,which is very close to you. We have lots of freeways and traffic here. We currently do not have pets, but several years ago, we had two dogs. three rabbits, a turtle and several fish. I love your blog and your fabric and patterns. Thanks for the awesome pattern and for the giveaway.
Richy Jr
I live in Chewelah, WA. “V” is my mini dachshund name. But the original owner called her Vienna. I have had her for 3 years now and loved every minute of it…
Jessica Rassler
I live in Albert Lea, Minnesota and don’t have any pets but do have two,little boys who keep me just as busy! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win!
Sam Sainty
Lovely to meet Chelsea. My dog is a pug called Albert and we also have 2 guinea pigs…Nibbles and Squeak. I live with my husband, Pete, and our two boys, Isaac and Toby in the Lake District, England. Thanks for the lovely giveaway opportunity. X
barbara cuevas
I live in Roswell, GA (we are just north of Atlanta). I have two pets – Duchess our mouthy cat and Abby our dog. You can include the neighbors cat – Coke, because he spends most of his time in our yard. We also have numberous deer that come into our yard – so we feed them. They are getting quite friendly – so we have a whole lot of “pets” around our house.
Denise Daniel
First of all I want to say how much I enjoyed ‘meeting’ Chelsea. What a doll!
I have three dogs – Liberty (a Ridgeback mix), Belle (a Dachsund mix), and Roxy (a Min Pin).
I also have two cats – Laura and L.S. (stands for Lil’ Shit! – she was a terror when she was a kitten nearly 9 years ago.)
Belle is the boss of all of ’em. We all live in El Paso, Texas. :D
Patti
I live the the Milwaukee, WI area. We have 2 dogs…. Brady and Cooper. Just love our dogs. Thanks for a chance to win.
Cathy
Chelsea is so darn cute! I live in Stevensville, MD on an island actually (Kent Island) near the Chesapeake Bay. We have 4 doxies…….our little “flowers”. Lilly, Daisy, Rosie and Maggie (Magnolia)Thanks for a chance to win those beautiful fabrics.
Laura K
Very cute post! We live in Eagle Mountain Utah and we love it here. We have a rotten bratty cat named Stitch. He was named after the Disney character and his badness level fits his name. He loves to hide and jump out and attack people as they walk by. He is a stinker but he is so darn cute we put up with him. Thank you for the chance to win!
Rae
Wonderful tour!
The Bay Area is my hometown. Born and raised in San Francisco. Branched out as an adult and now have family in Concord, Antioch, Brentwood areas. Now I live in a small town in the northern part of San Diego county in California caled Ramona. It’s bigger than your town and mostly rural. I can’t afford the deposit required by my apartments for pets, so I haven’t had one since 1987, BUT I have friends who have dogs, cats, chickens, mini horses and full size horses, birds, reptiles and fish tanks so I have no shortage of critters to pet,stoke, cudle, scratch or just plane gaze at!! And while it’s not the same as having my own, it IS a whole lot cheaper!!! ;-)
Chelsea is a real personality!! I don’t know any critter who could have taken me on that beautiful tour. And just what is she planning to do with this Moda Candy she’s been eyeing?
Lisa Marie
I live in Ashland KY. Over the years we’ve had 2 black lab mix dogs — Bear and Hobbes — but right now don’t have any pets. Thanks for the tour and the chance to win!
CissaK
Lovely tour. Chelsea did really well. I live in Chapel Hill, NC and do not have any pets at the moment.
Susan
Love your blog, adore your design, and heart warmed by your doggie stories. He is one lucky sweet dog. I live in the bay area with the cutest little pomeranian. His name is Buddy and he is spoiled big time!! :)
Julie A.
I live in a small little town called Casnovia, Michigan. Right now we have 3 cats named Blackie, Whitie and Pokey. Pretty common names but when we named them they were wild and it was easier to remember who was who by their color. Pokey got her name because she was always the last one in when they lived in our shop – they now live in the house :) Thanks for a great giveaway.
Sue Horton
I live in Hutchinson, Kansas. At the present time I have no pets.
Robyn Brown
I live in Lakesite, TN and my pets are Frisbee (Canaan dog) and Princes Sugar Cookie (Ragdoll cat). My daughter named the cat. Is that name just too precious or what!?!
Susan
I live in Carlisle, Pa. My 3 cats are sisters…Grace, Hannah and Teddi. We only wanted one or two cats, but who would leave one sister behind?
Lana Drum
I live in Maryville, TN and I do not have any pets. Thanks for the pattern, and would love to win the fabric to make it — sweet! Lana
Sarah
I live in E. Wenatchee, Washington. My faithful old dog of 17 yrs. passed away, but I love seeing Chelsea. I am really liking the sweet “little” quilts. Thanks.
Judith Reynolds
Our pet of the house is a rescue by the name of Prissy! Believe me, her name suits her well. Also our guard cat. We live out in the country 10 miles out of town in south Texas name Victoria. Warm weather all year long. 20 minutes drive to the gulf. She is head of her home and lets everyone know it. Judith, Texas
Connie F
I live in Columbia City, Indiana. We have 3 dogs, Yeller, JD and Jet. And 1 grand dog Queenie.
I hope you find Chelsea’s mouse or at least a replacement!
Kay
I live in Lincoln, England and we have a patterdale terrier called Monty. He is just over a year old and the livliest dog around. Thank you for the pretty giveaway.
Mary
I live in Oregon City OR with Hattie, a standard poodle, and Gwen, a calico cat. Both claim all my quilts.
rebecca
I love candy and mini anything. Right mow working on Merry Merry applique pattern with all the snow men. Have no pets of my own but watch my son’s family farm/pet oreo cows with daily visit to check on their pasture presece. They are young ladies and we hope to add some young ones next fall but for now the girls are just hanging out while I quilt!
Nancy
I live in a small town in central Idaho. I have 4 *gasp* cats: Harry, Penny, Casper, and Annie.
Sharon M.
Hi, Anne – I live in Liberal, KS. My special mix dog is named “Sparky”. Always smiling is he. Thanks for the giveaway and the darling pattern.
Deborah Taylor
My hometown is Thousand Oaks CA and our dogs name is Brandy, She is a 3 year old Golden Retriever.
Kathy
Love your post, your dog is sooo cute! I live in Oxford, CT and I don’t have any pets unless you count the lone little fish in our fish tank.
Cheryl
I live in Georgetown, TX and we have 4 dogs, Oscar, Suzie, Leroy and Duke!
Hildy
I live in munich, germany. I have to cats ,they have a little bit of norwegian forest cat mixed in but are for a farm, and sometimes they’re coming when I call for them (remember they’re cats;-) We gave them the beautiful names ‘Lara’ (she’s a grey/tan mix, hard to spot) and ‘Merlin’ ( a little tiger with white). You know I can make them a cat quilt .. ehhh … doll quilt with these candies if you’ll give up a bit for me, Chelsea! Thank you and Anne;-)
Hildy
Doreen B
I live in Aldergrove, BC Canada. We don’t have pets but have “grand”dogs named Olive and Hazel. In fact I dog sat 3 month old Hazel yesterday!!
Barbara
Chelsea’s tour was wonderful. I live in Schenectady, NY, which is close to the capital of Albany. We currently do not have any pets, unless we count grandchildren! I love your fabric, thanks for a chance to win.
Lynda H
I live in Vancouver, Wa. No pets. We had a wonderful dog for 17 years and were so heartbroken when he passed that we just could not bring ourselves to start again. My husband is gone now and my youngest who lives over 3000 mi away has 1 yr old triplets so I am doing way too much traveling to take care of a pet properly.
Judith
I live in Mattawan, MI. We have 2 Cheasapeake Bay Retrievers…Abby and Molly. They love to swim in our pond, and of course hang out in my sewing room…right in the middle of the floor! Thanks for the chance to win.