Mary and I are on our way to Quilt Market in Kansas City!

To keep you busy while we are gone lets have a give away …

One of you could win these goodies …

1 ~ A fat eighth bundle of our new “Good Morning ” fabrics

2 ~ Our 4 new patterns

3 ~ A new pair of Gingher scissors

4 ~ A Bobbin Saver storage ring

Leave a comment below telling us how much you love fabric and you just might win!

The winner will be chosen when Mary and I return from market on Tuesday May 22nd.

Have fun and be good while we are gone quilting!

Barb

Well the new shipping crate is almost ready to go, but I have the hubby putting on some finishing touches!

Soon we will have the garage back and all this stuff will be gone. My car has hated being outside every night.

And I have shipped the prizes we are donating to the Fab Shop Dinner and Martingale Booth Hop …

I hope they arrive safely and the winners enjoy them.

I think these pink dots are going to make our crate easy to spot on the loading dock!

And Mary is going to LOVE them! We all know how she hates PINK!

We leave for Kansas City very soon, but check back next week for a give away we will be running in our absence.

The people attending market aren’t the only ones who could win something!

Kansas City here we come!

Barb

While recently visiting my local quilt shop, I spotted this new magazine …

You know me, I can’t pass up a new magazine or book.

Well it turns out, one of the new Moda ads is featuring our Olivia Bag pattern!

It looks great in these cheerful fabrics!

Thanks Moda!

Its great to see “out of the box”!

Barb

Remember that small box of “Ticklish” artwork that started it’s journey to becoming fabric awhile back …

Well we got an even bigger box back last week with some fabric swatches!

But that’s all you get to see!
The boxes will be getting bigger and BIGGER from now on!

Can’t wait to see what comes next … Barb

And a “Birdie” sighting!

All the piecing Mary and I have been doing lately eventually needs to go somewhere to be quilted … and it always ends up with our quilter Sharon!

Poor girl! It seems that it’s all either feast or famine with customers like us.

I think she has quilted about 20 quilts and samples for us in the past month.

When I met her at one of our local quilt shops the other day for a pick up she was carrying this …

A Birdie Bag!

She will get some good use out of it with the new baby …

and her older brother …

Thanks Sharon!

We love you, your quilting and your Birdie Bag!

The cute pattern is by Penny Sturges at Quilts Illustrated.

It is called the City Zipper Tote.

Happy Quilting!

Barb

Remember those beer can pyramids that guys used to make in college?
Well I have started a Sonic cup tower! I wanted to see just how many of these I drink every month …

Way too many I found out!

This is only 1 months worth of cups and at this rate I could possibly to circle the globe in the coming months …

Gotta get off the Sonic!

Wonder how many cups it will take to get around the globe? …

Hmm … I’m not even out of the driveway yet so I guess it’s not that bad!

The other day I had a cup blowout. I turned the corner going out of the parking lot too fast and when I grabbed the cup to keep it from tilting, I drove the straw thru the styrofoam. Diet Sprite sprayed into the seat of my car and soaked my pants before I could grab it and hold it out the car window.

During this re enactment no Diet Sprite was wasted or harmed.

Slurp!!

I really have to get a life!

Barb

I haven’t been blogging lately!

1 ~ Mary and I went to Quilt Camp with plenty of supplies and sewed new sample quilts for market …

2 ~ I have been hooked on watching the new reality TV show Duck Dynasty (I love Jase! He is the one who wears the black bandana) while sewing sample quilts for market.

3 ~ I have been watching Storage Wars (Barry is my favorite!) marathons while sewing a new top secret project for a charity book we are contributing to.

4 ~ We have been finishing up 21 quilts for our new Leisure Arts book being released next Spring. A sequel to this …

5 ~ I have been collapsing into bed after sewing all these projects and trying to run a household and business while constantly sewing.

6 ~ We have been sewing sample quilts for a new Patchwork Place book we are working on for Fall 2013!

7 ~ Getting the new patterns ready for the printer. They will be available at the end of May.

8 ~ Watching re runs of Law and Order while sewing a project for a new Australian magazine project!

9 ~ Supervising “Man Land” and the building of a new larger crate to ship our stuff to Quilt Market …

10 ~ Just plain old exhausted getting ready for Quilt Market!

Phew!

Can’t wait to get on that airplane bound for Kansas City to RELAX …

Barb

Yeah!

I found some more of our fabric in this new book …

And you know what that means … I had to buy it!

The quilt is really cute and made using our Amelia fabrics.

And the author for the second time in a row …

I love this lady!

If you would like information on purchasing this book go here.

Barb

A while back I spotted this display at my local Pottery Barn store …

I fell in love with this adorable way to display quilts!

So I purchased 5 of these …

Item # 3070406. I guess they are really picture hangers and they come with a black chain. But I liked the rope look that they had in the store.

So I had my husband make 5 of these …

Which led to putting a fresh coat of paint on the bedroom walls and some precise measurements …

Now I have my very own quilt display. It really was easy!

Especially since my husband did all the work for this simple project.

The hardest part was figuring out what quilts to hang. I know you are wondering where the BRIGHT quilts are … well they are still EVERYWHERE in my sewing room. This time I needed quilts that matched my bedding. Mary and I have lots of old quilts left over from our shop owner days so I decided to dig some of those out to use.

I even turned two of them around so the backs would be showing to break things up a bit.

I love me new quilt display! It helps to cover a huge wall and I can change the quilts whenever I want!

Next SIMPLE project …

I can hear my husband running for the safety of the garage!

Barb

I had to make an emergency trip to the dog food store yesterday and it was just my luck that the dog clothes were all marked down 30 percent!

I could NOT resist this cute little dress for Bella …

I absolutely love this tattoo!  And it looks like all that extra walking we have been doing is paying off … no muffin top in stretch knit!

I think she likes this dress too and can’t wait for the end of season bikini markdowns!

Have a great day and rock on!

Barb