To Market To Market!

I am off to Houston Quilt Market tomorrow. I am so excited! It has been touch and go all week on whether I would go and how it was going to happen and would all my ducks be in a row in time. I am so glad it worked out.I have always wanted to go to market. Maybe I will find my place in this whole industry. I sure hope so! I really love sewing and creating with my hands, it would be nice to be a part of the whole creative craze in a formal way. So we will see what comes of this venture to Houston.

Here are the final two samples I made for Quilt Haus/Creative Sewlutions. These will be at market along with the other samples I made fore Quilt Haus recently. The supplies will be available for purchase so keep your eyes peeled for her booth!

This is the Sydney Tunic by Patty Young made up in Anna Marie Horner Innocent Crush. It's a size too big for my daughter but I think it looks pretty good anyway!

Okay so you are going to crack up over this next photo staging. I have no idea WHAT I was thinking but I was trying to do something better than my blinds in my bedroom.Ummm I think I need to go back to the drawing board. This is Pink Fig's Lily Top with Sandi Henderson's ruffled pants. All the fabric is Sandi Henderson's Meadowsweet except the lavender bicycle fabric is from Erin McMorris's Weekends line. I think this is my favorite of all the samples. 

So that's it for now. I have 4 Sisboom and one best friends project to photograph and blog but it will have to wait until next week when I get back from Market. Have a great weekend! I will bring my camera and take tons of pictures for you! Oh I cannot WAIT!

SQUEALLLL!!!!! IT'S IN!!!!

Marie Madeline Studio has QUEEN STREET! I am NOT KIDDING! They are not going to be able to get it up online until after market because their um er tech crew will be otherwise occupied but, now I am going out on a limb on this part, they will be there to  receive your emails about orders! I don't know what their process will be or if they will have you wait, I just don't know but if you are like ME, you will be filling up their inbox with what you want! Oh and what pieces do they have you ask? ALLL of it! Oh my WORD I cannot tell you how excited I am! I am wanting to start with Madeline, Ellen and Siobahn!  What color? Oh all colors! So exciting!! Okay so to recap the Long Ladies are there sitting next to all those bolts of Queen Street beauty, the fabrics are just not on their site. So give them a holler! Tell them I sent you. They get a kick out of it. Woo hoo! Update: YES YOU CAN ORDER VIA EMAIL! They are taking orders for sure! Yay!

Oh if only to go back for a day.

I don't want to go back and do EVERYTHING over again, but just to have a day when they were this little...

or when he was little

but you know,  she was always a bit of a handful...

and a mess

Do you see the mischief??? Gracious! I could not have even FATHOMED sewing for her at these ages. So I will take them both as they are today and just be thankful for the memories.

Macy Giggles...

..and so do I! This is such a cute quick little pattern! I like that it is a simple design but with some fresh ideas like the straps that can be worn to look more  like a shrug or just worn as gathered strappy straps and the cute fabric covered buttons that fasten the bodice in the back(remember those from the Marie Madeline Studio Ana Claire Jumper pattern?) One thing that I really appreciate about this pattern is if there is a rectangle to cut, you are given measurements instead of a giant pattern sheet to trace off pattern pieces. I don't like tracing if I don't have to and I have a rotary cutter, mat and rulers, so give me the measurements please and save me some time! I did have some problems with the instructions not being clear one a couple of steps, so I sat back and just looked at the pieces and did what I thought would work. So if you have problems with the pattern, no it's not you, there are a couple of muddled steps. It's okay though, if you like the way this dress looks don't let it keep you from buying the pattern, just be aware that its not perfect. Then again, neither am I.... Now I have their Princess Bella dress pattern in my stash, I am thinking I want to give it a whirl! Oh and I cannot forget the Tina Givens fabric. This is also from the Opal Owl collection. I think it is so fun with the whimsical characters frolicking across the dress. The color palette is definitely out of my comfort zone, but it most certainly works and I really like how it turned out. The blues, browns and orange play so well together and say Autumn for sure! I just tend to gravitate toward spring, summer, and  bright colors.
Okay so one more sample and I am done unless Deanne at Quilt Haus/Creative Sewlutions had some more ideas. She did mention me trading these out for more projects. So I better snap to it already! Time is a wasting, Erin McMorris, Sandi Henderson and Pink Fig coming up! Already have the pants cut...

I want one!

If you love this tablecloth, hop over to Jennifer Paganelli's blog and give her a shout out. Peking is on the fence as to whether or not they want to make these tablecloths(see Jennifer's blog for other colors). Seriously? I just wish I had access to the last round of linens she had come out much less new ones! So if you love it and think they need to be released as table linens give Jen a shout out here. I want her pink dishes! I want those little pinafores too!

So much to say!

First of all I want to tell you about the giveaway Marie Madeline Studio is having. Can you guess why I love this quilt so much???

 Jennifer's fabrics are allll over it! Oh so gorgeous! Love it. So go check it out over at Marie Madeline Studio and get the details on how to win this beauty! There is a little link in my side bar or just click here.

Second is anyone counting down to the roll out of Queen Street??

I am! November is quickly approaching, can you believe time is going so fast? Marie Madeline studio had to be one of the first to order since I made sure and gave the the heads up the MINUTE Jennifer blogged it was available for shops to order. I am thinking that means they have the potential to be one of the first to get it. I am hoping anyway!

Did you see this pattern sneak peak for next summer coming from Jennifer P and Carla C?

I am thinking I will be making one of these! I will have to fiddle with the top for a good fit, but really this dress is very much my taste, classic, feminine and pretty! Already have fabric in mind...

Okay samples, samples, samples. That is what is on my sewing table right now. I FINALLY finished this little outfit  and I love it!

I made it a little extra big because it will be hanging in Quilt Haus/Creative Sewlutions for a while so my daughter SWIMS in it right now. So no pic with her modeling it, maybe I will remember to do so in the spring. The pattern company is new to me, Olive Ann Designs. She has a few patterns out and they are all cute! I thought this pattern was well thought out and very well written. And well it's a really cute design! I did have the option to put little draw string ties on the sides at the bottom but I was thinking that would make it too summery. What do you think about the ties? The only problem I had with assembling was getting the ruffles to be straight. My ruffles were curling up and twisting when I gathered them so it was difficult to pin them perfectly straight. They turned out fine but I would love any tips on how to improve my accuracy.

Sorry about the picture quality but, aren't these little owls cute!? The fabrics are from Tina Given's new line called Opal Owls. They just make me giggle looking all perplexed. I thought owls were wise??? Hmmm.....Love em! And of course the leggings are made from Patty Young's knit fabric. I had trouble with the waist getting a little stretched out when I sewed it. Any suggestions on how to fix that?

Remember the Feliz? Here are a couple of shots of my daughter wearing it a the wedding.

She had to wear a little sweater with it, so the ruffles were a little bit confined. She felt like a princess though! I had to add the last shot, its so HER! I just wish I had sent my good camera! Okay off to take a dolly for a walk in her stroller with her mommy. Hopefully I will get to my next dress, Macy Giggles!

Lunadaaaaaahhhhh!!!!

They are off and I am so, so, so, so sad. I will be okay later when I am sewing up a storm with this very rare break from my little side kick but it's so hard right when she or my son or both leave! They visit family some without us so I should be used to it by now but I am not. Sniff. So lets talk sewing so I will stop feeling so sad. Here are the denim Lunadas I said I was going to make. I was worried the fabric would be too heavy to ruffle up when the trim was applied, well as you can see I was so wrong! They REALLY wave! I imagine as these get washed they won't ruffle so much but right now they stand out on their own more so than the eyelet pair I made. I plan to make the top that matches these pants but for now the Kyoko will have to do. I just LOVE Patty Young's Kyoko pattern. LOVE IT! One of my favorites hands down. This one is getting a little small, gasp(!), sniff(!), but for now it will work as a shirt. At least until the sleeves become painfully, obviously too short. I had only a moment to take a picture so no retakes going on this morning. Just click, click, hug and bye. Boo hoo hoo hoo! Okay I need to think about sewing! And of course the fun time I am going to have with my son this weekend. He is REALLY excited to have me all to himself. REALLY excited. I am of course excited as well.

She is so sleepy! Poor thing having a flash going off in her eyes so early!

Here you can see that I used the same denim just the wrong side to give the pants a contrast with out adding color so the pants could be worn with anything.

The faux fly on the pants crack me up! I don't know why but it does. Here you can see the contrasting band of fabric a little better.

Instead of using a strip of denim as binding I added it as faux piping instead. That way there wasn't as much bulk in the hem. Whoops! Missed a dot of thread there!

Oh man they just called me from the airport. My husband fed her a DONUT! Giggling, cackling, and singing going on in the background. Well I am glad I am not the one getting on the plane with a sugared up girl! Okay her antithesis in personality is up. I heard some grumpy mumbling that I think is a request for breakfast.After I get him squared away I think I am going to go back to bed here in a bit! I stayed up waaaay too late making these pants, but it was worth it! Then it's SEWING! Woo hoo!