Just Checking In...

I finished up my next project for the Moda Bakeshop and here is a tasty little preview for you all...

Surprise, surprise....lots of ruffles! Now I just have to schedule my cute 'models' so I can get some great final pictures.  After that, the 'recipe' should be on the blog in March sometime.

My quilt from the last post is now a quilt top! (I actually got the quilt top assembled that same day! Yay for me!) It is just waiting to be machine quilted, which I will be attempting myself.  I will let you know how that one goes. :)

Oh and it is official. I have caught a bug...the quilting but that is. I started this quilt mid-last week and I am loving it. (My stash of Bliss is slowly dwindling away...sniff sniff.)

Speaking of Bliss, check out Sew Much Ado today...does something look familiar?

So what are your projects as of late? Do share! Happy Monday everyone. :)

Thanks for reading,
LeAnne

Happy Valentine's Day

I should have a cute red and pink heart infested post for you today. However, I don't. I love decorating and getting ready for Valentine's as much as the next girl but this year I got a little sidetracked.

Part of the sidetrackedness (word?) can be attributed to this fabric. (Dream On totally reminds me of all the vintage sheets people are getting their hands on.)

On Saturday I decided to start a project that I've been wanting to do for awhile; a new quilt. Anyone who knows me and quilts know that I am a slow quilter. I adore quilting, but it always takes me forever. (The only exception to this was the Just Growing Quilt I did for MBS.) So when I started this quilt on Saturday my expectations were pretty standard, maybe come August I'd be finished. Well as we speak type I am assembling the quilt top. Yep. Over the course of a lazy Saturday afternoon (and during naptime I may add) I was able to cut, piece, and assemble all the rows for this quilt. I am still in shock.  So instead of my sewing space being scattered with fabric waiting to be sewn into blocks, my ironing board is stacked with lovely quilt block rows ready to be pressed and sewn into a quilt top.

What a beautiful sight.

Incase you are wondering I am using the Piece of Cake pattern by Thimble Blossoms. It is truly a piece of cake.

So there you go a very non-traditional Valentine's Day post. I hope your Valentine's is wonderful!!

Thanks for reading,

LeAnne

Valentine's Day

I made some fun Valentine decorations/goodies for the shop and realized this morning I never shared them here...

 Sweet Pink Scalloped Bunting Banner

{No Valentine motifs, so you could use it anywhere/anytime you need a touch of pink!}

Flirtations Scalloped Bunting Banner

{Made with OOP fabric Flirtations from Moda}

Valentine Goodie Bags

{Perfect to fill with Valentines to deliver!}

in chocolate brown

 

in pink

Thanks for reading,

LeAnne

Inspiration ... Just a Couple of Years Late

The other night I came up with a great idea for a new quilt. Then today I started looking at fabric options. I couldn't find what I was envisioning, so of course I did the natural thing that I KNEW would  leave me in frustration. I started looking at OOP (out of print) fabric lines. I knew I shouldn't have, but I did. If you are ever in a similar situation just save yourself the frustration because OF COURSE you will (and I did) find exactly what you want. 

enter Arcadia by Sanae for Moda 

I love this pillow made with Arcadia.

source

There are other great projects made with Arcadia on Flickr. However, they are copyright protected so just check them out here or here. (Warning: You will get a chase of serious Arcadia envy.)

  

Now if Arcadia was a year old I might still have a little luck in finding some precuts and/or yardage. But this beautiful line dates back to 2008/2009. Even more annoying is/was the popularity of this line. (That is not the annoying fact. I adore popular fabric lines.) What makes Arcadia's popularity annoying is the fact that it makes Arcadia that much harder to find.

So if there are any Moda fabric gods out there, could you please reveal to me the location of some sweet Arcadia yardage? Oh and to not have it cost an arm in a leg would be great too. 

Think you could fit that one request in for me? 

Please? 

Thanks. 

Sewing

Have any of you just need to sew or {insert favorite hobby here} to relax? Yesterday was that day for me. It helped that yesterday was chilly and kinda cloudy...the perfect day for staying in and having some one on one time with the machine. Plus, I finally cut into my stash of Sunkissed by Sweetwater. It has been sitting on my sewing table since November.

It is so purty...

I love the name of this fabric line; Sunkissed. The perfect name for a fabric line that comes out in the middle of January. Makes you long for the warmth of spring.  (BTW - I hope everyone on the east is surviving the massive blizzard....)  Did I finish the project I started? No, of course not. ;) But don't worry...it will be done soon and when I am done I think you all will love it.

While we are talking about this lovely fabric line can I just say how much I adore the quilt pattern Sweetwater just released for this fabric?

Makes me want another stash of Sunkissed just to make it. Mmmm...may have to splurge next month.

So here is to sewing...whatever the project, whatever the day...I love it.