tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21058188768570237562012-02-09T16:51:47.009-06:00Happy to play, Happy to live, Happy to sew, Happy to be... Designing Happy! Happy by DesignHillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.comBlogger1121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-60468081277952784662011-08-30T14:09:00.008-05:002011-09-19T08:27:49.448-05:00

When I posted a couple weeks ago I was looking over my blog and checkin things out and I realized way back when I posted this I never followed up with the full amazing details!I feel a little bad *insert blush* because my partner was the most amazing partner ever!Just look at all the fabulous stuff in there! Her name is Kristina Wilberg and her site is Sew Domestic go visit her and tell her I

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There has been tons happening this summer unfortunately most of it has not been sewing! Bah. It's all crazy I think :) I did fix up a few pairs of jeans that had mysteriously gotten holes in the with some awesome Amy Butler, Jenean Morrison, and I think Riley Blake? OK I must be thoroughly ashamed of myself when I can't remember the designers of all the fabric in my stash. At least I still like

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So before Market I was a little crazy. I was going to be leaving for market a week before it started and I had to be totally ready and then make sure my family was ready for the 10 amazing days I would be gone! :) hehe, it was a happy crazy!During that time I was lucky enough to get a sample bag pattern by the Tiny Seamstress to make and share with everyone at Quilt Market! Who doesn't love the

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This is me, my mom, and sisters on the first day of Market!(I tried to post this on Thursday with my mobile app but something wouldn't work, sorry!)We had such an amazing time! We went to school houses by Sandi Henderson, Amy Butler, Carolee of Adorn It!, Lila Tueller, lots of Moda Ladies, and visited so many amazing booths it's hard to remember them all!I got some great pics and some awful pics

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He makes me smile when he brings happy soft packages!Today... Arcadia!Along with the "No 'Mo Snow" Daily Deal from the MSQC $3.33 a yard for up to 3 yards of white. So happy!you know what this means? I can finish bordering my White Noise quilt!He also brought me some Sherbet pips love! Eek! So excited!A sneak peek at another happy moment from the mail man! I'll show you the rest soon!

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These blocks are finally finished and sewn into lovely long stripswith my fun little applique shapes (still don't know the name :D )making there way all across those white strips! I'm calling it White Noise and I'm thrilled to finally be filtering this out of my to-do box!Working on a video tutorial for it too! Fun!

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I'm in love with these awesome little magnets just thought you should know.Aside from my teeny tiny love affair you may want to see this little mini quilt.I finished this last Sunday but haven't shown you, my dear friends, because I immediately started in on finishing my fabric design for the Michael Miller/Spoonflower contest! The contest has a baby boy theme. I'm super excited and going a

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I've been playing with green for awhile now! This strip of aqua to green is the start of an awesome wonky doll quilt for the DQS10 to see the wonkiness all sewn together go check out my flickr! Or you can see it on the DQS10 page. It's coming along!My Green obsession moved on from there to St. Patricks day! When I got to play with Anna Maria Horner for a little while!Between the two of us we

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Hey, so, I'm all excited I stayed up late the other night and finished some projects! If you follow my twitter account you know I was off at the MSQC for the Friday night sew on the fourth! Sew much fun!I decided to make myself a table runner for my birthday on the second, it's been a little rough on me, *whisper* I turned 30 this year. So, I decided I had to do all sorts of fun stuff :)

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I love swaps!Making something with beautiful fabric and getting inspired for someone else is the greatest.But I dread the part of signing up where they give you a little box and say"Tell us a little bit about you so your partner will be able to make you something you'll love!"In theory it all sounds great but then I look at that little box and have no idea what to say! Thank goodness for

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I have a couple amazing ladies to share with you today.First up A little piece of Heather! I don't know about you but I love the pieces of Heather I always feel lucky enough to find :) Which Heather? It doesn't matter you pick! These are some awesome VW-esque vans by Heather Ross, that I sent off in a pay it forward to my friend Mel of Mel's Own Place. And the ruffle is one of my

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Since it's not Wednesday I couldn't call this post Worktable Wednesday but never fear the alliteration doesn't end with Wednesday and since I fussy cut some awesome fabric this morning, Fussy Cut Friday, felt fabulously, fantastic!This is part of what I'm working on today! There is also a birthday to handle (my Layna Belle is 7!), cake to make, friends to help, and little boys to keep out of the

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This post shall be alternately known as - The best chess board ever!I love board games and learned to play chess with my dad one New Year's Eve way back when. I thought my girls deserved that same opportunity when I was wonderfully gifted a set of chess people from my mother in law! Sadly they had no board to play on or maybe not so sadly!I made this awesome fabric chess board in an afternoon.I

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I love getting rid of Christmas leftovers! My counters are clean and now my sewing table! Almost, here's the story :)I've had this top for a year now. My mom made it last year and decided she didn't want it... I do! I love the shades of red and green in this fabric! I'm pretty sure it's mostly a line, but I honestly don't know which one.Feel free to help me out here if you recognize any

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I've been thoroughly busy and thoroughly enjoying this holiday season! I am also thoroughly glad it's over! My husband kissed me at midnight on New Year's Eve and I swear at that moment a weight was lifted off my shoulders! I could look around and think clearly. I have no deadlines pushing in on the year yet. I'm learning to be a mom to my boy (this is a total adjustment, and I'm still

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Here's a pic because it makes me happy but... I just giggled.When I wrote my last post title it said Still Desinging! Still happy! look at it closely... OK.I love to sing. I sang Oh, Holy Night for our church this year for Christmas, and I've started a childrens choir among other singing and musical adventures. But that title made me laugh because when I very first thought about starting a

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-52543084773157462662010-10-28T14:14:00.003-05:002010-10-28T14:34:32.942-05:00

How's it goin' at your house? I've been crazy busy prepping for a craft day at my church. Making costumes... that aren't finished yet. Stressing cause I lost a PIF... then excited cause I finally found it! I'm late on those by the way, how can someone be late when they have 365 days? Good question, I'll think about it. In the meantime, here's a little pillow set I made out of some Valori

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I posted a tutorial a little while ago on the Online Quilters Market!This is a site created by the Missouri Star Quilt Co. Crew that allows quilters the opportunity to display tutorials, reviews, and fun new quilt happenings :)By participating here it's your chance to be a star! There are some great things going up already... such as... my broken breakfast tutorial! I'd love it if you could go

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I follow a girl you may know, Nova from a cuppa and a catch up, and she just reminded me how much I love inspiration! Check out this inspiration trail!It started here, with a wall hanging from liesl at disdressed...It's gorgeous and understandably inspired the wonderful people at House on Hill RoadThen House on Hill Road created this one which inspired Nova...Finally Nova from a cuppa and a

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So glad school is started and... not.It's been crazy busy the last 2+ weeks since the start of school and just before it :) But I'm forcing myself back into my sewing (should that require forcing? I think not!) with a baby shower gift! I've been dying to use this Heather Ross Far Far Away fabric that I got at quilt market last fall! And since my wonderful friend had a beautiful baby girl I

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Summer is officially over according to the school calendar :) and I'm quite excited to be home with my 2 little people underfoot. I've done a little sewing recently, along with some roller coaster riding, anniversary celebrating (in-laws :) ), party planning, landscaping, phone shopping (haven't bought one yet), and preparing for school.Sewing was by far my favorite.(Roller coasters might be in

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I found these owls over the summer at a random garage sale. They were rusty, iron, and plain,and I still liked them! So I bought high gloss, heat resistant spray paint and now I love them! I've also picked up a couple aqua fabrics for a swap I'm participating in! My owls are excited :D

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I have never been so happy to be posting!I've been working on this quilt for more than a year now. I made it last summer during my first, eye opening, self hosted, quilt along. Phew. and then it sat on my shelf. and sat some more till last month I decided I would finish it no matter what well that didn't inspire me as much as it should have and it still took me another month to finally finish

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-10068011967439786272010-06-01T07:55:00.002-05:002010-06-01T08:07:16.945-05:00

I've decided I have to finish my log cabin quilt.*sigh*I still love it. I'm just not excited about it. And pebble quilting takes a long time.Ok I'll quit whining. But next time I am sending my big quilts to the long arm wonderful people that I love *cough* MSQC *cough* It will be wonderful! Now it's time to stop dreaming and stop quilting. Oh and I can't find my cameras cable to get my

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I've been having a lovely weekend! I hope you have too! That would make it all the lovely-er *I'd raise my eyebrow here if I could (I try but I don't know if I really succeed... besides who really needs the eyebrows I know lovely-er isn't a word anyway.)*I've been off galavanting around with the lovely ladies of the Missouri Star Quilt Co. We've had a great weekend! I took my sewing stuff,

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I don't even know.But I like it and I cut almost a hundred of them which puts me with a little over one hundred done. I need 240 I think. I cut until I ran out of steam a seam, so, I'll be heading to the quilt shop soon I think!I can't wait to start putting blocks together!Here's the link to my last post about my lovely Arcadia blocks and the fun pattern they will soon be :DHappy quilting!

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Ha if only.That started as a childrens rhyme joke and then I capitalized Market and my brain went straight to Minnesota. I'm not even going to explain what the joke would have been it's just depressing now. At this point I may or may not be going to market, though it seems to be leaning towards not.Sad huh.On a happier note, let me show you my cute swap things.I made these for my wonderful swap

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-90617699988071196162010-05-11T21:30:00.003-05:002010-05-11T21:50:19.553-05:00

May I just say. Things are far busier than they appear :DYes it's all tricks I play. Smoke and mirrors to make you think I'm slacking off but no. :DHehe, in any case I have lots going on, sewing and not! I have a tutorial I'm getting ready to put up, my very first pattern (not the giraffe) is ready to go and for sale in a couple places (makes me smile:) )I also have another pattern getting ready

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-67180652044384571262010-04-17T10:53:00.003-05:002010-04-17T11:01:53.997-05:00

My gnome is really traveling :) I've been working on my PIF's (no I haven't forgotten you) and I have another Pay it Forward session to start after that! So be watching! This is the start of my surfing gnome that I've added to a fun project I'm working on. Aside from that it's prom season and there are always a few girls needing alterations and I've been building a mailbox because our old one

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-31768159301013209002010-04-07T13:35:00.004-05:002010-04-07T17:20:16.685-05:00

Utility sewing today.Scout badges & curtains for a friend (I'm still working on mine :) )Maybe a little more but with cleaning, and cooking, and kids... I'll be fightin' for it!But fight, I will, because my brain is just bubbling with inspiration!In fact, I finished a pattern write up yesterday, just looking to test & print! Yay!It's amazing for a person to finish a project :) It inspires you!

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-74401238937196459982010-04-05T09:38:00.005-05:002010-04-05T10:08:32.641-05:00

Easter is over as Peter Cottontail was hopping down the road yesterday morning......and thank goodness he left a little of his cotton goodness behind! The Easter Bunny knows what everyone likes!I do know the meaning of Easter but I also like to play so here's a message from some very happy cousins on Easter morning! So to all of my happy friends, I hope you also had a great Easter and are

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It's rare that the projects I make actually stay home with me. They always have places to go and other friends to hang out with. They usually don't come home after leaving either, they're worse than a teenager.The last project I have to show you that began on my 1 person retreat is the beginnings of an Arcadia layer cake quilt.I'm really excited about it!Maybe it has to do with this gray trend

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-43083597982444302522010-03-30T18:55:00.005-05:002010-03-30T19:12:48.041-05:00

I had to laugh the other day when I saw Camille's post Gray because at that very moment I had several cans of green and gray paint sitting in my kitchen to help me take a break from my sewing! And help me it did!I painted the main portion of the walls this fantastic green and have a planned gray wall at the end of the kitchen, of course, I changed my mind on the color of gray after the first

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-47521892048283741252010-03-18T15:40:00.004-05:002010-03-31T07:49:38.593-05:00

I finally pulled this Munki apron from my brain to the fabric thanks to my one man sewing retreat! Heather Ross is pretty amazing and I love this pink icecream truck fabric! When I got the fabric it looked like this... as so much Munki Munki fabric does :)I was trying to come up with a way to use it that would really highlight the fabric and so I could use and love it!To make it I folded the

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Last week my husband and I went out of town on business. So, while he was working... I had my own personal quilt retreat!It was fantastic! See I even brought my name badge so I'd remember who I was.I had 2 kid free days to sew all I want while my husband was gone and then dinners and evenings out with my Happy husband :D hehe! I couldn't have asked for more, except there was more! We got to

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-61602461549489038492010-02-24T10:48:00.008-06:002010-02-24T12:15:12.364-06:00

I got excited about a little embroidery this week! I've been working on a pattern for some Pay it Forwards and got a little practice in yesterday on these sweet little blankets!I stitched on the names in white and then got into my vintage threads and pulled out some tiny crochet thread to accent the white on white monograms :) And to top it off I got to dig into my ribbons and found some of my

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-67200297205909243732010-02-14T17:48:00.005-06:002010-02-14T18:54:05.203-06:00

I venture into no-sew very rarely but this one I needed to do!I was missing my husband this week he is in Arizona on a bike race :( so I bought myself some chocolates in a moment of low self control and toddlers in the grocery store. And, aside from calories, it gave me the start of a project I've wanted to do for awhile! Today I disassembled my box of pot of gold hersheys! (Handily, it was

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-14801680289955179042010-02-12T08:06:00.005-06:002010-02-12T08:36:59.989-06:00

I feel I owe you an explanation for my *ahem* month long absence,I've not been feeling well (if I add a cough does it seem more real? :D ) and sadly this is the only sewing picture I have to show you!It's the cobblestone streets of suburbia and, no, it's still not done. I'm telling you, it was in the "it's not finished because it's so daunting pile" for a reason!This is the other reason I've

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-73697662671302606972010-01-14T07:59:00.005-06:002010-01-14T08:50:29.306-06:00

Does anybody remember my Log Cabin Suburbia quilt along way back last summer?Well that's what I pulled out of my unfinished because it's so scary pile :)I've been wanting to finish this for awhile but I wanted to do something fun with the quilting, so, I decided to do it. I knew I could and I'm not finished yet, but,I am in the process of populating suburbia! Hehe! It makes me giggle a little

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-85342489418092717642010-01-11T11:07:00.002-06:002010-01-11T11:20:08.808-06:00

Sorry that took so long. We were gone for New Years, then we've had many snow days with lots of kids at home! On top of that I was very sick last week. But, I know who the winner of our lovely little fabric bundle is! Want to know?Let's have a big round of computer key clicking applause for, Jenny of Cut. Sew. Iron Repeat...!she said:Your cake is certainly the best holiday treat I have seen

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-92176651920511767862009-12-24T05:00:00.004-06:002010-01-03T08:06:03.130-06:00

Hello! My 12 days hit a train wreck this week! Here's pics of what I did Mon & Tues! (hint: for some reason it's not sewing... hmmm.)Pretty huh!Yup, we had a surprise wedding this weekend! That I was lucky enough to be able to help plan and execute!I have to say I'm pretty proud of this cake! It can definitely be improved upon but I think it came out pretty well. It was my first time using

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-11187525846147694872009-12-20T10:00:00.001-06:002009-12-23T23:54:09.941-06:00

9 fabric gift tags... or will I need more?Sheesh I think Christmas is the only time of year I come even close to disliking shopping! But with all those gifts we can't forget the wrapping and that means tags! Atleast for the pretty gifts :)For your custom fabric gift tags take 1 light and 1 dark square of fabric adhere them together with a steam a seam type material to make double sided

Hillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15591513415890340045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-24190402428955148982009-12-19T08:00:00.001-06:002009-12-23T23:52:06.109-06:00

Happy eighth day of Christmas!Today's project is really quick and based off a little doll quilt. I don't know about you but my family likes to go caroling & take treats to friends during the holidays. These are what you take to the friends and family you really like! Great for In-laws or good friends the gift is a little tray but can be opened and hung as a wall hanging or mini table runner!

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Ok, so I used both my 2 free days already... dang it! And just so you know, I'm not going to tutorial on Christmas Eve either! and neither should you! go enjoy your families! Soooo.... Guess what that means?!?!?A Christmas Eve Giveaway! Yay! Presents for Christmas is so appropriate anyway! Yes, when you come back for the 12th day of Christmas there will be presents! But, for today, we are

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The ornaments I made today were inspired by these! They're a perfect little christmas ornament for yourself or someone else!So grab some turnovers or a charm pack and make some tiny victorian-esque (depending on your fabric!) ornaments! And watch MSQC's blog because there should be a video of these coming soon!2 turnovers or 2 charm squares cut on the diagonalTrim cut the length of the long

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On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 5 Brand New Crayons!...Plus a few extra incase those first 5 get broken :)I love crayon rolls! It's my personal opinion that if you have a child between the ages of 3 and 8 a great go-to gift is always going to be a crayon roll! Kids are so creative at that age and these give coloring there own style and even more fun! I've been looking

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OK only 1 but there was no way I was making 3 of these! I don't care if there were 3 french hens. I'm not french anyway.Have you ever made a teddy bear?Yeah, me neither :)Making one was enough but, it's exciting! You should try at least once! (By the way, fur is very forgiving)On this third day of Christmas I made (with my daughter) a teddy bear!This is the pattern we settled on. http://

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For our 2nd Day of Christmas we're making 2 Monkey belts! I'm finally breaking into my Anna Griffin fabric that I was thrilled to pick up at Market during sample spree! Look at the amazing colors! I love them! And hopefully my girls will love there stylin' new belts made from this fabulous stuff!Here's our list of Materials (for one belt)~1- 2.5"-5" strip cut to the WOF (width of fabric)

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I found my Camera!!!!Yay!I've been searching for it since the 14th of November after the baptism of my daughter ...my camera was left in the church building.I couldn't take anything but phone pics of my sis boom blocks and now my phone is dying and I can't even get those off.My fireplace has been torn out of the wall since the week of thanksgiving, we're "fixing it" It will be better but at the

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I am thankful for... Little girls that want to learn to sew. Chocolate Pecan Pie smiles and hugs and baby giggles Butter Injected Honey Brined Turkey Christmas dresses Candy Corn (Aww, the sugary goodness!) Secret Santa projects with my daughters Sweet Potato & Apple Casserole Making Christmas ornaments from Figgy Pudding turnovers! (Check the MSQC site during Dec. for the tutorial and lots of

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I'm finally starting work on my Sis Boom Pow squares.My first one is together (not appliqued yet.) and I have some fun ideas for the second. I have to get a move on and finish them up this week! On top of that I have a very special dress I'm making for my 8 year old by tomorrow! Yikes wish me luck!

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Next weekend is our 1st Thanksgiving dinner of the year (we only have 2 but still... the first!) and I'm feelin' the Fall feelings! Check out the new pumpkins I made to sit in my entry inspired by a post from Jaybird that had a pic of Rachel's (p.s. I quilt) pumpkin patterns and some other inspiring fall looks!I started these while prepping for the craft fair a couple weeks after seeing that

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With "Operation Princess" a success I'm very excited to be moving on to a quilt project or two! First I'd like to document this success with a few pictures! Be aware as we look at these that I did not spend a penny on materials for this Halloween's costumes! Several of them were made from previous costumes that were added to from stash fabric and the others were made entirely from stash! Can

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The Holiday is upon us and there are atleast 2 princesses in the making at my house. So we have instituted "Operation Princess". Phase one of operation princess involves yards upon yards of yellow tulle! Ooh the gathers!Phase 2 will be the disassembling of one blue satin number turning it into a new larger blue satin and lace thing!Check out my lady in waiting! Ooh-la-la!After the completion

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Wow October has flown by and is still flashing past me but I thought I'd stop a minute and tell you about my crazies! The week after Market I was up until all hours of the night... yes it's true. Twice I was up until 5 and even 6 am. Only realizing I should go to bed after Ally's alarm clock rang to wake her up! I prepped for and did a tiny bit of a craft fairage. I made around 30-40

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It's been CRAZY! I spent last week getting ready for Market and going to market! and the week before that in Missouri and... getting ready for Market!My mom & sisters & I (the MSQC team!) had a blast!This was Pillow & Maxfield's booth I love their fabrics! (they have a blog coming soon I believe!) And their quilt on the wall has an awesome story!Hehe! You can tell everyone at Me & My Sister

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These are the Halloween treat bags that Hillary made.This is the fabric that makes up the Halloween treat bags that Hillary made.This is the tutorial that is used on the fabric that makes up the Halloween treat bags that Hillary made.Supplies needed~Main color - 1/2 yardCenter panel - 1/2 Fat Quarter contrasting colorEmbellishments~Black - 2 small 5"x5" squaresBatting - 5"x5"Start with your

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I'm so excited! Check out what I got in the mail today!!!I'm loving my little gnomes! They make me smile :) I'm pretty sure they're gonna end up on some Quilt Market name badges!!Woohoo!My favorite is the Ice cream trucks though! I love all the little people. The little kids are so excited!It's a memory for me, I feel like I'm in elementary school just out of class when I look at this! Happy

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At the beginning of the school year I did the traditional going through clothes ritual switching from one size to another going through boxes and preparing a huge stack of pants to be tightened, loosened, cutoff, etc. I came across one pair of jeans that has been hanging around through several children and they are just always the wrong size!They fit the waist of my size 6 girl but the length is

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I'm thrilled to let everyone know that Kelly O. from has won the giveaway of my "Broken Breakfast" mini quilt and FQ's.She left several sweet comments (I think she got one into every post! Go Kelly!) One in-particular left me blushing :D I'm sending you a little Jenean Morrison Mingle and some Sandy Gervais Fresh Squeezed... we can't wait to see what you do with them! I hope you enjoy your

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Fun stuff is always going on around here, such as these fantastic Amy Butler patterns and a FQ of pressed flowers (from her daisy chain line) sent from Mallory over at Amy Butler Design just because I participated in a contest! Wow! Who knew you could win just for playing! I kinda like that theory! You can probably guess I've added a few things to my to do list! Which one would you do first?

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I started a blog for my husbands Mountain biking interests.... he's been on the computer for the last 3 days! I know it's a good thing but how am I going to get my stuff done now? :) I'm sure we'll figure it out! I will not neglect you! To prove it take a look at the Doll Quilt Swap mini quilt I made!!! Definitely a child of my own brain :) If I have a signature quilt it would be along these

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Check out this gorgeous "Nest" quilt! I was lucky enough to sign up for a pay it forward underlila mae quiltsaka Natalie aka my sister! Hehe :) I love the blessings of having talented siblings!Seriously though isn't this the greatest pay it forward ever! I love it!And now it's my turn!I hope I can do something that will make my pay it forward friends hearts sing just as much as her's did mine!

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Jelly Roll Week is here!!!! Cruise over to MSQC and partake in the goodness that will be coming for us all! We should start getting jelly roll ideas later to day or tommorrw! If you don't yet have a jelly roll the daily deal is here to help us all find fantastic deals on jelly rolls, layer cakes, charm packs, patterns, etc. and word has it that soon there will be a free charm pack available on

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I love jelly rolls and can't wait to see all the quilt projects the Missouri Star Ladies have come up with! Jelly Roll Week officially starts at the MSQC on the 13th!Until then we will enjoy my little group of collected Jelly Roll projects and today we are making a versatile little jellied flower.Perfect for little girls hair, a trendy sweater, or as I'll show you today children's clothing

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I'm really enjoying these jelly roll projects but also thinking that you guys might enjoy it a little more if we bring it closer to home for you! I'm thinking I want to giveaway a couple of things during this "Jelly Roll (end of the) Week"! If you'd like to be entered just leave a comment on any of the posts during "Jelly Roll (end of the) Week" (which goes September 9th till Sunday the 13th)

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Today's jelly roll project comes fresh from my little head. This is my "Broken Breakfast" wall hanging. I'm loving it! It's a mixture of regular and raw edge applique over a quilted background and so easy! As you wash this little wall hanging each applique strip will develop a soft fringe on one side for added texture! So cute!My directions will give you a finished wall hanging of

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I will be doing some different small projects I've found been meaning to try or have already done during this "Jelly Roll (end of the) Week" *disclaimer~ My projects will not be made entirely of Jelly rolls but will utilize 2.5" strips so they will be jelly roll friendly. If you want you can call the Jelly Roll Friendly (end of the) Week but it just keeps getting longer and oh well! *Today we

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I think I miss spoke in my last postand all my wonderful links were for naught! :) Unfortunately, it is not Jelly Roll week at the MSQC blog yet!Keep watch though it will be soon, and they will be featuring my happy little "Gooseberries" quilt.But, until then lets make it Jelly roll week here! Or at least Jelly roll end of the week! :)Since it's short notice for me I'm gonna start with a list of

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I spent last week working on a "berry" fun project with a "Berry Delicious" Jelly Roll just like the one in the picture!See it's "Jelly Roll Week" over at the Missouri Star Quilt Co. They will be featuring several Jelly roll quilts and mine will be one of them! So I have been up to my eyeballs in berries and geese finishing up this fun little project! It's now on it's way to the MSQC to be

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I promised you fireworks and here they are!Along with pictures of all the other Jenean Morrison dresses I made!This Fireworks tunic is adorable the directions required a little improvisation :) but it turned out great I think lots of great detail with the neckline and hem!This Mingle Sundress is one of my favorites!I love the contrast and happy fabric! Isn't it pretty! It feels like summer to

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It's the grip of summer! I swear!!! And a little school starting! LOL!I've had to rip myself from it's jaws but it's ok, you can get excited now because today you get to see my first completed attempt at my own pattern! Yay!! This is the full view of my "You Are What You Eat" quilt that I have hinted about before :) I know it's been a long time but it's so cute! I've really been enjoying

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I've got a fabulous little thing going with some Snippets by American Jane I love a work in progress!Honestly, I'm not exactly sure how this is going to finish up. *blush* Do you ever do that? I've got the basic pattern worked out but I have lots of scraps left -And I want it to be as large as possible, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to figure out a way to use all the little pieces to

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Yeaaaah!!!! I couldn't contain myself any longer! But now that that's out of the way sorry... I know it's been a week and a half! I've been hit hard by summers last hurrah! You know all the things that "have" to be done before school starts again :) Oh well :D I'm sewing again!And not just any sewing.Check out what came in the mail to me... oh... about a week and a half ago!Yay! Jenean

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I've got a new blog post up at MSQC and am looking for input on the pattern worthiness of this latest project :)also check out this great giveaway p.s. i quilt: how about a giveaway?!?!

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My sister came to visit and we combined our to do lists and now we are enjoying the fruits of our labors!There's been binding and quilting and child caring! Applique, cutting, and movie watching :)These are some of the projects we've been working on but oh how long the list still is!If you go check out The Cutting Table blog at MSQC you can be sure to wish Sarah a Happy Birthday!

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I had a new experience yesterday! In between binding the quilt pictured here and still working on my nine patches (hey at least I'm working on them, :) I'll get there!) I made a fabric postcard for my sister's upcoming birthday! Hopefully it doesn't take too long to send it since it's fabric and her b-day is Wednesday *blush* I hope it makes it!The front of Sarah's shop has these cute little

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Before I start I'm thrilled to say that one of my Favorite Quilty Heroes was and is having giveaways to celebrate her 100th post and I was privileged to be one of the winners! I have to say it was quite a funny picture this morning of me in my pj's gasping and bouncing around while my husband stared on in wonder :D hehe! Anyway go check out her site she's amazing and maybe you'll be jumping

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It came!!!This is the beautiful Spring Blooms quilt I received from blogless Debbie Mitchell.I don't know how she knew it but I definitely have a thing for poppies!...I guess really I have a thing for pretty much all flowers :) But I do love the way she put them together! With the cute background blocks, the lime green and the extra texture stitching on the flower heads! It's beautiful! Thanks

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So excited I finished a project! You know I get this way everytime. Finishing just feels so good!I made this adorable changing pad so you could roll it up and stick it in your diaper bag with no problems!I decided to finish the edges in baby blue and a scrappy binding :) It's a happy little thing!I love the back that is finished in a soft fabric with raised bumps across it. So cute!Hope your

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Happy fourth of July everyone!! I'll sing us a little Star Spangled Banner for everyone! :D I'm sure if you were here you'd love it! On this lovely holiday my husband is away bike riding and I am happily blogging away looking forward to some red, white, & blue cheesecake!So what better way to celebrate than to show you a liberating project I did recently! I had a freeing moment while making

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For the last few days this is really all the sewing I've done.It's sad... I even got in trouble for this at one point because I was supposed to be upstairs saying prayers with my kids but, while looking for stray blankies, I passed the open sewing room door and couldn't help but go and make one more seam!It's the beginning of a pieced back for my Log Cabin Suburbia quilt. And again today instead

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Hello everyone I just got back from a family reunion at the Lake of the Ozarks! It was amazing as usual! But guess what I found in my mailbox when I got home??? Treasures from Mel!What a way to come home!I found all these fabulous treasures because I won a prize just for following Mel's Own Place's fabulous blog! How great is that!So, with out further ado, check out Mel's awesomeness! So much

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Hey everyone! You can see my latest project posted over on the MSQC blog! It's not finished yet but I'm enjoying the process :)I'm thinking that I'll finish the top with the leftover Amy Butler Slate that I sashed my Log Cabin Suburbia in and I got some cute blue fuzzy stuff to back it, so, it will be nice and cuddly for my little guy to lay on :D So anyway, go check it out & leave me some love!

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OK So it's not done completely but my Log Cabin Suburbia quilt top is done!!!I don't want to re upload all the instructions on here so here are the links to my posts on the MSQC forumSewing the Courthouse Steps BlockSashing the Quilt or... Adding the roads to our Log Cabin Suburbia This is the whole quilt top all together! I love it! I used Amy Butler's Quilting Solid in Slate to sash it and I

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I was lucky enough to be able to attend a quilt show held during a Civil War reenactment in Northwest MO 2 weeks ago. It was hosted by the MSQC and they had lots of help from the wonderful quilting ladies in the area! You can see a few pictures on their blog!I thought I'd post a few of my favorites though!I thought this one was phenomenal! I'm amazed at the design and the work that went into

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So....I have no idea what that last post was even supposed to be *blush* oops, sorry! I know that it was posted the day before I left on vacation :)I'd been planning to update you all after the giveaway craziness but as expected, it was crazy so here's what happened last week.I worked hard and finished my Spring Blooms mini quilt ...and started working on 1000 truffles to be made for my Brother

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Hey I wanted to let you know who the winner of my giveaway was! Dun dah dun!It was Ali over at the Thrifty Mom website!Ali apparently makes great friends with her pincushions because she said: Oh, I would love that to replace my much used twenty year old pincushion!So glad you'll have another long time friend Ali!

Hillarynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-44553952363060435102009-05-25T23:03:00.011-05:002009-06-03T09:07:32.432-05:00

So I have loved Sandi Henderson's Cupcakes since I first saw them!! How can you not love such adorable, calorie free, sweets sitting on your table?These are the fabulous pincushion things I've been working on! Yay!They turned out so fun I smile every time I see them!I wanted to give you a little smile at your house too, so I will be hosting my first giveaway in conjunction with Sew, Mama, Sew's

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Woohoo! I'm prepping for several giveaways!!! Yay!My sister had a birthday! My first blog giveaway! As well as a giveaway for MSQC! Hehe! Can you tell what they are going to be??

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Yes, I'm joining up to.  Crazy Mom Quilts is infectious I think!  Of course, it could just be that the quilts she works on are gorgeous and we all like getting together for this stuff!  Well, my sister was the one who convinced me finally that I had enough scraps between myself and her and our mother's huge stash to be able to participate and finish this quilt, so, *deep breath* here we go.After

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In preparation for the third block coming out this week I thought I'd put up the Square in a Square block instructions originally posted on the MSQC forum. Also, more good news :) , you no longer have to be a member of the forum to see what's going on with the quilt along! Yay! So cruise on over and check out the Sew Together, Far Apart forum to see details on the Missouri Star Quilt Company's

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OK, so I got very excited a couple days ago when I discovered I had a walking foot! Who doesn't want to find that kind of treasure while looking through their piles and shelves filled with all things sewing! Here it is! I have been saying how I wish I had a walking foot for quite awhile now! I had no idea it was hiding tucked away in a drawer! I think it's pretty old, but I love it! So I

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So doesn't every little boy need some full moon forest by Tula Pink! I promise I'll never tell him it had anything to do with Pink!Isn't it cute though?! My sweet boy is 5 months old and I finally made him a tie! (Don't worry I'm not trying to kill anyone, it's got velcro on either end of a 6" string of fabric so the tie only goes across the front of the collar and is not a choking hazard! :) )

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Well I posted the instructions about the Log Cabin Block several weeks ago on the MSQC forum... in fact I've already posted the Square in a Square block instructions there too! As I was getting ready to post them here I realized I'd forgotten to post the Log Cabin instructions. So, I'm posting them now and I'll post the square in a square in a few days :) *oops*So, Anyway, Here's the log Cabin

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So does this look like a project waiting to happen or what!My little boy Jack is just big enough to sit in a highchair I pulled it out and remembered that after the use of 4 girls in it I had thrown away the fabric padding for it!  It was necessary trust me :)  So I'm wanting to make something new for it and I'm not sure what fabric to use.  It's got to be very boy!  Am I stuck with solids, polka

Hillarynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-75036128910795052462009-05-11T09:59:00.004-05:002009-05-14T07:41:02.330-05:00

I had another baby shower to go to the other morning. It was kind of a last minute notice thing but we all love this girl and wanted to do it, so here we are :) I found some fun fabric and the morning of (there was a little more notice than that but obviously I'm a procrastinator :) oh well) I made an adorable changing pad for her. It was inspired by a Moda Bake Shop project. I didn't have

Hillarynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-42944698740731843562009-05-01T16:16:00.003-05:002009-05-13T16:58:13.588-05:00

Alright girls, who's seen the latest Tool Time Tuesday?Every one of them is so much fun! Most of you know I'm quite the hardware store junkie :) Ask my husband, I am the owner of the chop saw, jig saw, sander, cordless drill, etc. in our house. So I was hooked after the first TTT I saw and love them! I've been doing a ton of applique lately and lovin' circles right now and Karen just made my

Hillarynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105818876857023756.post-7884361181761751022009-04-30T14:53:00.008-05:002009-06-03T09:08:09.694-05:00

Well unfortunately my Spring to finish projects didn't finish to much this time around... I got my Headbands done... and some really cute Easter eggs... from this tutorial done. (I know the banister leaves much to be desired but the eggs were stinkin' cute! I had to put them up!) I finished my Why Choose Quilt (Though I'm still working on writing up it's pattern, oh well) And that's it.

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