Bloggers Spring Quilt Festival

Its that time of year again!  Amy from Amy's Creative Side holds two quilt festivals a year.  There are quilts posted all weekend long on her site and I love to go and admire  all the beautiful quilts.

My Toadstool quilt is my entry this year.  It's made up of half-square triangles.  I hoarded that fabric for a long time, then a friend of mine became pregnant with her second child and I knew it was time to cut into it.  The baby is due to arrive any day, and I felt that these colors were gender neutral since they decided to keep the gender of the baby a surprise.  I used Kona Ash for the solid, love that color and how it makes the bright colors pop.  I didn't take a photo of the back, but it was grey flannel with little white polka dots.  Just did some straight line quilting 1/4 inch from the ditch, some red polka dot binding and voila!  Baby quilt delivered before the baby is! 

Hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoys visiting all the participating quilters in the Festival.

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Cuddly blanket for grown-ups!!

 Last night, I finished up this super soft flannel and minky blanket for a dear friend of mine who is having surgery today.  I thought she may like to cuddle up under this soft blanket when she gets home and is recovering.  I used flannel from the Bonnie and Camille line, plus some extras in there.  On the back is white dot chenille.

Hoping to get this to her in the next week or so, thinking of her and her family today, and praying for a quick recovery.

linked at The Needle and Thread Network.

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Crayon Wallet

Busy finishing up some more crayon wallets today.  They will soon be on their way to the shop in Bridgewater as well.  I don't normally buy a lot of pink fabric, but I am loving those cows.  Must be the farm girl in me. 

And here's the back row.  Some Dr. Seuss and more cows, only in blues. I'm also making a chenille blanket, but an adult lap size.  It will be for a close friend who is facing a stay in the hospital, and I thought something warm and cozy would help.  I'll share that tomorrow, the chenille is in the wash right now, am hoping to get it sewn onto the front tonight. 

 

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Purple and Orange Color combo

 I tried out a new color combo today-purple and orange.  I have some really cute owl fabric that I've been meaning to use, so just went from the colors in that fabric. 

 Super soft purple chenille for the back, and voila!  Done.

 Made the dinosaur blanket on Saturday, then folded it up for the weekend.  Well, obviously it's in sore need of the iron, but I was too lazy to do it right then.

Awesome blue dot chenille on the back.  I'm in the midst of making some girly crayon wallets.  Next Wednesday, I'll be dropping off product at a new shop called As Luck Would Have It in Bridgewater.  Can't wait to see the store in person.  The photos so far are amazing!!  Linking up today to Quiltstory .

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As promised, ECMC fair photos

Local photographer, Courtney Richardson, used her expertise to take some awesome photos of the fair, the vendors and our product lines.  This is the first time I have ever had photos taken at a fair, and I'm so happy to share them with you!

 An overview of my table.

 A few of the paper covered notebooks I had made.

 Some crayon wallets and reusable snack bags.

 My awesome logo sign (logo by Pam Harrison from the Gift of Words, and the wooden sign by Michelle at From the Heart Creations).

 My little box full of luggage tags.

 List takers, and in the background my chenille blankets.

 Here I am, wearing my favorite aqua infinity scarf.

Thanks so much for the opportunity to have professional photos done.  Once I have set up for the fair, and get busy with customers, I would never think to stop and take some of my own photos, so this will be a great reminder for me when I'm an East Coast grandma!!

Happy Mother's Day!

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A new blankie and restocking scarves

 Today, I finished up a new chenille blankie, mainly using fabric from the Lucy's Crab Shack line.  I backed it with a pale yellow minky chenille.

 I am slowly trying to rebuild a bit of stock.  I will be putting some merchandise in a shop called As Luck Would Have It located in Bridgewater.  She is hoping to have it open for business around the end of May.  The days seem to be flying by, and I haven't had any solid sewing days since before the fair, so I really need to get moving!!

I've also been working on some more infinity scarves.  The ones above just need to have a little bit of hand stitching done and then they will be ready to go to her store as well.  I'll also bring a few more to Emmett and Ellie's in Charlottetown, PEI. 
  Tonight, hubby was able to get tickets to the Mooseheads hockey game, so we will be joining the thousands of screaming fans at the Metro centre tonight.  Fingers crossed that they win-could be the last game tonight!
Linking up to Finish it Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts. 
 

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A lucky find and some custom bags...

The other day, we went for a walk in our neighborhood and we came across this sewing machine, on a little table with a sign that said free!  We returned with our van and picked it up, sawed it off the table, polished it up and it now has a new home on top of my hutch in the kitchen.  I love it, it seems like it has always been nestled up there on my hutch full of quilts!

 

 I had a couple of requests for my reversible bags, but with a longer strap to wear them messenger style.  Here's the first one.

 The second one is grey chevron and pink polka dots.

I'm slowly getting through my list of orders from the fair.  Just made a rather larger fabric order for more scarves yesterday, so hopefully that gets shipped soon!  Now, off to enjoy the nice weather!

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Awesome...

 

 

So, the Spring Fair was a huge success.  It was really busy, the sun was shining and everyone (vendors and guest) just exuded positive energy.  I loved it, best fair day yet!!  Courtney Richardson, a local photographer, snapped over 500 photos of the event, so once I have a few of them, I will definitely share them with you!  I was thinking of having a small break after the fair, but I was almost re-energized and want to do more!  Good thing too, I've had quite of number of custom orders come in this week. 

 I made this drawstring bag for a friend who wanted a larger one for her daughters little toys.  I love this little bird fabric, I wish I had bought more!!

 Here are 2 more journals I had covered prior to the fair.  I think they would make fantastic tween birthday gifts, along with some nice pens, and other stationary.

That's it for now, I have a ton of sewing to catch up on and will share as I finish up.  Have a great day!!

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A few more cards to add to my stash.  I made more than one of each, my newest stamp set is the Postage Due set from Stampin Up!  I inked the stamp in crumb cake first, then used different markers to add color to certain areas of the stamp.  I'm loving the die-cut butterflies (thanks Suzanne for helping cut them out).  The bottom photo is another paper covered journal.  I think those could become highly addictive....But really, I'm thinking of gifts for my daughters friends for birthdays etc.  Super cute, and would be easy to personalize.

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ECMC Fair!!

Come and visit on Sunday!  Supposed to be a beautiful, sunny day...yummy coffee, cupcakes, cookies, lots of gifts for Mother's Day, teachers and of course yourself!  I'm putting the finishing touches on a few things today.  See you soon!

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So Fun!

I had some errands to run this morning, and lots to do this afternoon, so only got to play in my craft room for a bit.  Made these 2 covered journals, and I must say it is great fun to decorate these otherwise boring notebooks!!  My oldest daughter was quick to lay claim to my first one in the post below, but we may have to make her a duplicate!  I'll be putting these on my table for the show. 

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Paper Covered Journal

I think I am actually done of the amount of sewing I wanted to get done for the craft fair.  Now, I'll focus a bit more on my paper craft section, some cards and also some covered journals.  I made this one today, and am really pleased with how it turned out.

The butterflies are die-cuts from SU!  I bought the washi tape, the polka dot paper, and the little beads from My Stamping Studio.  Really cute project, expect to see a few more on here!!

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On the home stretch.....

 This is the final push for fair items.  I made this chenille blanket yesterday with this cute boy fabric. 

These drawstring bags were requested by a local speech therapist that she will use during her sessions.  I tried to make them a little more gender neutral.

And, I also made this basket yesterday as my donation to the ECMC fair raffle.  Most of the vendors have donated items to put in the basket, tickets will be sold and 100% of the money will go to Adsum house which is a local women's shelter. 

 

That is what I have to share today on this rainy Wednesday.  Fingers crossed for sunshine on Sunday!!!

 

 

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