Way Cool Hipster!!!!

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE has added a new pattern to their tiny but growing steadily pattern collection!!  Smash Hit each and every bag she makes!!  The she is Suzanna Marosi McKeon and she is on a serious path to success!! You can buy from her Etsy shop or you can make one your own with her  wonderful patterns!  Remember size is everything and I love that these are such wonderful works of art and yet hold so many items.  Keep her in your bookmarks..more to follow.

 

Made you Smile

Here they come our new pillows and we will let you know the retailers that will be carrying them.  You saw the ones in Happy Home and for those of you who don’t sew we decided to make them available and boy are we glad we did. The outpouring of love on facebook is a good indication that we scored. My Girlfriend Jennifer at Earth Angels Studios will be a good place to start May 1st! We are so excited by their debut..we are talking HAPPY!!!!  You can also create these in our book Happy Home with any word/s you like.  Please note do to overstock issues their are plenty of books under new on Amazon with much better pricing..just FYI That’s one of the best sewing books ever. ( I’ve been known to exaggerate.)

 

 

I stole this!

A log cabin Quilt not a square, A whole Quilt and it is stunning!!!!  Little Ms. Sew-Unsew We are talking amazing.  I love what Deborah collected and you can too by going to ebay and Etsy and hunting under Jennifer Paganelli Fabrics!  I hope you will try this, I can’t wait to see it quilted.  This was posted on Flickr and I went through Little Ms. Sew-Unsew’s photos and found amazing work!!  I hope she doesn’t mind that I borrowed it (gulp) I did ask if I could blog, but didn’t really wait for her to respond because I wanted to share with you all!!  Well anyway I hope to see you back here, you may just get lost in all her beauty!!!  Enjoy her blog.

 

 

 

Great Holiday Gift

Create boxer shorts for everyone on your list!!  Google Jennifer Paganelli Fabrics and lots of seller choices come up.  Search Etsy and ebay too!! Pattern  here!!

 

Creations from Happy Home

Me again just wanted to share some wonderful pillows created from Happy Home.  Leah my new best friend whose name I got mixed up on…So Me!!!  It’s a long standing joke around here because I try so hard and get everyone’s name wrong.  They even watch me to see if I will get anyone’s name right!  Leah was kind enough to let me know and was just the sweetest about it.  You guys have such dignity about you.  So anywho please take a long look at her wonderful pillow applique process.  Leah from Zuzoo’s petals is on fire!!!!!  just sayin!  Look how she transformed her couch!!

 

Messages from the Heart

I love word pillows , I love expressions, I love the Happy Birthday Pillows you create inspired from our book Happy Home.  Look at all the fun Judy Buchanon is having and look at our one of a kind pillows on ticking.  Get in touch with Judy to purchase she sells so many incredible items made from Sis Boom fabrics.  We love whatever she creates!! What are you waiting for Happy Home is in stock here!!  oh leave feedback whenever possible we really appreciate it !!!

 

Mod Podge by the Gallon

I really do because it’s my go to glue!!  I buy the mat but the glossy is great too.  Now listen if you have perfection issues leave them in the garbage by the door..seriously they so get in the way of any great art!!  Here’s how I do it..I hate gloves..that’s why I’m always covered with glue and glitter but if you need plastic gloves this could be the time.  Get out large great scissors the ones for fabric only.  Using a cutting blade and a cutting mat is the best but really it’s not necessary.  I do it all freehand lends to the handmade quality. Also the Accuquilt Go Baby is perfect for this . I love using  for this, like the circles and hearts. Try to have  a bunch of stuff cut before you start you don’t want to leave once you start. Dust off your suitcase.  These old suitcases are great, I don’t think I’d recommend a samsonite because frankly they are so rounded and slippery but what do I know?  Get your pieces together and start laying things down and butt right up against the edge.  Just get a sense of your design.  Take them off and then begin putting mod podge down lay fabric over and sponge brush mod podge again over that. Take your time and this is a no judgement no self criticism zone.  The wonderful thing about mod-podge is that it is so forgiving.  I’ve been doing these suitcases for 20 years mostly with old wall paper paper and it’s a hoot, the next morning when it’s dry it’s like fairy’s came in the night to make it all perfect.  Seriously, it’s such cool stuff.  So lay them down on sponge brushed suitcase as it lays down go over the fabric once again with sponge brush. Overlapping is cool no worries just make sure there is glue everywhere.  Do one side at a time and then the sides let dry and Voila!!  The trick is to get through the ugliness most folks give up..or think they are doing it wrong.  If there are areas that don’t come together easily lay a circle of a square on it.  Camouflage. This is where Accucut Go Baby come in handy!  or do some fancy fussy cutting..Melissa P. can show us a thing or two!! Ok get the modpodge off the scissors pronto..even using nail polish remover because I have at least 50 pairs of scissors with glue on them. I wish I wasn’t exaggerating. Try to get fibers off the suitcase but don’t get crazy. I really want you not to be fussy on the first one then you’ll find your true North after doing a few!!  oh and I have John Mayer singing in the background that seems to help!!! xoxoxo Amy Anderson, Lovely Amy Anderson writes a blog Mod Podge Rocks and can answer any questions!! Get to know her. I also recommend a mat acrylic sealer keeps it from sticking. I want to see yours. xoxo

Late addition!! Thanks Amy

It’s Monday and here we go!!!

The raffle begins so please listen while I explain the details.  First we can share the project we created with Accuquilts Go Baby. Also these are some of the dies we used. I love this machine reminds me of an Easy Bake on so many levels!!! I love applique, I love it on ticking something wonderfully appealing about the old with the cut outs!! Oh  and please forgive Penelope she wanted so much to be in the photo and was a little concerned that you may not see her if she wasn’t directly in front of the camera..oh well you get the point.  I also used the appliques on squares of green to give them some contrast on the ticking.  Anyway I’m pleased as punch and hope you are too.

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