Check out the giveaway over at the Victorian Motto Sampler Shop!

Wowser!

As a stitcher, as well as a quilter, I am in love with color! Look at the yumminess here:

There are 80 beautiful, 20 yard skeins . . . 1600 yards of floss there! If you would like to have the opportunity to win those lovely, hand-dyed colors to use in your stitcheries, just head over to the Victorian Motto Sampler Shop and enter to win!

Pardon my dust . . . I'm going over there right now! (Grin)

Love,

A new sponsor for the Pets Show!

Please put your paws together for our newest sponsor for the August Pets on Quilts Show!!

Hi everyone! Padsworth here! DragonDrop and I want to tell you the latest update on our show!

Many of you know our lovely friend Barbara at Bejeweled Quilts. I've followed her for so long that I probably qualify for froggie stalker status . . .  She creates lovely quilt blocks, quilts, table toppers and more.

Many of her great designs draw on her life experiences -- having spent a year in Samoa, there's a special place in her heart for the beautiful Samoan fabrics. There is something about them . . . they can take just two colors and make such beauty!

 
Barb creates lovely quilt blocks,

 

quilts,

and so much more. You'll find totes, burp cloths, Tree of Life quilts, and table toppers showcased on her blog, Bejeweled Quilts by Barb.

Barb is an Island Batiks ambassador, too, and creates lovely things with the batik lines that they offer. You should hop over to her blog and tell her that Padsworth sent you!
 
Inspiration alert!  (Grin)  She has oodles of great patterns for you to choose from in her Craftsy store!
Click on this link to see --  I'm warning you, you will love what you find, and you'll be adding things to your to-do list!
Things like this:

 
And this:

 
Or maybe this:

Barb is sponsoring our show for the first time! She is offering one lucky winner this package:
                     
          Two patterns from her shop
        Batik squares: 40 assorted 5" squares

We're so excited and happy to have Barb sponsoring our show that we almost fell off the Lilypad!
(Waving) Thanks, Barb!!

Love,

Don't hate me . . .

. . . cos I won this gorgeous box!!

Ahhh, look at these fabrics! And look at this neat snap on the front to close it!

I was the lucky winner in one of the SewMamaSew giveaways! And I wanted to show you this lovely box for stowing all my supplies. Now I can keep my "stuff" in the main room without being part of the "clutter."  (Grin)

Want to see the inside? Here, take a peek:

Oooh, look, a little cubby for thimble, or tiny scissors, or anything else you'd like to put there.

And it opens out to give you a cutting surface, see?

I didn't get a photo of it, but the cutting mat flips over one more time, and you have a sweet little design area; the batting will hold your fabric pieces in place. Ah! Here are two photos I snagged from Heather's shop:

I love, love the pincushion, and the tiny grid you see there is magnetized to hold pins and needles securely.

This lovely box was made by Heather -- she blogs here and has a Craftsy shop here called Heather's Sewing Room.  This is so. Well. Made.  I am serious. Look at the workmanship!

Be sure to stop by and see Heather if you'd like to have your own beautiful box for your hand-piecing, your hexagons, or your stitcheries . . .

It's a gorgeous way to have your handwork handy, but hidden!

Love,

My new happy place

I have a new addiction, er, pastime, and I blame Jenny for it!

Just look at what she made me do!

And this, too!

What about this one?

I just can't seem to stop!
Actually, I don't want to . . . I have plans for these little (just 3.5 inches) cuties! These are all free patterns from a lovely, talented lady: Jenny of Elefantz!

She graciously shares many sweet and unique stitchery patterns with all of us, over at her Craftsy pattern shop. Some are freebies, and some are for purchase, at very reasonable prices.

Jenny also has a stitchery club, and it's really calling my name . . . I just may need to go and sign up for it. (Grin)

Here is another that I've enjoyed working on:

I especially love the ones with Bible verses on them. I like the idea of carrying a journal with one of these sewn into the cover, or framing one to go beside a bed.
These keep me sane and happy in the evenings. I've never been much of a television or movie watcher (well, there are a few exceptions, like older Dr. Who episodes, and classic movies starring the like of Lionel Barrymore, Charles Coburn, or Una Merkel).
I enjoy stitching these and looking at the screen just enough to keep up with the story others are watching. (Wink)

Jenny shares tutorials, too, with tips to make stitcheries just perfect, and to incorporate finished lovelies into journal covers, tea towels, and more. (I was having a difficult time with curves until I checked out her backstitching tutorial. Now I'm pretty proud of how these  curves look!)

You can find her on Pinterest, and on Facebook, too, and I think you will like what you find -- why not hop over and see what she is up to today?
In fact, if you visit her blog, you will see an adorable quilt, "Sweet Tweet," and she is offering a free pdf pattern so you can make one of your own!
But I'm warning you, you might discover that you have a new addiction, er, pastime!

Love,

 

Welcome, Marcia, for a third year of sponsorship

Today we are welcoming a repeat sponsor for our August show! Put your paws together for Marcia, of Crafty Sewing and Quilting!

Marcia is a talented quilter-for-hire and a proud grandmamma! You can check out her site at this link, and see all of the extra-wide fabrics she can provide, as well as some gorgeous examples of her craftsmanship!

 

 

Drool alert!! Be careful . . . her photo gallery has some serious quilters' eye candy. You had better grab a towel or something to mop up that keyboard in front of you!  

In addition to her quilting services and extra-wide fabrics, Marcia designs and offers patterns, too!

 

And here are links to her quilting blog, and her cooking blog. I know you will enjoy getting to know Marcia.

She has posts on her blog that show you the process of choosing fabrics and creating a quilt, as well as the thought behind the quilting designs for the customers that entrust their lovely work to her. Marcia has so many varied interests, from her gardening to cooking, to upcycling and repurposing fabrics and apparel to new uses.

And she is a long-time Pet Show sponsor! This year is no different - Marcia is sponsoring again!

                                 (This is just one example of her great patterns!)
Three lucky winners in our August Pets on Quilts show will win one of her patterns!
Yay!
Thank you, Marcia, for being a sponsor of the Pet Show fun!

Hang in there; the fun begins in August! Are you snapping photos and getting ready?

Love,