Can you say { Exciting } ????

What a day! First I was notified that I'm member of the month { April } for EtsyBABY, which is a huge honor! Then I finished my entry to the EtsyBABY Story Time Challenge, which I loved! And then I was pre approved to buy a new home!!! I just don't know if it get's much better then today??? Thought I'd share my entry with you... The Giving Tree Wall Art...







P.S.
If your haven't signed up for the Heather Ross Fabric giveaway... ya'd better hurry the first winner will be named Friday night!

Shoot.. it's STASH building TIME!!!

OOOhhh thanks so much my most favorite of stash building blog sites { TRUEUP } for they have presented me with gold... Contemporary Cloth is having the BIGGEST sale!! I'm talking 60% off on some of my most favorite fabric lines! Here's a little taste of what I helped myself too this morning and what available to you... all I really need to say is... $4.00 a YARD... Let's keep it real!


{ Park Slope }


{ Za Zu }


{ Ginger Blossom }

Obviously… such a HUGE fan…

I can't tell you what a massive fan I am of Heather Ross' fabric lines... but this one really gets me excited! I completely remember the story of the Princess and the Pea being read to me as a child and I truly can not wait for the opportunity to make a darling quilt out of these sweet prints! You can find out so much more about the story of Heather Ross' new line on her blog... I have a link under my { favorite blogs }...

Introducing { Far Far and Away } coming this spring!!!





If you haven't had a chance to sign up for my Heather Ross { Lightning Bugs } GIVEAWAY... please scroll down and check it out!

OOohhh GIVEAWAY examples...

What a wonderful first day of sign ups! I was very humbled by all the action (wink, wink) I thought today... I might show you examples of goodies made with these amazing fabrics by the most wonderful artists :)



VW Vans PINK Quilt ~ sewinggeek
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_6&listing_id=22400604&ga_search_query=heather+ross+quilt&ga_search_type=tag_title&ga_page=&min=&max=&order=



peace camper van ponytail holders ~ janssendesigns
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_20&listing_id=18034542&ga_search_query=heather+ross&ga_search_type=tag_title&ga_page=15&min=&max=&order=



Goldfish Cloth Play Block Set of 3 ~ knitstyle
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This is my darling VW Camper Baby Quilt ~ alamodefabric

A La Mode GIVEAWAY Rules....

After some serious consideration about my “New Blog Giveaway”, I decided to go with a wonderful fabric stash featuring Heather Ross’ Lightning Bug line. These prints are all very hard to find and in high demand ;) I will be doing { 2 } giveaways’ for one week each. Okay… so if your interested…Here’s whatcha do… please leave a comment on this post with your contact information! That’s it! Easy Hugh???

♥ Week 1 will end April 3rd at 9:00pm PST

The winner will be able to choose three fat quarters of their choosing from the pictured optional fabrics :)

♥ Week 2 will end April 10th at 9:00pm PST

Although the first weeks winner will get their chance at first choice of their favorites… Guess what… you will too…. week two winner!!! So make sure and come back by to comment again for entry in the second weeks giveaway!!!

Now… if you’d like to gain yourself an extra entry on either week… you can blog about, tweet about it, or sign up as a follower! Just leave a second comment with your contact info and which way you chose to spread the word about my new blog and promotion!

Good LUCK!

Heather

Humbled

Such an amazing Etsy artist and friend featured me on her blog and I was completely humbled... she is a generous heart with a beautiful sense of style for little ones...



Meet Heather


When I first starting sewing many eons ago I made quilts. So, I have first hand knowledge of the difficulty it is to build a quilt from beginning to end, especially if the concept of the quilt is your own design rather than a pattern from a book . When I see others who sew quilts I have mad love for them.

To make a quilt it takes precision, perseverance and at times tons of patience. If Heather is anything like I was (and I suspect she is) ripping apart a full quilt, due to an imperfection, and resewing it wouldn't surprise me. A big part of a quilts success is the fabric choices you'll make . To look at any of Heather's quilts you can see she has a great eye for fabrics.

I recently got to see one of her quilts in progress and I can say her thought process and the impact it was going to make was very important to her. The next time you decide to curl up with a book, grab a quilt from Heather of A La Mode Fabric, you won't be sorry!

Take a look at her store and her beautiful treasures!


A La Mode Fabric


Posted by ♥ Amy Rose Designs at 8:03 PM
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Sevi Designs

OOhhh... I ran across this VERY interesting twit today and thought I would share.... Check out this wonderful giveaway!

A Nesty-Betty Giveaway!March 24th, 2009
Hello there bloggy friends! I have wanted to host another giveaway for a while now. So as I have been cleaning up my crafty space I have come across several items that are giveaway worthy. That said I will be having several giveaways in the next few weeks so remember to check back. You can always subscribe to my feed to keep up to date with my posts. Those of you that already subscribe please re-subscribe as I have a new feed reader

Now to the good part! Today’s giveaway is for a Tula Pink’s NEST Charm Pack, and Amy Butler’s Betty Shopper Pattern(which is NEW & Uncut!). International entries are welcome

Okay, so if you are interested please leave a comment on this post. That will gain you one entry. To gain yourself an extra entry you can blog about, or tweet about this giveaway. Then comment that you have done so with you blog link, or Twitter ID. Make sure you leave a second comment because this will count as your second entry. If you do not have a blog please make sure you leave your email address so I have a way to contact you if you are the winner.
The Giveaway will run until 10pm Friday evening. The winner will be announced sometime Saturday. Good Luck!!


http://sevidesigns.com/

Fabric de~stash Giva - a - Way!

I am super excited to have this avenue to vent ;) I have been struggling with my fabric stash and I think I have figured out how to diminish the size... I think I'm going to have a give away~ I'm not sure exactly how to facilitate one but, I have some really cool {OOP} fabrics that I would love to share! I'll post later with rules, pics and descriptions... I think you'll be super excited to see whats in the Give - a - way!!

Here's a great example of a friends quilt that can be built with my destash... knitknat's two linen coin style quilts... and they are amazing... Such a simple modern appeal to them.

One More Shot...

I put together a little blog and was too chicken to publish it ;) I'm going to give it one more shot... I've been working on a bunch of quilt tops lately and I thought I might share some pictures...

Contrary to popular belief...

HG and I did not get into a fight and decided to stop working together on I am Fashion and started our own blogs instead. (Even our mutual friends wondered about it!) We still email each other daily about the intricate details of our lives and random thoughts we have, and feel extremely empty when the other is away and has no access to the internet. When I freak out, she is the first person I call and she is still my maid of honor when I fantasize about my wedding. Our reasons for closing down I am Fashion still stands, though I do think that my later rationalization of it in this blog is a better articulation of how we feel.

As for us continuing to blog even more regularly than before, I attribute it to the "newness" of our blogs. Starting a new blog is like starting a relationship. At the beginning everything is new and exciting as you get to know the other person and watch your relationship grow and mature. Every up and every down is a significant moment. Then the honeymoon phase eventually wears off and you reach a happy medium, where your relationship becomes a part of your daily life. With any luck, you will live happily ever after in this state with a few surprises here and there to spice up the norm. If not, your relationship will wane and you grow apart, eventually deciding that you are both better off parting ways.

Clearly I'm in the honeymoon phase. We are starting to explore new things together, trying to figure out what works best for the both of us. Every new post is an adventure. Every comment and email is exciting. I want to spend every moment of everyday with it, checking on its progress i.e. stalking the traffic, the incoming and outgoing links etc. It's an exhilarating feeling that I'd almost forgotten about!

Analogy aside, it is heartwarming to read everyone's encouraging comments and to know that we were able to leave a small footprint on some people's lives. We appreciate your support and remember that we've not left the blogging world for good. Come visit us some time at our new blogs -(Find the links to our new blogs in the post below). We miss you guys!