Blitzen Fabrics from BasicGrey

Get an early start on Christmas projects with these fabulous holiday fabrics from Moda.

 

I have Blitzen fabrics from BasicGrey in 5" charm squares and jellyroll 2 1/2" strips.

 Here's a quilt made using these fabrics.

I especially like the grey colorway.

 Happy Sewing ♥ 

Treasury Tuesday

Four diverse and interesting shops are featured in this week's Treasury Tuesday.

Fran Penny from her shop by the same name is a woven textile designer based in England who makes contemporary woven textiles.  Her work is  handwoven on her 8-shaft Harris loom. She is currently focusing on woolen fashion accessories and linen tableware. You can purchase a piece of her beautiful hand woven work like the phone case pictured for a reasonable price.

She put together this treasury on coasters:

Gina from Arigigiart was included in last week's treasury showcase also.  She made the sweet little house in flowers wool brooch shown.  Gina says that she is a self-taught crafter, and is addicted to DIY projects of all kinds.

She curated the green treasury below:

Modred Vintage is named after the shop owner's cat. You will find everything from rustic farmhouse vintage like the pictured Texas ware mixing bowl to unique industrial items in her shop. Her vintage finds have been featured in blogs such as Apartment Therapy, Polka Dot Bride, and others.

The pretty treasury Sunrise Sky is her work.


The striking black and orange treasury below was made by the owner of AllUnWound.

Her shop carries felted bags, hand knits, and handspun luxuries like these fresh green and white spa cloths. These facecloths gently exfoliate your face as you wash. They also make a wonderful travel item.

I am thankful for being included in these wonderful treasuries, and hope that you have enjoyed seeing them as well.   Don't forget, you can click on any picture in the treasuries to link to the item's shop.

Happy Shopping ♥ 

New Kona and an Old Favorite

Mango is the newest color to join the kona cotton solid collection in my shop.  

Cool and perfect for summertime.

An old favorite is back too - butterscotch.

It looks almost good enough to eat.

You can find them both here.

Happy Sewing ♥

Thankful Sunday

Today, I am thankful for my Mom.

Taken in OBX N.C. 2010

She was born near the end of the Great Depression in New York City.  Her Father (my grandfather) was a picture frame shop owner, with a big personality who managed to clothe and feed five children and even send them through college.  Her Mother (my grandmother) was a sweet, gentle woman with a lilting voice and frugal ways.  She worked along side her husband until the day he died, and continued to cut her own lawn into her eighties.

My Mom, Judie,  is an adventurer.  She has traveled all over the world.  Just this spring she went to Jamaica and rode a zip line high above the tree line.  She is a runner and still wins many of the races in her age category (she will be 80 in June).

She was a special ed teacher, and worked hard to earn her Doctorate degree in education  (she likes to be called Dr. Judie).  After she and my father divorced when I was  ten, she took my sister and me and moved to Alaska, where she carved out a solid place for herself.  She raised my sister and me to believe we could do anything, and helped raise three of her grandchildren as well.

She still does volunteer work several times a week, stays in close contact with her family, is on a bowling team, enjoys her canary, and has many friends.

She is one of a kind, and very special to me.  I love her very much.

Happy Mother's Day Mom ♥

Customer Appreciation

Jesika from Craft Geek made this striking quilt using some fabrics she purchased from my shop, including the watercolor orange stripes batik, a Hoffman batik called fox, and yellow tonal stripes from In the Beginning shown below.

It is so much fun seeing what happens

to fabric after it leaves my shop.

 

Thanks for sharing your work Jesika!