Quilt Market, a recap and the extreme fangirl moment

Let's start at the beginning!
I have been gone since Wednesday afternoon.

I stayed with my mom, and we went to Gatsby.

This is the first time I have gone on an adventure alone since I had babies!

I got to meet Rachael in person! we overloaded ourselves on quilts and time by hanging out the WHOLE weekend together! The first day was slammed.
I picked Rachael up from the airport, we went straight to the convention center and started doing the school house classes. I helped Nicole from You Sew Girl for the sample spree and then we went to the sweet hot Yamboree where I met the greater Craftsy team and Shelly Figuroa, and so many others.  I only wish we'd had more time! (I need to figure out how to be a groupie of the sweet hot yams: a mug rug)

we made yam stamps

From this point on was a blur of marketing and meeting people, trying to sleep and figuring out what I wanted to get out of this market.

and I met a lot of awesome people.

First up on the list of Awesome is Heather Ross:

I adore her whimsical designs and have used them A LOT. here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

I met almost all of my fav fabric designers (except Etsuko Furuya, but I mean, cant have it all...) There was: Carrie Bloomston, Rashida Coleman Hale, Violet Craft, bari j, leah duncan, and soooo many more. There were meet ups with companies and products I had never even seen before (silk yarn from Sari ends and pieces, coming soon).

I met bloggers, seamstresses, quilters and pattern designers. I got promo options and cards and numbers for future ordering and I even ordered more Japanese fabric! oh yes, coming soon...

I made a few fun things for Pellon

 met Diane Gilleland, Karen LePage, and Cassie of Elegantitus
and of course, I saw some amazing quilts:

somehow I still missed a great number of interesting folks, for example : Ric Rac. she even came over to say hello to Nicole and I didn't realize who she was. geeze. that happened a few times.  I realized after the fact that I was standing in the shadow of a great designer.  Luckily Rachael recognized a lot of them and we didn't appear as big idiots, which I felt a little like. 

A few things happened that I was hoping for.  I met the rep I need for Alexander Henry laminate.  I made contacts that I never would have made in person.  I met other seriously crafty folk. And I came away from it all with a little inspiration, a fair amount of fabric and a new appreciation for the work that goes into these events...

I had fun, and am recovering from so much craft and design!

Tumble Tee pattern testing

Rachael's been a pattern making fiend lately!  I made the roly poly a few times, and I know she's got a little something else in the works!!!
and hurray for being a tester!

I don't have little girlies so, I don't test dresses and such.  I did decide to test out the tumble tee pattern soon to be released by ImagineGnats because I felt it was easy to customize. Case in point:

the original pattern fits great. I knew going into it, that I wanted it to be form fitted and so for Murphy I made a 3 instead of a 4.  He's a tiny dude. And Hawley's is the 7.
But, they don't want to wear a girlie shirt. Oh No. So we created a muscle like tee out of our tumble tee!

I just shaved a bit off the shoulders (about 3 inches) and tightened the armpit. voila!

get your wiggles out!

Murphy's a snappy dresser, huh?

giveaway day winner!

Hueisei you won!

I just sent you an email, congrats!

Thanks for entering to everybody else!

day 89, KCW leftovers, and apology to myself

Do you remember my 365 days project? no? yeah, it sorta fell by the wayside there for a little while. So let's restart this engine and get on with it! No wallowing in loosing my steam.  pretty in pink for laminated projects!

Technically this is made from PUL (polyurethane laminate). PUL is mostly used in cloth diapering products as its water resistant and washable.  When my babies were in diapers we cloth diapered mostly.  I always wanted to make my own diaper covers thinking it would be cheaper, but at that time, PUL was special order only as well as large hook and loop and fold over elastic. 

There were patterns a plenty for free on the internet, but it was easier just to get the my mom to help me buy a few covers and keep them in rotation.

I still had never made one. But, JoAnns has a diaper making section now, with snaps and FOE and large velcro and PUL!! SO I asked a friend that cloth diapers if she would be up for a freebie try out and she said yes. so I made her a pink polka dot diaper cover!

This cover is based on the Ottobre free pattern, but I ommitted the soaker pad, as this is JUST a cover. It was suprisingly easy to make once I did it.

I hope they like it, that its useful and that all goes well with the diapering saga...

the cover and this little outfit from KCW will all be headed out in the mail to some Seattle peeps!

and a little instagram love as well:

 

other stuff:

1. Don't forget to get your entry for the Sew Mama Sew giveaway day
2. Quilt Market is NEXT WEEK
3. We had another round of baby bunnies born last week
4. the weather is getting springy!

Show me your Fancy (hosh) Pants!

Hurray for Hosh pants!
Murphy loves 'em. They are easy to sew and highly customizable! 

you may remember I made some here and here, for Kids Clothes Week. Then,  the lovely Sarah asked me to fancy up a pair for her blog tour! 

so I did, of course!

I made these Hosh with a bit of specialized flair for Murphy.  I wanted to do pockets, but not just the standard pockets, so we did them on the front in a very bold heather ross: guitars. these wouldn't be quite so bold if they were not on stretch dark blue denim. But, we can't stop there.. oh no.

I added top stitching in the gold that comes standard on jeans and then, one more thing: suede ex. Yes, a suede x on each butt cheek. I left the stitching off one little section of each x to create a loop, much like on carpenter pants, only this is meant to hold a toy gun. cause my little cowboy can't be without his little revolver (or star wars blaster).

The front pockets are vaguely the shape of a standard pocket and here is my advice on pockets: they are best in unexpected places for our little friends.  Kids love secret treasure holds and little spots to stick their fingers in.  So add a little slider pocket for a fairy wand, a small little circle pocket for rubber bands, or perhaps a BIG pocket for taking along a blanket: linus could of used one.

To make things even more fancy, Sarah is offering a discount code of 15% off your ENTIRE ORDER from her etsy shop! Just use the coupon code: FANCY15 at checkout.  this is only good this week, so get shopping!

give it away give it away give it away now

what's that? you thought I was gone forever?!
no. just fell behind. it happens.

so let's start back up with a big bang o fun with the Sew mama Sew giveaway day!

I am giving away this beauty:

not the kiddo... the pocketbook!!

note: the lining fabric may differ

Casa Crafty Laminate Pocket book
Laminate is fun, and it makes everything easier to clean.  Just wipe clean when little figures leave their prints in pursuit of a quarter for the gumball machine!

featuring an interior zipper pouch, two large pouches, 6 card pockets and a magnetic closure.  Made of laminated cotton exterior and medium weight cotton interior. 
This laminate is a classic print. One of the first to be widely available and always fun, these pagodas and stags will make everyone look twice.  The interior cotton is a dark leaf print to add that power clash.  



All of these fun pocket books are 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" .  The two large pockets are 8"x 8" The 6 card pockets fit a standard credit card or laminated I.D.

just leave me a comment! 

open through giveaway open until May 10 at 5 p.m. PST

please include an email in your comment so that I can get a hold of you if you are the winner!

open internationally!

 hurray!

covert robin winner winner chicken dinner!

i'm exciting to be announcing the prize winners the covert robin! i had so much fun looking through all of the great projects that were linked up!





without further ado, the lucky winners are...



winner of a vintage sheet fat quarter pack from Cassie (elegantitus) is: Shannon of Sweet Puddles



winner of a gift certificate from Clara (Clover & Violet) is: Ruth of ruth plus two



winner of a lotta scrap bag from Courtney (mon petit lyons) is: Bobbie of From This to That



winner of a handmade market tote from Jane (buzzmills) is: Wendi of Sew Cat Sew Creations



winner of a fat quarter bundle from Jill (Made with Moxie) is: Samantha of At Home with Mrs. H.



winner of pdf patterns from Karen (Sew Well Maide) is: Melissa of a happy stitch



winner of a gift certificate from Kelley (casa crafty) is: Lilly of Lilly Hillage Urban Textile Art



winner of a creativity pack from Melissa (a happy stitch) is: Nissa of Nissa Made



winner of an embroidery kit from Rachael (imagine gnats) is: Lisa of In The Boon Docks



winner of organic zippers from Stephanie (The Crafty Kitty) is: Kelley of Casa Crafty