one shabby chick

This little chick is going to Market!

OK so first of all - a winner!

And the winner is.....#27 - Veronica! Congrats!!

And yep, I'm heading to Quilt Market. It was a very last minute decision - I'm staying with Heather and had some extra miles and I'm SO excited about going!

I have always wanted to go to a Quilt Market so I'm so excited one of my dreams is coming true (and all you quilters/fabric lovers can relate to me - even if everyone else thinks I'm crazy about being excited to go to a quilt convention.) Ha ha!

And to celebrate (and maybe earn a little spending money) I'm having a sale in the shop. It was only 15% but I decided to up it to 20% instead.

So use coupon code Market20 in the shop - if you purchase anything before Wed., I'll mail it out before I leave, but otherwise it will ship out next Tuesday!

I just added a few new items too:

OK hope everyone is off to a great week!!

Shop Update

So the craft fair was a bit of a bomb this time around.

But that just means the shop is nice and full now!

So many fun goodies - and I can't wait to make some more!

A set of winners

OK so here are the winners for the re-giveaway prizes.

First winner is #65 - Allysha - guess it was your lucky day!! You get the book and fabric set!

#112 - KHohns - you win the set of Lunden Designs quilt patterns!

And #177 and #161 - Erica (B) C. and Elaine T - you both win the cute luggage tag pattern + fat quarters!

I've sent you all emails!

The microMod giveaway is still going on and you can also enter to win a sewing machine (contiguous US only - that means I'm out too) at Alexia's blog!

I've been sewing up a storm this week as I have a craft fair this weekend.

And I've made some fun items that I can't wait to stock in my Etsy shop too.

 

These clutches are from  lbg studio's amazing pattern and I just changed the dimensions a bit - I love them.

And I made some fun tote bags with a faux leather trim too.

OK I'm off to sew, sew, sew!

Friday

These last three weeks have been SO busy!  But I have gotten in a little sewing time - yay!

I just updated the shop with a few camera straps:

and passport wallets:

I have a bunch of bee blocks to work on too so I need to get those done before I work on "fun" stuff!

Tomorrow is a Sew Day for the Oahu Modern Quilt Guild! Can't wait! And Sarah just moved here so she'll be joining us too!

I already met her this week as she and her husband came to Hubby's soccer game in town and then we all went out for Thai food. So excited she's here!

I'll be spending today at a home school conference (and spending money on books instead of fabric - bummer!).

I did see this great sale in my email - Michelle Patterns has all her sewing patterns for only $5 this weekend!

I love her patterns and this is such a good deal!! Go get a few!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

Sew Fresh Fabrics

 

So Peg has some exciting news.....

 

 

She's opening SEWFRESHFABRICS.com!!!

 

The site will launch on April 1st so mark your calendars!

Plus there are some goodies you are going to want to get in on:

* First 50 customers get a 25% off gift certificate good at the new site

* “A Hundred for a Hundred” - A $100 Gift Certificate will be awarded to one of the first 100 customers, winner drawn randomly

A quick one

Just wanted to let you all know about a few great deals/finds this weekend!

MichellePatterns has this awesome pattern for $5 today!

Brenda at Pink Castle Fabrics has all her bundles 25% off with coupon BUNDLE25 until Sunday evening!

Great deal!!

And Frances from Miss Matatabi just got a huge shipment of new Nani Iro in - go check it out!

Fresh Squeezed Fabrics has bundles of Denyse Schmidt's new line - love!!

Sew Fresh Fabrics has this gorgeous script pattern that a bunch of us were talking about on Instagram last night.

And Fabricworm has 10% off any order over $25 with coupon code springfling25 until 3/14.

Birthday Gifts

There are quite a few birthdays right now.

3 more coming up soon and I already have an idea on what to make. Plus Hubby's birthday (and my brother's) is at the end of the month but I don't think either of them will want a tote bag.

These were for a friend that makes amazing cakes and cupcakes. I had made her some potholders a while back and noticed she needed a new set.

So I used Sew Ichigo's cupcake button pattern and enlarged it to make the cupcake.

The latte block was made using their latte pattern.

I used a layer of insul-brite and 2 layers of batting so they are nice and thick.

The girls also went to a birthday party for a little friend of theirs and so I made her this mermaid bag:

and a little skirt.

They all wore their mermaid tails in the pool too (her grandmother is the one that made the mermaid tails for my daughters - she sells them on Etsy).

We have another birthday party this Friday so looks like another skirt and tote bag are on the schedule.

I'm slowly working on the camera zip pouches. Hoping to have them done tomorrow!

I've also been using our bread maker! Made a loaf yesterday:

and these rolls (both are from the same recipe):

So good and easy! Can't wait to try some other recipes and expand into bagels and cinnamon rolls :-)

Sale

Just a quick heads-up to let you know that I added am adding a bunch of items to my shop and I've marked down the prices on most things as well.

In addition to that, you can get 20% off with coupon code NEWYEAR.

Here's a few of the goodies I've added or am adding tomorrow:

Updates

 

* The craft fair was amazing!! Thanks to everyone for your well wishes and to my wonderful customers who came out!

* I put a few goodies into the shop today - pillow covers, zip pouches and a baby boy quilt.

*Finished this little quilt at the craft fair and gifted it to the mom-to-be on Sunday. She loved it.

But I didn't get a finished picture!!

* Been gathering Christmas goodies - look at these cute pouches I bought from Krista for my girls!

and I bought a cute tote from Amanda (she's having a sale right now too)!!

One more craft fair this Saturday!

And of course I'm making a few more things - camera straps, guitar straps, fold over clutches and a couple more goodies!

I have a great giveaway coming up on Friday so stay tuned!!

Sewing Marathon

Feels like I've sewn a few marathons lately.

I'm in full power-out mode as I have a craft fair this weekend and one next weekend plus custom orders (yes, I am in way over my head!!)

I will be doing a shop update on the 10th with all the goodies that are remaining (hopefully there won't be too many)!

I'm off to bind a few quilts  - I'm crazy I know - but wanted to post a little note just to let you know I'm still here (I'm on Instagram constantly if you want to follow me there).

Local peeps - here's the craft fair info for this Saturday:

OK - Have a great weekend everyone!