one shabby chick

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 new week

I miss camp - isn't that crazy?!

It was such a fun time and so much work leading up to it and now it's just flown by!

(one of my favorite photos of camp - makes me love him even more) :-)

(all photos by Schyne Photography)

I wore myself out completely and finally got out of bed today.

So no sewing going on over here!

But I did get a gorgeous box of goodies from Fabricworm that I can't wait to dig in to and I have quite a few quilt tops that I need to quilt up!

Plus all this time off from sewing has made me want to jump back in - always a good thing.

I also have a new fabric shop to tell you all about but I'll save that for a post of its own!

Where I've been (and where I'll be)

Last weekend and (this weekend) Hubby and I had the opportunity to help out with a Spring Break Youth Camp.

We go to a Calvary Chapel church here in Haleiwa and this was a combined church camp with all the Calvary Chapels on the island - it was SO fun!

(yep, that's a raw squid - they played squid football)

Last weekend was Senior High and this weekend will be Junior High.

So that's where I've been (and where I'll be this weekend too).

All photos by Schyne Photography.

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.

Family first

I know my posts have been a lot more sparse here this year.

I'm trying to put family first and concentrate on them more than anything else.

Which has resulted in lots of bread baking :-)

And here are the links to those amazing breads I keep making:

Bretzel bread

Bagels

Dinner Rolls

I do love blogging and being here so I am really going to try and make it more than once a week or every couple weeks!

Plus I have been sewing so I have lots to share.

But first, let's have a winner on that last giveaway, shall we?

#59 - Samantha!! Congrats! I'll be sending you an email shortly!

OK, now on to sewing.

I just finished this quilt up today and the binding tonight so tomorrow I can sew it on and finish it up!

I love this quilt.

I used all my white and blue Heather Ross fabrics and a Kona grey (can't remember which one off the top of my head - a dark grey).

I wish I had made it bigger since I have no idea what to do with it (and there is no way I am giving this away unless my sister has a baby).

Binding fabric:

And I finished this top:

As soon as I got this FQ bundle of Carnaby Street and saw it next to the Michael Miller Mirror Dots, I knew I wanted to combine them in a quilt.

And this is the result.

I also sewed a little zip pouch for a friend:

and practiced my paper piecing on a Sew Ichigo strawberry.

 

And I got a wonderful surprise this week!

I was listed in Honolulu Magazine's Best of Honolulu Issue!

Been a pretty amazing week!!

Happy Birthday Mi Amor

Today is Hubby's birthday.

He's 39 (we are the same age - I turn 39 in August).

I know I gush about him a lot here and on Instagram but he's really pretty special.

He's my best friend, my soul mate.

He's an amazing father,

a wonderful provider and leader of our family

and one of the most un-selfish people I have ever met.

(yep, we know how to do cake-smashing right - lol)

Plus sometimes he's just a big kid.

I love you babe - I pray #39 is the best year yet......

Been a while (plus a giveaway and a sale)

Well, I did say I wanted to try living life more and that's exactly what we've been doing.

Which has translated into not a lot of time spent on the computer {but of course I have my "mini" computer aka iphone wherever I go :-)}

We went camping last weekend which was a blast (and also exhausting, dirty, sandy, smoky).

A friend of ours got some amazing pictures of the kids (this is only a small portion of them) - I really want to get her to take some family photos one of these days!

(photo credit: Schyne photography)

Yesterday was my first soccer game of the season and boy did I do a number on my neck. Got tripped and went down face first into my arm/the ground (feel like I have a bit of whiplash in my neck - not fun!)

So I'm going to be laying down the rest of the day with ice on my neck.

But I did want to check in here with you all since I've been off the blog grid for most of February. I've been baking...

and sewing...

Ringo Pie bee blocks

A couple wonky nine patch quilts tops for a friend about to have twins

shop sewing

pattern testing

I also wanted to have an Etsy sale and do a little giveaway!

So from now until March 5th, everything in the shop is 15% off with coupon code BLOG15.

And I have some goodies for a giveaway:

Leave a comment telling me what one quilt/pattern is on your MUST-DO list this year.

I have a few on the list but my top one is the Maple Leaf Rag Quilt from Material Obsession 2.

Here's a link to Megan's version!

Good luck!!

No internet + Migraine

Our time capsule was out for few days so there wasn't any internet unless we used our phones (which of course I did!).

Not sure if all the phone usage gave me a migraine but yesterday I spent the whole day in bed. I'm much better today - thank goodness!

Finally got a design wall put up in the new space and have gotten back to work on my scrappy trip along quilt.

I've also been using my bread machine and made some delicious bagels.

Elizabeth sent me the recipe and she graciously put it up on her blog for everyone!

They are so good - we are down to our last one so I need to make another batch!

I'm taking the girls to get some new ballet shoes today and to do a little shopping!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

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 :-)