one shabby chick

Popping in

Not much OK - no sewing going on right now.

I think I wore myself out for a while and my shoulder was really sore.

So I've been trying to rest it and have been doing lots of reading instead.

But I have got a few fun things in the mail lately.

This gorgeous notebook cover from SingAllYouWant:

Isn't it adorable?! I first saw them on Pinterest and she's finally opened up an Etsy shop!

And my first two Ringo Pie blocks from round 2:

LOVE!!

I have a few ipad/kindle covers to make so think it's time to get back in gear.

And there are lots of quilts to work on too!

I'm dying to make a few from this book:

And I still have one I need to finish up for my adorable nephew.

I also want to try and make this little bag for a beach purse for the summer:

And look at these fun rolls of Bella cotton that I got at Southern Fabrics - perfect for sashing!!

Almost forgot!! The winner of the Marmalade Fabrics giveaway is......

#55 - Maggie G! I've sent you an email!

OK I'm off to clean the house and fold some clothes..yep, I'm completely slacking!!

Oh and I'm not sure how much sewing (or laundry) I'll get done this summer since this is right down the road:

(yep, my son's been playing with the GoPro)

A new week

First off, I'm actually announcing a giveaway winner on the day I said!! Can you believe it?! OK the winner of the Gypsy Caravan charm pack is....

#23 - Valerie Boudier! I will send you an email soon!

Stay tuned tomorrow - there's a  fabulous giveaway from another new sponsor!

Finished up 3 custom orders and need to ship them off:

We had a great weekend...I worked on a bunch of pillows/iPad covers (I am finishing them up today hopefully) on Saturday and had some great food from the local farmer's market (and our friend's food stand).

Yesterday we had church and then came home and just lounged around. I was supposed to have a soccer game but a lot of people had plans so we were only going to have 9 at the most and who wants to play short on Mother's Day? So we forfeited the game and all got a Sunday off.

Hubs and I watched a few (3!!) movies - ha ha! The Vow, Underworld: Awakening and Contraband - and I even got a surprise dinner of Thai food (he had a friend deliver it for him - so sweet!).

(pay no attention to the fact that I STILL have not painted the kitchen - it's on the to-do list this summer!!)

My iPhone was my Mother's Day present but I couldn't help buying myself a little fabric goodness and it came today: a Suzuko Koseki bundle from this Etsy shop.

Now I have to decide what to make with it!

I have some iPad covers and guitar and camera straps going in to the shop in a bit - the pillows will be in there tomorrow at some point.

Hope everyone is off to a good week - my kids are excited as Friday we are heading here with our homeschool group!

This week

Got some new (to us) couches this past weekend.

And so you can all gasp in horror - this was our old couch:

I did have a cover over the seating part that I had made but still...apparently I'd rather buy fabric than a new couch - lol!

So we are enjoying the new couches and I've added a few more pillows to them - you know cause...

Playing around with new pilow ideas:

and I also started on some guitar and camera straps using these gorgeous feather fabrics.

And I'm working on some more ipad covers for the shop too.

But first I have to go to Costco (I have honestly been saying that every day for like a week now- but today I'm really going - ha ha!).

Stop by tomorrow as I have a new sponsor to announce and a fun giveaway!!

Craft Faire

I will be at the Lanikai Craft Faire tomorrow at Lanikai Beach Park in Kailua. The Faire runs from 9am-3pm so stop by if you can (and I wish you ALL could!).

And thanks for the answers about the comments...this whole time I thought if I responded in the comments, everyone was getting an email too.

I love getting replies to my comments when I comment on other people's blogs so I just feel bad that none of you knew I was responding - LOL! So from now on, I will be responding via email unless it's a question that more than one person asks and then I'll reply in the comments too.

OK hope everyone has a wonderful weekend...I'm off to price a ton of things!

Pressure cooker

I always do this to myself....the week before the craft fair is a frenzy of sewing.

I should really plan better...or not have such a big to-do list!

I have crossed a few things off and am down to my last project - little skirts.

They are coming together great and I love all the different fabrics I can pair up. I had a bit of a speed bump with my serger yesterday (wanted to chuck it out the window) but I finally got it re-threaded and back to working.

I also made some totes and ipad covers (and since I know everyone will ask - I got the background fabrics on Etsy - Here are a couple shops I search through - I just look for ones that grab my eye and buy them).

And for local peeps - the craft fair is this Saturday, May 5th at Lanikai Beach Park in Kailua from 9am-3pm. Come out if you are in the area!

I also have a few exciting things to share with you...

I have a guest post up on Randi's blog about craft fairs - this is part one of two.

Lei Chic which is a local online magazine did an article on my typewriter zip pouches and ipad covers - eep! You can read it here.

And I'm finally getting around to announcing the winner of the Brr! fat quarter bundle - Lucky number 65 - Heather (and my kids LOVE the Lego sewing machine your son made!)

Congrats - I'll send you an email soon!

** And I had a question for you all - I always reply to everyone's comments in the comments. Do you like this? I had always thought it sent an email response to you too but my sister said it doesn't. Are you guys fine with me responding in the comments? Let me know....

Saturday

We are supposed to be going to a wedding in a half hour but I'm not sure we are going to make it. Hubs is at the doctor with Bela...

She has an ear infection so she's on antibiotics and now it blossomed into some sort of mouth thing so she's at the doctor getting stronger antibiotics.

And I'm tired - helped all morning with our local AYSO registration.

But I did do a bit of sewing yesterday - well, a lot actually!

First I got this lovely charm pack in the mail on Thursday from the lovely folks over at Windham Fabrics.

I had gotten two charm packs of Echo a while back too but wasn't sure what to make with them so I just held on to them and waited. And I'm glad I did.

They blend together seamlessly and I had a quilt top in no time.

I just made big nine patch blocks and then auditioned two different sashing fabrics.

The grey was a clear winner and I pieced the back with the remaining grey I had, a Kona solid, the leftover charm squares plus a Summersville print and AH Heath in grey.

I also worked on Ashley's blocks/quilt for the Traveling Quilt bee.

John and Ashley had already made some blocks so I decided to put them all together and add a few fabrics here and there along with a few blocks as well.

I love it so far - can't wait to see how it grows and changes on the rest of its journey.

Speaking of Traveling Quilts - did you SEE my amazing ruler that Elizabeth made?? Oh my gosh - I am SO excited about that quilt!

And I'm still sewing away for the craft fair.

Made a couple more totes:

and am now working on some cute pencil cases using this tutorial from A Spoonful of Sugar (whenever I go their website, I start singing the Mary Poppins song - lol!)

OK have a great weekend everyone...did I mention this lovely bundle arrived in the mail?

List-making

I love making lists - and crossing things off.

I have a long list for the craft fair and have a few items crossed off already.

Bookmarks:

(got the supplies on Etsy)

Key Fobs:

(again, supplies on Etsy)

Little wallets/card holders (tutorial coming in the next few days):

There's still a long list though so I'm hoping to get it all done - probably not...

I also crossed something off of my Pinterest to-do list that I have been wanting to try for a long time: pineapple flowers.

Not sure if they are worth the effort but they sure look pretty....

Instagram + Common Threads

So I'm having lots of fun playing with my new phone/camera...

And if you follow me on Flickr or Twitter or Instagram (my name is oneshabbychickhawaii) - I'm sorry! I think you've seen most of these pictures already!

This quilt was from my first ever quilting bee - Common Threads.

I had just started blogging and Rebekah asked me if I wanted to join a bee. I was beyond excited. Little did I know I was joining up with a group of AMAZING quilters.

It's been more than two years ummm, apparently it's been 4 years!!!! since they all made these blocks for me but I decided I need to get it done and finally get a quilt made for our bed.

This quilt has gone through a couple transformations.

But I finally settled on a design I liked.

The only problem was I needed to make it a bit bigger for our bed and I used Amy Butler Belle for all the sashing and borders and it's out of print now...and super expensive! So I looked in my stash for something that went along with all the blue and found something.

I added some borders and laid it on our bed today - it still needs to be a bit wider. So I have to look for one more print to add to the sides and then I'm sending it off to Krista to quilt (well, after I get the back made).

What we've been up to

Lots of school...not too much sewing.

Which does not bode well for the craft fair in two weeks.

(Oh and for all you locals - the craft fair is at Lanikai Beach Park on May 5th, 9am-3pm)

But I have officially finished all my custom orders so now it's craft fair sewing from here on out.

I finished up a pillowcase to go along with the twin quilt today.

She sent me a picture of two bird pillows that she wanted translated into a pillowcase.

I used some pink varigated #12 Aurifil to zigzag around the edges - it's really thick so looks like handstitching - I like the result.

And I finished up a kindle cover and an iPad cover too.

And I got a new toy to play with - I lost my phone on Easter and got this as an early Mother's Day present. I LOVE it!

And the camera is great too!

This is my boy before we cut his hair today (it's been a long time coming - and he agreed. He's been having a hard time keeping it clean while it's so long. You should have seen how much sand was in his scalp!!!):

And after:

I also made a couple wreaths for a baby shower on Friday:

And I'm sewing up a little bunting/banner tomorrow too. Just need to add the letters tomorrow.

Bela took a few pictures with my camera this afternoon - this is what they've been doing pretty much every day when Daddy gets home:

Binding

I have 3 quilts right now that need binding.

Well, actually 2 now since I finished one last night.

Binding this one right now  - my customer wanted white binding and there's a lot of white in the quilt too so I'm terrified I'm going to get it dirty somehow!!

And this one is next - I can't wait to finish it!

I also have a long list of things I want to get done for the craft fair on May 5th:

*button ponytail holders

*big button bookmarks

*more typewriter ipad covers

* little skirts

*patchwork pencil cases

* camera/typewriter zip pouches

and I want to try some metal frame clutches too.

Not to mention all those quilts I have in-progress....lol!!

I wanted to mention that I have a Designer page over on Favecrafts.com. It was pretty funny trying to come up with something to write about myself.

And I'm also featured in an e-book that they recently released on Favequilts.com!

You can get it here - and it's FREE! Favequilts and Favecrafts have a TON of quilt ideas and crafty links - really great resources!