one shabby chick

Whew

Days just speed by sometimes don't they?!

I thought this summer was going to be nice and lazy but so far we seem to have a full calendar - but I'm glad for that.

The oldest is playing soccer at the local high school which I'm so happy for - he needed something to do!

And we are going to try out jujitsu for our younger son. He has bad allergies and asthma so we opted out of soccer for the fall and are going to try jujitsu instead. I think he'll like it.

I went to the chiropractor for my shoulder and am going again on Wed. It's sore still, along with my neck and back - but hopefully getting better. It needs to - I have a pile of quilts to quilt!!

Yesterday was spent doing Math in the morning and then sewing up a few custom orders.

Kindle cover:

iPad cover:

Then around noon my youngest fainted! It was scary but luckily I was right there and caught him so he didn't hit his head or anything. We went to the doctor just to be safe and also because his asthma wasn't getting any better with the nebulizer.

Hoping the new meds will clear it all up!

I showed some of these pics on Instagram on Friday. On Thursday night I saw this on Instagram and then started looking up arrows on Pinterest which led me to this blog post.

Friday morning I woke up and instantly got to work making arrows out of fabric.

Not sure how I'm going to lay them out but I can't wait to sew them into a top!

And this is the plan for today (or tomorrow) - DESTASH!!

Quilting Modern Party!

I'm thrilled to be part of a virtual party for Jacquie and Katie's new book, Quilting Modern!

I've already been gushing about this book here and on Instagram - and I kinda jumped the gun and showed you my quilt front that I made with the Supernova pattern.

I'm just so excited about this book and when I'm excited about something, I must tell everyone...right away!

 I've have a couple quilting books that I really love but this one is at the top of the list! The techniques are just so fun and modern and so easy to interpret into your own design. That's what they really wanted you to do with this book - to take their techniques and make the quilts your own. I love that!

I met Jacquie when I was in my first-ever quilting bee - Common Threads. I love reading her blog and seeing the amazing quilts she creates - She truly is such an inspiration and so generous with her ideas. 

I think I stumbled onto Katie's blog around the same time - and was blown away by the quilts she creates - those HST value quilts are just amazing! We both love beer and soccer and I cannot wait to meet her when I'm in Seattle in October - just so creative and down-to-earth!

I made a quilt top out of the Supernova pattern - I made my blocks a little smaller so I could keep it baby size and use some of my Munki munki and Heather Ross prints.

I'm wishing I had gone for a bit more contrast between the blue and white fabrics like they did in their pattern with the yellow and pink but I'll do that in the next one I make.

I really cannot recommend this book enough - for me it has hit a new standard as far as quilting books go - and is written by two of the nicest, creative authors you can find!!

Go check out their great studio/livudio tours - I loved reading about how they arrange their spaces!

And the party is happening on other blogs as well:

A Stitch in Dye – Malka Dubrawsky
Fat Quarterly blog – Tacha Bruecher
Film in the Fridge – Ashley Newcomb
Generation Q – Jake Finch
Handmade by Alissa – Alissa Haight Carlton
Happy Zombie – Monica Solorio-Snow
iheartlinen – Rashida Coleman-Hale
Oh Fransson! – Elizabeth Hartman
One Shabby Chick – Amber Carrillo
Pink Chalk Studio – Kathy Mack
Quilting is my Therapy – Angela Waters
Red Pepper Quilts – Rita Hodge
Sew, Mama, Sew! – Kristin Link
Sew Take a Hike – Penny Layman
West Coast Crafty – Susan Beal
Whip Up – Kathreen Ricketson
Wise Craft – Blair Stocker

Have a wonderful, creative weekend!!

June

Wow - can it be June already?! 

Crazy! And in celebration of the summer....

I have a few things I'm working on too so those may be added to the shop so be on the lookout - I'll let you know here too when I add them - fabric destash anyone?!

Come back tomorrow for a PARTY!!