A first for me!

Recently I found a locally owned quilt shop. Well okay it is really 45 minutes from my house. But that counts as "local" right?

Anyway, I bought something.

Image from clotide

My first every charm pack! This is Dilly Dally from Moda. Cute and fun! It is begging to be made into a quilt....that is after I finish the rag quilt...

image from amazon

What about you? Have you tried charm packs, jelly rolls, or layer cakes yet? Do you like the precuts?

A Treasury For Thursday

How can someone not love mason jars? They are so timeless, beautiful, and graceful. I'm going to scour yardsales and antique stores this summer on the hunt for more. And of course, etsy always has some available!

Linking up these beauties here:
Suzy
Ramblings of a Christian Mom

Pincushion Eye Candy

When you were a kid, did your mom have one of those tomato shaped pincushions? Yeah, mine too.

Well lo and behold how the times have changed! I can not believe the range of pincushions I have seen!

Pears

left: from pinpinn, right: from applesong

You know my baby's first birthday party is going to be airplanes. So I'm slightly obsessed with them right now. Look at these cuties from etsy!

Flying high

left: airplane from lifepieces, right: clouds from SeaPinks

This beauty from England caught my eye.

photo by namolio

Moda is a well-loved designer fabric among all the sewers I know.

This sweet pincushion is from PiccalilliPatchwork.

Last but not least, venture into the animal kingdom! Hedgehogs, squirrels, sheep, rabbits, oh dear!

Left: Turtle from fluffandfuzz, middle: birdies from AliceandElsie, Right: dachshund from rabbitsmoon

Also shared at: My Romantic Home, Fingerprints on the Fridge, Mama's Kinda Crafty, Serenity Now, Chic on a Shoestring

Look what I just bought...

Do you pick out your own Mothers' Day gift? This was a year when I definitely did!

I have spent months looking for an elephant necklace. I wanted one to wear as a reminder of the baby that we lost. (We buried him with a stuffed elephant and later learned that elephants also grieve losses and even cry!).

And then I found this beauty.

Tonight I finally put it in my cart and ordered!

Shizendesigns has been great to work with. We talked several times to make sure I was getting just what I wanted! They are even going to engrave my children's initials on the back.

There is a super adorable tiny version of the elephant necklace too:

Some other great Shizen Designs:

I did not get a discount or freebie or compensation for this post. Just wanted to share one of my new favorite shops!

If you are so inclined to shop with Shizen Designs, you can do so here.

Participating in some bloggy parties:

One hundred and ten bunnies

Remember my big stack of cut out peeps bunnies?

Here is what they looked like all laid out getting ready to cut. And the baby trying to investigate.

I've been putting some of them to work making Easter garland for my house!

Cute, right? You might remember I had made a peeps garland before just hand sewing. This time I used my machine and it was a lot easier!

I ambitiously hoped to use all 110 bunnies to make garland for every single window and mirror in my house.

Someone should have slapped me silly! I don't have time for doing that many!

  

Linking up at these fine blogs:

Someday Crafts

A Little Knick Knack

Spring Sale: Part One

After a long winter here in the midwest, we are seeing signs of spring!

One of my little purple flowers out front bloomed. Don't ask me what kind it is. I have no idea. This is coming from someone that darn near considers dandelions to be flowers. Details, schmetails....it blooooomed.



I'm celebrating with a Spring Sale on select items in my shop.

This vintage green dish has been popular and featured in multiple treasuries. Green is the sign for new life and Spring, so on sale it goes!
You can snag this beauty for 35% off for a limited time here. Only 1 available!