Heather Ross :: Giveaway Winner!

Let's start with the most important thing here: I love Aneela Hoey and she now officially has a special place in my heart. She had a fun Heather Ross scraps giveaway on her super cute blog Comfort Stitching and I won! Of all things to win, this would be it...except maybe a Go! Cutter, but I digress.

Look at all this amazing loot! This is way better than buying yardage because I ended up with some uber rare prints that I've only ever dreamed about! Gnomes and bicycles and mermaids, oh my!

I tore into the package immediately and didn't even wait to get back to the house. As I flipped through the pile, each one got better and better. The best part was, the elusive little gnomes I've been eyeing were right on the very top. I may have squealed and I definitely jumped up and down with delight.

Just look at all the bicycles! My heart exploded when I saw so many of them.

And oddly enough, even with all the Heather Ross goodness, this was one of my fave scraps in the whole pile. So cute and whimsical and right up my alley. I think I might frame it for the sewing room. Cute story to go along with it: I had all these scraps as a shrine/display on our dresser. One morning my hubs walks by, glances at the stack and says "I like this giraffe one." So cute!

Any idea where/what this print is???

So here's the question for all you professionals: what the heck do I do with all these scraps???
I'm thinking Heather Ross tribute quilt, but what style.......

What's the deal?!

Ok, so let's start off by saying that I've been anticipating the release of Heather Ross' Far Far Away II as much as everyone else. Unfortunately for me, I hopped on board the Heather Ross train a bit late and missed out on the whimsical cute gorgeousness that is the Lightning Bugs collection. I'll deal. So I was super excited to get in on her latest collection on the front end and not pay $40 for a fat quarter on Etsy.

I went to my fave couple over at Hawthorne Threads to stock up with a 1/2 yard of each print, with plans to make the uber cute Sand Castles pattern and then have some left over for something else, as I'm totally scared of this collection running out, which it is already. No joke, as I'm filling up my cart, the above print went from multiple yards in stock to 0! They're currently sold out of just 3 prints, but they're all the little moons or the roses. What's the deal? What's the fixation on those? I would have thought the princess castle prints would have gone faster.

So here's my "what's the deal?": How do you go about picking and ordering fabrics and certain prints? What's your fabric shopping style? Why are people getting the small printed roses from FFA and not the more elaborate prints? Hmm...

The Sand Castles pattern. The quilt that ignited my need to pull the trigger on the FFA purchase. What are you waiting for? Go buy the pattern and get cracking! :)

Fabric Friday :: Fave Store Edition

If you haven't been over to Lanie Jane Fabrics yet, you are doing yourself a great disservice. JoAnne is absolutely the sweetest, most darling lady and has an extremely well-curated shop. She's got a wide array of bright gorgeous fabric, and has a great selection of pre-made charm packs as well as ones she's created herself. Just take a look at what I've gotten from her fab shop:

Gorgeous! Amazing charm packs, full of the bright colors I love and adore. Exactly what my hexagon charm quilt needs.

Happy stacks of squares! Who could ask for anything more?

Obligatory macro shot. :)

A big giant pile of super fabulousness! I love love love it!

Have you been to see Lanie Jane yet? No? Then you better get a move on and head over there!

Fabric Friday

Cosmo Cricket, Swimclass in Blue.

Sooo cute!!! I'm dying to make a new beach bag just so I have an excuse to order some!

love SewLoveFabrics

You'd think I was getting paid for these, but I promise I'm not. I just like to give credit where credit is due. I loved my order from SewLoveFabrics. It arrived in a protective plastic bag, with its little bundle tied with a fabric string and a couple of super cute charm squares thrown in. Nothing like a surprise freebie with an order to make a girl smile. Thanks Ruth! :)

Weekender Tote: other options

Here are some other fabric options for the Weekender Tote Sew Along. Since I'm obsessed with pink, I'm going with that combination for the first one. I love the style of the tote, so I'll probably make more, and these are some other combo's I've been playing with.

Citrusy! I love this green print from Nicey Jane. The entire combination makes me want to drink a tall, cool glass of lemonade! Mmm!

I'm still not 100% on this combination, but I think the blues are nice and really tone down the tangerine of the main print.

What do you think?

Sew Spoiled Sew Along: Fabrics

These are my fabrics for the Sew Spoiled Weekender Tote Sew Along. Let's just say I'm more than a bit smitten with Nicey Jane and Material Girl Shoppe was having a sale. I did my best to steer away from my standard pink picks, but I just couldn't resist. I have a couple more options that may turn into future bags, though, and I'll post those this week.

These are my friend Raygan's fabrics. She doesn't have a blog, so I'll be posting her updates. Double the fun on this sew along! She very cleverly opted to replace the standard straps for bamboo handles. I can't wait to see how this turns out! I'm already in love with it!

Elation overboard.

Elated is the only emotion I can describe when I received this beautiful box of bountiful fabric. I admittedly went more than a little overboard, but Fresh Squeezed Fabrics was having a 20% off sale and I'm not the type of girl to walk away from a great bargain. A special congratulations to Randi for somehow packing all of this fabric so perfectly into this box! :)

The view from both sides of the stacks was a view to behold.

And the pic that stole my heart and inspired my refreshed and revamped blog header, who wouldn't love those stacks of fresh cut fabric?

Look at it. Look. At. It. Is there anything more gorgeous than this? A big fat stack of the new (and new to me) Nicey Jane collection from Heather Bailey. I've made two (soon to be posted) baby quilts from it and am head over heels. So I panicked and ordered a half-yard stack of the whole collection, plus a quilt backing and a couple of borders.

I also got a fat quarter stack of most of the Simply Sweet collection from Quilt Soup. I discovered it on a couple of other quilt blogs and it was love at first sight. I must say, though, it is quite the slippery sucker to track down! All of about 3 Etsy sellers carry it, so I'm still tracking down a few prints. I think it will definitely turn into a pinwheel quilt in the near future.