Sunday Stash

Today I'm featuring some fabrics I got at my LQS yesterday.

First, Sandi Henderson Farmer's Market flannel and Valori Wells Urban Flannel. Love them! Got enough for a baby quilt back each.


Then I got some pinks to make frames for some wonky modern squares I'm planning for my very own bed quilt! Won't these make great outer frames for some beautiful squares?


And finally this one, Heather Bailey Freshcut. I don't normally really like orangey yellow or acid green, but I just can't stop staring at this fabric! Click to make it bigger and see for yourself. It's very satisfying.

Cheers!
Wendy

100th Post!

For my 100th post, I have a short video I took of Gigi this rainy morning, playing in a "puddle" on the deck. It's not much of a puddle, but plenty for a 20 month old to play in! See if you can spot the black cat she's talking to in the first seconds (he's up behind the grill!).

Thanks for 100 posts!

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Happy Blogaversary to Me! Giveaway Winners

Time to announce the winners! The random number generator picked #1! Who says #1 never wins?
Jenny said...
What a fun giveaway! Thanks for the chance...Id love to see something in plush my daughter would draw!!!

Congrats Jenny, have your daughter draw something and email it to me right away!

I had such a nice time reading all of your wonderful, sweet comments, especially Kathie who really touched me when she said her favorite post was the Gigi waffle post. That's my favorite too! That really was super super sweet. I was so touched I decided to give away the fabric as well. The second winner is SewCalGal!

SewCalGal said...
Congratulations on your blogging Anniversary. You really do have a creative blog that I enjoy reading.Your give-away idea is certainly fun. And very nice of you to do. I'm sure whomever wins will enjoy your prizes. I know I would.As I love to make charity quilts for kids, I'd be happy to win any fabric that would help to make such quilts. And, as I'm working on a couple of different fundraisers, I think one of your cute handmade toys would also be great in a gift basket. So, I am very flexible - if I win, you decide.Keep quilting, sewing & blogging!

Congrats winners! I wish I could give everyone a prize, I really do. I heart you all!


It's my 97th post and also my first blogaversary! It was on August 22 of last year that I posted Gigi's Heart of My Heart quilt as my very first post. It took a while to get readers, but now I've got a few (that's you)!

Of course I have to have a giveaway to celebrate! Here's the catch: the only ones eligible to win will be those of you who have commented at least once on my blog in the last year. If this is your first time here, have fun looking around and come back next time I have a giveaway! This one is exclusively to thank my loyal blog commenters/readers.

Since this giveaway is for a small group of people, I'm making the prize personal as well. Whomever wins, I will let you pick your prize!

Choice #1: A medium amount of regular quilt store fabric from my stash in your choice of color way/theme (sorry, I just can't part with my premium designer stash!). I have tons of kitties and doggies, Asian, novelty, repros, flannel, etc. All from an actual quilt store, not bargain basement.

Choice #2: A stuffed toy I will make just for you. Check out the stuffed toys i've blogged to see examples. Heck, i'll even make your toy from your own personal sketch and put your name on the back too! Such a deal, I tell ya!

So ok, start yer commenting now loyal commenters! I'll draw a winner Monday night after 7pm.

Who Needs Groceries??? Amy Butler News

OMG, this is such terrible news. Amy Butler has a new rug line coming out this month! This is awful. Not to mention, she has my absolute favorite Amy Butler fabric ever redone as a rug (the first photo, next to the shoes). I often see patterns in home dec that remind me of Amy Butler designs, but this is the ACTUAL fabric printed on the rug!!!! Sigh. I was just starting to enjoy eating groceries, but now i'll have to go without. I wish I could find some information on pricing, but I went to Chandra Rugs and her website and neither has any info. So I guess I'll hold onto the dream, right up until I see the thousands of dollars they cost!

So Exciting! A Peek at My Day Job

It's finally being installed! I plan museum exhibits for a living, but this is the first time I've researched and written an entire museum! It's an interactive discovery museum for kids in one of our Texas state parks. Ok, so it's only about 450 square feet inside this building, but hey, I packed a lot of stuff in there! You wouldn't believe how much work it is to plan an entire museum. It took a year!

This is the front of the building starting to be installed. There's a kid's crawl through tree entrance on the left and a book of animal track riddle answers going on that tiny standing tree. There will be 3ft wide low concrete markers on the ground all over the park with animal tracks embedded and a riddle. They have to come to the Discovery Center to find the answer.



Here's the start of the inside walls. It's a river-centered park, so it starts out in the woodland and swooshes into the river. There will be interactive components installed along these walls.


Exciting! I visit again next Thursday when there will be much more stuff to share.
Hugs <3 Wendy

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