Broken Glass
I shared a sneak peek earlier of this yummy fabric. I can finally reveal what I did with it! We’ll have a free pattern for everyone and one lucky person will be able to win my project. Details are below. Broken Glass from Island Batik, designed for Kathy Engle for Swan Amity Sheridan of Swan …
Lunch with Larry
Larry is our purple moose mascot. Actually, I have several Larrys! I purchased the original and all the others have been gifted to me over the years by friends and customers. They are all precious to me. Can you guess which is the original? I figured it was high time for all these Larrys to …
My Week With Rob Appell
As a sales rep for Michael Miller Fabrics I must occasionally meet with my sales manager. In my case, my manager is Rob Appell, also the spokesperson for the company and a well known face. Rob decided to shadow me for a week in Utah. His goal was to listen to any concerns/ideas from shops, …
Up for grabs today is a colorful batik!
Coastline Balis from Benartex. Lots of blues and greens in this one. Regular price is $9.80 per yard but today it’s $5.57 per yard. Yowza!
Simply leave a comment on our blog or Facebook fan page indicating how many yards you want (1/4 yard increments). We’ll respond to let you know we got your request. At the end of the 12 days we’ll invoice you and then ship it out as soon as your payment clears. There is no shipping charge, you get a free gift and you can also add any other items from our website for no additional shipping costs! Return tomorrow to see our next fun item!
Read MoreToday’s offer is the perfect stocking stuffer…a phone fan!
Regular price is $4.95, today it is only $2.75
These fans work on most smart phones. It has a plug in for iPhones as well as android phones. Simply plug it into the charging port and it starts. To turn it off, unplug it. Kids love it, women of “a certain age” can’t live without it. Available in 6 different colors. You can see a video of the fans here. https://www.facebook.com/purplemoosedesigns/videos/1558819287474775/
Simply leave a comment on our blog or Facebook fan page indicating how many you want and which color you want. We’ll respond to let you know we got your request. At the end of the 12 days we’ll invoice you and then ship it out as soon as your payment clears. There is no shipping charge, you get a free gift and you can also add any other items from our website for no additional shipping costs! Return tomorrow to see our next fun item!
Read MoreToday’s offer is Bridge Creek Blossoms by Atkinson Designs
Regular price of this pattern is $9.50, today it is only $4.00
Pattern includes instructions for 5 sizes (baby 44″ X 58″, lap 58″ X 73″, twin 72″ X 87″, queen 87″ X 101″ and king 116″ X 116″)
Pattern uses 2.5″ strips for the flowers so it’s jelly roll friendly.
Super easy to put together. It would be a great quickie for charity quilts or a last minute gift. Maybe in pastels for a baby quilt or school colors for a college quilt!
Simply leave a comment on our blog or Facebook fan page indicating how many you want. We’ll respond to let you know we got your request. At the end of the 12 days we’ll invoice you and then ship it out as soon as your payment clears. There is no shipping charge, you get a free gift and you can also add any other items from our website for no additional shipping costs! Return tomorrow to see our next fun item!
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First up we’re offering you a two-fer! A great fabric in two different colorways. Autumn Breeze by Benartex is available in either a white or yellow background. There are leaves with a sort of patchwork look swirling in the breeze. The oak leaf is approximately 3.5″ long X 1.75″ wide.
UPDATE: THE WHITE IS ALL GONE.
Regular price on these is $8.00 per yard. Today it’s only $3.95 per yard! Wow!
Simply leave a comment on our blog or Facebook fan page indicating how many yards you want (1/4 yard increments) and which color way you want. We’ll respond to let you know we got your request. At the end of the 12 days we’ll invoice you and then ship it out as soon as your payment clears. There is no shipping charge, you get a free gift and you can also add any other items from our website for no additional shipping costs! Return tomorrow to see our next fun item!
Read MoreChristmas is showing it’s little elfish ears over the horizon…it will be here before we know it! It’s time to start in on those holiday gift lists. Whether you need to make something for a special someone or need a gift for your sewing pals…it’s time to get crackin!! Crank up the Christmas tunes for our 12 Days Of Christmas event which will start on 11/4/17.
We will be offering you a special deal every day for 12 days. Some days it will be fabric, other days notions, patterns or gifts. Every day will be a super duper price. All you do is visit our website each day to find out what that day’s deal is. If you want it, leave a comment on our blog or facebook page and it’s yours. At the end of the 12 days I will invoice everyone for their chosen goodies and then ship them out to you. It’s just that simple. Every order also gets a special gift as our way of saying thanks and Merry Christmas.
Want to know what the daily deal will be ahead of time? Join our Facebook fan page and you’ll get a one-day head start!
Supply is limited on the items. I do have some “extra” items to fill in if we run out of a particular item early in the day.
I can’t wait to show you all the wonders I have gathered!
Read MoreMy hubby has toddler tendencies when it comes to eating healthy food. If it’s something he’s not sure of or is not one of his favorites (he avoids the healthy stuff…) then he wants it covered in gravy or cheese sauce. While this technique will have your brain and tummy hollering YES YES YES..your waistline and arteries will be screaming NO NO NO! Do you have anyone like this in your family? It would sometimes cause friction when I tried to implement healthy options. I’m sure you can picture the toddler meltdown complete with kicking, crying and screaming…but enough about me…
Then it was hummus to the rescue!
Creating a sauce or gravy with hummus could not be any easier. You can use the prepared stuff from the grocery store or make your own. I’m lazy and the premade stuff is made with ingredients I can pronounce so I just use that and spend the extra few minutes quilting instead of hummus-ing. All you need to do is choose a hummus flavor that you like, add a little liquid to it and heat it up. That’s it, all done!
Pictured above is a dish that I recently made. Grilled chicken served on a bed of rice with a red pepper hummus. the sauce mixes with the rice too. Yum. I heated up a 16oz. container of red pepper hummus with about 1/2 cup of water. It comes out a thick gravy consistency. A side salad and a sprinkle of Parmesan and you’re good to go.
Another recent concoction is sort of a mock Alfredo. I used a 16oz. container of garlic hummus with about 3/4-1 cup of water. I wanted it a little thinner so it would coat the pasta well. I cooked up some regular and spinach linguine, sauteed some veggies from the garden and tossed everything together. Not only did I use the abundance of our vegetable garden (there is summer squash, zucchini, carrots, beets, green beans, tomatoes and mushrooms in there) but the sauce also works to sidestep issues for our lactose free family members. Regular Alfredo tastes wonderful but is not good for lactose free folks! Aside from salting the pasta water, I didn’t add any extra spices or herbs.
Just a couple of handy notes when using hummus as a sauce or gravy…It will thicken as it cools so you want to make it slightly looser so it’s perfect by the time it reaches the table. Any leftover hummus sauce can still be used as a spread for crackers or sandwiches too.
So, let the experimentation begin! Leave a comment and tell me what flavor/food profile you discovered with hummus!
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It’s day 4 of the Batiks Go Retro blog hop where we get to show off the Batiks Go Retro line of fabric created by Tammy Silvers fabric designer for Island Batik and owner of Tamarinis.
When Tammy asked me to make something with her new fabric line, Batiks Go Retro…I said “ehh, maybe – if it fits into my schedule” (I’m such a great friend…) Then she showed me sneak-peak photos of the fabric and I saw this one…
I just had to have me some of that! I mean, just look at it. It has little 50’s style tv’s…and it’s PURPLE!!! The rest of the line was equally exciting. Well, almost…those purple tv’s are pretty darn awesome. Here are a few of the other fabrics in the line.
The whole line has a 50’s vibe to it in purple, blue, orange and teal. So now I have this little pile of cute fabrics. I know I have to make a bag of some sort and I have a tight deadline. Tammy wanted to use the samples in her booth at Quilt Market to show off her fabrics to the quilt shops. What to do…what to do…
Tote-ally Simple is born!
I made a fully padded bag to hold all the electronics we tote around with us. A zippered pocket on the back with a cute lace zipper, two pockets on the inside, magnetic closures and long straps for lugging. The front also has a full width pocket with a funky glass button as part of the closure.
Tote-ally cute, right?? I loved this project. I love this fabric line. You can check out the entire line of Batiks Go Retro on Island Batiks website or ask for it in your local shop. Then you can own your very own purple tv’s! They also have other colors of tv’s but I stopped looking… You can find the pattern for Tote-ally Simple on my website if you wish to make your own.
There are prizes to be had as well. I hear there are fabrics, patterns, thread…there is some great talent here so I know we’ll all come up with some great stuff for the prize box! You can enter at each stop of the blog hop for your chance at prizes. Just click here to enter over at Rafflecopter.
Check out the other stops on the blog hop:
Sept 11th: Island Batik, Aurifil Thread www.islandbatik.com and www.auribuzz.wordpress.com
Sept 12th: Susan Emory Swirly Girls Designs www.susanemory.com
Sept 13th: Toni Smith Quiltoni http://www.quiltoni.com/
Sept 14th: Terri Sontra Purple Moose Designs https://www.purplemoosedesigns.com/index.php
Sept 15th: Kris Poor Poor House Quilt Design http://poorhousequiltdesign.com/quilting-at-the-poorhouse/
Sept 16th: Tammy Silvers Tamarinis http://www.tamarinis.typepad.com
Sept 17th: Libby Williamson Libbywilliamson.com
Sept 18th: Sandra Johnson Sandra Johnson Designs
Sept 19th: Linda Pearl One Quilting Cirlce http://www.onequiltingcircle.com/
Sept 20th: Kate Colleran Seams Like a Dream http://seamslikeadream.com/blog/
Sept 21st: Jo Hillstead Fat Quarter Gypsy http://www.thefatquartergypsy.com/Lex-Luther-Blog.html
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Our final border is now available. Tammy Silvers of Tamarinis did a great job. You can check out her border info here.
Did you miss any of the blocks or borders? You can always go back and read about any of them at the links below or do a search on Craftsy for Fiesta de Azucar and they will all show up. Now you have some time to work on a project. Next week I’ll post the prizes that will be available…there’s some cool stuff in there!
July 1st – Block 1 – Terri Sontra, Purple Moose Designs
July 8th – Block 2 – Joanne Hillestad, Fat Quarter Gypsy
July 15th – Block 3 – Vicki Hansen, Cranberry Pie Designs
July 22nd – Block 4 – Cheryl Sleboda, Muppin
July 29th – Block 5 – Penni Domikis, Cabin In The Woods Quilters
August 5th – Block 6 – Tammy Silvers, Tamarinis
August 12th – Block 7 – Kate Colleran, Seams Like A Dream Quilt Designs
August 19th – Block 8 – Susan Emory, Swirly Girls Design
August 26th – Block 9 – Trish Frankland, Persimon Dreams
September 2nd – Border Option #2 – Terri Sontra, Purple Moose Designs
September 9th – Border Option #1 – Tammy Silvers, Tamarinis
October 30th – Prize winner announcements
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Here’s a Free Pattern – Summer Bouquets by Deanne Eisenman of Snuggles Quilts
Summer Bouquet-pg 1
Summer Bouquet – pg 2
So, has everyone enjoyed all the blocks so far? Nine different blocks by nine awesome designers! In case you missed any of them check out the links below. You can also search Craftsy for Fiesta de Azucar and you can find them all. Now it’s time for a border…don’t ya think?
I remember getting ready for Dia de Los Muertos celebrations as a kid and one of my favorite parts was making the Papel Picado. That’s the tissue paper flags. You make them by folding and cutting – similar to the snowflakes we all made as kids. They can be quite intricate but I opted for a simpler and more “homey” look to my flags. I also wanted to include marigolds (the traditional flower) and some skeleton parts. So, that’s what my border design is all about. Marigolds & Bones.
The instructions are for a full accompaniment of the nine blocks. You can easily pick and choose the different elements to make a table runner with just a couple of skulls or a small wall hanging with a single skull. So without further ado…here is the quilt…
I hope you enjoy the border. I can’t wait to see what you do with your creations! There will be one more border option next week then you have until 10/30/17 to post pictures of your project for a chance at our fabulous prizes!
July 1st – Block 1 – Terri Sontra, Purple Moose Designs
July 8th – Block 2 – Joanne Hillestad, Fat Quarter Gypsy
July 15th – Block 3 – Vicki Hansen, Cranberry Pie Designs
July 22nd – Block 4 – Cheryl Sleboda, Muppin
July 29th – Block 5 – Penni Domikis, Cabin In The Woods Quilters
August 5th – Block 6 – Tammy Silvers, Tamarinis
August 12th – Block 7 – Kate Colleran, Seams Like A Dream Quilt Designs
August 19th – Block 8 – Susan Emory, Swirly Girls Design
August 26th – Block 9 – Trish Frankland, Persimon Dreams
September 2nd – Border Option #2 – Terri Sontra, Purple Moose Designs
September 9th – Border Option #1 – Tammy Silvers, Tamarinis
October 30th – Prize winner announcements
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