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31 August 2011
29 August 2011
'Caramel Town' Giveaway Winner!
Kristen of @kdquilts, our 6th entry, has won the set of 'Caramel Town' in brown, yards and yards of aqua eyelette trim, and a yo-yo toy pattern!
Congratulations, sweetie! Make sure to email or DM me with your address!
The next 'Caramel Town' set will be posted tomorrow - in pink and brown, so please come back and leave us a comment. The winner will be announced Thursday night.
Have a great week!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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Congratulations, sweetie! Make sure to email or DM me with your address!
The next 'Caramel Town' set will be posted tomorrow - in pink and brown, so please come back and leave us a comment. The winner will be announced Thursday night.
Have a great week!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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25 August 2011
Slipcovers: part 3
Okay...this is definitely not going to turn into a new career for me, but I'm limping through. All of the books emphasize pinning and trimming and pinning again and trimming some more. That first cut is very hard, it's so permanent...but then it gets easier. I mean, it's only fabric, right??
That's Sookie underneath. She's very fascinated with the chair, especially since it's up on the coffee table and the dogs can't get to her :-)
That's it for tonight! Hopefully I will have this done tomorrow so I can take it all apart and make a master pattern.
Hugs,
Dee
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That's Sookie underneath. She's very fascinated with the chair, especially since it's up on the coffee table and the dogs can't get to her :-)
That's it for tonight! Hopefully I will have this done tomorrow so I can take it all apart and make a master pattern.
Hugs,
Dee
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Caramel Town Giveaway!
A wonderful friend gifted me a huge collection of 'Caramel Town' fabrics by Lecien. I've broken them down into sets by color. If you need to make a baby gift or toys to sell in your Etsy shop, then this is the giveaway for you!
I'm also including 5+yds of turquoise eyelette trim:
and a Simplicity sewing pattern for yo-yo animals:
This set is in browns, blue, orange and yellow. There's a piece of polka dots, colorful alphabet letters, toys and a ferris wheel, deers, strawberries and a panel with 9 blocks, totalling 2+yds of fabric.
Over the next few weeks I will be giving away a pink set, a brown and pink set, and a white and green set, so keep checking back!
Leave a comment on this post. The winner will be announced Monday night and the next set will be posted.
Good luck!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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I'm also including 5+yds of turquoise eyelette trim:
and a Simplicity sewing pattern for yo-yo animals:
This set is in browns, blue, orange and yellow. There's a piece of polka dots, colorful alphabet letters, toys and a ferris wheel, deers, strawberries and a panel with 9 blocks, totalling 2+yds of fabric.
Over the next few weeks I will be giving away a pink set, a brown and pink set, and a white and green set, so keep checking back!
Leave a comment on this post. The winner will be announced Monday night and the next set will be posted.
Good luck!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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Slipcovers: Part 2
Ok, so I have measured all the pieces for one chair...and I have more than 14yds of decorator weight fabric by Pamela Ferrari in "Fiera" (aqua and purple)...my dining room and kitchen are all one long room, and my cabinets are pale aqua so this may be the best fabric for now:
(Plus, I always call our house a French farmhouse and this fabric is definitely French peasant). And, I can cover all 4 chairs the same.
I also have a Quyle pottery bowl, salt & pepper shakers and pitcher in this exact shade of purple - will look great on dark dining room table with this fabric.
My goal is to slipcover all 4 chairs before Phil gets home tomorrow night, dig out my pottery, and have my table set for dinner for once (I mean, honestly! We HAVE lived here full-time for over 2 years now! Sheesh!).
Will post pix of my progress!!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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(Plus, I always call our house a French farmhouse and this fabric is definitely French peasant). And, I can cover all 4 chairs the same.
I also have a Quyle pottery bowl, salt & pepper shakers and pitcher in this exact shade of purple - will look great on dark dining room table with this fabric.
My goal is to slipcover all 4 chairs before Phil gets home tomorrow night, dig out my pottery, and have my table set for dinner for once (I mean, honestly! We HAVE lived here full-time for over 2 years now! Sheesh!).
Will post pix of my progress!!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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Slipcovers
Well, I may have bitten off more than I can chew, or in this case SEW. I got a steal on these upholstered dining room chairs from my friend, Cynthia. Here are 3 of the 4:
Now I need to make slipcovers for them. I'm thinking a different fabric for each one. What do you guys think of using some of my BariJ stash?
And if I can't make a decent slipcover? They'll be sent in for new upholstery jobs! Wish me luck!!!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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Now I need to make slipcovers for them. I'm thinking a different fabric for each one. What do you guys think of using some of my BariJ stash?
And if I can't make a decent slipcover? They'll be sent in for new upholstery jobs! Wish me luck!!!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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23 August 2011
New Stripes Giveaway Winner!
The stripes from last week went unclaimed...
...which means we have a new winner! (...drumroll please....)
Judy of @old_sew_n_sew!
Congratulations,Judy! Please email or DM me your addy and I'll get these mailed right out.
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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...which means we have a new winner! (...drumroll please....)
Judy of @old_sew_n_sew!
Congratulations,Judy! Please email or DM me your addy and I'll get these mailed right out.
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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PINK Giveaway Winner!
Andie of @AndieJohnsonSew is our WINNER of the 15 pink fabric cuts! Congratulations!!!
Please email your addy to me and I'll pop them in the post!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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Please email your addy to me and I'll pop them in the post!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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16 August 2011
PINK Giveaway!
This bundle is comprised of 15 pieces of pink fabrics ranging from 1/8yd cuts, 1/4yd cuts, FQs and one 1/2yd cut. Florals, checks, solids and bunnies - a little something for many projects or a darling "girlie" quilt.
Leave a comment here and the winner will be announced Friday night! Good luck!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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Leave a comment here and the winner will be announced Friday night! Good luck!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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Stripes Giveaway Winner!
Congratulations to Marcia W. Of Florida! She is the giveaway winner of the striped fabric bundle!
Thanks to everyone who participated :) it's always nice to hear from all of you.
The next giveaway will be all PINKS! Will post a pic tonight and as always, just leave a comment here to put your name in the drawing.
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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Thanks to everyone who participated :) it's always nice to hear from all of you.
The next giveaway will be all PINKS! Will post a pic tonight and as always, just leave a comment here to put your name in the drawing.
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
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13 August 2011
Waiting for Fall
As this summer drags on with heat in the mid 90's and dry dust drifting in from our road, settling on everything and making my eyes gritty, I find I am looking for any tiny sign that fall is on it's way. The sun is setting earlier, and the shadows cast by the trees "feel" differently and I wish I could wake up tomorrow to leaves changing color and a brisk, cool wind. I don't think I'm alone, either! I know many of you are tired of the heat, or humidity, or bugs, or whatever your little corner of the world has that at that beginning of summer we welcome, but then curse once August arrives.
Our dryer stopped working last week, so I was grateful for the warm winds blowing my sheets and towels on the line. But I am oh-so-tired of the sound of the air conditioner, the hot steering wheel when I venture out to the car, the fierce glare on the many metal roofs around town. And I know that when we have 2-3 feet of snow on the ground I will take back all of this and wish for a warm summer day. But not now. Now I am dreaming of wind and rain, cooked apples, simmering stews, leggings, sweaters and my cozy Ugh boots.
So, what AM I WORKING ON??? Well, not a lot. I have a pinched nerve in my neck (from hunching over my Babylock!) and inbetween wearing an inflatable neck brace, elbow cuffs and a travel pillow for sleeping, I have been wandering through the days, looking at my fabric and daydreaming about what I will make. But for now, since my time at the machine is restricted, I have cut triangles out of Robyn Pandolph's "Beach House" for a quilt. And I have decided that many of my cross stitch designs can easily be converted into embroidery patterns. Since my BRILLIANT son is home from his master's program (and is a computer whiz), I'm going to give PDF patterns a go. I still have my Dizzy Little Kingdom Etsy store, so I might as well be productive. Keep an eye out here and on Twitter for my re-opening. I think PDF patterns should be fun and affordable, especially since the buyer is using their paper and printer cartridges! I've seen several new embroidery patterns come out at $10 and - WOW - I could buy a book with dozens of patterns for that price! So, I'll be stitching up some very cute designs for all of you: art deco, art nouveau, vintage circus, children's motifs, some Halloween cuties, and vintage postcards too. Please leave me a comment if you are wanting something specific and have never been able to find it and I will do my best to create a design.
Here are three freebies I found that anyone could do, using a simple backstitch. Also try working these in a variegated thread so the colors change as you stitch.
Enjoy! And don't forget to leave a comment for our summery stripes giveaway! I'll be announcing the winner on Monday!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
Our dryer stopped working last week, so I was grateful for the warm winds blowing my sheets and towels on the line. But I am oh-so-tired of the sound of the air conditioner, the hot steering wheel when I venture out to the car, the fierce glare on the many metal roofs around town. And I know that when we have 2-3 feet of snow on the ground I will take back all of this and wish for a warm summer day. But not now. Now I am dreaming of wind and rain, cooked apples, simmering stews, leggings, sweaters and my cozy Ugh boots.
So, what AM I WORKING ON??? Well, not a lot. I have a pinched nerve in my neck (from hunching over my Babylock!) and inbetween wearing an inflatable neck brace, elbow cuffs and a travel pillow for sleeping, I have been wandering through the days, looking at my fabric and daydreaming about what I will make. But for now, since my time at the machine is restricted, I have cut triangles out of Robyn Pandolph's "Beach House" for a quilt. And I have decided that many of my cross stitch designs can easily be converted into embroidery patterns. Since my BRILLIANT son is home from his master's program (and is a computer whiz), I'm going to give PDF patterns a go. I still have my Dizzy Little Kingdom Etsy store, so I might as well be productive. Keep an eye out here and on Twitter for my re-opening. I think PDF patterns should be fun and affordable, especially since the buyer is using their paper and printer cartridges! I've seen several new embroidery patterns come out at $10 and - WOW - I could buy a book with dozens of patterns for that price! So, I'll be stitching up some very cute designs for all of you: art deco, art nouveau, vintage circus, children's motifs, some Halloween cuties, and vintage postcards too. Please leave me a comment if you are wanting something specific and have never been able to find it and I will do my best to create a design.
Here are three freebies I found that anyone could do, using a simple backstitch. Also try working these in a variegated thread so the colors change as you stitch.
Enjoy! And don't forget to leave a comment for our summery stripes giveaway! I'll be announcing the winner on Monday!
Hugs,
Betty & Dee
10 August 2011
Vintage Seaside Postcards & Summer Stripes Giveaway!
Before we get to the giveaway, I just had to share these vintage images. Wouldn't they look FAB printed onto muslin and sewn onto your favorite beach tote?
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And...here is the next set of nine summery stripes to make that beach tote or add to your stash! Leave a comment here and I will announce the winner Monday!
Hugs!
Betty & Dee
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And...here is the next set of nine summery stripes to make that beach tote or add to your stash! Leave a comment here and I will announce the winner Monday!
Hugs!
Betty & Dee
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05 August 2011
Giveaway Winner!
Hello and thank you all for sending in your comments. The winner of the second set of summery dots was #14, who not only commented, but wrote a poem about dots!
I always use www.random.org:
so, as you can see, the winner is Jeanne! Congratulations, Jeanne and please email your addy to me & I will get these polka dots into the mail for you!
The next giveaway is a set of summery stripes and will be posted Saturday, so everyone, please keep checking back here, this de-stash may even include a sewing book this time ;-)
I will leave you with a few images for inspiration. Just random things I keep meaning to pop onto Pinterest. Enjoy!
Hugs!!!
Betty & Deanna
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I always use www.random.org:
so, as you can see, the winner is Jeanne! Congratulations, Jeanne and please email your addy to me & I will get these polka dots into the mail for you!
The next giveaway is a set of summery stripes and will be posted Saturday, so everyone, please keep checking back here, this de-stash may even include a sewing book this time ;-)
I will leave you with a few images for inspiration. Just random things I keep meaning to pop onto Pinterest. Enjoy!
Hugs!!!
Betty & Deanna
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