PaTTeRN GiVeAWaY!

And the winner of the drawing below is.......

Tiffany P.

@

philopolisdesigns@yahoo.com

Congrats!!! I'll be sending you an email for your info!

Well Hello!

I'm back from market, working on the final edits for my 2 newest patterns. While you wait, I thought I'd do a give away!

I got a couple of darling patterns in Kansas City, MO that I probably won't even get to use because I don't have girls. So, I'm throwing in a couple of my patterns and making it a 4 pattern pack giveaway. 

Two adorable patterns from two other fa

ntastic designers (Pink Fig & Bananafana).... and two of my own.  

If you are interested in the drawing you need to Like my Hot Scott FB page, then leave me a comment here saying you did. I can't advertise on FB so this is where the contest takes place OFFICIALLY ;) I'll draw a random winner on May 31st!

(U.S.residents only please)

Thanks! and good luck!

JoLLy HoLiDay BLoG HoP- Day 6!

It's almost done! Have you been collecting your secret words from everyone's blogs? When you have them all,  here are the rules: Please email all of the secret words between midnight on Sunday November 20th through the 26th to Karen@jaftex.com for your chance to win our Grand Prize!! Remember to have all of the words in one email. Thanks so much for following our designers Holiday Blog Hop! We hoped you are enjoying it as much as we are enjoying hosting it.

Today's Designers Are:

I hope you had fun and got lots of great ideas for the Holiday Season!

Happy Sewing!

PiNK FiG!

Check out a little PINK FIG!

Daria of Botique Cafe interviewed several designers while at the Salt Lake International Quilt Market. Chelsea (my niece) was her very first. Check out how darling her booth was! WAS? It always IS of course!

Daria always provides great coverage of Quilt Market and her interviews give you a chance to see all the fun talent first hand right from your very own home!

Be sure and run over to Botique Cafe and comment to enter to win Chelsea's awesome drawing!

Good Luck!

International QuILt MaRkEt 2011!

These photo's are borrowed from my dear friend Daria at Botique Caffe because well, my camera is broken :C

So I will have to rely on others to give you a look at what was truly awesome at market this go around.

As usual, there was no shortage of talent and creativity at the show.  The work and countless hours of sleepless nights, sore backs and swollen feet paid off because I think it was an amazing market!

Here are some shots for you..... Enjoy!

Chelsea Andersen &

Pink Fig

Izzy & Ivy

The funnest group of girls!

GIANT CUP CAKE :)

Lila Tueller 

my sweet sister with Megan from The Brassy Apple

Kay Whit!

Shasta from Izzy & Ivy calls Kay "A Sweet Confection!" 

She seriously is! 

Sandi Henderson

Paula Prass

 Anna Maria Horner



Quilt Market 2009

Quilt Market Pittsburgh, 2009

Wow! I am still recovering from Quilt Market in Pittsburgh.

It's always a lot of fun, and a lot of work, but worth every minute!

I can't tell you how many times we drove over this mustard yellow bridge going back and forth from Ikea, Target, Pannera, and to the airport. Thing is, there are several that look just like it, why not paint each one a different color, then one might know if you were on the wrong bridge or not...... just a suggestion ;).

I'm curious, who picked this color anyhow?

I am sad to admit, that I didn't take may of my own pictures this time. So, thanks to all of you bloggers who are posting your own, I will be borrowing some of my favorites here to share with all my peep's (giving proper credit naturally! :) I'll be posting pictures as I collect them this next week. I hope you enjoy!

Photo: quitlhome.com

Here is my sister Lila's Booth in Santorini for Moda! It took 1st place for new exhibitors! She totally deserved it! After loosing her voice completely on the plane ride to Pittsburgh, she managed to pull off market with style! Stella (the lovely and talented mannequin) we feel, was a big hit! Lila made her from scratch! That was a lot of work, but it showed off her talent to be unique and think out of the box ;)

Lila and Marinda

This is Patty Young who designs for Michael Miller and my niece Chelsea of Pink Fig Patterns. Two creative ladies! I adore them both!

Patty's new fabric line is called Mezzanine

Patty and her husband Jon who built this booth,

(nice work Jon!).

I shall have more to come... but it's 2am and I need to get to sleep!

Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

JeAnS to SkiRT

Ok, so I have been busy with a new obsession. Making old jeans into a skirt. I've been wanting to do this for a while, since I have several pairs of jeans that just aren't working for me as jeans anymore. So I decided to try making something new. I love to tweak clothes and, in a sense, make them "mine". Here are the results....

This was actually my second skirt, I went to a thrift store and purchased a pair of jeans that I liked for around $7. This one had cute pink stitching on the pockets and was a good denim color. I love the raw edge and how it frays at the bottom.

The second skirt (actually my first attempt), I didn't love as a skirt as much. I cut it too short, and just wasn't crazy about the darker denim so then I thought.... hmmmmm I have all this fabric I won from

Tina Givens

and the Botique Cafe give away (still thrilled to death I won!)... why not use some of my niece Chelsea's applique techniques from Pink Fig Patterns and see if I like it any better...

I cut out all my pieces and layed them out like this.....

Sewed it up like this....

....added a ruffle

(to make it a better length for me like it should have been from the get-go)

And now I LOVE IT!

Can't wait to wear it with some cute brown boots and a cream sweater top!

Thanks Ladies for all of your contributions to my skirt!

See you in Houston!

FaBric GiveAway

AnOther FabuLous GiveAway

Click here to visit my niece Chelsea's Blog

she has a fabric shop on Etsy. In case you haven't heard of Etsy, it's kind of an Ebay for unique, hand made, ultra cool stuff! Watch out... it is addicting!

Follow all the rules, and you could end up with some wonderful fabric!

Not a sewer? Maybe you have a little girl who would love a little Girly Skirt

sewn by Chelsea personally.... look for those details in her instructions!

I love passing along the opportunity to win free stuff!

Good Luck! (to me too;)