Western Sew, Quilt and Textile Expo in Reno!

 

I just participated in my first Quilt Show as a vendor.  At the COMPLETE last minute I decided to see if it would be possible to gain entry into the QSC Expo being held in Reno.

Lucky for me, the person in charge (thanks Vickie!) was able to accommodate me and a few short days later I was setting up my booth at the Grand Sierra Resort!

I was able to offer all three of my denim patterns as well as the Circle Cutter and Rag Snips!  I spent most of the show demonstrating how to use the circle cutter and how to assemble the Denim Circle Rag Quilt!

It was SUCH a blast talking to people about my patterns and showing them how to make them! 

I want to take a moment to THANK everyone who stopped by my booth and talked with me!  I so enjoyed meeting each and every one of you!

 

Also, if you ordered a circle cutter from me I expect them to be here tomorrow (I hope!).  I will get them off to you ASAP!!!

 

Here are some pictures of my booth!  (And me, of course!) :)

 

A VERY successful first show!  Thank you to everyone who supported me and my business!!!!

Heather :)

Quilt for Charity

 

I really don’t have very much time to work on personal quilting projects because all of my time goes to pattern design and promoting my current patterns.

However, I’m a firm believer that you’ve still got to find time for the things in your life that you do for no other reason than because you enjoy them.

So…I’m taking a few minutes a day to work on things that are just fun (and not work).

I have just started making a quilt for an old hospital from the 1800’s located in Virginia City.  The caretakers are restoring it and I thought it would be nice to donate a quilt for one of the guest beds using Civil War era fabric.

Civil War fabric is NOT my thing so I thought this would be a good way to get out of my box at the same time! 

I wanted to use jelly roll strips and found this fun and easy pattern.

I’m using two jelly rolls by Moda.  They’re called something like “Collection for a Cause”- don’t have one in front of me at the moment.  I wanted to make a twin but I think I’ll be just shy with the two rolls.  It’s probably not worth getting another roll so I’ll just add a border as needed.

You can see one jelly roll still rolled up in the corner.

This quilt is all about making a LOT of strip sets, which is fine by me.  I just want some easy work that doesn’t require a lot of brain power!

 

Even though I’m not a Civil War fabric type of person…I’m still liking the strip sets!  Yeah!

 

Denim Wallet

 

I’ve been so lucky to work with a wonderful lady on Etsy who saw my purse pattern and loved it but doesn’t sew!  She asked me to make her a custom purse and it turned out great.  Can you believe I forgot to take a picture of it!!! Ahhhhh!!!

Well, she followed up with a request for a matching wallet and here’s what I made (remembered to take pictures this time!).

The two green fabrics are the same two I used in her purse.  The pattern was based on a tutorial by That Darn Kat.

I made some changes and added a few things but overall, it was a great tutorial!

 

A fun project, I’ll definitely be making more!  :)

Wonderful Use of Recycled Denim Jeans!

SeamsToFit has a really beautiful wall hanging available for sale in her Etsy shop.  As someone who appreciates new and innovative ways to use recycled denim, I was very impressed with this project!

Look at all of those denim jean hems!  How creative!!!

 

Check out the details up close!  Beautiful quilting job!

I’d have to agree that this really is a piece of artwork and a fabulous way to use up “unusable” pieces of old jeans.

 

The “Sandi” -A Table Runner

A few weeks ago our quilting group went away for a four day retreat.  While there, we were able to get out and visit a local quilt shop. 

 

Yeahhhh!!!  Who doesn’t love a shopping trip for fabric???

One of the ladies in our group found a FABULOUS fabric to pair with my denim circles! 

In her honor, I hereby name this table runner, the “Sandi”!  :)

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Prior to clipping the edges or washing.

And after clipping, washing and drying…

Woot Woot!   :)

The New PURSE Pattern is HERE!

 

Yeah!!  The Purse Pattern is Here!!  Check it out!

 

Here’s a close up of what the purses look like.  The pattern has directions for making both sizes (keep scrolling)!

 

 

I am very happy with how it it turned out!!  I hope you like it too!

Currently, the pattern is for sale in my Etsy Store, please check it out!

Heather  :)

Liebster Blog Award!

 

How awesome is it that TWO different people gave me the Liebster Blog Award in one day?? The Liebster award is intended to showcase bloggers with less than 200 followers.

Thank you to Mallorie Anderson @ Everyday Quilter and

Karen M. @ Karen's Sewing Room for giving me this award!

In accordance with the award, I am awarding 5 other bloggers this honor!  Here are 5 of my favorites! 

1.  Shankevia @ The Quilting Diaries

2.  Grace @ Puddle Duck Ideas

3.  Tessa @ The Sewing Chick

4.  Candace @ SaltWater Quilts

5.  Amanda @ Fabric Engineer 

I like giving recognition to other small blogs like my own.  Hopefully, we’ll all be BIG blogs soon enough!  :)

Heather