Hi there! Long time no see! All I can manage at the moment are some phone photos, but I'll be back tomorrow with real photos of my Quilt Market booth, I swear! For now, I still feel like a zombie! So, let's catch up!
We aren't used to seeing mountains like this in the midwest, so I always snap photos when I have this view!
George (pillow version) came along for the ride!
The before photo! The very sweet Christina and Megan were total lifesavers. Christina picked us up from the airport and they both helped with shopping and putting all the furniture together, don't know what I would have done without them!
A little peek of the finished booth! More tomorrow!
Friday night we visited Modern Domestic, a ridiculously cool fabric shop/sewing lounge. It was so darn awesome. I can't wait to come back and visit!
We saw the sunshine for about 5 minutes the last full day we were there. It was so comforting to feel the warm sun!
It's pretty crazy how fast everything comes down in the end.
My super awesome roommates, Art Gallery Fabrics ladies: Anais, Jeanee, and Marcela. They were so sweet to me!
We managed to squeeze in a stop to Voodoo Doughnut as we were headed out of town. It was so yummy!
Killed time in the airport with a little shopping. Bunny earrings! Also, I watched Portlandia a few weeks before the trip, so obviously I had to get something Marionberry, haha.
Took three flights to get home, needless to say it was a long day!
Somebunny was very glad that I was finally home!
See you tomorrow!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Quilt Market
I'm hopping on a plane to Quilt Market in about nine hours! If you're attending, I hope you'll stop by my booth, #1445, and say hello! I'll be showing my new collection, Nordika, as well as my sewing patterns!
Follow my on Instagram (@jenib320), Twitter, and Facebook to keep up with the adventure! See you on the flip side!
Have an awesome week!
Follow my on Instagram (@jenib320), Twitter, and Facebook to keep up with the adventure! See you on the flip side!
Have an awesome week!
Friday, May 10, 2013
Favorites
1. IMG_2564, 2. bangles quilt front, 3. Apfelsina, 4. Giant Scrappy Dresden Plate Quilt, 5. the last 50 stars are done! next up is adding borders., 6. do_Good-Feb-Finished-Main-ImFeelinCrafty, 7. Kaleidoscope complete!, 8. Bloom Bloom Pow - done, 9. briar rose strawberry patch
Every week I go through my favorite photos on Flickr, and choose nine sewing/quilting related projects to showcase here. These photos and projects are not my own, you can find the original images and creators by clicking the coordinating links! If for any reason you do not want your project featured here, please email me and I'll remove it!
Happy Friday!
Every week I go through my favorite photos on Flickr, and choose nine sewing/quilting related projects to showcase here. These photos and projects are not my own, you can find the original images and creators by clicking the coordinating links! If for any reason you do not want your project featured here, please email me and I'll remove it!
Happy Friday!
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Sewing, Thrifting, and Catching Up!
Happy Thursday! Taking a little break from sewing this evening to share a few snippets of this week with you! We're in the final countdown to Quilt Market, so I'm trying to squeeze in as many more projects as I can!
I did manage to do a little non-market sewing a few weeks ago and stitch up my second Staple Dress. The Staple Dress Pattern is a fantastic dress pattern by April Rhodes. It's an easy sew with a great fit, I love it! I don't have to make any adjustments, it's perfect as is! I've made three so far, including a muslin, and have quite a few more planned!
For this one I used this beautiful floral from Pat Bravo's Carnaby Street collection. As soon as I saw it, I knew I'd need a dress from it. I love how it turned out! Unfortunately it was a bit dark when we took photos of me wearing it, so they're a bit blurry. You can see a better photo of the dress here!
You can find the Staple Dress Pattern for sale on April's blog, here.
I was pretty pleased with my first successful refashion last week! I thrifted a pair of fancy (for me!) White House Black Market bootcut jeans in my size for $7. I took in the leg below the knee to make them "skinny", and it actually worked! I used a mix of this tutorial and this one. You can see them before the alteration here.
One of the local thrift shops had a fabric sale last week, and I ended up going in hopes of finding some vintage goodies. It was a bit of a madhouse, lots of people! I did manage to find a few things!
I am so excited to share this great new resource guide for vintage pyrex, Pyrex Passion! I may be a bit biased, because those are my photos on the cover! I was so tickled when Michael contacted me about working on the cover of his book. This guide is much more comprehensive than the other guides out there, I'm so proud to have been involved in some small way! You can find it for sale here.
Last year we had a scrap swap at one of the Madison Modern Quilt Guild meetings. I got paired up with Kris! She made me this super cute mini quilt! I can't wait to hang it up in my sewing room, it's so happy! I made her a string block zipper pouch, which I totally forgot to take a photo of. Thanks Kris! :)
I was starting to run low on business cards, so I went ahead and ordered new ones last month. I switched things up a bit from last time, but George is still on there! I've been getting my cards printed by Uprinting.com for the past two years now, they always do a really nice job!
It's so surreal to see my patterns for sale at The Sewcial Lounge here in Madison! Makes it all seem so real!
George!
Today I love the..
Smell of: Conditioner
Sound of: Harry Potter 5
Taste of: Brownies
Sight of: George
Feel of: Putting my feet up
Good Things about Today:
- Productive day!
- Good class tonight!
- Happy mail!
- Brownies!
I did manage to do a little non-market sewing a few weeks ago and stitch up my second Staple Dress. The Staple Dress Pattern is a fantastic dress pattern by April Rhodes. It's an easy sew with a great fit, I love it! I don't have to make any adjustments, it's perfect as is! I've made three so far, including a muslin, and have quite a few more planned!
For this one I used this beautiful floral from Pat Bravo's Carnaby Street collection. As soon as I saw it, I knew I'd need a dress from it. I love how it turned out! Unfortunately it was a bit dark when we took photos of me wearing it, so they're a bit blurry. You can see a better photo of the dress here!
You can find the Staple Dress Pattern for sale on April's blog, here.
I was pretty pleased with my first successful refashion last week! I thrifted a pair of fancy (for me!) White House Black Market bootcut jeans in my size for $7. I took in the leg below the knee to make them "skinny", and it actually worked! I used a mix of this tutorial and this one. You can see them before the alteration here.
One of the local thrift shops had a fabric sale last week, and I ended up going in hopes of finding some vintage goodies. It was a bit of a madhouse, lots of people! I did manage to find a few things!
I am so excited to share this great new resource guide for vintage pyrex, Pyrex Passion! I may be a bit biased, because those are my photos on the cover! I was so tickled when Michael contacted me about working on the cover of his book. This guide is much more comprehensive than the other guides out there, I'm so proud to have been involved in some small way! You can find it for sale here.
Last year we had a scrap swap at one of the Madison Modern Quilt Guild meetings. I got paired up with Kris! She made me this super cute mini quilt! I can't wait to hang it up in my sewing room, it's so happy! I made her a string block zipper pouch, which I totally forgot to take a photo of. Thanks Kris! :)
I was starting to run low on business cards, so I went ahead and ordered new ones last month. I switched things up a bit from last time, but George is still on there! I've been getting my cards printed by Uprinting.com for the past two years now, they always do a really nice job!
It's so surreal to see my patterns for sale at The Sewcial Lounge here in Madison! Makes it all seem so real!
George!
Today I love the..
Smell of: Conditioner
Sound of: Harry Potter 5
Taste of: Brownies
Sight of: George
Feel of: Putting my feet up
Good Things about Today:
- Productive day!
- Good class tonight!
- Happy mail!
- Brownies!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Powered by Janome
Happy Wednesday! I'm thrilled to be featured on the Janome website today as a part of their Powered by Janome series! Thanks for having me, Janome!
You can find the post here.
Ok, back to Quilt Market prep for me! Have a great day!
You can find the post here.
Ok, back to Quilt Market prep for me! Have a great day!
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe Giveaway
Happy Tuesday! Popping in before I get down to sewing to kick off a giveaway!
You may remember this book, Modern Quilts From the Blogging Universe, from previous posts (here and here). It's a book published by Martingale and released late last year. It features 19 quilts from around the blogging world!
My contribution to the book is the Mini Claw Throw Quilt, seen above! For more on my quilt, see this post. If you're attending International Quilt Market next week, don't miss the Schoolhouse for this book to see the quilts in person: Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe - 3:10-3:40pm on Thursday 5/16 in Room B110-111.
To enter to win a copy, simply leave a comment!
All entries welcome, giveaway will end Friday, May 10th at 5pm CST.
Good Luck!
You may remember this book, Modern Quilts From the Blogging Universe, from previous posts (here and here). It's a book published by Martingale and released late last year. It features 19 quilts from around the blogging world!
My contribution to the book is the Mini Claw Throw Quilt, seen above! For more on my quilt, see this post. If you're attending International Quilt Market next week, don't miss the Schoolhouse for this book to see the quilts in person: Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe - 3:10-3:40pm on Thursday 5/16 in Room B110-111.
To enter to win a copy, simply leave a comment!
All entries welcome, giveaway will end Friday, May 10th at 5pm CST.
Good Luck!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Introducing: Paper Patterns
I'm so excited to finally share something I've been working on for months and months! I'm happy to announce that my patterns are now available in print form!
It's been a long journey, but I'm really proud of the results. All of the patterns (including the PDF versions), have been given a complete overhaul! I've replaced step-by-step photos with diagrams to make them easier to read, understand, and more cost effective to print! So even if you're printing at home, using the PDFs, you'll save on paper and ink!
I tried to incorporate the feedback that I've received through comments, emails, and teaching, to make things easier for everyone! They're all streamlined, so from one pattern to the next there is consistent language and instructions.
I had a limited number of patterns printed to start, and they are already loaded into my shop! I'll be having more printed after I return from Quilt Market. I am also accepting wholesale orders, so if you're a shop interested in carrying my patterns please send me an email (jeni@incolororder.com) for more information! I'll be taking pre-orders at Quilt Market later this month, so stop by my booth #1445! I'll have some with me there too!
To give you an idea, here is what one of my patterns, the Half-Square Triangle Sampler, looks like:
Pretty matte color covers!
They come in a plastic hang bag, barcoded and ready to go!
There is at least one full color diagram inside each pattern, with the remaining diagrams in black and white.
I hope you like them! It's so exciting to finally have them in my hands. Thanks for your continued support, it means a lot!
Have a great weekend!
It's been a long journey, but I'm really proud of the results. All of the patterns (including the PDF versions), have been given a complete overhaul! I've replaced step-by-step photos with diagrams to make them easier to read, understand, and more cost effective to print! So even if you're printing at home, using the PDFs, you'll save on paper and ink!
I tried to incorporate the feedback that I've received through comments, emails, and teaching, to make things easier for everyone! They're all streamlined, so from one pattern to the next there is consistent language and instructions.
I had a limited number of patterns printed to start, and they are already loaded into my shop! I'll be having more printed after I return from Quilt Market. I am also accepting wholesale orders, so if you're a shop interested in carrying my patterns please send me an email (jeni@incolororder.com) for more information! I'll be taking pre-orders at Quilt Market later this month, so stop by my booth #1445! I'll have some with me there too!
To give you an idea, here is what one of my patterns, the Half-Square Triangle Sampler, looks like:
Pretty matte color covers!
They come in a plastic hang bag, barcoded and ready to go!
There is at least one full color diagram inside each pattern, with the remaining diagrams in black and white.
I hope you like them! It's so exciting to finally have them in my hands. Thanks for your continued support, it means a lot!
Have a great weekend!
Giveaway Winner
Thanks to everyone who entered this week's giveaway! The winner of the Color Me Retro fat quarter bundle is... #58, Renee!
Happy Sewing!
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