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Flora and Fawn Blog Tour

Hello!  I'm thrilled to have been asked to take part in the Flora and Fawn Blog Tour!  This fabric is gorgeous in color, detail and design and has the most beautiful deer print that I just adore! My talented friend, Amanda Herring of Amanda Herring Design, is the artist behind this pretty collection.  

I chose to make a dress for my daughter and couldn't be happier with the results.  Best part is that my daughter loves it too!  She thought I probably wished I had a dress like this when I was a little girl.  Yes, I would have!  It's so cute!  Do you feel like it's near impossible to find a cute girls dress at the store lately?  I'm so excited to add this to my daughter's very small dress wardrobe.  The pattern I used is by my talented sister, Talia Puthoff of Honeydew Kisses Boutique, and it's called the Coralie Dress.

   

It was a little cold on the evening we took pictures, so my daughter is trying really hard to look like she's warm!  Thank goodness she really does love the dress and is the best helper!  

Isn't the deer print to die for!?  

I love this darling pink print I used for the sash.

The necklace was a happy surprise.  I happened to get this at a Riley Blake designers event and it couldn't have worked more perfectly!

The gray polka dot knit fabric is a Riley Blake Designs basic that was exactly what I wanted for this dress! 

I added the ruffle onto the bodice on my own.  All I did was create a very simple ruffle, no hemming, and then sewed it directly on top of the bodice before attaching the sleeves.  Sew easy!! 

 And a cute picture of my daughter because I love her!  

Thank you Amanda for letting me do this fun project!!  It made me excited to make another dress!

~Tasha 

Pixie Noel Blog Tour!

This has been such a delightful couple of weeks for me to see some beautiful projects made with my newest line, Pixie Noel.  I'm so beyond grateful for those who have dedicated time to make something for the blog tour! Thank you!  

Today is my turn, along with Christine from stitchingrevival.com and Kerry from kidgiddy.blogspot.com.  I'm so excited to share a few things with you!

I have 3 new embroidery patterns in in the shop that will match the fabric line, and probably a couple more to come along in the coming months before Christmas.

The first pattern is Pixie Boy....I know, my naming is pretty uncreative.  What can I say? He's super cute though! 

This darling mini quilt was made by Corinna of corinna_maycreations on Instagram, who made it for my quilt market display.  

Look at that perfect stitching!  

The next pattern is this sweet Sitting Little Pixie, stitched up and made into this adorable pillow by Heather of vintagegreyhandmade.blogspot.com

I'm in love with the crocheted edge around the pillow! 

Last but not least is thisKissing Bunnies pattern, and made into yet another super adorable pillow.  This one is by Cheri of tinkerwiththis.blogspot.com

I'm loving all the little details here!  

Thank you to each of you ladies for these amazing projects!  :)

Next I'm so excited to finally be in the process of my next quilt pattern.  This quilt was displayed at spring quilt market 2016 and it's called Pixie Socks.  I know they are also essentially "stockings", but I "tried" to make them more long and skinny like the socks the pixie's are wearing in my fabrics.  I made varying sizes for interest and movement and I love how it turned out, especially with the "sweater cables"in between the rows of "socks".  

Ever since I completed my fabric line I knew I wanted to make some kind of stocking quilt!  I worked on revision after revision for months, adjusting sizing, trying different layouts and designs.  I would just go back to it whenever I had the chance, (which in my world isn't always very often at times!) and finally it was the way I wanted it to be!

I love this quilt, it's so fun to make and super cute and whimsical. I hope you love it too! 

Here's a little peek at the backing I used, which is the flannel cheater print from my Country Girls line. Perfect for this quilt!

This pattern will be available soon!  Hopefully within the next few weeks or so.  And yes!  You can use fat quarters to make the quilt!    

The other little quilt pattern you'll be seeing shortly, is the mini snowglobe quilt.  It's such a fun make!

I appreciate your patience as I plug away at my new patterns that were shown in quilt form at quilt market!  There are a few already available in the shop.  This weekend I'm offering everything in my shop at 20% off.  Just enter the coupon code BLOGTOUR25 for an automatic discount!!  

Also, if you've missed out on any of the other blog tour days, go see all the lovely things that were made and I hope you're inspired to make some special items for Christmas or the winter season this year.  Here's the list of participants: 

 

7/18 Ashley of Mommy by Day Crafter by Night

7/18 Cristina of Pretty Little Quilts

7/19 Taunja of Carried Away Quilting

7/20 Angel & Amy of TaDa! Creations

7/20 Sedef of Down Grapevine Lane

7/21 Tina of Emily Ann's Closet

7/21 Ali of Because of Brenna Clothing

7/22 Debbie of Happy Little Cottage

7/22 Megan of Dolly Henry

7/25 Heather of Vintage Grey Handmade

7/25 Amanda of Jedi Craft Girl

7/26 Jemima of Tied with a Ribbon

7/26 Angela of A Little Patchwork

7/27 Andy of A Bright Corner

7/27 Lindsay of The Cottage Mama

7/28 Wynn of Zakka Art

7/28 Kerry of Kid Giddy

7/29 Christine of Stitching Revival

7/29 Tasha of A Little Sweetness

Thank you again to each of the participants for everything you did to make this tour a success!  :)

Tasha


 

Riley Blake Spring Blog Tour!

I'm so excited to be part of the Riley Blake Spring Blog Tour!  As you've noticed, I don't really blog much, but I know a lot of you still do and still enjoy reading blogs, so it's another fun way to be able to connect every once in a while.  If you're interested in keeping up with me on an *almost* daily basis you can follow me on Instagram :)

My new fabric line, Vintage Market, is set to release in June.  It was recently shown at the spring International Quilt Market just last week!

I had fun making a couple of quilts and pillows for the display....when I get everything back, I'll be able to get some better photos to share. (these were taken with my iphone so not the best quality...sorry!) 

This little pillow below was made using my border print, so the stripe and the illustrations are one piece.  I decided to add some trim across the middle for added fun, but even still, super easy. 

The quilt below is a new pattern I'll have available in a couple of months.  There are a lot of little details to the quilt, so it will take more time for me to get it all together.  But such a fun quilt to make!  It has market stands, vintage sewing machines, jam jars, strawberries, blueberries and flowers.

The other quilt, which was made by a few fabulous helpers (my sisters Talia and Trista, and my IG friends Christine and LeAnne) is made using my new pattern called Country Fair.  I'm so excited to finally have this pattern available. 

Here's just a peek of the one made for market.....(photo courtesy of LeAnne...thank you!!)

Here's the pattern made up in my previous lines (The Simple Life, Little Red Riding Hood and Country Girls) before I had made the one for quilt market...

 

 You can purchase the Country Fair quilt pattern in my etsy shop on sale this week for just $5!       (reg. $8)

 This pattern is great for those who have done a little bit of quilting, but you don't need to be super experienced, just a little patience with the smaller star blocks, but very simple piecing and it goes pretty quickly.  A fun way to mix things up and use some scraps!  It's a nice big lap size, approx. 68X68.

Here's a close up of the orange peel quilting....i love it!

Thanks so much for stopping by my little blog!  Don't forget to try my new quilt pattern and remember my new line, Vintage Market will be in shops shortly! Yay!

It's the last day of school here in sunny Arizona, so I'll wish you all a happy summer!  :)

Here's the schedule for the rest of the blog tour!

 

5/15 - Where Women Cook5/18 - Becky Marie Designs8/18 - Pattern Anthology5/19 - Carina Gardner5/21 - Lori Holt5/21 - Tasha Noel5/22 - Lori Whitlock5/22 - Cinderberry Stitches5/23 - Eleanor Dugan5/26 - Simple Simon5/26 - The Quilted Fish5/28 - Melly & Me5/28 - Elea Lutz5/29 - Zoe Pearn5/29 - Doohikey Designs5/30 -Samantha Walker
5/30 – Kelly Panacci

Have fun!

Tasha

countdown...+ a giveaway (giveaway closed)

I've just completed a couple of quilts for market, which is coming up sooner than I can say 'Little Red Riding Hood'.  It's in just 11 days and I leave in an even shorter 9!  eeek and yay!!  I'm very excited and at the same time wondering/hoping if I'll be ready.  Crossing my fingers over here. 

I've made a simple patchwork incorporating my border print, which I'll have a tutorial for on my blog shortly after market.  

I used Little Scallops in aqua for the backing...

And Little Floral in white for the binding....it's so cute!

The chevron quilt is a free project download from the Riley Blake website and I super love this one!

It's the first time I've made something with so many half square triangles and I really enjoyed the process actually!  Simple and fun.   

For my backing I used Little Floral in Gray and for my binding I used Little Scallops in Aqua...

I have to credit a couple talented gals for my nearly perfect borders and bindings.  Taking Camille's fabulous Craftsy Class has helped me get my borders from being wavy.  Time well spent doing it her way....no more wavy's for me!  And Rita, from Red Pepper Quilts has a wonderful binding tutorial that shows how to join the ends/tails with a bias cut.  (If you look closely you can see the bias seam in the photo below.)  My bindings are waaay super better and I love it!!  I LOOOOVE that my borders and bindings are so much prettier thanks to Camille and Rita.  Don't you just love learning new things?!?!  I do.  :)

And on that note, I think I recall saying something in my last post about a little giveaway!  Yep, I just checked and I did. ;)  And it's a good thing, because it's just what I'll need to keep a smile on my face this week. 

So I have a lovely fat quarter bundle I would love to send off to someone!  Just leave me a comment and tell me what you want to make this summer.  I'm already thinking about it and have a couple must's on my mind already!!  Feel free to leave up to 3 comments if you've ever purchased from me and/or left me comments before.  :)

I'll see you back here on Friday morning (May 10th) to announce the winner and I'll send it off before I leave for market.

Meanwhile, this is where I'll be hanging out....and trust me, it doesn't look so pretty right now.

Thank you ALL for everything!  All the support, friendship and encouragement means a lot.

Hugs...

Tasha

simple twin bunting blankets

A few months ago we had the cutest little baby twins join our extended family!  Even better, it's a boy and a girl and they are simply adorable and sweet. 

These fabrics are from my line The Simple Life, with a few others from my stash mixed in. 

Girl bunting baby blanket....

I decided on a simple design, but with just the right amount of extra cuteness added with the patchwork strips between the sections of bunting fabric. 

My extra fabrics included some Pam Kitty Love, Doohikey Designs, Annies Farmstand and Lecien.  ( I think I'm right on those...) ;)

Inside these soft little blankets, I added a piece of white flannel for a bit of added weight and to help stabilize the minky backing.  I love adding binding to blankets and I wanted to quilt it, I just didn't want the stiffness of batting.  Especially with these being small blankets, I wanted them to be cuddly and wrappable.  I did a very large stipple on these as well.  Which was also very quick...each blanket only took about 15 minutes to quilt.   

My daughter really loves helping in any way she can when I sew.  Taking the pins out after I quilted was the perfect little job for her.  She's 4 now and we've talked alot about how to handle the pins. 

If you look closely, she was sorting them into color groups as she went.  Her own idea!  :)

She also likes to be up close and personal.....oh, and silly too. 

She was very excited to get these blankets done with me before the twins got too big!

Me and baby girl...(these were a couple months ago)

Me and baby boy...

They are growing so fast, but they are still tiny since they were preemies.  Doing great though!

Here are some cute pictures Kerri took when they were newborns....

How cute are they?!?!

Cuter than my blankets for sure!!

;)

Thanks for stopping by my loyal readers and friends! Even when I disappear, you seem to re-appear and  I appreciate it very much.  ;)

I feel a giveaway coming on soon....

Tasha

granny

This granny quilt was always intended to be my daughters 'baby quilt'.  I just happened to have started it when she was about 2 and I've finally finished it just after she has turned 4.  At least she has it to keep for forever now.  :)

On purpose I used lots of floral fabrics, little animals and little girls.  :) 

When Ava was a baby, her nursery was red, pink and aqua, so I kept with that same color palette, but adding gray. 

I used Annie's Farm Stand pink circle buds for backing and Lecien basics for the binding. 

I'll give you a hint what else I've almost finished too.....

I can't wait to show you more of that one too!  :)

For now though, I'm going to stay in these pj's and snuggle my daughter up in her new quilt.  We need it.

Happy Monday!

:)

Giveaway winner + shop news!

Hello wonderful fabricy friends!!  Thanks so much for playing along in my giveaway!  It's truly so fun for me and I appreciate every single comment!  I've read most of them and I swear I'll finish them up.  Such a treat for me!

I used random.org to find my winner, but it did need a little tweaking.  I'm kind of a stickler on the rules of the game, so I'm very sorry, but rule breakers don't get to win.  As much as I appreciate your desire to win, there are others that do abide by the rules, so most importantly I need to be fair to them! 

And sooooo, the winner is.....

Verena who said...

Oh how I would love to win this!!!!!
Just a couple hours ago, I sat together with my sweet quilter friend Cathy. She wants to make a quilt for the arrival of my surprise baby girl in May. She had asked me if there is any fabric I would like to choose and my instant answer was: The Simple Life by you!!!! I have been eying it since it launched, not knowing that we would expect another baby girl! and I have been following your insta since I discovered you beautiful line. Cathy is an awesomely ( you might know her book: pretty in patchwork, doll quilts) talented quilter and I am sure she would create something magical Thanks for the chance to win!

Please contact me ASAP because you don't have a link or contact info!  If anyone knows Verena, let her know!!  Thanks!  If I can't get a response pretty soon, I'll choose another winner. 

As for SHOP NEWS:

I've added just a couple little things and wanted to share!

My little Reading girl from The Simple Life is now available in an 8X10 print for framing. 

 

I've also added the embroidery pattern for Feeding the Chicks, which you can find here!  I haven't stitched her up, but I had a few requests so there she is! :) 

Here she is below...

I'll continue adding things to the shop that match The Simple Life.  If you're waiting or wanting a particular thing (pattern or artwork!) from that fabric line, let me know and I'll hurry it up on that!  ;) 

Meanwhile, I'm happy to offer 20% off your entire order in my Etsy shop for at least a couple days into next week (Jan 22nd sounds good!) just to say thanks for playing along and making me smile.  Simply enter coupon code HAPPY20 during checkout and it will automatically deduct 20% from your total order.

One tiny last thing...thanks for helping me with the name of that block!  I think I had the most people say it was Shoo Fly!  I'll get a little tutorial done soon!  ;) 

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Tasha

merry christmas!

I did it!  I really did it! Yep, I started a christmas quilt this month and I actually finished it just in the nick of time.  Camille's Vintage Holiday pattern didn't disappoint and I'm in love with the finished product. (Thanks C, for the inspiration)! :)

It was really fun deciding how to do each oranament block...

The pattern calls for one patchwork ornament, but I did two because they were so cute!

(here's one of them...)

The other little alteration I made was doing the pinwheel.  A lot of the blocks centers are made up of half square triangles, so it really just depended on how you arranged them.  I did two pinwheels.

For the backing I found a super snuggly flannel at Joann's and it was absolutely perfect for this quilt!  I love the softness and extra cozyness it brings. 

This quilt is a big size.... 54"X68"....which is one of the largest that I've made.  It took a little longer for what I was used to, but I'm so happy with the result it was totally worth it!

Now we can enjoy it for the rest of the holiday season...I'm sure I'll have it out as looooong as possible!

Thank you SO much to everyone who has supported me this year through my Etsy shop, the beginnings of my fabric designing adventure, your friendship, encouragement, saying hello on my blog....everything!  It really means alot to me and I'm so very thankful! 

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas!  :)

Love,

Tasha Noel

p.s.  all orders have been shipped!  ;)  thanks for your patience!

16 down...

I've been making some good Granny progress and I can finally see that this could be finished this summer.  I'm hoping...I mean VOWING...to get all my blocks done so I can sew them together during an upcoming beach retreat.  (I can't waaaaiiit!!!)

I've got 16 done and I'm loving it.  At first I was a little worried about my color choices, since lately I'm really also loving the addition of greens and yellows to my favorite combo of red, pink and aqua....(like I'm doing in my Farmer's Wife blocks, and some here, which I have ever so seriously neglected!).  I'm making this quilt for Ava, since I haven't done a baby quilt specifically for her from me, like I've done for all of my boys.  Her nursery colors were red, pink and aqua and even though now we are about to start decorating a toddler room for her and I may include the extra colors, I wanted to keep with the same nursery color scheme.  It just is so reminiscent of the colors I loved when Ava was born.

I have included gray, which I didn't do in her baby nursery, so I'm breaking the rules a little here....but shhh!  Anyway, aside from all that jibber-jabber, now that I have a bunch of these grannies done and I can see how it's turning out, I really love it!

I've really preferred putting a fussy-cut square in the very middle.  To me, it makes each block seem more complete and adds that extra cute touch I want for this quilt.

Now, just 4 to go!  Yesssss.

C-ya!

Tasha

easter dress

I know I've been a major slacker lately!  Sorry!  I have to admit, I've been enjoying the low key, taking-the-day-however-I-feel-like-it method.  Feels great sometimes, doesn't it?  Oh yaaa. 

So, back to reality, I have a few things that need to get done, and back to the computer I am!!  Not without showing you the little Easter Dress I made for Ava first though.  ;) 

My main inspiration and desire was to use some Riley Blake Chevron....aqua, of course!  I got mine from Randi at Fresh Squeezed Fabrics.  Then, because I knew I wanted to be able to use several fabrics, I thought Sandi Henderson's Knot Dress would be perfect.  Especially since I already owned it.  Even perfect-er! (p.s.....I don't see that pattern for sale anywhere...???)

For the other fabrics, I used what I had on hand.  Hard to do since I don't normally buy large cuts of fabric.  So, a little give and take is necessary.  For instance, at first I wanted the top to be the pink flowers and the bottom to be the yellow flowers, but because of the amounts available in my stash, I needed to switch those two up...but I love it!  I knew if I got a pink top to go underneath it would give me that pink near her face that I wanted. 

I love the chevron straps!

I used a vintage sheet for the apron, trimmed out with Lecien Flower Sugar and Riley Blake crocheted lace (ask Kerri if she has more white). 

And, not to bombard you or anything, but here's a few pic's of Ava wearing her dress.  The sun was very bright, so sorry they aren't the best technique wise, but I'm happy to have these anyway. 

I love this one of her because she was absolutely focused for a minute on just this one dandelion that caught her attention.  So sweet!!

A good reminder to stop for a few minutes, be still and just take in the precious moments that we have with our loved ones, our life, and the world around us. 

Hugs. ;)

Tasha