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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


 

spring quilt market 2013 ~ portland

I think I've demonstrated very well after the last 2 markets that I need at least 2 weeks before I'm even partially ready to do anything that doesn't absolutley HAVE to be done.  (sorry blog!)  After I'm done vegging out for a minimum of 3 days, my focus turns so much to the ongoings of family life and then bit by bit, the necessesities of running a business sneak back in.  I absolutley love what I do, I feel so blessed, so lucky, so honored to be a part of this fabulous and fun industry.  I love it all, it's just that I love my family more.  And often they are on the back burner, so I take all the little chances I can get to put them first again.  It's a bit of a juggling act that I'm not always the best at keeping even all the time.  That said....both fulfill me in different ways and I'm so thankful!!

Me and my kids on Mother's Day 2013...

Here's the same bunch at Christmas that I didn't really get a chance to share...

Now here's what they put up with from me. :) 

I sure loved my little booth this time.  Just the right size, just the right amout of stuff....just right!

I had wonderful helpers this time as well, who all did an amazing job on their projects.  I'm so thankful for their contributions! Thank you Thank you!

These darling dresses are by my sweet friends at Marie~ Madeline Studio.  They are a mom and daughters business and I was able to meet 3 of the 4 sisters last market.  They are the cutest, nicest girls!

My friend Chelsea from Pink Fig Designs, who is incredibly talented and sweet!... made this super cute dress below.  This is a new pattern called Bali Hai.  And can you believe she had that little aqua manequinn too!!?  Perfect.

My sweet friend Heather was kind enough to make this very cute dresden pillow for my booth.  The best thing about it is that she has an instant download pattern for sale in her Etsy shop, Heather Hales Designs.  Love it!!

The adorable and talented Natalie Lymer of Cinderberry Stitches made the most lovely little sewing kits/booklets!  The embroidery is perfection and they were just darling.  Also the sweetest little mini quilt that hung above the two pillows on the other wall was made by Natalie.  (See photos above)  I'm so excited she is a Riley Blake designer now... She's just the nicest!  :)

The adorable star quilt was designed and made by Jina Barney from Riley Blake.  This pattern is a free project download on the Riley Blake website under the tab 'sew together and notions', then go to free quilting projects.  You can also find the chevron quilt pattern in the same section.  

Another fun project is the cute tote bags that Riley Blake has put together in kits and available on their website as well. 

I went to market with my 2 lovely sister-in-laws, Kerri and Ninzel.  They were the perfect company and we had a great time.  :)

We all love antiquing so we spent quite a while here one day!  Thanks Jodi, for telling us about it!  We each found something with a handle...funny huh.  We were happy shoppers!

Of course I visited Target while I was there and had to stand in the circle like a 4 year old. 

It was fun.  :)

And of course I met a bunch of awesome people there.  (Not at target, at quilt market!)  Some I took pictures of and some I was in la-la land and didn't take pictures of.  I loved everyone I met and chatted with though....sincerely, I did!  Riley Blake had a lovely dinner one night, which is so nice to get a chance to talk and get to know everyone.  Truly the nicest group of people!!  I'm pretty new to all this market socializing so I hope I wasn't too awkward or lame-o, but it's a high possibility that I was.  (like for real.) 

Here's a few people I hadn't met IRL...each of them was a delight to meet!! 

Pam Kitty....

Camille Roskelley...

Shari Butler...

Carina Gardner in the middle of us there....

Again, I loved meeting everyone, but I just wasn't real good with the camera.  I was kind of taking it easy this time and just let myself relax and enjoy.

It was super fun though and I can't wait till next time!!

If you are ineterested in seeing all the wonderful booths from Riley Blake Designs, please visit their blog.  There are a couple market posts so be sure to go through both to see everything!!

 

Tasha

little X quilt...

I thought it was about time I started showing you the quilts I made for market!  I ended up doing 3 lap/couch sized and 2 baby/mini's, but today I only have pictures of one quilt.  With 5 out of 7 members of the family sick this week, it's slowed me down quite a bit.  Especially since 1 of the 5 is me. (blah!)

So this is what I call the Little X Quilt:

I loved this one I saw on Pinterest, by Sewn With Grace and it was really fun and easy to put together.  It's constructed the same as a Granny Square, simply with less sqaures.  So if you've done granny's, you'll think this is super fast.

I really love fussy cutting for centers! 

Even this little guy got an X....

I really don't know if there is a tutorial for this block, so I'd be happy to put one together if you are interested.  Let me know!  I may end up doing some general cutting instructions for this quilt anyway, just in case.  Next week? 

I hope to get around to showing you each of the quilts I've done...

I'm crossing my own fingers for you and ME that everyone will stop coughing around here first though.  Hmm...Maybe begging will work better? 

Anyone have any natural remedies for coughs that you know works?  (slightly off topic, but I really want them gone!) 

...more market! (a very long post)

It's been a little rough since I've been home from market, but I think I'm finally feeling back to normal.  Even though the market experience can be tiring (and just plain wipe you out for days), it's definitly worth it!  Not only was it exciting to have my own fabrics on display, it was also fun to see everyone else's displays and to meet such amazing and friendly people.  I can't say enough about how nice everyone was.  I didn't meet anyone who wasn't supportive, encouraging, kind and friendly!

Meeting Joel Dewberry was a definite highlight for me!  He was so down to earth and genuinely kind and personable.  We chatted with him for a little bit and I learned that his mom is Donna Dewberry of One Stroke Painting who I used to watch (in awe!) on TV when I was a teen.  My sister is a true hoarder of Joel's fabric, so it was fun for both of us to meet him.  I loved the cute outfits he had in his booth!

Meeting Allison from Cluck.Cluck.Sew was great too!  I've been following her blog for a couple years and I love her patterns and style.  She's super nice and totally laid back! 

Speaking of super nice, we loved chatting with Chelsey from Pink Fig patterns.  She was there helping Lila Tueller with her gorgeous Mistique booth and they were both so helpful and encouraging to my sister, Talia, who is just starting to look into the pattern business. 

I had a picture of us with Lila as well, but it turned out blurry.  I got this one of the two of them at takedown, I know they were exhausted, but I thought the photo was cute.  They really were so fun to meet!  Just so nice!

It was fun to run into Sherri from A Quilting Life right in front of my booth.  I've also been following her blog for a while now too and she is one talented quilter!  She even bought some of my Spoonflower fabric a while back, which was partly the beginning of my fabric adventure.  Thanks Sherri!  ;)  She was also very sweet! 

Here's Bari J's beautiful booth....I know she worked her guts out on it!  She was also just the nicest person to chat with.  I got a picture of us, but I wasn't looking blog worthy!  (and it was one of the only other pictures where I was wearing a different outfit!...shucks!)

Loved this adorable booth from Darlene Zimmerman!  So sweet!

The awesome dresden at the Liberty booth!

Liberty

Tilda fabric!  So pretty!

I spotted some quilts from Bonnie and Camille's Marmalade!  Lovely, lovely!

Pretty quilt from the Mary Rose Collection...so cute!

Fascinating quilt made of super teensy squares!! 

 

And of course I'm saving the best for last here......  ;)

The best part was meeting everyone from Riley Blake!  I loved watching the booth in action.  They are the kindest people and they work so hard to get everything done!  They are amazing people to be around!

 

Here's me and Cindy Cloward (her and her husband are the owners) at takedown...we were generally tired here!  Bret and Cindy are both truly the nicest people!  (I told you everyone was nice!!)

Here's me and Jina.  She basically helps me with everything!!  She's a sweetheart and I was so glad to meet her in person!  Thanks Jina! ;)  (Remember, this is takedown....we are tired!)

Here's some cute displays from Riley Blake:

Doohikey Designs

Lori Holt

Zoe Pearns

Emily Taylor

Sandra Workman

And in case you missed it, here's mine.  ;)  We moved things around a couple times...this is how it was at one of those times....

Then to this...

and this...

So, I think that's enough pictures for one day, don't you?!?!  I say yes.

I have to tell you who I missed though!  Somehow, even though we planned on meeting, I missed my sweet and spazzy friend Kristyne from Pretty By Hand!  HOW, oh how did that happen, we both say???  We ran into everyone else but each other!  Next time!! 

AND....how on EARTH did I miss the fact that TY PENNINGTON people! was at market and I didn't KNOW!  I was even telling my sister how he has fabric now and that we could actually meet him someday and it still didn't occur to me to investigate if he was in acutality, AT MARKET!  Helloooo?!?! Truth is...I'm a little spacey like that.  No lie.  

Anyway, NEXT MARKET, I'm hunting at least two people down.  Remind me if I forget!  (please!)

Tasha

P.S.

If I forgot something or someone, please forgive me.  I had a lot of photos, but some were no good....blurry or really bad face making or something.  I loved meeting everyone though!!!  I met the super sweet and talented Pam Kitty Morning and my favorite little girl skirt designer, Jona  (who has tons of market photos!) ...but the pictures just didn't turn out. :(  both were the just the sweetest, nicest people though!! 

See, I told you!!