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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


 

Little Red show and tell

During the summer I had a sweet shop owner in Australia email me some pictures a customer had sent to her, showing what she had made with the Little Red Riding Hood fabrics she purchased from her shop.  The shop owner passed them along to me as well as the link to the blog of the lady that made these adorable outfits.  It truly brightened my day and I'm in love with these cute photographs!  I hope you love them too!

All photographs are from The Toffee Tree blog! 

In LOVE with these gray pants! 

Now how adorable are those?!  I can't stand it.  Love, Love, LOVE!

Thank you so much Clare from Fabric2Go! for letting me know about this!  And Michelle from The Toffee Tree for posting about these adorable little girls wearing these adorable little outfits!  Loved it all!!

Remember my SHOP SALE is still going thru Friday, Dec. 6th.  Just enter coupon code: CYBER20 for 20% off your entire order!  Thank you for all the orders so far!! 

See you soon!

Tasha

thank you sale!

Hello friends!  I know I have been so out of the loop for awhile but I really appreciate visitors, new and old, and I'd love to be able to say THANK YOU!  by offering a little sale in my etsy shop!

Simply enter COUPON CODE:  CYBER20 for 20% off your entire purchase!  The sale will continue thru Friday, Dec. 6th. 

THANK YOU!  :)

Have a wonderful week!

Tasha 

a little hello!

Since I'm having a sale in the shop right now, I wanted to stop in and let you know I added a couple more little things. 

I'm so lucky that Amy of Nana Company, made up this adorable potholder featuring my little happy hen...that, yes, I know....looks/is more like a rooster!....*whatever. ;)  It says happy hen on the fabric, so it's staying that way.  But no matter what you choose to call the happy little animal....that pattern is now listed in the shop!  Yay! (gosh, i love that little pothodler!...that's a little pocket at the top, btw!...doesn't amy need to do a pattern for that?!? hint, hint)

(photo courtesty of Amy!) 

Also, I had a request for a Miss Strawberry embroidery pattern, so she's also in the shop!

Remember, she's an illustration too! (gray or aqua backgrounds)

I came across a couple photos I had taken of the market projects that Heather, from Vintage Grey had made....so I thought I'd share them now. 

I loooove this apple pillow!

Heather used the Bustle and Sew e-magazine's September issue to make this pillow.  So cute!

She also did an adorable redwork mini quilt with my new Laundry Day pattern, which is very similar to my my original Laundry Day pattern /illustraion.  The difference is there are flowers instead of mushrooms.  Both versions are in the shop! 

Her hand crocheted edging is perfection!

Kerri had done some beautiful photos of her Simple Patchwork and Stars quilt, but I haven't shown it here yet!  Such an adorable quilt and she came up with her own tutorial! 

Cute! Cute!

Wanted to mention that I noticed on the Riley Blake website that the pink and aqua simple florals are sold out as well as the pink Main....so if you've had your eye on any of those, you might want to consider purchasing soon!

For my little shop sale, I think I'll keep that going for a couple more days since I just added those couple things today.  Remember, HAPPY20 is the coupon code during checkout to save 20% off your entire order!

Thank you SO much for those of you that have ordered already!  I appreciated it very much.  :)

Am I forgetting anything else?  Please tell me if I am....I generally think about 72 million things at once... 

but really I love it!  ;)

Oh, I thought of something already (imagine that!)...

**If you are interested in stitching up an embroidery pattern to help me out with shop examples, please email me at [email protected].  The one criteria is that you need to be very confident with your ability to stitch very neatly and be able to use colors that coordinate with The Simple Life.  You know, red, pink and aqua.  ;) 

And I think that's about it!  (I think)

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

news from the shop! {cyber monday}

I hope you have all enjoyed the beginning of the holiday season so far!  We loved our Thanksgiving break so much!  We celebrated with dinner at our home with lots of family and saw Wreck It Ralph beforehand (which was great btw!).  A little shopping, a couple of activities and lots (and lots!) of relaxing made it simply fabulous!  Life is not perfect, but there are always blessings to count and for that I am so very thankful.

I've got my Christmas decorating underway.....more to get done this week.  I'm feeling simple this year, so we'll see, but this is it so far....

As for the shop news, I'm really excited to be getting my paper items back in the shop!  I was having some printer problems, but also decided for a while that I didn't mind the break, so I didn't scurry to get it back and running.  But I'm ready now and so it's back!  yay!

Here's a tiny sampling from the shop of illustrations and embroidery patterns....

For CYBER MONDAY, please enjoy 20% off your entire order by entering coupon code CYBER20 during checkout.  Yay for coupon codes!  This coupon code is only good for today, but no worries, I'm promising at least a couple more sales by Christmas.  :)

Happy Monday!

a moving sale

This week we'll be finishing up the packing for our move.  As I've gone through my Spoonflower fabrics, I realized I actually have more good pieces than I thought!

I've had a few inquires lately for smaller pieces of fabric, which I don't normally offer anymore, so I went ahead and cut up a bunch of fat quarters for the shop.

I also was able to put together one charm pack (28 5" squares) that has most of my Spoonflower designs.  There are a few missing.  There is 2 of each, except 3 of Little Red on white and aqua.  Then I've added in 4 of my favorite coordinates.  2 red polka dot and 2 aqua stripe.

Please note that Spoonflower fabrics are digitally printed and will fade with multiple washings.  I recommend only using these fabrics for lightly used/washed or decorative items only. 

I thought with these newly unburied fabrics and me moving, this would be a great time for a little sale in the shop!  To recieve 25% off your entire order, please enter coupon code MOVING25 during checkout.  The sale includes ready-to-ship fabrics and embroidery patterns.  (I don't currently have paper items in the shop).

I'll be sending off patterns within the normal time frame, however fabrics purchased will not be shipped until after the 4th of July.  If you are desperate for your fabric before that, please let me know and I'll do my best to accomodate. ;)

Meanwhile, I'll be packing!!!!!!

Have a wonderful week!

Tasha

little bitties....

So, it's Spring Break and I've got lots of to do's with kids home, a baby shower to help with and Easter quickly approaching!  One thing I'm working on is some little bitty hexie flowers....

EEEK!  I'm in love!

I had fun pulling pretty springy fabrics for these!

These are tiny 1/2" hexagons, which I got at Sew Deerly Loved.  I don't see them in her shop, so maybe ask if she still has some not listed. 

And what are they for? I'll leave that part a surprise....heehehee.

But I can't wait to get these little bitties all done!

I'll be taking the week off of any extra blogging and shop to do's....just going to focus on kids and projects, but just for kicks, (and although I won't be shipping anything off this week) if you'd like a little spring discount at the shop, please enter COUPON CODE: SPRING20 at checkout for 20% off your total purchase.  This is for paper products and embroidery patterns only. 

Happy Spring!!

Tasha

a thank you sale!

It's been a rather busy week  and weekend for me, but beforehand I was able to do a little drawing and coloring here and there and this is what emerged, little by little.  It's a simple scene, but to me it just looks so quiet and I like that.  You know when the snow is falling and it's just quiet?  The best.  

Here, Little Bird

I'm so thankful I am able to draw and create, while staying home with my children.  It helps out.  With Thanksgiving right around the corner, and then Christmas quickly around the next one, I think it's a good time for a sale....to say Thank You!  I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing if it wasn't for all the support and encouragment along the way.  Family, friends and strangers have all been a part of where my little shop has taken me today.  I love the online community and all the inspiration, friendship and support that comes with it.  I've loved drawing and being artistically engaged in something my whole life!  So, the fact that I get to stay home with my children and run my little art shop, is a blessing to us.  So really, truly, Thank You!

Winter Pixie

 

For the sale, enter coupon code: THANKS20 at checkout (there's a little spot for it) and get an automatic 20% off your order.  This is for embroidery patterns and paper products only.

The fabric is not currently listed in the shop.  If you want fabric, let me know, I'll take custom orders this week.  The sale will run all week....Nov. 14th - Nov. 20th.  Then on Sunday November 20th, please stop by so I can share a little something with you!  ;) 

Again, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Have a happy week!

Tasha

a little sale!

Just for fun, for the 4th of July, I thought I'd do a little sale!  A bit of a spontaneous thought, but why not?!

It's super simple, just enter coupon code: JULY20 for an automatic 20% off at checkout.  It's good for anything in the shop! 

HaPpY 4th Of JuLy!!

Tasha