Surround Yourself With Cuteness

Cute things can cause smiling and therefore is good for your health, right?

xo, L

Day Out In Clinton

We had a fun day out on Saturday in our town. There was a little environmental fair at the Red Mill and since the weather was finally nice, we ventured out. Every year there's a contest to see who has the best dressed shop. My favorites never disappoint!

Over the bridge and to the Red Mill. Ooooh, Mommy, can you come here for a sec? Yeah, there's this iguana that I wouldn't mind having.

I'd rather have this little guy, thank you very much. Cute as a button. Every knitter should love the one with the funky haircut. It's a suri alpaca and the last one is a llama.

The scenery was fine and there were canoe rides too. My baby's thought on paddling with Mom? "I thought that I was going to die."

Super hero Letter S will make his debut next. xo, L

Miscellany

Here we are going into the last week of school. Whoo! Hoo! I am frantically making these fun crochet squares to make a pillow for our little friend, Isabella for her birthday party. The pattern is courtesy of Rose Hip. They're fun and addicting.

I've been making these little pouches for year end gifts. Fun too and so practical.

Here's a better pic of the hanging. When I took this photo, the rain was coming down hard this morning. Sun's peaking out a bit now. Yeah!

Big A wanted me to show you a couple of his zoo photos yesterday. You wouldn't think that it had poured buckets of rain while they were there.

Have a great weekend! I know that I will. A little birdie told me that I will get my hands on some of my Inspiration line soon. Very, very, soon. xo, L

Actual Proof

Proof that I am actually making stuff. I am making a superhero costume for Little A. They have a Letter People Day next week and he choose the letter 'S' because she is a superhero. I'll show you when the little superhero stops for a split second for a photo op.

Meanwhile, I've been obsessing with little details lately. I am loving zippers and button makers. See how simple it is to dress up a plain ol' pincusion? I had scraps of my 'Funky Flowers' fabric hanging around and decided that I needed a new pincushion. So fun and cute!

I made this little wall hanging [sorry for the bad photo. It has been awful here and getting a nice shot is near impossible.] for my Sew Sentimental book and the little ones to whom I give this hanging to love to store their little treasures in it. It is just a simple 9-patch sandwich with vinyl pockets sewn to various squares for pockets. I used scrapbooking supplies like rub-ons for the lettering and clips to attach a ribbon for hanging at the top.

Oh, I don't know if I ever announced this officially, but I do have an inspiration journal of photographs on my website. Just click My Journal on right sidebar. 

Off to sew my superhero a costume. xo, L

Quilt Market - Part Three

I met Karla of Sweetwater, at my very first market. Super nice. I'm so happy for her because she just designed her first line of fabric for Moda. Congrats. I love her style, so simple and contemporary.

I always love the Seven Islands booth. They're distributors for all special things Japanese.

More market photos to come! xo, L

Quilt Market - Part Two

My first stop is always the Henry Glass booth. My favorite peeps in the whole show. Their booth was very fun as usual and the new lines were fabulous. Of course, we have my line, Inspiration.

I hope that you love this line. I designed the line that is for those who need a little lift in a difficult time. I wanted the line to say "caring, hopeful but fresh and bright".  I hope that I've captured that for you. 

Henry Glass had this cute little farm line for all of the kids in your life. 

There were lots of other fabric lines from the Henry Glass designers. You can check them out at their website. Heather Mulder Peterson is another fellow designer for Henry Glass Fabrics. So pretty!

Here's my friend, Roseann, visiting the Henry Glass aisle. You can see some designs from some of the designers in the background.

She owns a quilt shop in Minnesota and she does other interesting things within the quilting industry. We met at the American Patchwork and Quilting designer's retreat that they had a few years back. She's fun, energetic and passionate. 

My friend, Amy Butler, has a new CD by The Electric Quilt Company. It has some fun and easy projects.

I met a new designer and PBS home dec show hostest, Vicki Payne. I love her home dec line.

Lots more to come. xo, L