If Sew:

Craft Fair Frenzy

Getting ready for a craft fair is more fun than I imagined. I mean I was forced to go shopping at my favorite little fabric store the other day and buy a whole bunch of cute fabrics. And I've been sewing everyday because, well, I have to-- the craft fair is in four days! Here is a little peek in to some of the items I have been working on. These little pillows are a "travel size" and I think just right for a child's first pillow, napping, taking along on overnight trips to Granny's house and small pillow fights. 

Running With Glitter Craft Fair

I've been busy sewing up a storm here. I decided (last minute) to participate in the Running With Glitter Craft Fair on December 19 in Petaluma, CA.

Wool Play Mats

A dear friend of mine has (finally) opened an Etsy shop selling her beautiful handmade felted play mats for children.  These mats are even more beautiful in person and they come with handmade hardwood toy figures. I love the natural feel of the wool and how easy they roll up to be put away. This truly is the perfect gift this holiday season.

 

 

(these photos are from LocLoc's Etsy Store)

Check out the LocLoc Shop to see more of these gorgeous hand felted play mats.

Petaluma Downtown Craft Mart

Shop handmade for the holidays!

The first Petaluma Downtown Craft Mart will be held on Sunday November 29th noon to 5pm at the Hotel Petaluma. Hotel Petaluma is located at 205 Kentucky Street. Profits benefit COTS too.

This is going to be a wonderful event with some really talented crafters and artists, including my friend Nicole Vasbinder of Queen Puff Puff and StitchCraft. They already have a great lineup of vendors and if that is not enticing enough, gift wrapping and chair massages will be available.

This event is totally guy friendly...Petaluma's new craft beer tasting room, Taps is right next door and they will be running Craft Mart specials.

I will be there when the doors open as the first 50 attendees will receive a swag bag! Sound like fun? Hope to see you there.

marshmallow skulls

Spooky Skulls made from marshmallows and chocolate sprinkles. Inspired by this recipe from Martha Stewart. They didn't come out quite as cute as Martha's did, but what ever does? They were a big hit at the preschool pumpkin party today.

 

 

PIQF Day 2

Here are some more photos of the gorgeous quilts we saw on display at the Pacific International Quilt Festival last weekend.

 

 

 

 

Is this one above amazing? 

 

This was done by Nancy S. Brown. I believe that she did this "pup art" quilt last year that was one of my favorites at the show. I love her quilts, and she is local to me, I am going to look in to taking a class with her.

 

 

 

Pacific International Quilt Festival

Has it really been three months since I posted here? I've been gone so long the interface at Typepad even changed. I have been way too busy with a work project and I'm glad to be back. I just spent two fun filled days at the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara, CA with two friends. We had a great time and I have lots of photos of beautiful quilts from the show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July in review

Hello again. Where did July go? I have not sewn a thing in what seems like months and I miss it. I have two quilt tops nearly done and they are sitting and collecting dust. I have been super busy with web work and there is no end in sight. I'll get back here eventually with something handmade, in the meantime here are some pics of July.

giant sunflowers

happy bumblebees

model rocket building

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...launch

banana slug found in our composter

praying mantis found in the backyard (my husband and son fed him a mosquito eater and he was very happy)

my (solo) trip to portland, oregon to visit a girlfriend

yum

a trip to the zoo--see the baby gorilla down there on the grass, he was so very cute

camping at the local KOA--eating s'mores--fun

seeing my mom off on her cruise to alaska, we watched from the golden gate bridge

mini cheesecakes

I attended a gathering earlier this week and was asked to bring a dessert for 10 people. I have been waiting for an excuse to buy a mini cheesecake pan and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity.

I obsessed over which recipe to make, there are so many great ideas about making these adorable cheesecakes.

I ended up making one with a little lemon zest and a graham cracker crust, and the other a vanilla bean with chocolate cookie crust. They were both delicious and I don't need to eat any more cheesecake for a while!

robot quilt

I made this little baby quilt for my dear friend, who just had a sweet baby boy.

I'm going up to Washington state next month to visit her and will bring this along with some other baby goodies I hope to finish before July!

I love this fabric, it's from Free Spirit fabrics and is called 'Robots' by David Walker.

I used flannel scraps for the back. Hopefully, this is a good start to a very productive month of June.