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I'm making one of her bags now and have my eye on another! - meagangracie
Commented Nov 21, 2012 on Noodlehead bag pattern giveaway at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Noodlehead bag pattern giveaway
Just this morning, I was making out a list of gifts I wanted to give to friends and realized that I'll need to get cracking at this point if I hope to hand-make presents. If you find that you've been similarly sluggish about your hand-making thus far and need some ideas, you may be pleased t...
I have a couple of her patterns and one book but haven't made anything yet! meagangracie
Commented Aug 9, 2012 on Meg McElwee Ashland pattern giveaway at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Meg McElwee Ashland pattern giveaway
We're absolutely thrilled to have collaborated this week with fellow North Carolina resident, pattern designer, blogger, and author Meg McElwee to bring you a great giveaway. For those of you who aren't familiar with this talented sewist, Meg has written two very popular sewing books, Sew Libe...
This looks like a fun book to read and explore. (meagangracie)
Commented Jul 18, 2012 on Famous Frocks book and dressmaking notions giveaway at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Famous Frocks book and dressmaking notions giveaway
As an unapologetic lover of pretty dresses, I was really intrigued to have a copy of Famous Frocks land on my desk recently, courtesy of the kind folks at Chronicle Books. In this book, authors Sara Alm and Hannah McDevitt have curated a collection of 20 dresses ranging from the 1930's (Bette...
I have the tova, but would love to make the tank, too! meagangracie
Commented Jul 11, 2012 on Wiksten pattern and fabric giveaway and quilting notions winner at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Wiksten pattern and fabric giveaway and quilting notions winner
I've often joked to my more sporty friends that summer is my indoor season here in sunny and humid North Carolina. It's hard for me to get motivated to even open the front door when temperatures are in the upper 90's and 100's as they have been lately. The garden gets super weedy for a couple ...
I like the badminton pattern *meagangracie
Commented May 9, 2012 on Oliver + S pattern giveaway and I Spy fabric winner at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Oliver + S pattern giveaway and I Spy fabric winner
We're big fans of Liesl Gibson's Oliver + S clothing patterns around here. Cute kids' clothes with interesting construction details that are practical and not too frou-frou--what's not to love? Three new patterns have been added to their line-up this spring, the Croquet Dress, the Secret Age...
So fun! username = meagangracie
Commented Apr 11, 2012 on Heather Ross giveaway and Merchant & Mills giveaway winner at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Heather Ross giveaway and Merchant & Mills giveaway winner
Heather Ross plus a little girl-friendly craft project? Yes, please! This week's giveaway is for a copy of Crafty Chloe, a new children's book with a clever and crafty young heroine written by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by popular fabric designer Heather Ross. We'll also throw in two y...
There's so much to learn from Threads! meagangracie
Commented Jan 26, 2012 on Kona® winner and Threads magazine giveaway at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Kona® winner and Threads magazine giveaway
Thanks to all the nearly 500 folks (!) who entered last week's giveaway for three yards of our new Kona® quilting weight cotton. The lucky winner was Bee Jacobs in Oregon. Congrats, Bee, and I hope you love the Kona as much as we do! This week, we're giving away a year's subscription to Threa...
Good news - meagangracie
Commented Jan 20, 2012 on Introducing Kona® Cotton: Premium Quilting-Weight Cotton from Spoonflower at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Introducing Kona® Cotton: Premium Quilting-Weight Cotton from Spoonflower
As Kim hinted yesterday, we have some exciting news today plus a special giveaway! We're so pleased to announce the newest in Spoonflower's lineup of fabric choices: Kona® Cotton, a premium quilting-weight cotton by Robert Kaufman Fabrics. Our new quilting-weight cotton fabric balances a soft ...
I'm very excited about the 3 yards of cotton silk in this giveaway! - meagangracie
Commented Dec 9, 2011 on Spoonflower's' 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Nine: Colette Sewing Handbook + 3 yards cotton silk at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Spoonflower's' 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Nine: Colette Sewing Handbook + 3 yards cotton silk
Day nine in our holiday giveaway series bring us to one of my favorite new sewing books, The Colette Sewing Handbook by Sarai Mitnick, owner and designer of Colette Patterns. This beautifully crafted handbook features vintage-inspired patterns with simple and elegant details. Each of the ...
All very nice! User: meagangracie
Commented Dec 7, 2011 on Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Seven: Fabric Collections from Much-Loved Spoonflower Designers at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways, Day Seven: Fabric Collections from Much-Loved Spoonflower Designers
We've reached the seventh installment of our twelve days of holiday giveaways, and today we offer three winners fat quarter bundles by three beloved Spoonflower designers. One winner plucks a bunch of fabrics from Bloem by Heather Dutton of Hang Tight Studio. In citrusy greens, calm blues a...
I love it that she's done the hard work of figuring out these things for us!
Commented Nov 30, 2011 on Border Print Tutorial: True Up's Kim Kight launches her book blog tour at Spoonflower! at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Border Print Tutorial: True Up's Kim Kight launches her book blog tour at Spoonflower!
We at Spoonflower are beyond thrilled to have one of our favorite "fabric obsessed" bloggers, Kim Kight, making a first stop on her book blog tour here today. In case you're not a regular reader of Kim's wonderful blog True Up--and you should be!--she has a fantastic new book out, A Field Guide...
TT is pretty smart to hire such a popular designer!
Commented Nov 23, 2011 on An Interview with Samarra Khaja, Spoonflower designer gone pro with Timeless Treasures at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
An Interview with Samarra Khaja, Spoonflower designer gone pro with Timeless Treasures
Those of you who have followed the Spoonflower fabric-of-the-week contests for even a few months probably don't need an introduction to prolific designer Samarra Khaja, aka Sammyk. Samarra has a light-hearted design style coupled with a great sense of both humor and color, and she's won ou...
I think I'm going to be watching some friends get married online! As in, they'll be outside in the heat, and we'll be inside eating snacks watching from a distance. I think i can get behind this idea.
Commented Jul 27, 2011 on Giveaway! Giveaway! ALERT! ALERT! at Lawyerish
Giveaway! Giveaway! ALERT! ALERT!
It is hardly a secret that I adore Tea Collection, since Felicity has been wearing their stuff practically since the moment she was born. The clothes are beyond adorable -- um, hello: And, as if the cuteness weren't enough, everything from Tea is top quality, made of ultra-s...
You're lucky that works! My hips definitely spread and my thighs and butt got too big to pull up my pre-preggo pants pretty quickly! But you're lookin' cute :)
Commented Jul 15, 2011 on happy friday + hello pants... at Oh Joy!
happy friday + hello pants...
Happy Friday friends! I've been all about wearing comfy dresses lately, but sad to see all the pants and shorts I have go to waste because they wouldn't fit my expanding waistline. So, I finally broke down and got a Bellaband...the pant lifesaver. Now I can get a bit more use out of them...hur...
I love these, but I have to say I'm also a little (secretly) pleased that there's a fabric collection that took a bit of a risk of not pleasing everyone - and I really hope that hearing negative feedback doesn't scare the fabric companies off from continuing to support designers going in new directions! Sometimes all of the collections run together and it's hard to tell one designer from another after awhile.
Commented Jan 11, 2011 on Old camera, new strap at house on hill road
Old camera, new strap
I bought a used Pentax K100 this summer and this past weekend, I loaded the first roll of film in it. Well, really, Emily loaded it for me. (I'm totally out of practice - it's been a long time since I've shot film.) What better excuse than a new-to-me camera is there for cutting in the also...
Your visual memory is terrific, and your instincts are definitely spot on. The second design is amazing.
Commented Sep 2, 2010 on Flash Quilt at LizzyHouse
Flash Quilt
Today I made a doll quilt. I signed up for the Doll Quilt Swap 9 and it started back in June? A while ago. Last month I made this quilt. I just wanted to sit on it. I wasn't sure if it was the one, but I felt like I was on to something. It's that rule in art when you spend a concentrated amount ...
Beautiful! It's great to see how it grows and progresses.
Commented Sep 2, 2010 on stitching step-by-step at Rebecca Sower
stitching step-by-step
Most of my stitching begins with a blank scrap of linen and a threaded needle, without a plan. I let the cloth and thread lead me along. Sometimes good things result and sometimes not so much. But either way, it's a therapeutic process that's good for my soul. I'll take you along this time.....
I'm pretty sure I could never pick a favorite, but I have some Echino jungle animals on linen that are beautiful - whimsical yet elegant, if that makes sense.
Commented Aug 24, 2010 on Supercali-fabric-listicexpialidocious! at i heart linen
Supercali-fabric-listicexpialidocious!
**Comments Closed** Keep an eye out for the winner announcement! ^_^ Hello all! Long time no see. I hope all is well with you. I've been busy, busy, busy with my wee ones, little Matthew especially. As you some of have seen he is doing tremendously! Such a healthy little chunky bundle of l...
Night watch is so cool! So is that dress...(I was hoping there was a pattern for that)
Commented Aug 24, 2010 on Something I owe you. at LizzyHouse
Something I owe you.
Ok. I owed these to you in June. Squam, surgery, sisters, birthdays, and summer kept me from you, and in turn you from them. Here is the first round of a not so sneak peeks. Round two tomorrow, if I am lucky. These patterns, and a few other, wink wink nudge nudge, will be available for pre-sale ...
That vintage lace in navy would be beautiful in so many different things - clothing, quilts, pillows!
Commented Aug 20, 2010 on Country Lane Fabric Give-away! at Bari J.
Country Lane Fabric Give-away!
My boxes of Country Lane have arrived, and it's time to give a stack of fat quarters away! You'll win 23 fat quarters in all with a retail value of over $60! There are 4 ways to enter to win, but be sure to come back here and comment again to get each of your entry numbers. 1. Leave a co...
I'd like to read it, too!
Commented Aug 20, 2010 on Book Review: What We Have, by Amy Boesky at not that you asked...
Book Review: What We Have, by Amy Boesky
Oh, you guys. YOU GUYS. Listen to me when I tell you that this book, without a doubt, is one of the best books I've read in the last few years, and I like to think I read a respectable amount. (I mean, I'm no Elizabeth, but I think I've read close to 40 books since January of this year.) ...
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Aug 9, 2010
My husband makes me walk away from the vintage aprons now at antique stores because we don't NEED any more, but if I won them what could he say ? :)
Commented Jul 30, 2010 on an apron collection at jane's apron
an apron collection
Sometimes when I see groups of four things I think of them as sisters. This happens because I am one of four girls...no brothers. Sure enough, it popped into my head as I was editing the photo. Four sister aprons. One appliqued with embroidered with fruit, one with fringe trim, one with b...
We totally tilled the grass into our garden plot. And yeah, it's coming back up around everything, but it doesn't mean that nothing's growing if you look at my post from today!
Commented Jul 13, 2010 on the garden at Buttons Magee Weblog
the garden
I always said I had a black thumb and nothing I ever attempted to cultivate would live. Last year on a whim David and I decided to see what we could grow in the tiny plot of garden left by the previous owners. To our amazment we actually had a successful crop of tomatoes, waterm...
I love that you don't lay it out - just let the squares fall as they may, so organically.
Commented Jul 13, 2010 on Swedish Summer Quilt at Posie Gets Cozy
Swedish Summer Quilt
Yay! Finished! This one is baby-sized and made for my dearest friend and college roommate, Martha, who is having a baby girl in August. I think it came out very sweet, if I dare say so myself! Twenty years ago, when Martha and I were in school, our friend Meredith made a patchwork quilt fo...
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