HAPPY POST

Well the postman is keeping busy, A nice pile of post going out to hopefully happy customers.

 A stack of plain cotton totes received, for sale in blondesbackyard for people to print, embellish, draw on, sew buttons and bits on.....now available on natural unbleached, green, black, white, red and blue.

And the biggest confession of the week and the most fabric I have managed to accumulate in one week is the stack above (I keep staring at it...).

Starting at the bottom:

2 full reclaimed fabric curtains (approx 6m worth for £6!!), my mum picked these up and I am thinking of making a 50's dress in some of it....

Brown furnishing fabric for a 1m sq boys quilted cushion custom order (really 1m SQ HUGE)

Black furnishing fabric for a POW cushion order

Natural linen from Fabric Rehab for various projects

Small pink spot for bias binding

Pink, green gingham and pink large spot for Laura Ashley hearts and to finish a quilt I am making

Large red spot & check for large Christmas stockings

All the small spots for small stockings and hopefully a couple of other projects

And a couple of freebie Japanese pieces which I may just make girls pincushions 'my first pincushion!)

THE FQ BUNDLE WINNER IS....

 THE WINNER IS AUDREY'S CAT - CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Hope you show your finished item (s) on your blog, I'll keep an eye out!

If you email me at kg_blondedesigns@hotmail.com I'll get your fabric in the post for you tomorrow.

PIN ADDICTION

On another note, i think I have a pin addiction (ok confession time), I brought these cute heart long pins from NoodleBubble www.noodlebubble.folksy.com a bargin £1.25, I may get more......I also got free beautiful buttons to add to my stash and use, in the photo above.

But as you can see by my extra large pin cushion, I have just a few pins, do you think I have enough?, or do you think I can squeeze a few more on it. I wouldn't mind but I also have a small strawberry pincushion hanging from the sewing machine, with pins in, A LARGE strawberry in the kitchen with a couple more pins and the baby round one on the sofa.

I think another pack of heart pins might just do.....Kx

NEXT WEEKS GIVEAWAY!!

No not another one, oh yes this time it may not suit all but it will be 4 FQ of 'proper'  100% wool tweeds (the fabric of the moment - just in time for winter sewing). These fabrics I have from my Father who worked in uniform and clothing and these wonderful tweeds can be used as cushion fronts, patchwork, purses, handbags, mini sew on bits,brooches -  anything.......

You will have to wait till later in the week for photos without rain!

Kx

LATEST PROJECTS

Scandi cushions using the cute vintage collection Clarke & Clarke furnishing fabrics, a UK company.

Folk hearts - I have made a few for a custom order in the Laura Ashley fabrics and have added these and the reclaimed fabric ones (as in my FQ fabric giveaway) to my blondedesign shops.

Hope you had a great weekend, and see you here tonight for the Fabric FQ giveaway.

Kxxx

FQ RECLAIMED BUNDLE GIVEAWAY

As promised last week I am doing a FQ giveaway. This is for one of my 6 x FQ reclaimed fabric bundles I put together.

All fabric is prewashed, checked for holes, marks etc before I bundle them up.

I have made bunting, tote bags, laverder hearts, binding, buttons, and I am makinga quilt with them as well, so let your imagination take over.

As before just be a follower, leave a quick message underneath, and I will pick the winner on Monday Night.

Kx

HOT POT

Log Cabin Hot Pot

My latest project, using scraps of my favorite fabrics, use as a hot pot for pans, in the middle of the dinner table and at 10 x 10 inches and double thickness of quilt wadding you can safely sit your winter stew bowl on it.

I have been meaning to add new things to my blondedesign shops where I sell kitchen aprons, tea, coffee cosies and thought these would fit right in. I'm pleased with this first one, and now I am catching the train in the mornings, I get a chance to hand sew the binding on the back.

Kx

AND THE WINNERS ARE..........

AND THE WINNER OF

1m x 25mm sunshine gingam

1m x 25mm gubblegum gingham binding

1m x 25mm London Bus binding

1m x 12mm sunshine binding

1m 12mm bubblegum binding

1m 12mm london bus binding

2 x cupcake buttons

IS JOY

well done Joy

AND THE RUNNER UP WINNER OF

2m x 25mm or 12mm colour of choice gingham binding

IS KITSCHY COO

well done Kitschy Coo

I'll do another giveaway next week of my 6 FQ reclaimed fabrics that I am selling in blondesbackyard, so keep an eye out.

Kischy Coo & Joy if I don't get to you first, email me at kg_blondedesigns@hotmail.com with your addresses, and Kitschy Coo the colour(s) of choice.

Thank you all for entering and dont forget next week's giveaway.

Kx

Elephant Storage Baskets

Today I made these

going on sale in blondedesigns shop

I am going to have to make some more in different colours as I now want them all over my sewing room.

Kx

BUTTON & BINDING GIVEAWAY!!

 1 METRE OF PINK GINGHAM 12MM

 1 METRE YELLOW GINHAM 12MM

 1 METRE RED GINGHAM 12MM

 1 METRE YELLOW GINGHAM 25MM

 1 METRE RED GINGHAM 25MM

 1 METRE PINK GINGHAM 25MM

 A total of 6 metres for you to play with and add to you projects for free, all you have to do is become a fan and leave a message, simple.

I will draw the names out of a hat Monday night........ so watch this space. Kx

I will also throw in 3 cupcake buttons from the choices below and I think you agree they go quite well with the gingham binding.

If you are looking for more, you will find them for sale in my back yard

http://www.blondesbackyard.folksy.com/

http://www.blondesbackyard.etsy.com/

Crafty Tutorials

Ghostly Ghoul Wreath - By Anchor Mommy

Pottery-Barn-Style-on-a-budget-Halloween-Edition by Living with Lindsay

Daisy Halloween Costume - by purlbee

I have dedicated a page on a top tab, called Crafty Tutorials with links to other great blogging crafters ideas and things to make. I have started with those who have a Halloween theme, and for the next week will endeavor (ha!) to list them on the blog page and also on the home page showing a picture..............Enjoy. K

MAKE MONDAY

MONDAY'S MAKE - TISSUE CASE TUTORIAL

For all you lovely blog followers, who haven't clicked on my tutorail page and who want to have a go at something simple and make a few stocking fillers for family (I know, shouldn't be taking about Christmas yet!!!), and you have scraps of fabric you don't want to throw away and are waiting to used up, this is the perfect make in under 1/2 hour. Simple!

Let me know how you get on, and don't forget once you have mastered the art of making them, just adjust the sie for different tissue pack sizes, even large mans tissues, for dad to sit next to the bed or in the car.

http://blondedesign.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html

And before I go I have finally purchased a now sewing machine, can't wait, as I have bee using the same machine for over 20 years, which has no flat bed as I broke it about a year ago, no cover for the bobin loader on the front, broke that too, no light as the electrics to that went a few years ago, it only had 6 stictches, ziz zag small.med.large, straight stich small,med,large, oh and backwards. So any new machine is going to be a joy to work with and this is the baby below....and it only has 294 stitches...so it is going to take me a year to use every one!!

Kx

a wONDeRfuL wOrLD

FILIGREE

Happened upon this wonderful fairytale shop on Etsy today, after seeing one of their creations featured in a fairytale adventure treasury along with my Red Ridinghood Buttons.

What great pieces of artwork to be displayed alone on a mantle shelf.

Happy Friday & Bank-Holiday!

Kx

Fabric Porn

I will never learn........

Does anybody else see there paypal account as a giant slot machine, and woop woop it reaches £50.00 and you just have to spend it, not save it for a pair of shoes, a new handbag I need. But more FABRIC!!

I have just spent £48.92 (which is the postage as well)

1/2 yard sets (10 polka dot fabrics in top photo)

1 yard of red polka dot

1 yard of red ginham

So I can make Christmas Elf Stockings

I think 4 large (2 spot with ginham cuff, 2 ginham with spot cuff)

10 half size in reversed colours.

Should keep me busy for a while, making stockings like these. 

Now all I have to do is wait 10 days for the fabric to turn up.............

Kx

BAG LADY

http://www.blondesbackyard.folksy.com/

For your supplies and to embelish, screen print on, batik, paint or leave plain!

£4.50 for 3 bags, plain cotton in Red, White, Blue & Natural.

Find them in my supplies shop.

Kx