tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39916735263528064472024-03-08T04:59:35.524+02:00 Mara CreatesAn American getting Crafty in Greece, lots of friends around the World, a Greek husband and 2 beautiful bi-lingual children.Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573913664031319881noreply@blogger.comBlogger677125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-11477664108670167842019-12-02T12:48:00.000+02:002019-12-02T12:48:41.895+02:00Tape It UP!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=18446" target="_blank">Simon Says Monday Challenge is Tape it Up!</a> Love this topic, hehehe, since I sell Fabric Washi tape in my Etsy shop, here are a few favorite easy tape cards.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alison Glass fabric washi at a diagonal and a few buttons, love rainbows</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">white washi pops off of colored cardstock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This bunting is made with washi tape, super simple just waiting for a perfect person to send it to.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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More of my Fabric washi can be found on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MaraCreates" target="_blank">Etsy</a>. </div>
Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-67873529097578388332019-11-20T14:48:00.000+02:002019-11-20T14:48:04.353+02:00Thanks Christmas Washi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello!! This is my first time on Simon Says Stamp! I just got a new <a href="https://www.crafterscompanion.eu/catalog/product/view/id/14365/s/gemini-die-cutting-and-embossing-machine/category/4102/" target="_blank">Gemini Crafter's Companion </a>and I am excited to try my hand at making cute cards. I must admit I have wanted to join the Challenges for some time, but then I see everyone else's awesome creations and feel well a little inadequate, but I really want to jump in and play, so here goes.<br />
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First let's talk about the Dies that I am cutting from my Gemini, I had no idea how delicate and awesome they are, and they cut out so well. The Thanks on the left is just 1 paper cut, but I followed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIahNe1rImARk2cdLOpMfZg" target="_blank">Jennifer McGuire Ink</a> example of gluing several layers together (which is harder than she makes it look) and the Thanks on the right is 4 layers! It looks so different from the 1 layer.<br />
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The first one is using the diecut Thanks along with some <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MaraCreates" target="_blank">Diecut Fabric Washi trees</a>, that I sell in my Etsy shop.<br />
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I sell red fabric washi Christmas trees in my shop as well.<br />
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For my second card I wanted to experiment with the Thanks and used the Nuvo Aqua Shimmer and Ranger Glossy Accents, this technique is something I will need to work on, hehe.<br />
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This is also using <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MaraCreates" target="_blank">fabric washi from my shop</a> I was inspired by a Christmas pillow I saw on Pinterest.<br />
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Linking to <a href="https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-thank-you-thanksgiving/" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge</a>, I hope it works.</div>
Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-15470572773761048902019-06-14T15:29:00.000+02:002019-06-14T15:29:13.798+02:00Coral Pantone Quilt Challenge 2019<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It has been ages since I did a Pantone Quilt Challenge, but I just love Coral color and couldn't help myself from making a little Pillow present for my daughter's birthday, her DREAM PILLOW.<br />
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This pillow measure's 18" squared</div>
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I used a lot of fun fabrics</div>
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Mermaids</div>
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Narwhals</div>
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And Unicorns</div>
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The DREAM and the solid on the Flange is from Tula Pink's solids the other pink solid used in the curved piecing is Kona's Flamingo :)</div>
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Lots of Art Gallery fabrics were used along with several prints from Amy Sinibaldi "Paperie" collection, some Sarah Jane "Magic" pieces and several prints from Cotton and Steel Rifle Paper Company "Les Fleurs" collection</div>
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The piecing was sewn with Aurifil 2021 and I used Aurifil Brillo 739 for the gold accent on the stitching around the word DREAM and also for sewing down the flange binding technique that I love to use!</div>
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These Tula Pink Applique Scissors are a DREAM to work with, so easy to cut out the fabric with them.</div>
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Did I tell you it was my first time doing curved piecing, phew, it is a whole lot harder than I thought it would be, I am not a "pinner" but look at all of the pins I needed to use.</div>
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I will definitely try this technique again, but next time I will give myself some extra room to trim the blocks down, there wasn't much wiggle room with the original pattern. Which is from the Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine, Issue Twelve, designer Julianna Gasiorowska of Sewing Under Rainbow blog. </div>
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Linking my DREAM PILLOW to the 2019 Pantone Quilt Challenge over at <a href="https://bryanhousequilts.com/2019/06/2019-pantone-quilt-challenge-link-party.html" target="_blank">Bryan House Quilts</a></div>
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18" squared</div>
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-49308283087377955462019-04-16T17:58:00.000+02:002019-04-16T18:01:25.661+02:00Washi tape Easter Eggs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You will find it so easy to decorate your Eggs this Easter with<br />
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First boil the eggs to the proper hardness, I boil mine for 12 minutes, getting the water to a boil and then turning it down to a simmer for 12 minutes.</div>
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Next- Dye some of them with Red Cabbage, that's right,<br />
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Red cabbage will dye your eggs a beautiful shade of blue.
Shred 2 cups of cabbage, place in a saucepan and add enough water to
submerge cabbage. Bring to boil and simmer for 30 minutes. Let cool, for every 1 cup of dye add 1 TBSP of vinegar.
Gently add eggs to dye solution. Put in refrigerator over night or until you get
your desired color. It can take up to 24 hours or up to 36 hours for darker eggs, the eggs that didn't turn out very well are the one's that I covered with Fabric Washi Tape :)</div>
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<u><b>Tiled Washi Tape Egg</b></u></div>
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Cut washi strips into 1/4" by 1/2"and stack along like you would when tiling a wall.</div>
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<u><b>Easy Thin strip Criss-Cross Washi Tape Egg </b></u></div>
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Slice the washi strips at 1/4"and wrap around the egg, you can do it a couple of times,</div>
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or just twice to give it a "Cross"shape, like the one below</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(this little egg had a crack right down the middle, covering it with washi was a perfect solution)</td></tr>
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<u><b>Triangle slices Washi Taped Eggs</b></u></div>
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The above egg was made with just 1 color, the washi is 1/2" wide and cut at a 30 degree angle and then straight and then again at a 30 degree angle and etc.</div>
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The rainbow version below was made with 1/4" wide fabric washi strips and cut at 30 degree angles and then again at a 30 degree angle and then repeat..... making mini triangles</div>
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I have used Fabric Washi for all of these eggs, I sell this Handmade fabric washi in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MaraCreates" target="_blank">Etsy Shop</a>.</div>
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Are you going to decorate your Easter Eggs with some Washi tape?</div>
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What design styles and shapes will you make?</div>
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-54168593017683303182018-07-30T11:39:00.000+02:002018-07-30T11:39:01.618+02:00Quick trip to Athens<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Everyone, Thank you for your concern regarding the fires in Athens. A terrible tragedy, but we are very far removed from the horrible disaster. We did happen to be in Athens last week, just before the fires started, but were there for only 1 night, a quick trip to renew the kids passports.<br />
Here are some pictures to show you what we did while there, mostly all about the food!<br />
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We immediately stopped at KFC, Arthur's favorite fast food place, Nik gives it a thumbs up as well.<br />
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Katerina was bummed she wanted McDonalds<br />
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SO 5 minutes later we walked across the street and ate at McD's!! Now everybody is happy but mama(me). It really is fantastic that they have both KFC and McDonald's in such a local location of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntagma_Square" target="_blank">Syntagma Square</a>, the main metro station stops here just across the road. It's an easy walk to all of the ancient sites. We are what I would call expats, so I can understand why we were eating at all of the American fast food places, but what I find disgusting is seeing all the Americans that are just off of the plane from America eating at these places. I mean come on people, you cross half the world to eat this *&%* ????<br />
What I have been craving is some Mexican food, so we looked on-line before leaving the house and found a Mexican restaurant just down 2 blocks and around the corner from these American fast food places, woohoo, so excited and it was so good!<br />
Oh but wait we did take a food break first and walked around the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Garden,_Athens" target="_blank">National Gardens</a> just across from Syntagma Square and next to the Parliament building, which is worth seeing the changing of the guard if you haven't been to Athens before. The gardens are huge and we got a little lost, and never did find the playground, not sure if there really is one?<br />
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On our way out we saw the Temple of Olympian Zeus.<br />
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Inside the park the greenery was amazing, different plants from around the world, check out this huge cactus, I can't even imagine when it was planted, it was next to a pond filled with lots of Koi fish.<br />
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They also had a Zoo, now I will use this term loosely because well it was not very impressive, haha. They had some goats and rabbits and several different kinds of birds.<br />
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A lot of it was abandoned and perhaps at one time it was so much grander,<br />
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but now it was more like a forgotten part of history the most populated area was a pond filled with turtles, a lot of turtles, I mean a lot, no photographs of that, because it was kind of disgusting.<br />
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I really liked these flowers, very cottage garden style and they were growing in abundance, does anyone know the name of them?<br />
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It's back to eating time!! Let's do Mexican food, we found this place called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MamacitaTacosGR/" target="_blank">Mamacita's,</a> the art work on the walls was fantastic and it had the most authentic Mexican food I have had since living in Greece (I will have to tell you some of my horror stories another time).<br />
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Pina Colada anyone? I haven't had one of these in years, decades! It was kind of a tie, this or a margarita, but the margarita glasses were super tiny, so I went with the bigger glass, wink wink.<br />
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We ordered nachos and soft tacos and I had fajitas, so so good. The guacamole dip was fresh and not brown, like other restaurants I have been to.<br />
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In typical Greek style it was a little too much food, I would have preferred a cheaper price with a little less food, I am guessing there was 2 maybe 3 chicken breast on my plate, so much food. But really good!<br />
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Also for my fabric loving friends I finally found a fabric store that had cotton fabrics, it is right across from Starbucks, just down and a little off of Ermou street, a very popular street for shopping.<br />
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I was really impressed with their selection and wish my husband wasn't with me, cause that meant I didn't get to buy anything, boohoo. But a great selection of linen and cotton and in so many beautiful colors and at great prices the one piece I had my hands on was only 7.50 euro's a meter, sigh, such a beautiful blue. I will definitely be returning here when we need to decorate our new B&B. There are several other fabric stores, up and down in this area, but most are old style fabrics, not in my style and the husband wouldn't let me explore the interiors, but I would suggest visiting <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NaturalGreekFabrics/" target="_blank">Natural Greek Fabrics </a>if you are in Athens. Also who could ask for a better view, just looking down the street and I could see the Parthenon!<br />
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So that was our day in Athens, we also enjoyed some Ice-Cream and the next day we went to the Embassy to renew the kids passports, we ate KFC and McDonald's one last time. We also purchased enough to take home for the 5 hour train ride. <br />
We love to travel to see historical sites, but our favorite thing to do when we leave our house and explore new areas is to eat. While normally not in Athens or Thessoloniki we enjoy great Greek food and if you are traveling here, please eat Greek food, start with Tzatiki a greek yogurt dip, then have a Greek salad, then enjoy a dish specifically Greek, Pastitsio (greek lasagna), Greek lamb, Calamari, or even if you want fast food, eat a Gyro, please don't come all the way to Greece to eat at KFC or McDonald's, please.</div>
Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-1969606856900001052018-04-07T16:24:00.001+02:002018-04-07T18:58:32.963+02:00Easy Quilter's Washi Card<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is by far the easiest card you can ever make, super simple. If your favorite fabric designer is Alison Glass or Tula Pink, you can find their fabrics in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MaraCreates" target="_blank">Etsy shop as Fabric Washi</a>.<br />
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Supplies: Quilter's Fabric Washi, Stamp, Ink Pad, Card Stock and zigzag Scissors/Pinking shears (optional)<br />
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First Trim your Quilter's Washi Tape with the zigzag Scissors, this step is optional, but I think it adds just a bit of fun to the fabric washi. I cut my strips to 2" and then trimmed around them.<br />
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Next stamp your image on the fabric, you may want to test your ink first to make sure it shows up on the fabric, I used some Craft and Every Surface ink that I happened to already have on hand.<br />
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Then just peel the tape backing off and place it on your card, see easy peasy!<br />
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I also used the Quilter's Washi Tape in Alison Glass's 2018 SunPrints<br />
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To make this Pennant card, using the Diatom print.<br />
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You can pick up your favorite Fabric washi in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MaraCreates" target="_blank">shop MaraCreates</a>!<br />
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-51544202458991945722018-03-17T19:45:00.000+02:002018-03-17T19:45:59.165+02:00Mind Blowing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello, hello, I am about ready to share what has blown my mind this last week!<br />
A new to me way to get the photographs I have always wanted!<br />
When I see someone making great photos, I ask them, how do you make such great photos, and they are always so nice to share their secrets. The top two seem to be...<br />
1. Photograph next to a sunny window<br />
2. Use a photo enhancing program, like photoshop<br />
Well I try to photograph by a sunny window, I only have one room with a window, but I do try to make it there when the sun is shining. The photoshop thing though was way out of my pay league at this moment, so that was a big fat no, on using that tip.<br />
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I have also taken Photography classes with Craftsy, I found these 2 really helpful, <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/photography/classes/product-photography-at-home/40477" target="_blank">Product Photography At Home</a> using the tip about the paper backing was helpful and I found something similar at my local paper shop. Look at this before and after photo, just from changing my "background"<br />
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The next class was <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/photography/classes/basics-of-digital-photography/35447" target="_blank">Basics of digital photography</a> I really likes his class, because I was actually able to remember all the information about Aperture and etc. I have taken many photography classes, but most of the info just goes in one ear and out the other, but for some reason when he talked about it, I was finally able to understand. Of course it might of helped that he did his photography in New Mexico and it made me slightly homesick so I watched the videos with an eagle eye.<br />
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How were you able to watch all of these classes you ask? Did you come into some money? No I didn't come into money but Craftsy now has a program called <a href="http://landing.craftsy.com/multi/?redirect=true" target="_blank">Craftsy Unlimited</a> and it is awesome, I only signed up for a month, but I would love to sign up full time, it was wonderful being able to watch whatever class I wanted without feeling the pressure of what if I don't like the class. When in College I always signed up for 18 or 21 credits, just in case there was a class I didn't like, I could easily drop it and not worry about going below my 15 credits a semester rule. This is how I felt about the Craftsy Unlimited, I could start to watch a class, but if I didn't click with the teacher or found the subject wasn't what I wasn't looking for, no problem I would stop watching and look for a different class. <br />
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Now to tell you about the FREE computer site that will take your photos from looking drab to fab..<br />
<a href="https://fotofuze.com/" target="_blank">FOTOFUZE</a><br />
This takes your I tried to make this a white background and makes them truly white. I think it adds a professional look to my pictures, like they are out of a magazine.<br />
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Where did I hear about this site? Well this is another thing you will need to do if you are a Etsy seller or a Small Business owner, go sign up for Renae Christine FREE webinar titled,"Your First 100 Etsy Sales", you can find her<span style="color: grey; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;"> <a href="http://cupcaketrainings.com/" target="_blank">HERE.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;">So what do you think? I'm excited to do more of the things that Renae mentions in her webinar, exciting things to come.</span></div>
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-60232820274522031422017-12-24T11:52:00.001+02:002017-12-24T11:52:20.790+02:00Winner's and the sicky ickies! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have my 3 winner's! <br />
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The first winner is from the blog <a href="http://wont-to-bequilter.blogspot.gr/" target="_blank">Barbara</a>, she is the sweetest and I am so happy to send her a thread of Aurifil to try. Congratulations Barbara!<br />
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The second winner to try out a spool of Aurifil is Kari_627swaps from Instagram<br />
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Congratulations Kari, so excited for you :) <br />
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And the "Grand Prize Winner" of 3 Large spools of Aurifil and 6 FQ's of Art Gallery Fabrics goes to Quilts in Texas on Instagram<br />
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Congratulation Hilda! <br />
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Now for an explanation of the delay in getting the winner's out, if you want to read about the sicky ickies you can continue reading :)<br />
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It's been a rough 4 weeks, Katerina was sick with a virus of vomiting and diarrhea, but then she also got a cold with a fever and a cough and that is why we ended up in the hospital we couldn't control the fever and in the end she wasn't eating anything. So we checked into the hospital for 4 days to get her fever under control and to get some fluids in her. Her cough continued but everything else was cleared up, if you know what I mean ;)<br />
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Next Nik was home a week with the vomiting and diarrhea :( finally he got over that and then Arthur (my husband) was taken out with the cold of a fever and cough. And then I got the fever and cough and just was able to drag myself out of bed yesterday after spending the last 4 days tucked up and it's not done yet, Nik now has the fever and cough. So we are all coughing up a storm here, it has been a true icky month and I hope we will all be healed by the end of December so we can start enjoying ourselves again!<br />
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-41040363703601988052017-12-05T17:07:00.001+02:002017-12-05T17:07:17.174+02:00Mister Domestic's Tool Box and Aurifil Giveaway!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I was so excited to have won Mister Domestic's Aurifil Tool Box, if you don't know who Mathew is, I would suggest you go and check him out. He is super amazing and always creating something that makes me say ooohhhhh...... you can find <a href="https://misterdomestic.net/" target="_blank">his blog here </a>or on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/misterdomestic/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/misterdomestic/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> as well.<br />
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He also does a lot of YouTube videos and even did one about the reason's he picked these 12 colors for his Aurifil Tool Box, go check it out <a href="https://youtu.be/MuyjQ1oQuBY" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
I was going to go into details about the threads, but you can really get all the info you need from his YouTube video, but I do want to share some of this thread.<br />
So first I will be sending 2 threads to 2 different people who have never tried Aurifil before, gasp, what are you waiting for, just kidding.<br />
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Both 50wt and very nice basics, the white white is Aurifil #2024 and what I like to call linen color is Aurifil #2312 Tell me in the comments if you have never tried Aurifil before and if you are a white white kind of sewer or more of a linen girl/guy.<br />
Also I want to give away these 3 colors and 6 FQ's of Art Gallery Fabrics.<br />
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A mixture of weights, 50 wt. #2410 my favorite pink, 40wt. #2810 a gorgeous blue and the 28wt #2140 a stunning gold perfect for top stitching.<br />
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If you have sewn with Aurifil tell me what is your favorite color? I use 2021 as my white (more like snow if you use those colors of fabric) and 4241 as my black (it's a blue black matches a lot of lovely fabrics out there) but my favorite blender is the #2600 Dove a nice grey.<br />
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-4340075190861280452017-11-27T12:42:00.001+02:002017-11-27T12:42:23.903+02:00What's a Name Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have always wanted to explain what a Name Day meant to non-Greeks. It is really brilliant on the Greeks part, instead of celebrating Birth-days, the day you are born, they celebrate your name day. Pretty much every Calendar year is the same, for example Nikolaos name day is December 6th every year, Katerina is celebrated on November 25th. So every Katerina that you know you call her or visit her on her name day and wish her a Χρονια Πολλα (meaning Many Years). So simple, you don't need to remember individual birthdays, just call all your friends that are named Katerina on the same day and your done, lol.<br />
So since Katerina's name day fell on a Saturday this year we took the kids up to Thessaloniki for a day of fun. Thessaloniki is a 3 hour trip and we paid over 20euros in tolls, the new government used to fight and block tolls because of the "expense" and yet now that they are in power our trip cost have gone up 30% and that's just the tolls, gas price is also up! Right now at market a barrel of gas is at 59, and we pay 1.58euro a liter at the station or $7 a gallon for my American friends. At the time of the old government a barrel was going for around 120 and we were only paying 1.35/1.40 euro a liter! A good price considering the cost, what in the world is the new government doing with the money, a little rant, they got into power saying how they were going to cut taxes and etc. but OMG! they are just gauging us with new taxes every day! Our phone bill went up 30euros last month, not because I was calling my American family or anything just in taxes, extra taxes!!!<br />
Okay back to our fun trip, that cost 120euros just for gas :)<br />
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We stopped at McDonald's first, no I never ate it while living in the States, but we love eating it here! The Greek equivalent is Goody's and the burgers taste like cardboard, yuk.<br />
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I found the new McDonald's decorations disturbing, life size pixelated pictures of people doing things, a Grandfather and Grandmother reading on a couch, a couple walking their dogs, etc.<br />
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But they did have these cool magic tables that the kids played on, pretty sweet, and you could also order inside from a computer screen and with a credit card, kinda weird.<br />
After McD's we went to the mall to watch a movie and walk off our overeating post belly's, we saw Despicable Me 3, it was fun, and then we ate at KFC, yes we ate again, haha.<br />
Katerina also got a toy her first LOL doll and she hit the jackpot by getting the Ultra Rare glitterati Splash Queen I think is her name.<br />
Anyways, to sum it up a name day is kind of like the birth day but everyone with the same name celebrates the same day, Nik's will be next!<br />
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-48304723595879589252017-05-25T09:05:00.000+02:002017-05-25T13:32:36.884+02:00Riding An Ambulance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I took a little detour in my future business plans to go on my first Ambulance ride. Let's back up a little, Nik got the stomach bug at the beginning of last week, Tuesday morning he woke up with stuff coming out the front and back, if you know what I mean. The throwing up only lasted the one day and he did it only 4 times, but the back door was left open and there was a lot of that stuff going on. Katerina also got sick with the same thing at school on Thursday so we brought her home, but she was feeling better by Saturday night, but Nik he was not doing good. On Saturday and Sunday the diarrhea had started to look white and it still sounded like he was turning on a faucet when he went in the bathroom, it was just pouring out. Monday morning he had another bathroom visit and we decided it was time to go to the Hospital.<br />
The closest hospital for us to go to is in Trikala a 20 minute drive. We arrived after dropping Katerina off at school and waited. Greek hospitals are an interesting thing, you get your paper from the front (showing them you have insurance) then you go wait in your area for the doctor, the doctor's generally arrive between 9-10 and for the most part it is a first come first serve situation. But some people can be a bit pushy, we had one on this visit, she didn't even have a child with her, looked like a drug addict and was asking for drugs for her "sick child", the nurse and doctor just ignored her.<br />
Our Pediatric doctor was young, she only ran a blood test on Nik and asked us to come back later when we had the results.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the blood test results, Nik was born here just a little over 9 years ago.</td></tr>
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As we waited Nik got sick again, luckily I had wipes on me, because the hospitals do no have toilet paper or paper towels in the bathrooms and first I had to find a bathroom that was not dirty, yuk...<br />
We came back with the blood test results, and they had us do a ultra-sound and x-ray, then they admitted us upstairs to start some fluids for Nikolaos.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arthur had gone to pick up Kat, we are waiting to do the X-ray in this picture.</td></tr>
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When we got upstairs we had a different doctor and she felt it would be better if Nik went to Larissa, a bigger town with Pediatric surgeons, they didn't have any pediatric surgeons in Trikala. Both Arthur and I were a little resistant to this since it felt unnecessary but she was adamant that with Nik's pre-existing condition, he was born with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirschsprung%27s_disease" target="_blank">Hirschsprung's</a> and half of his colon was removed. That if there was any need for surgery he would need to be close to doctor's who could perform them. So I waved good-bye to Katerina and Arthur and Nik and I went on an Ambulance ride.<br />
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Nik did this same exact trip when he was just a few hours old, so he was old hat to it and fell asleep on the journey. I on the other hand had my fist clinched as we shuttled at jet speed down the free-way in the clanking metal death contraption, the 1 hour trip took only about 30 minutes. We slowed down as we entered the city only because of the traffic and then we screeched into the ambulance entrance with the roof scraping the top of ambulance bay. A doctor had sat in the back with me the whole way and when we arrived we waited for another doctor to come down to accept Nik into the hospital, by then it was 5 pm. and the place was dead, like scary dead, the nurse looked bored as she played on her phone.<br />
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The hospital doctor arrived after 20 minutes, listened to what the other doctor had to say, looked at the X-ray and then admitted Nik. The first doctor along with the ambulance crew, who had stayed took off back to Trikala. This new doctor requested we do another X-ray, jeez, so an orderly came with a wheelchair to take Nik there.<br />
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This hospital was scary, no one around except us, loads of pallets all over. The hospital staff were not friendly at all, poor Nik was just pushed around by the X-ray technician, no explanation at all, "hey we are going to lift your shirt off, move a little to the right" nothing, she just pushed him and undressed him like he was a Ken doll. Then the orderly wheeled us up to our hole in the wall room, ugh.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 beds, 4 closets, no bathroom, Thank goodness we were the only ones in the room.</td></tr>
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The bathroom was in another room that had one child in it, otherwise it was just the 2 kids and their moms on this floor.<br />
Thank goodness for Greek hospital verandah's I'm pretty sure American hospitals do not have these, but I would recommend them to any Hospital Architect to have these built, they are pretty sweet.<br />
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I took this picture in the early morning and shortly after a nurse came in to put some medicine directly into the drip system, she must have pushed it in to fast because it ended up making Nik's arm balloon up like Popeye. So out came the drip system.<br />
The Pediatric surgeon arrived, poked around Nik's abdomen declared nothing was wrong and sent us to the pediatric ward. They wanted to put the drip system back in but even the head pediatric doctor had trouble finding a viable vein, even after assuring me that he knew what to do, versus people in other places, lol.<br />
So we spent a second night in this hospital, at least here, they kept asking for pee and stool samples, which I couldn't understand why they didn't ask for those at the first hospital, but after the one night on a drip system, Nik was as good as new, and we were discharged after many hours of waiting on Wednesday, we didn't leave the hospital till 4, Nik fell asleep in the car and when we got home he went straight to bed and slept till 5 this morning a good 12 hour sleep, perfect for healing the body.<br />
Funny story:<br />
One time when I was walking to the room an elderly women approached me to ask if I could travel with her on the elevator, she was scared to ride alone. I said sure no problem, poor little thing here all alone, but she had reason to be scared because look what was going on when we were exciting the hospital.<br />
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That's right, they were working on the elevator, I'm not sure if anyone got stuck on it or not, but it was the same one I had taken with the elderly woman the day before, lol. </div>
Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-44648098790156089602017-05-01T18:02:00.002+02:002017-05-01T18:02:42.341+02:00The Business Plan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm excited about my new business venture.</div>
I will soon be selling Cottage Garden Threads here in Europe! Don't know what they are, please go visit this page to see a small video and learn more, <a href="http://www.cottagegardenthreads.com.au/threads/features/" target="_blank">here. </a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used some of the colors in this embroidery hoop, it was easy to make with the variegated thread.</td></tr>
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I love these threads, they are already cut in easy to use lengths, the
colors are gorgeous and unlike most variegated they change colors in
short amounts and are easy on the eye as they change.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.followthewhitebunny.com/single-post/2017/02/06/Tutorial-Detached-Chain-Stitch-variation" target="_blank">Detached Chain Stitch</a></td></tr>
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I have been following Nicole over at <a href="https://www.followthewhitebunny.com/blog" target="_blank">Follow the White Bunny</a> on learning some new embroidery stitches,<br />
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It's a nice slow sew along.<br />
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My plan is to start with the threads and I am working with a local business in using a Laser Cutting machine to make "Embroidery Accessories" and also EPP papers, check my new <a href="https://gr.pinterest.com/laserhobbies/" target="_blank">Pinterest Page </a>to get an idea of what I am talking about.<br />
Very excited, let me know if you have any questions.</div>
Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-76983245842766245822017-05-01T11:10:00.000+02:002017-05-01T11:27:53.500+02:00Floss Thread Giveaway<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sewing and Embroidery together, make me happy.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What I recently worked on, an EPP and Embroidery mini. </td></tr>
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Last year I came across a new to me embroidery company, <a href="http://www.cottagegardenthreads.com.au/" target="_blank">Cottage Garden Threads</a>, they are based in Australia and are a Mom and Daughter team. I really love these threads and I am hoping to soon be carrying them here in Greece, so they are easier to get to the rest of the European countries.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Butterfly and Cocoon are perfect choices for making pretty embroidered moths on Alison Glass fabrics.</td></tr>
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So this means I want to get rid of all of my "old" threads, would you like to win a jar full of threads? (jar not included :)<br />
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25 skeins of <a href="https://sublimestitching.com/collections/threads-sublime-floss" target="_blank">Sublime Floss</a> and several handmade wound paper bobbins filled with DMC and Anchor threads, most of them have their numbers written in pencil or Frixion pen in case you want to know the number. <br />
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How to enter to win this big bundle of threads.</div>
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<li>First entry is free, just leave your e-mail address so I can contact you if you win.</li>
<li>Second entry, if you already follow me somehow, just state where.</li>
<li>Third entry follow one of my NEW accounts either on Instagram, @laserhobbies.eu or check out my NEW <a href="https://gr.pinterest.com/laserhobbies/" target="_blank">Pinterest page</a> and follow me there or on Facebook as well, you don't have to do all 3, but if you want to :) you can.</li>
<li>Fourth entry, check out the colors from <a href="http://www.cottagegardenthreads.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CGT-SIGNATURE-COLOUR-CHART-2017.pdf" target="_blank">Cottage Garden threads</a> (this is a PDF file) and try to pick just 10 favorites, e-mail me your list, not only will you get 5 points for doing this step, but I will also put you in a separate giveaway and when my thread order comes in I will give you a set of Cottage Garden threads! WOW!</li>
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I also have several old embroidery thread sets for sale if you are interested, the first one is for kids, more information and pictures can be found on my Instagram account @mara.creates<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old "teach kids to sew" kits from a Greek elementary school. $15 shipping included.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> "Breakdance" thread set (never opened) 1/2 yard of Heather Ross snails, I think they look like they are dancing. $12 plus shipping $4</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Flowerbox" thread set (never opened) plus some fun matching fabrics. $12 plus shipping $4</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-23394822808763523502017-04-11T21:39:00.000+02:002017-04-11T21:39:46.787+02:00Aurifil Bag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I would like to Thank Everyone who has voted for my <a href="http://maracreates.blogspot.gr/2017/03/sew-many-colors-mini.html" target="_blank">Sew Many Colors Rainbow Mini</a>, and just in case you haven't and would like to you can hit this <a href="http://www.inlinkz.com/new/view.php?id=699709" target="_blank">LINK</a> and it will take you to the voting page. Only 1 vote per person and I am number 12, just tap the heart.<br />
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I took my Mini and turned it into a Bag, made a little tutorial for you if you would like to make one as well.<br />
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You can get the <a href="http://www.aurifil.com/patterns" target="_blank">free Sew Many Colors Mini pattern here</a>.<br />
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To make your own bag, make the mini, I used Fat Quarter Shop's easy tutorial for using the backing fabric as your binding. And now let's make the zipper closure.<br />
2- 14" Separating Zippers (in Greece they call them Jacket zippers)<br />
4- 2" x 15" pieces of fabric<br />
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We are going to take the fabric and fold them like we would when making binding, first fold the short ends in by 1/4", then fold lengthwise in half (press with an iron) and then open out and fold it into the middle, you will end up with a thing strip of fabric like the one on the right.<br />
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I found it easier to unzip the zippers and then opened the fabric strip up aligning one edge and sewing as close as I could to the zipper. Folding the fabric back around the edge of the zipper and then sewing it down again, getting the back side.<br />
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Be careful when sewing around zippers, I always change my needle to an old one, and leave a long tail of thread at the end so I can go back and hand sew a few extra stitches for where I tucked in the head of the zipper.<br />
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Start at the seam of where the Paper Pieced A is.<br />
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Wrap it around the sides, you can put a handle in if you like, mine is the selvedge (2) 2.5" x 9"<br />
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Hand sew the zipper to the binding just like you would when sewing on binding by hand.<br />
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If you have any questions let me know, it's a pretty easy adaption to the pattern and can open up fully and you can even put it back up on the wall, this picture was taken after adding the zipper and you can't even tell it's there.<br />
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It fits my box of Aurifil perfectly and I will be making a little fabric tray to go next to it, perfect for taking along on sewing retreats.<br />
Would you like to have an Aurifil Bag? What colors would you use?<br />
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-79913040810144865022017-04-08T10:48:00.000+02:002017-04-08T10:48:31.473+02:00Bunny Easter Bag<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I made one <a href="https://www.onethimble.com.au/pattern-hack-darling-daisy-easter-basket/" target="_blank">Bunny bag </a>and then they just multiplied like, well rabbits!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Table runner pattern and blog post, <a href="http://maracreates.blogspot.gr/2017/04/easy-easter-table-runner.html" target="_blank">can be found here.</a></td></tr>
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I had to make them in ALL the colors, using V and Co. Spectrum fabrics with some of their ombre solids.<br />
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My daughter doesn't like her dolls or toys to have their eyes closed, so I made a special face for her bunny. The lower lashes are the same shape as the upper lashes, I just turned the pattern upside down and added the lashes only to the exterior parts of the eyes.<br />
The heart shaped eyes are a smaller version of the nose pattern.<br />
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They turned out so cute, I bet you want to make your own, right!</div>
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You can find the <a href="https://www.onethimble.com.au/pattern-hack-darling-daisy-easter-basket/" target="_blank">pattern and information here</a> on how to make your own Bunny Bags.</div>
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Looking so pretty on my new <a href="http://maracreates.blogspot.gr/2017/04/easy-easter-table-runner.html" target="_blank">table runner</a>.</div>
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But 2 are going to be gifted to my nieces, they will be a little late for Easter, </div>
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but I think that will be okay :)</div>
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-34920489220324357242017-04-04T16:33:00.000+02:002017-04-08T10:48:53.763+02:00Easy Easter Table Runner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is a free pattern from <a href="http://www.meandmysisterdesigns.com/patterns/?id=9" target="_blank">Me and My Sister Designs</a>, I used a mini jelly roll of V and Co. Ombre Color Theory solids with a few prints from their Spectrum fabric line. Originally I was going to applique a bunny onto the runner, but then I thought that would limit the table runner to being only used during Easter.<br />
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Or course Aurifil was used and since I was using Ombre fabric, what better than ombre thread (aka. variegated)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4660 Pink Taffy, 3320 Spring Green, 4662 Spotted, 4669 Stonewash blues, 4670 Silver Fox</td></tr>
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I also changed the pattern slightly to do a little bit QAYG (Quilt As You Go) style, since I have a hard time keeping my batting to stay in place while sewing (read here: I hate pinning) So I sewed the 5 color groupings together and then sewed each one onto the batting.<br />
Above you can see the Pink is down using wonder clips, I sewed just an 1/8 of an inch to the right of each seam and when I got to the 5th strip, I sewed on my light green (5) strips, right sides together, flipped it over, gave it a good iron and then continued by sewing just a smidge to the right of each seam and when I finished the light green I added the blue green and etc.<br />
Then I followed the directions to add on the back/sides of the table runner. I used the dark blue V and Co ombre for that.<br />
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Just making a few more Easter things for the table and we will be ready for a great holiday, kids start school break this Friday for 2 weeks.<br />
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The cute Easter bunny basket is a pattern Hack from Molly and Mama's Darling Daisy Bag, find more<a href="https://www.onethimble.com.au/pattern-hack-darling-daisy-easter-basket/" target="_blank"> information here</a>.<br />
I just might make an Easy Table runner for all the seasons, mmm.... summer hear we come!<br />
Check out the hashtags #meandmysisterdesigns #easytablerunner or #12contestmeandmysisterdesigns on IG to see what other people have made</div>
Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-3941920355735256722017-03-31T21:53:00.001+02:002017-04-12T08:24:01.866+02:00Sew Many Colors Mini<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I love Aurifil and I just so happen to have a ton of Kona Cotton Solids.</div>
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I picked out my Rainbow of Aurifil and matched them up with the Kona, now in case you don't have 100 FQ's of Kona laying around or even Aurifil laying around you can always check with <a href="http://www.play-crafts.com/blog/tools/" target="_blank">Play Crafts Palette Builder </a>wonderful color tool, to find the perfect match!<br />
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Now my favorite Yellow and Pink from Aurifil is their Variegated thread, so I made my spools out of multiple fabrics for those spools.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4660 Pink Taffy, I use so much of this thread, it's crazy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4658 Limoni di Monterosso</td></tr>
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But my all time favorite color is Dove #2600<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2600 Dove, works with everything, can only get one color get this one!</td></tr>
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Did you notice I changed background fabric, yup, I was working along using Kona Snow (my favorite "white" fabric to use) and then when I was auditioning fabrics to represent Aurifil #6736 (my new favorite dark thread) it was up against my color blue and I realized that Kona Graphite made all the pretty rainbow colors POP!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colors Pop off of the Graphite Background and the Aurifil #6736 matches very well</td></tr>
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Sadly the only other color that I know for sure of as far as the Kona goes is my light blue color, that is Robin Egg, my all time favorite Kona blue color and I matched it with Aurifil #2805.<br />
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In my Thread collection you will find:<br />
Red: 2250 <br />
Orange: 1133<br />
Yellow Variegated: 4658 <br />
Green: 5016<br />
Light Blue: 2805<br />
Dark Blue: 6738<br />
Purple: 2520<br />
Pink Variegated : 4660<br />
Grey: 2600<br />
White: 2021<br />
Dark Blue Grey: 6736<br />
and for things I want to be invisible Aurifil Monofilament<br />
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If you would like to make your own box of Aurifil you can get one with <a href="http://busyneedle.ch/shop/" target="_blank">Busy Needle Quilting</a>, what will you put in your's?<br />
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This mini is fun and easy to make, if you would like the pattern you can get it <a href="https://auribuzz.wordpress.com/2017/02/26/sew-many-colors-pattern-launch-contest-giveaway/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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It was windy and off and on rainy as we took photos today, I was hoping for a real rainbow, but no luck there :)<br />
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I would also really like to Thank my friend CeLynn for sending me a Bobbin Winder, it was very helpful for making this mini.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I use Aurifil #2600 when quilting the Variegated Threads, I don't want to waste any of the pretty Variegated color in the bobbin.</td></tr>
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Linking to the <a href="https://auribuzz.wordpress.com/2017/02/26/sew-many-colors-pattern-launch-contest-giveaway/" target="_blank">Sew Many Colors Contest with Aurifil</a><br />
And you can vote for my <a href="http://www.inlinkz.com/new/view.php?id=699709" target="_blank">mini here</a>, if you would like, sadly only 1 vote per person, there are so many great one's good luck picking out your favorite.<br />
Turn your mini into a Sewing Retreat bag, perfect for holding your Aurifil threads, <a href="http://maracreates.blogspot.gr/2017/04/aurifil-bag.html" target="_blank">Free tutorial can be found here. </a><br />
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-52084780282670808062017-02-14T13:19:00.002+02:002017-02-14T13:19:48.451+02:0014 Handmade Heart Projects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I love hearts, in general, not just for Valentine's day, I think all of these gifts could be given year round.<br />
I gathered 14 of my favorite FREE tutorials and ideas all in this post, if you now of some more, please let me know in the comment section. Have fun creating.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">14 Heart Projects, from quick paper projects to more larger quilt projects.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Paper Projects</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://wildolive.blogspot.gr/2017/02/printable-you-are-loved-stitchable.html" target="_blank">Wild Olive Heart Printable, ready to embroider. </a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Simply Notable a Free Tutorial on how to make this heart cozy along with a <a href="http://www.simplynotable.com/2016/heart-coffee-cozy/" target="_blank">Free Printable for the Latte Cups</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepartyevent.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/valentines-crafts-for-kids-a-long-distance-hug-a-beautiful-present-for-someone-special-diy/" target="_blank">For the kids to send a heart filled hug from afar</a></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Felt Ideas</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.polkadotchair.com/2015/01/sweetheart-zip-pouch-valentines-day-sewing-projects.html/" target="_blank">Zipper Pouch tutorial by Polkadot Chair</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://howtosew.com/blog/first-projects/heart-pincushion" target="_blank">A Heart Pincushion Tutorial on How to Sew</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/2013/01/16/valentines-day-embroidery-for-kids/" target="_blank">A great project to enjoy with the kids, some of it is non-sewing.</a></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Don't feel like cutting out your own felt hearts, you can buy<a href="http://www.benziedesign.com/collections/felt-fetti/products/felt-fetti-hearts-die-cut-shapes" target="_blank"> pre-cut heart's from Benzie Designs</a>, they are awesome!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mini Quilt Tutorials</b></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://heritage-threads.com/2016/06/02/jensfillerblocks-patchwork-heart/" target="_blank">This 6" block could be used all by itself in a mugrug or add more to make a little mini, from Heritage Threads</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mollyandmama.com.au/2017/02/08/make-a-love-heart-mini-quilt/" target="_blank">Cute Love Heart Mini Quilt tutorial from Molly and Mama</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cluckclucksew.com/2016/01/i-heart-you-free-mini-quilt-pattern.html" target="_blank">Cluck Cluck Sew mini Heart pattern</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2014/02/big-hearted-quilt.html" target="_blank">Moda Bakeshop Big Heart Patchwork Mini</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kittensandthreads.com/index.php/2016/01/11/encircled-love-free-mini-quilt-table-topper-pattern/" target="_blank">Kittens and Threads free pattern</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.canoeridgecreations.com/2016/01/free-tutorial-fresh-mini-quilt-club.html" target="_blank">Free HST Heart Mini Quilt from Canoe Ridge</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Heart Quilts</b></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.brownbirddesignsquilts.com/2017/02/free-whole-lotta-love-quilt-pattern/" target="_blank">Do you enjoy English Paper Piecing, then this Free Heart Quilt Pattern is for you from BrownBirdDesigns</a> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dearstelladesign.com/2014/01/big-love-quilt-tutorial-from-modern-handcraft/" target="_blank">This looks like an easy Big Impact Heart Quilt from Modern Handcraft</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b><span style="font-size: small;">Want even more Quilt ideas, these girls have a whole <a href="http://quiltinspiration.blogspot.gr/2014/01/free-pattern-day-hearts-and-valentines.html" target="_blank">bunch of Heart quilts</a> already linked, no reason to re-invent the wheel, although a few of them are above.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Heart Quilting Ideas </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Want some great ideas on how to quilt your hearts, how about with these motifs and free tutorials.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Free tutorials from Lori Kennedy, <a href="http://theinboxjaunt.com/2015/02/10/the-doodle-heart-a-free-motion-quilting-tutorial/" target="_blank">Doodle Heart </a>and <a href="http://theinboxjaunt.com/2017/02/07/hugs-and-kisses-a-free-motion-quilting-tutorial/" target="_blank">Hugs and Kisses </a></div>
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-47298067468600218122017-02-09T16:26:00.001+02:002017-04-08T10:11:55.865+02:00Blithe Quilt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Welcome to my Day on the Blog Tour, to see a list of everyone participating, please <a href="http://maracreates.blogspot.gr/2017/01/blithe-blog-tour-has-started.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br />
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I was really thrilled about getting the chance to work with <a href="http://www.agfblog.com/2016/12/the-wondrous-world-of-blithe-by-katarina-roccella.html" target="_blank">Katarina Roccella's Blithe fabrics</a> from Art Gallery Fabrics. I especially wanted to work with the Canvas from AGF, and like all AGF fabrics it is amazing "Feel the Difference" is as always the truth. In fact it is so great, that when it came in the mail, my husband asked if I was making something for him, he loves the feel of it, and if you think this is a common comment from him, it's not, he doesn't like me sewing, so for him to approve of just fabric was truly amazing.<br />
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Another thing I love about Art Gallery Fabrics is that they always do a great job of telling you what blenders/solids go great with a fabric collection. I picked up a few of the solids suggested Sweet Macademia, Quartz Pink (I love this color so much!!) and Mystic Grey, I had Ash and Moonstone on hand and think they look good with the fabric collection as well.<br />
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I also added a little bit of Katarina's first collection <a href="http://liveartgalleryfabrics.com/indelible/" target="_blank">"Indelible"</a> <br />
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For the binding I couldn't help but add another Art Gallery Fabric designer's fabric to the mix for the binding, using a flange binding technique with Quartz Pink as the solid, which looks beautiful against the canvas.<br />
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I was so happy to have Fat Quarter Shop's Orange Peel Templates, it helped a lot in the making of the feathers.<br />
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I ended up hand quilting it since I was having difficulties with my sewing machine, I like the way it turned out.<br />
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But I have a few more "white feathers" to hand quilt down and so I have not completed the quilt and I apologize about this.<br />
With all of the hand quilting I needed to take breaks for my finger sakes, so I also created the Airport Sling from the book "On the Go Bags"<br />
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I will be donating this for the Auction #sendkarritokorea that is going on on IG, this weekend.<br />
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I will complete the quilt as soon as possible, Thank you for the chance to create using your fabrics Katarina!<br />
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-25273231067223530182017-01-19T00:30:00.000+02:002017-02-20T09:02:01.863+02:00Blithe Blog Tour has Started!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm excited to announce the Blithe Blog and Instagram Tour.<br />
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On the first day we have Katarina Roccella the designer of the Blithe Collection for Art Gallery Fabrics.<br />
Her blog post can be found here, <a href="http://likeflowersandbutterflies.blogspot.gr/2017/01/blithe-fabrics-blog-tour.html" target="_blank">Like Flowers and Butterflies</a> , also be sure to check out her <a href="http://likeflowersandbutterflies.blogspot.gr/2016/12/dear-deer-quilt.html" target="_blank">Dear Deer Quilt</a> and her cute <a href="http://likeflowersandbutterflies.blogspot.gr/2016/12/christmas-stocking-tutorial-pattern.html" target="_blank">Christmas Stockings, a free pattern</a>.<br />
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I have copied this Instagram list from Katarina Roccella, (I will be linking the blog posts after they are published, too):<br />
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1. Erica Toole - January 18: Instagram only @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/skynme2/">skynme2</a></div>
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2. Mariana Diaz - January 19: Instagram only @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sewmariana/">sewMariana</a><br />
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3. Ashley Herrmann - January 20: Blogged at <a href="https://petitestitchery.com/blithe-blog-tour/" target="_blank">Petite Stitchery</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/petitestitchery/">petitestitchery</a><br />
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4. Isabelle Selak - January 21: Blogged at <a href="https://teachsewlove.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/quiltography-app-for-quilt-design/" target="_blank">Teach Sew Love</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/southbaybella/">southbaybella</a><br />
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5. Stacey Derksen - January 22: Instagram only @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sweet_finnagin_boutique/">sweet_finnagin_boutique</a><br />
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6. Eleri Kerian - January 23: <a href="http://sewandtellproject.com/beautiful-blithe-tote-tutorial/" target="_blank">Free Tote Pattern</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sewandtellproject/">sewandtellproject</a><br />
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7. Hemamalini Elumalai - January 24: <a href="http://www.malinisquilts.com/2017/01/blithe-fabrics-blog-tour-my-little-stars.html" target="_blank">Doll Mini Quilt</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/helumalai/">helumalai</a><br />
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8. Paola Baker - January 25: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/loveoffabrics/">loveoffabrics</a><br />
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9. Sue Stone - January 26: <a href="https://needleinafabricstash.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/blithe-fabrics-blog-tour/" target="_blank">Really lovely Linen shirt</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/needleinafabricstash/">needleinafabricstash</a><br />
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10. Cassie and Alexis - January 27: <a href="https://lilyshinecreates.com/2017/01/27/blithe-fabrics-blog-tour/comment-page-1/" target="_blank">Great Girl's dresses</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lilyshineforlittlelizardking/">lilyshineforlittlelizardking</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/myysweetsunshine/">myysweetsunshine</a><br />
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11. Carolina Moore - January 28: <a href="http://alwaysexpectmoore.com/2017/01/blithe-blog-tour.html" target="_blank">EPP Pillow</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/craftmoore/">craftmoore</a><br />
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12. Lesley Storts - January 29: <a href="https://stortsmarket.com/2017/01/29/blithe-blog-tour-and-pike-quilt/" target="_blank">Mini Quilt and Pincushions</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lesleystorts%20/">lesleystorts </a><br />
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13. Ali Brorsen - <a href="http://www.becauseofbrennaclothing.com/single-post/2017/01/29/Blithe-Blog-Tour" target="_blank">Beautiful dresses</a> and even a <a href="http://www.becauseofbrennaclothing.com/single-post/2016/11/12/Oh-Deer" target="_blank">shirt for a boy!!</a> January 30: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/becauseofbrenna/">becauseofbrenna</a><br />
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14. Kimberly Baird - January 31: Instagram only @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/monkeykimberly/">monkeykimberly</a><br />
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15. Rebecca Makas - <a href="https://restitcherator.blogspot.gr/2017/02/blithe-fabrics-blog-tour-you-dont-know.html" target="_blank">Half Rectangle Triangle Quilt</a> February 1: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/restitcherator/">restitcherator</a><br />
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16. Natalie Santini - February 2: <a href="http://www.hungryhippiesews.com/2017/02/blithe-blog-tour-stop.html" target="_blank">Yoga Mat Case and Essential oil case</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sewhungryhippie/">sewhungryhippie</a><br />
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17. Anna Durocher - February 3: <a href="http://annagcreates.blogspot.gr/2017/02/blithe-blog-tour.html" target="_blank">cute girl dresses</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bizzy_bean_clothing/">bizzy_bean_clothing</a><br />
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18. Sharon Mcconnell - February 4: <a href="http://colorgirlquilts.com/2017/02/blithe-beautiful-serene.html" target="_blank">Baby quilt</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/colorgirlquilts/">colorgirlquilts</a><br />
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19. Laura Scaramella - February 5: Instagram Only @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/petitestitchery/">petitestitchery</a><br />
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20. Audrey - February 6: <a href="http://skirtfixation.com/2017/02/blithe-fabrics-blog-tour/" target="_blank">Awesome Canvas ves</a>t @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/skirtfixation/">skirtfixation</a><br />
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21. Terra - February 7: <a href="http://mama-says-sew.blogspot.gr/2017/02/blithe-fabrics-blog-tour.html" target="_blank">the most adorable socks</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mamasayssewblog/">mamasayssewblog</a><br />
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22. Nichole Vogelsinger - February 8: <a href="https://wildboho.com/2017/02/02/blithe-fabrics-blog-tour/" target="_blank">The most beautiful hoops</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wildboho/">wildboho</a><br />
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23. Mara Capron - February 9: <a href="http://maracreates.blogspot.gr/2017/02/blithe-quilt.html" target="_blank">That's me, your here!</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mara.creates/">mara.creates</a><br />
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24. Anne Boundy - February 10: <a href="http://saidwithlove.com.au/blithe-blog-tour/" target="_blank">a really cool 3D mini</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anneboundy/">anneboundy</a><br />
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25. Heather Hatch - February 11: Instagram only @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tanglewood_lane_dolls/">tanglewood_lane_dolls</a><br />
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26. Michael Caputo - February 12: <a href="https://patchworkandpaper.wordpress.com/2017/02/12/welcome-to-the-blithe-world-tour/" target="_blank">Baby Quilt </a>@ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/patchworkandpaper/">patchworkandpaper</a><br />
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27. Julia Liebl-Fern - February 13: <a href="http://finefabric.de/the-blithe-blog-tour/" target="_blank">Quilt and Tote</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/finefabric/">finefabric</a><br />
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28. Nicole Young - February 14: <a href="https://lillyella.com/2017/02/14/blithe-fabrics-blog-tour/" target="_blank">Cathedral Window Pillow </a>@ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lillyellasworld/">lillyellasworld</a><br />
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29. Karly Nelson - February 15: <a href="http://www.paisleyroots.com/2017/02/blithe-tour.html" target="_blank">Girls dress and Cardigan</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/paisleyroots/">paisleyroots</a><br />
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30. Ines Hilsberg - February 16: <a href="http://naehzimmerplaudereien.com/2017/02/16/the-blithe-blog-tour-my-blouse/" target="_blank">Woman's Voile Blouse</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/naehzimmerplaudereien/">naehzimmerplaudereien</a><br />
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31. Geraldine Wilkins - February 17: <a href="http://livingwaterquilter.com/post/157354765917/blithe-fabrics-winter-crystals-i-was-thrilled" target="_blank">Lap Quilt</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/livingwaterquilter/">livingwaterquilter</a><br />
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32. Deanne Chambers - February 18: <a href="https://wildforesthandmade.com/2017/02/18/blithe-blog-tour/" target="_blank">Philosophers Thoughts Cowl Dress</a> and <a href="https://wildforesthandmade.com/2017/02/14/my-dear-deer-dress/" target="_blank">Deer dress</a> @ wildforesthandmade<br />
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33. Mathew Boudreaux - February 19: <a href="https://misterdomestic.net/2017/02/19/hexagonal-sewing-box-blithe-fabrics-blog-tour/" target="_blank">Hexagon Sewing Box</a> @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/misterdomestic/">misterdomestic</a><br />
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34. Judith Posdziech - February 20: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/septembers_delight/">septembers_delight</a><br />
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35. Elise Baek - February 21: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eliseandemelie/">eliseandemelie</a><br />
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36. Marija Vujčić - February 22: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mvquilts/">mvquilts</a><br />
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37. Elina Temmes - February 23: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/elinatemmes/">elinatemmes</a><br />
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38. Maja Wlusek - February 24: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/betyipiernaty/">betyipiernaty</a><br />
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39. Jennifer DauFerermany - February 25: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yokokudo88/">petitestitchery</a><br />
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40. Jacky Ayres - February 26: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jackyayresdesigns/">jackyayresdesigns</a><br />
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41. Yuliya Reshetnikova - February 27: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yureshetnikova/">yureshetnikova</a><br />
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42. Christine Bacquer Joubert - February 28: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lopolokko/">lopolokko</a><br />
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43. Katrin Umlauft - March 1: @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/puppilalla/">puppilalla</a><br />
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My Day is on February 9th, can't wait to show you what I am making with these beautiful fabrics, along with some gorgeous Brillo Aurifil threads!<br />
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-83139305788638099692017-01-18T23:44:00.000+02:002017-01-18T23:44:18.925+02:00Nik as Santa <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I owe you these videos, I realize unless you speak Greek, you won't understand a word of it, so enjoy :)<br />
There was a lot of singing at the beginning of the play.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">getting ready</td></tr>
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And Katerina's teacher made a speech.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the Principal on the left and Katerina's teacher on the right.</td></tr>
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-74288865300883547352017-01-02T13:54:00.000+02:002017-01-02T14:05:34.183+02:00Christmas 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So my computer is running poorly and Arthur tells me I need to get rid of some of my photographs, so you may be seeing lots of post in the next coming weeks, so I can put all of my photos somewhere.<br />
Starting with the most recent, this post will include pictures from Christmas Eve and Christmas day 2016.<br />
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On Christmas Eve I made a Kiwi tart, why Kiwi, well at the kids school they sent home each child a big bag of kiwi's, I'm guessing it was around 3 Kilo's or 6 pounds per bag. If you do the math there are about 100 kids at the school, yeah, that's a lot of Kiwi's <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kiwi's in the bowl are the leftover's from just one bag, the other bag of kiwi's I left at KokaRoka.</td></tr>
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It was pretty good, if you want the recipe I will have to make it again since I was just goofing around and made up my own thing.<br />
Katerina's godmother dropped by that evening so we ate Katerina's and Ero's favorite food, Spaghetti and Meat Sauce. She brought presents for the kids, she is always so sweet in remembering Nik as well, they both just adore her.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Barbie Farm Veterinarian </td></tr>
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She only got to stay for a little bit before going to visit her mother, she is living in Athens right now and Thankfully has a job, unlike 50% of the rest of the young people in Greece, so that's good.<br />
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Christmas morning we woke up to having the stockings stuffed by Miss Molly Mouse, I had just finished Nik's stocking the night before around 10pm, I know I love a deadline, haha.<br />
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Just like my Mom I like to put some mandarin's in the stocking (no walnuts) and the morning juice, a lollipop, this year the inside present was pretty fancy with some additions from Amanda (<a href="http://maracreates.blogspot.gr/2017/01/4-kids-christmas-2016-presents.html" target="_blank">see previous post for all of the gifts she sent</a>) Katerina was up first and had all of her stuff open by the time Nik came out, lol.<br />
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The Christmas Pickle hiding in the tree decided who got to open the first present, Katerina found it first, Arthur started pouting because I corrected him when he called it a Pepper and said it was a Pickle.<br />
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We always have the tree down at KokaRoka, there is more room and well I prefer it that way.<br />
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I asked what they would like to open first, present from Mommy and
Daddy, present from GeGe and GePa, present from mommy's friend Amanda or
present from Santa, and surprisingly enough they went in the order that
I suggested, I thought for sure they would say Santa's first, these
kids never cease to amaze me.<br />
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Katerina's gift from us was a Fairy coloring book with Fairy stickers and some neon markers she had been wanting.<br />
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Nik got a plate, bowl and cup set from Mommy and Daddy, you can see the excitement on his face, hehehe, but I got this for him because he was always complaining about using the "kiddy" cups from IKEA (they are plastic and he wanted a real cup). <br />
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From GeGe and GePa a Playmobile Hair Salon, Katerina spends hours playing make believe with her Playmobile and after playing teacher, doing hair and make-up is her next favorite topic.<br />
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Nik's gift from GeGe and GePa a game called Stratego, Nik's favorite thing to do is play games and especially military style games or Minecraft and he loves anything that requires some Strategy. So this was a perfect gift for him, now he just needs a whole bunch of cousin's around to play with him all of the time, Mommy is kind of Strategied out.<br />
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The Third present to be opened was from a swap I did with Amanda, she sent the kids a Handmade gift and I sent her kids a handmade gift, you can see the items swapped <a href="http://maracreates.blogspot.gr/2017/01/4-kids-christmas-2016-presents.html" target="_blank">here on this blog post.</a> <br />
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The kids opening their gift from Santa, Katerina got her much asked for Barbie house that folds up, we do have a small house and Nik got a Playmobile Farm, that I was very surprised he asked for. On both gifts Santa got a good deal, Katerina's was on sale from 40euros to 34euros and Santa had a coupon that had expired but that they still accepted for another 8euros off, so it came to a saving's of 14euros. Nik's gift Santa had a flier that said it would cost 40euros, but when Santa went to the toy store they wanted 58euros, Santa showed them the flier and they called the company "Playmobile" and then they honored the deal, so a savings of 18euros, Santa greatly appreciated all of the good deals.<br />
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For lunch we had pork in the oven with potatoes (also ate this on New Year's day) only Nik and I ate, since ΓιαΓια Katerina yelled at little Katerina and made her cry so she went home and Arthur was still pouting so he went with her.<br />
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Nik loves eating all things green, in fact we almost have a hard time getting him to eat meat, as soon as he taste any fat, he will stop eating the meat, so we have to be real careful in cutting the meat for him.<br />
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I hope you all had a Merry Christmas, does anyone else have a Scrooge in the Family? <br />
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-11724431319297902822017-01-01T16:13:00.002+02:002017-01-01T16:13:50.742+02:004 Kids Christmas 2016, The Presents<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I host an Instagram swap called #4kidschristmas and it's about sewing up a medium sized gift for a child for your partner. This year we did an open swap where you traded with your partner and kept in contact with each other. I really liked this because I got to know Amanda well and was able to talk to here about her kids and she was able to talk to me as well.<br />
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When I found out she sold Senegence Lipstick, I kind of begged her to send me a color, since I love it so much. And I would suggest you go out and buy it as well, it's fantastic, stay's on your lips forever, you can do many things and it won't come off (want a detailed list of what I did while wearing it, you can e-mail me, wink, wink ;) Her Instagram name is @lastinglipscolorado if you want to check it out.<br />
Amanda also made the kids the perfect gifts for Katerina a play mat, that she can play on with all of her little Playmobile. And Nik a Minecraft sword out of felt, the workmanship on the sword is amazing.<br />
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The secondary presents were perfect as well, I put these in the kids stockings, so they got them first thing in the morning.<br />
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Playmobile Santa for Katerina, it came with presents, but I couldn't find them when I took this photo, Katerina has been hiding them around the house. Lego Minecraft for Nik, we don't have these here in Greece, so this are super cool and Nik wants all of the other Minecraft Lego sets, lol. Thanks Amanda, hehe.<br />
Inside of the Handmade Pouches was a small Minecraft toy and also the Jelly Bean candies, again we don't have these here, Katerina was so excited to try these, she see's them on Challenge videos. So of course we had to do a taste challenge, we put them in a bowl and I wrote down the different flavors and the kids were supposed to guess the flavor, it was fun.<br />
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This is just half of the play mat so you can imagine the size, it will come in really handy when she is playing on the verandah during the summer with all of her Playmobile.<br />
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Nik with his sword.<br />
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This picture is classic, I just love Katerina's face.<br />
Thank you Amanda for making the kids's Christmas extra special.<br />
I made 2 stuffies for Amanda's girl's, from the book "Sew Fantasy Toys"<br />
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Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-85722173382840375422016-12-31T17:59:00.000+02:002017-04-08T10:12:19.292+02:00Tell Me a Story Pillow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I joined Amy of During Quiet Time for the <a href="http://duringquiettime.com/2016/11/tell-me-a-story-holiday-sewalong.html" target="_blank">Tell Me a Story Holiday Pillow</a> a version of her Tell Me A Story Quilt in her Intentional Piecing book.<br />
I love the idea of this quilt, but I'm really bad at being "scrappy" and although there are tips on how to make it not so scrappy I still decided to make the color around the fussy cut squares all one color, plus I was using scraps from another Christmas project, so it was a win win situation. Now to find the cutest center Christmas fabrics and along came Lucy of <a href="http://www.charmaboutyou.com/" target="_blank">Charm About You</a> blog, she sent me a FQ of the cutest Christmas fabric and I was able to make 6 blocks with it.<br />
The Stories: <br />
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Mr. Snowman was the fist to arrive in Santa's village, actually he never left since the elves made him last year.<br />
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This guy was next, he wanted to be there in case any of Santa's Reindeer ended up getting sick, his little bunny friend helped put lights up in his antler's, just in case it was Rudolf who got sick.<br />
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Little Nik ran ahead of his family he was so excited to see Santa coming.<br />
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Along came the rest of the Penguin family, little Katerina was wearing her new red scarf to show Santa.<br />
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The little red fox was also hoping to show off his new scarf to Santa.<br />
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Mr. Polar Bear brought several gifts for Santa to drop off with some of his family that had moved to Canada.<br />
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All six of these are from the same print, adorable right. I even had extra of the fabric and sent it to another friend who lives in the States, so this FQ went from the UK, to Greece, to USA!<br />
In Thanks, Tammy , sent me some cute fabrics she had been cutting up for her blocks.<br />
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I wanted the Santa that she had, it was perfect!<br />
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For the next block, this little elf was in charge of letting everyone know that Santa was coming, she told the bird's to spread the word in song, "Here Comes Santa Claus"<br />
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All the elves started to sing along.<br />
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Even Santa was singing along.<br />
It makes a perfect pillow, with slight changes to the original plan and what is written in the book. (guilty look here, I'm horrible at following directions and sometimes think I know what will look best)<br />
Here is the finished Pillow.<br />
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Quilted with Red Aurifil #2250 and Blue Aurifil #6738<br />
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Tammy sent me so many cute fussy cut squared that I just had to make a second pillow, <br />
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This one is based off of a Christmas Song, "Santa Clause is Coming to Town" especially the line, who is naughty and nice. I think the little girl above is on the naughty list and the one below is obviously on the nice list.<br />
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Again scrappy greens from a previous Christmas project, sadly I needed to order more of the grey fabric and even though I ordered it from the UK it did not make it here in time. So these will continue after Christmas.</div>
Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18423053931750504850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991673526352806447.post-57618154937479901222016-11-20T12:34:00.000+02:002017-04-08T10:12:41.031+02:00Luna Sol<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I recently got a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/472192739/fat-eighth-bundle-of-luna-sol-fabric?ga_search_query=luna+sol&ref=shop_items_search_1" target="_blank">Fat Eighth bundle</a> of the lovely Luna Sol from the designer Felice Regina<br />
OMG! I just love this fabric, the colors are fantastic, the little bunnies are cute.<br />
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I immediately had to make a project from them, so I decided to try out Sonic Stitches one hour basket hack, the <a href="http://www.sonicstitchesquilts.com/blog/tutorial-eliza-basket" target="_blank">Eliza Basket</a> with Foundation Paper Pieced geese. And also <a href="http://easypatchwork.blogspot.gr/2016/09/orange-peel-pincushion-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Karen's Orange Peel Pincushio</a>n, both are free tutorials (links will take you to a new page, so click away)<br />
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I used all 19 prints when making the Orange Peel Pincushion</div>
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The little blue bunnies hopping is my favorite print and I used that on the back.</div>
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The reason the pincushion isn't filled is that I was going to mail it as a gift, so it's flat :)</div>
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I couldn't leave the back side plain, and had to use my favorite designer, Alison Glass!</div>
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The basket is of course filled with Rainbow goodies from AG!</div>
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I did keep the original One Hour Basket, corner cutting dimensions of 3", </div>
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instead of the Eliza Basket 2.5" suggestion.</div>
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My FQ's fit better in the 3" boxed corners, but this did make the flying geese go right to </div>
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the edge of the basket, but I still love it and plan on making more.</div>
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Do you need to pick up some Luna Sol, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/janum?ref=l2-shop-info-name&search_query=luna+sol" target="_blank">Janum </a>sells them in F8 (what I got, but wish I had gotten more) </div>
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Also FQ bundles, 1/2 yard and 1 yard bundles.</div>
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She also has the matching Aurifil Thread small box available.</div>
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Also @iamlunasol Is doing a giveaway in regards to her <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iamlunasol/enamel-pins-by-iamlunasol?ref=category_newest" target="_blank">Kick Starter</a> for some Enamel pins</div>
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So be sure to go check that out.</div>
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Linking to <a href="http://mollisparkles.com/" target="_blank">Sunday Stash </a></div>
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