Customer Appreciation

A customer sent me a photo this week of dresses she made using Woodlands Squirrel and Hedgehog fabrics purchased from my shop. 

With her permission, I share this shot of her adorable girls in their new dresses.  Aren't they sweet.... and the dresses look great!

It is so much fun to see the wonderful creations people make with the fabrics they buy. 

Customer Appreciation

Emma Thomas-McGinnis, artist & quilter, made this lovely wall hanging for a Project Quilting challenge this week.  The challenge was to use only one color plus white in a project.

Emma used batiks from my shop to frame the beautiful shamrock embroidery she hand stitched on this piece.  You can read more about this project on her blog.

Thanks for sharing your work Emma.

Fabric Projects Spotted

Trolling the internet yesterday, I came across several projects made with fabrics from my shop.

Karen Griska makes some great pincushions.  Here is one using Amy Schimler's Large Blooms Fabric.  You can find more of Karen's pincushions here.

Juliet from Tartankiwi designed this pretty paper pieced butterfly block using Jenean Morrison Silent Cinema fabrics.  Juliet offers fabulous free tutorials and patterns on her blog.

It is always fun to see what becomes of fabrics.

Happy Sewing♥

Customer Appreciation

Cindy from Adventures of the Singing Quilter made this sweet pouch using Valori Wells fabrics she bought from my shop.

I adore the hexagons and the way she outlined them with embroidery.

Thanks for sharing your work Cindy!

 

Customer Appreciation

Look at this sparkly Christmas Shopping Tote from Julie's Bags.

She made it using some How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss fabric from my shop.

Just think how much fun it would be to go Christmas shopping carrying this tote to bring home your gifts.

Julie has many other totes available in her shop, including another Christmas bag, so be sure to take a look.

Thanks for sharing your work Julie.


Happy Shopping ♥

Customer Appreciation

Look at this fishy bag that Cindy from Adventures of the Singing Quilter made with some Dan Bennett Cosmos fabrics from my shop.

Isn't this just the cutest purse!

Thanks for allowing me to share it Cindy.

Customer Appreciation

Here are a couple of fun projects from a wonderful customer who lives in Germany.  The first is a carseat shade that doubles as a nursing cover. She paired cotton from Kathy Davis Happiness Collection, with some fabric that she had on hand to make this versatile piece for a baby.

The second project is a ruffled scarf that she made from a Hoffman batik she purchased from my shop.

I am always amazed at the clever ideas my customers come up with.  

Thanks so much for sharing them!

Customer Appreciation

Mary Hopkins of MKHQuilts made and listed this beautiful butterfly quilt in her shop.  

The border is made from fabric* she purchased from Fabric Fascination.  Thanks for allowing me to feature your wonderful quilt Mary. I love to see the good use fabric goes to once it leaves my shop.

Happy Quilting ♥

*Don't go looking for this fabric in my shop though, sadly it has sold out.

Customer Appreciation

Jesika from Craft Geek made this striking quilt using some fabrics she purchased from my shop, including the watercolor orange stripes batik, a Hoffman batik called fox, and yellow tonal stripes from In the Beginning shown below.

It is so much fun seeing what happens

to fabric after it leaves my shop.

 

Thanks for sharing your work Jesika!

Customer Appreciation

This sweet little bonnet was made by Beverly of ButterBeans&ChicPeas using organic cotton fabrics from the Laurie Wisbrun Barn Baby collection. I have quite a few fabrics available from this line, as well as a baby quilt kit.

Be sure and check out Beverly's shop for everything from Shoes, Dresses, bottoms, PDF patterns, and more.

Thanks for letting me share your work Beverly.

Happy Sewing ♥

Customer Appreciation

 

Traci of BohemianAccents made this bohemian-style cross body hobo bag with two batiks she purchased from my shop.

Since the bag is reversible, you are actually getting two bags for the price of one - can't beat that!

 

Thanks for sharing your work Traci.

Customer Appreciation

This beautiful romper was designed by Kimberly Critel, and is available in her shop - SimplicityCouture.


Kimberly used organic cotton fabric from the Modern Whimsy collection by Laurie Wisbrun.  I love seeing my  customers creations.

Thanks so much for sharing your work Kimberly.

Customer Appreciation

The intrepid Rose  of  SewEcological has come up with two more fabulous designs using fabrics she purchased from my shop.

The first is a lightweight cotton shawl Pashmina wrap, now available for sale in her shop.  The pom poms on the edge are a perfect finish to this festive wrap, don't you think?  Rose used Stitch in Color fabric by Malka Dubrawsky.

The second creation is a cotton infinity scarf using fabric from Jason Yenter's Camelot collection.

Thanks so much for sharing your work Rose.

Customer Appreciation

Chillipeppa from the United Kingdom made this marvelous quilt from fabrics she purchased in my shop.  Her shop on Etsy carries African wax print cotton fabric, recycled paper goods, Hand printed linen and handmade buttons.

I love seeing what happens to fabric after it leaves my shop.  

Thanks so much for sharing your work Chillipeppa.

Customer Appreciation

Ersi Marina of paintafeeling made this beautiful one of a kind  mixed media textile art piece, using fabrics she purchased from my shop.  She says that it is a token of her love for fabrics and textile art. This is the first time she used fabric so extensively in her work - in fact, this piece is a 90% fabric-based composition.

I love seeing what becomes of the fabric after it leaves my shop.  Thank you for sharing this with us Ersi.

I Appreciate U

Those of you who have purchased from my fabric shop may be familiar with the I Appreciate You program that rewarded dollars spent with a gift certificate to my shop.  

Due to changes in Etsy (like  shop names, inability to print individual customer histories, and plan for multiple shops to be listed under one account) I have had to discontinue this program for now.  I am truly sorry about this because I enjoy rewarding my faithful customers in this manner. It was just getting too difficult to keep track of points.

However,  I will still be sending out occasional emails with coupons (so sign up for my email list if you haven't already), and have instituted a new reward program. Send me a photo of a project that you have made using fabrics from my shop, and if I feature your work on this blog, I will send you a coupon code for 15% off.  This coupon can also be used in combination with any sales going on at the time of purchase.

Happy Sewing ♥

These are all available in my shop

Customer Appreciation

Renee Roberts of Flapdoodle Bags made this adorable chicken purse from fabrics purchased in my shop.  Renee has a variety of items available for sale like cell phone and eye glass cases, Kindle covers, wallets, checkbook and journal covers, and of course, bags.

I love seeing what my customers make with the fabric they purchase.

 ♥ Happy Sewing

Customer Appreciation

My internet friend Cindy made this bag, and sent an appreciation picture which I just saw recently.

Isn't it a cute bag! She made it using Camelot fabric by Jason Yenter. I love when customers send in photos of what they've made with fabrics purchased from me.

You can find out where to get a pattern for this bag on Cindy's blog The Adventures of the Singing Quilter.

Thank you Cindy!

Customer Appreciation

Recently I discovered a new favorite blog - Ahhh, Quilting through the Selvage Blog.  After a few emails back and forth with Cynthia, the writer of the blog, I found that she had made a quilt using fabrics purchased from my shop months ago.  Of course I asked if she would allow me to feature her work on my blog, and she said yes!

 I absolutely love her designs!  She calls this one the "Wipey" Quilt because her inspiration was a diaper wipes box.  Be sure to check out her blog for more unique and wonderful quilts, plus a really fun blog to read.

In appreciation,

Customer Appreciation

Look at this lovely wreath that Nicole from Nikid2 made with anthology fabrics she purchased from my shop:

You can buy it in her shop.

Nicole also has a fabulous homemade treat shop called Nikid. I can attest personally to the deliciousness of her pecan chocolate clusters.

I love seeing what you all make from your fabrics.

Happy Sewing ♥

  
P.S. - you can get your own bundle of Anthology batiks here.