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happy mother's day

 

 

I know, I know. Not the normal Mother's Day pic!

But this mug was my mom's and reminds me of her more than candy and roses. 

So to all of you whether you are near to or far from your mom or children, Happy Mother's Day!  Truly and Sincerely.

xo,

Penny

warp speed ahead

There have been lots of changes going on lately, so I thought I'd give you all a quick update.

First, as you all have probably heard, google reader is out.  That means, bloglovin' is in!  You see the new bloglovin' widget I've added over there on the sidebar?  Click on the widget to follow sewtakeahike through bloglovin' if you haven't already!

 

And btw, I downloaded the widget from Isabelle's lovely site.  She drew the widget and it's available for a free download.  I love it!!

 

And second, did you all know that etsy FINALLY has the option to add pdf files to your listings?  So that means no more waiting for the etsy seller to email your purchased pdf files to you!  Thank you etsy!!!

To celebrate, I'm offering all my sewtakeahike patterns for 30% off today and tomorrow.  Just use the coupon code instantpdf when you purchase any combination of patterns from my etsy shop.

 

Lastly, I have been using touchdraw a lot for pattern makng recently and am totally loving it.  It's a vector program so the images it produces are clearer than what I can get from photoshop.  Here's an image I drew with it:

To learn the basics, I walked through all of Lynne's  touchdraw tutorials.  Since then I've been able to take off with it and I love it.  I'll be posting more soon about touchdraw!

xo,

Penny

 

Cafe set winners!

 

Thank you everyone who commented to for a chance to win the Parisienne Cafe set!

Congratulations to the three winners:

Sonicfreak

Jody

Melissa

 

I will email your patterns to you shortly!

Happy Saturday!

xo,

Penny

Parisienne Cafe Set

 

As Kerry has mentioned here, we are over the moon to present our newest pattern set, "Parisienne Cafe" (available here and here!) 

 

 

It is chock full of fabulous designs with so many possibilities! 

In addition to my espresso cups and teapot, Kerry has come up with the most ingenious designs for a French Press

 

and for a coffee grinder

 

 

We have changed the layout of our patterns slightly, you can read about it here.

I couldn't help myself and came up with a revision for the espresso cup before we released the pattern

(the saucer revision is not a part of the pattern set)

 

And I have a special surprise for you!  I am offering up 3 Parisienne Cafe pattern sets, just leave a comment on this post.  I'll pick a winner on Friday.  And no worries if you buy the pattern set before then and you win a copy.  Kerry and I will reimburse you!

Happy Monday!

And make sure to check out Kerry's blog for the Parisienne Cafe set giveaway there too!

hand quilted with love

I've been a fan of Sarah Fielke's since I cracked open her book "Material Obsession" a few years ago.  Sarah's projects are so right up my alley.  Full of fun, bright scrap happy fabrics. 

Needless to say, I was so very super excited to get my hands on her "hand quilted with love".

 

 

This book is packed full of great information, useful techniques, awesome patterns, and incredible inspiration.

 

 

As with every quilting book I've looked through, there were a few quilts that jumped off the pages and into my heart as soon as I saw them. 

 

The Bangles quilt

 

 

and the Made to Measure quilt:

 

I hope to make both of these quilts at some point.  And if you're interested, the lovely and talented Amanda is having a Bangle-along! 

 

So if you're looking to be inspired by some scrappy goodness, this is a book for you!

xo,

Penny

p.s.  Sarah, I proudly found the perfect place to put the card you gave me at dinner last year.