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Good Neighbors

 

 

Amanda Jean has done it again! Not only does she make the coolest things, but now she has a line of fabric to make all those fabulous things with!

Her line of fabric with Connecting Threads is called Good Neighbors and for those of you who have spent any amount of time with Amanda, know that  is the perfect name for her fabric.

In celebration of her fabric line, the folks at Connecting Threads are throwing a pincushion blog party! Once again, very fitting for Amanda who must have hundreds of pincushions!

 

 

For my Good Neighbors pincushion, I used the Ann block from The Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt book, reduced the block to 3" (!!) and paper pieced it.

 

 

I always color in my paper piecing patterns so I don't get the fabrics confused!

 

 

For the back, I crocheted a little 3" single crochet patch to sew onto the block, and stuffed it with wool scraps.

 

 

 

Here are the Good Neighbors pincushion party participants for you all to check out! There are lots of great pincushions featuring Good Neighbors (like this one by Krista! and this one by Faith!, and these by Anna!, so inspiring! 

 

9/1/2015	Amanda Jean	http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/
9/2/2015	Anna	http://www.noodle-head.com/
9/3/2015	Mary	http://maryonlakepulaski.blogspot.com/
9/4/2015	Svetlana	http://sotakhandmade.blogspot.com/
9/5/2015	Debbie	http://www.eschhousequilts.com/
9/6/2015	Holly	http://www.bijoulovelydesigns.com/
9/7/2015	Carla	http://carla-graceandfavour.blogspot.com/
9/8/2015	Faith	www.FreshLemonsQuilts.com
9/9/2015	Vanessa	http://www.vanessachristenson.com/
9/10/2015	Anna	http://www.thimbleanna.com/
9/11/2015	Krista	http://poppyprintcreates.blogspot.com/
9/12/2015	Erin	http://whynotsew.blogspot.com/
9/13/2015	Lee	http://www.maychappell.com/
9/14/2015	Alex	http://teaginnydesigns.blogspot.com/
9/15/2015	Cheryl	http://naptimequilter.blogspot.com/
9/16/2015	Penny	http://sewtakeahike.typepad.com/
9/17/2015	Amy	http://duringquiettime.com/
9/18/2015	Debbie	http://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/
9/19/2015	Anne	http://www.springleafstudios.com/
9/20/2015	Melissa Corry	http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/
9/21/2015	Amber	http://www.oneshabbychick.typepad.com/
9/22/2015	Nettie	http://aquiltisnice.blogspot.com/
9/23/2015	Adrianne	http://www.littlebluebell.com/
9/24/2015	Cindy	http://www.liveacolorfullife.net/
9/25/2015	Amy	http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/
9/26/2015	Chase	http://quarterinchmark.blogspot.com/
9/27/2015	Rene	http://www.renecreates.com/
9/28/2015	Erin	http://www.houseonhillroad.com/
9/29/2015	Nicole	http://modernhandcraft.com/
9/30/2015	Teri	http://blog.connectingthreads.com/

 

One last bit of exciting news, Connecting Threads is offering up a charm pack of Good Neighbors to one of you (Canadian or US residents only please!). Leave a comment on this post to enter, and I'll choose a winner in a week. 

 

Farm Girl Vintage Sew Along

 

 

 

Now that summer is starting to wind down, I'm working my way back into sewing, and taking part in Lori's Farm Girl Vintage blog hop is the perfect primer.

 

 

 

I made the Scrappy Maple Leaf block using a kona solid and some brown scraps from my stash.

 

 

As we all know, paper piecing is my first love, and though, Lori's rotary cutting instructions in all three of her books are helping to make me a fan of rotary cutting. Lori's instructions are in written and diagram form which I am a huge fan of.

I won't *even* pretend however, that I didn't have to square this block up a bit after I sewed it all together!

 

 

Farm Girl Vintage is chock full of fabulous blocks that depending on your fabric choices you could make into shabby chick, modern, cutesy, or more traditional looking blocks. Her book is fun and inspiring. You can get your copy at The Fat Quarter Shop here.

To check out all the blocks in Lori's book as well as the other sew along participants, click here! Seeing all the blocks together is inspiring and really worth a look!

xo, Penny

 

Paddleboarding and a winner

 

 

 

I have always loved watersports and am willing to try most anything if it has to do with fun on the water. When I was a kid, my cousin Brenny would take us out on the lake with real jet skis that you could stand up on. We loved when she would call and whisk us away to the lake for a day or two on the weekends. And if we weren't with Brenny, we were lake camping/swimming as my dad was an avid camper/fisherman.

L-man and I have recently picked up a new water activity and we are having so much fun with it. Paddleboarding! We are so excited to travel with them and explore.

If you paddleboard and have any tips for us, we would love to hear!

 

 

 

 

Thank you for all the comments on the Noodlehead style giveaway post! I have chosen a winner and it is Linda M, who said:

"I am always a fan of blue and this one here is nice, but I like the blue with white flowers the best!  Tumble!"

I will send an email to you shortly Linda!

Happy Monday!

xo, Penny

 

Noodlehead style giveaway!

 

Well hello there!

I hope you're all having an active and fun summer like we have been! So far it's been all about being outdoors, family, and a few home improvements. Now that the end of July is rolling around, I'm starting to feel ok about being indoors a bit and doing some sewing.

I have quite a few projects I want and need to work on, and I'm always happy to check something fabulous off my list

 

and this pencil case from Anna's book Handmade Style has been just the ticket.

Have you seen the projects in her book yet? So many fun things to make. I love Anna's asthetic and construction techniques!

And then, she has also recently come out with a fabulous fabric line called Rain Walk. Oh Anna....

These are a few of the prints I asked for and they are so lovely!

 

 

I used the top three prints for the pencil case

 

 

And the bottom print, Sprinkle in gray, I'm going to make a shirt with. Stay tuned for that!

Now, for a giveaway!

Anna has graciously offered up a signed copy of her book as well as a hard copy of her Runaround bag pattern up to one of you!

 

 

Leave one comment telling me your favorite print from Anna's line to enter the giveaway. I'll choose a winner this Friday the 25th.

Good luck!

 

 

FabricCadabra winner!

And the winner is Angiesue who said:

 

We moved 2 years ago to a beautiful area surrounded by mountains -- and I have yet to hike any of them. This summer, I plan to stat hiking!

Posted by: angiesue | 28 April 2015 at 10:03 AM