And the winners are...
First, I have to apologize for the lateness of drawing winners for the two Home Lovin giveaways! I am coming to terms with how easily distracted I am – as I have been completely focused on getting our new flooring put in and painting our kitchen cabinets! It’s looking amazing, but has also stressed me out knowing that I have fallen behind with the QAL. (but it’s also been stressing our family out having a crazy house! So restoring the peace won out the past two weeks…) So, now that I’m stepping out of denial that I am sometimes a little flaky, and into acceptance, I can take it one day at a time…
“Hi, my name is Diane and I’m flaky.” lol. (face palm)
I hope you’ll forgive me, and you’ve probably already known this about me for years – if you’ve been following me long enough. ha! Thanks for being kind and not pointing it out! lol.
Alright, enough of that stuff… let’s get on to the good stuff!!
First, the Birthday Celebration Week fabric giveaway:
The winner is...
And for the Home Lovin QAL Coloring giveaway for the 25 – 10 inch squares:
The winner is...
Congrats ladies!! I will contact you right away and get these fabrics sent out as soon as I hear from you!
Enjoy your fabrics!!
Stay tuned for more posts and more goodies, coming up!!
I will be sharing my progress as I go along on Instagram (@fromblankpages) (using #fbpHomeLovin) as well as in the From Blank Pages Community Facebook group. So I hope you’ll join me and come follow along, and of course share your blocks and progress as well!!
Enjoy more posts...
Pattern Updates: River Pond
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I wanted to let you know that I was recently contacted by a dear customer with some questions about my River Pond pattern. As I looked over the pattern (which I wrote ~3 years ago) I saw some areas for improvement. As I worked on the pattern making some needed changes and updates, I sat under my own River Pond quilt… and decided that it was also too short. (The finished quilt size is 60″x62″). After contemplating that I decided to go ahead and make the finished quilt size a little larger as well! Why not, right?! So… I want to let you all know that I have been diligently working on the River Pond pattern and I will let you know as soon as it’s ready! One bonus if you’ve purchased the pattern through my website, is that you’ll automatically have access to the new updated pattern once I upload it! Hooray!! If you purchased it elsewhere, AFTER it’s ready, you can email me and I will get you a copy of the new pattern (please do not contact me before it’s finished because I will probably lose your email and not get back to you and then you’ll be annoyed with me and have to contact me again). If you purchased it through Etsy, I will notify you individually once it’s updated so you can contact me about the update. If you purchased it previously on a different site, or on Etsy, I
Tutorial: Decorative Pillow Case with Hidden Zipper
This post was originally published on 9/25/15 at fromblankpages.blogspot.com. There are a lot of pillow tutorials out there, and a lot of them are fantastic! (Sew Mama Sew is an awesome place to start if you are looking for a good pillow tutorial!) Over the years I’ve combined my favorite techniques from ones I’ve liked to create the perfect pillow. Ok, maybe not perfect, but it’s my favorite way to make them! I hope you’ll enjoy this method as well, or at least pick up a few techniques from this pillow tutorial that you can incorporate into your own pillows. What You Need: A pillow front (a quilted piece of fabric or a quilt block make for beautiful pillows! You can google decorative pillows to get a lot of ideas, or check out the patterns in my shop… I have a lot of patterns that would make beautiful pillows!) 😉 Fabric for the back: you’ll need two pieces. One piece that is the about the same height as your pillow by the same width (for above the zipper). One piece that is between 3-4 inches by the width of your pillow (for below the zipper). One zipper, equal to the width of the pillow or longer. Normal sewing supplies: thread, scissors, rotary cutter, cutting mat, ruler, sewing machine, walking foot, zipper foot, and any other tool you like to use while sewing. Before you Start: 1 – Prepare your pillow front. My pillow fronts are almost always a
Home Lovin QAL: Cutting Your Fabrics
Thanks for joining us in the Home Lovin QAL! If you haven’t already gone over the other posts, start with Plan your Project and Pick your Fabrics before continuing here. Step 4: Cutting Your Fabrics Now we’re getting to the nitty gritty stuff! This step is my favorite step to knock out all at once! If you’ve sufficiently planned your project and picked out your fabrics, this step is QUICK and when you cut out all your fabrics at once, it speeds up the rest of the paper piecing process 100 fold! I have lots of tips and tricks to help you along! What you need: cutting mat and rotary cutter fabrics – and know WHERE they are going cutting templates – print out from the pattern and cut out exactly around the outer border. (The cutting templates are the KEY to accuracy and speeding up the piecing process!! Be brave and give them a try!) When you’ve cut out all the cutting templates, organize them by fabric. For example, I gather all my sky cutting templates together (and ground, if they are going to be the same fabric) and match them up with the fabric I’m using for those sections. Repeat this for each fabric you’re using (so the cutting templates that match that fabric are all together). For my quilt, I’ll have all the house cutting templates with my 25 rainbow prints, the sky and ground templates with my kona haze, the background templates* with my white fabric.