Butterscotch and Roses

The first part of the Blog Hop Party Giveaway can be found here and the second part can be found here. Don't miss out on the $50 gift certificate prize from the Fat Quarter Shop and keep reading because the pot might have just been sweetened a little **hint hint**.

Today's Designer Select Fat Quarter Club Kit is Fig Tree's. It's made with the newest Fig Tree & Co line, Butterscotch and Roses. Now I have to be honest, I personally usually go for the bright colors and wasn't sure how I would like these more muted tones, but once I got the fabric I realized how wrong I was.

The color combinations make for such interesting quilts. The dark brown in this piece reminds me of hot cocoa and the texture added to it gives it such depth and interest.

The yellow in this piece reminds me of honeycombs and the green in the kit is wonderful. Those of you who know me well, know that I have a problems with greens sometimes. I can't tell you how many times my friends have had to talk me into using the green with the line, and they are usually right that it ended up looking great. I'm not sure what it is about green and me, and I know my friends don't either. But I really like this green.

So once I can get back to quilting I plan on working on my first Fig Tree & Co project and I found the perfect pattern. It's called Stems Quilt Pattern by Fig Tree and Co. Isn't it beautiful? To me the bigger pictured quilt looks like apples. I might actually make placemats, they would match my dining room perfectly and the apples are very appropriate since my kitchen is done in apples. And yes, I know my 2012 list of things to make is getting long :) 

Wait till you see what's coming next from Fig Tree...I have a mini charm pack of California Girl that I got at Fall Market and from what I can see in the 2 1/2" squares it looks wonderful. The colors are a bit brighter, I especially love the dark blues and yellows. Here's a sneak peak.

I already know what quilt I will be making with it when I get my hands on it, but you will have to wait and see.

Speaking on things to make, my friend Katy who blogs at Monkey Do sent me this adorable pic to show you of some dolls she made with Fig Tree fabric. Are these not the most adorable things you have ever seen? I just hope when I am a grown up sewist that I can make such beautiful things.

Here's a  marvelous quilt that Tammy Blackburn who blogs at Karamat Designs made. It's made with another Fig Tree & Co line called Fresh Cottons out of a Honey Bun. At one of the LQSs here they call this a wrapping paper quilt. I haven't tried one yet, but this is so inspirational that I might have to someday.

And here's a special treat for you... Joanna from Fig Tree & Co is sending me some patterns to giveaway. This will just sweeten the prize package a bit...not only will the winner get a $50 gift certificate from The Fat Quarter Shop, but they will also get the Fig Tree Patterns!

I hope that you have entered already. There's 2 way's to enter:
The first one is here and the second is here.

Thanks to Tammy and Katy for sharing their Fig Tree & Co projects! Please be sure to check out their blogs and tell them Sha sent you :)

Come back tomorrow for Bunny Hills Designer Select FQ Kit.

More Tula Pink love from around the web

If you are looking for the giveaway you can find it here.

In honor of Tula Pink month here on Craizee Corners I've found a few great things on the web to share with you!

This is a quilt top from Sew While He Sleeps. It's from the Parisville line in the sprout colorway. Be sure to check out her blog, she talks about the whole process of making this quilt. This is also made with some fabric she won from The Fat Quarter Shop!

Here's some wonderful Cartwheels that Ann from Renegade Quilter made at the Tula Pink class she took at Sisters during their Outdoor Quilt Show, now aren't you jealous of her? I know I am. Make sure to check out Renegade Quilters blog, there's some wonderful Tula Pink quilts on it! 

There's so many more Tula Pink pics around the web. Check out the Tula Pink Flickr page for more great ideas.

What I'd like to know today is if you won the Tula Pink design roll from The Fat Quarter Shop what would you make with it? Leave me a comment and remember to enter the giveaway!

Sha :)

One Down, Two To Go!

Here's one of my favorite pics of my kids (from left to right; Meagan, Bryan and Tyler) . It was taken many years ago at Disney World in Florida. As you can see they had just visited with a balloon artist. What makes me love this pic is that they all are so happy. Everytime I see this pic it gives me the warm fuzzies!

Fast forward to the present day. Here's my kids now, well a few years ago when Tyler (my baby) graduated from High School (from left to right; Tyler, Meagan and Bryan). They are all doing their college hand signs, but we really don't know what the hand sign for a blue jay is so he improvised. This is another one of favorite pics for the same reason, seeing them happy makes me happy and puts a smile on my face. I don't know about you, but my world is all about being happy and making those I love happy too.

One of the best things to happen lately is that Bryan graduated college, with a masters in molecular pathology! He is now out on his own and totally off the payroll! (Yes I used 2 exclamation points). Did you hear that door creaking a bit? Thats the bank of Daddy closing its door slowly since one of the kids account with that specific bank is now closed. But the best thing as a Mom is seeing the kids grow into these wonderful young adults.

Back to the pic...who can guess what school each of my kids goes to just by their hand signs? To me this hand sign thing is new. I was the flaming arrows in high school (Go Sachem!) and don't remember any kind of sign we made and in college we were the screaming eagles (Go SUNY Brockport), again I don't remember any signs for that. Although I bet there is one now. Do you remember your schools signs? I'd love to know if I'm the only one who can't remember those things :) Of course I might be since its my 30th high school reunion this weekend.

Sha :)