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Etsy Finds Friday

Pinwheel Buttons, $4.85 for a set of 6 from The Heyday Shop.

Roly Bud Vase, $42 from Papaver Vert.

Felt Baby Shoes, $24.50 from Three Potato Four Designs.

Triangles Fabric original design, Fat Quarter, $9 from Katherine Codega.

Honeycomb Ring, $12 from Archetype Z.

Travel Wees PDF pattern, $8 from mmmcrafts.

Block Printed Blanket, $110 from Gypsya.

Wooden Toy Vans, set of three for $19 from Miki and Heather.

Half Yard Bundle of Quilt Blocks Flying Stripe, 3 half yards for $15 from Fresh Modern Fabric.

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Making

I know I haven’t been posting much this summer, but I just turned in my manuscript for 1, 2, 3 Quilt and I have another month of finishing projects, testing patterns and then photography. But I’m really excited about the projects in the book as I see it starting to come together.

Anyway, I thought I’d also share some summer links:

The Family Cooking Action Pack from Kathreen of Whip Up is pretty great with tons of recipes that the kids can make and enjoy. I’ve also been enjoying Kathreen’s Creativity Series. You can read my post here.

This Flutter Circle Skirt from Shelly Figueroa over on Sew, Mama, Sew! is really adorable.

I also like this Magnetic Tangram Puzzle and this Mesh Bag.

Looks like Heather Ross’ new fabric collection Nursery Versery is available now, and should be in more stores by the end of the month. This is my favorite collection from her so far. I love those precious little mice that remind me of vintage children’s book illustrations. I’m also loving the Seven Seas collection from Cloud 9 and still loving the Monsterz collection. And I’m so excited that Rashida Coleman-Hale will be designing for Cloud 9 with her new collection coming to fall market!

And I got to meet these amazing women a few weeks ago when they invited a few of us Atlanta bloggers down for dinner at their blogger sewing retreat. I have really enjoyed reading all of their blogs.

Rachel of Stitched in Color
Jacey of Jaceycraft
Jessica of A Little Gray
Maureen of Maureen Cracknell
Holly of Bijou Lovely
Amanda of My Sewcial Hour

I’m also busy finishing up a new fabric collection which will be shown at fall market. More news about that soon. So I am working a lot, but just can’t share much of it now.

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Where I Sew Month

Kathy at Pink Chalk Fabrics is featuring sewing spaces on her blog all month long. She’s also giving away 50 gift certificates of $20 each! And you can add photos of your own sewing space to the photo pool. I love to see how people organize and decorate their creative space, whether it’s a dedicated room or the dining room table.

You can see a photo of my sewing space over there, but if you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you will know that there is a giant pile of fabric on my sewing room floor, that has now become the dog’s bed. I have grand plans to get some new storage units this weekend. I’m thinking some Billy shelves from IKEA with doors at the bottom. I keep trying open storage, but sometimes you just need to hide the mess.