...then you will love the video ModaGene shot of our Quilt Market booth this year. My mom was standing a few feet away from the camera grinning at me, and Gene was smiling and pointing at things. Hen...
Quilt market is this week. THIS week, people. Yikes! Im working like crazy over here finishing everything up. Printing has arrived, quilts are all quilted, catalogs are shipped. Bindings are almost a...
Just a little note to say I will be out of the office until Monday. All orders for paper patterns will be filled then, and then next week I will be at Quilt Market so all orders next week will...
Its May? Honestly, I dont know where time is going. But good grief, it is going fast! I have been up to my eyeballs in sewing, pattern writing, proofing, binding, and everything that goes with gettin...
You can find me buried in a pile of this, sewing my exhausted little heart out. And also at a baseball game or two. I cant complain. :-) Marmalade - Showing at International Quilt Market next month i...
A couple of things... Ruby is the winner of the 2012 Modern Madness! Wait, what?? I cant believe it either! Thank you so much to everyone who voted for Ruby, we are just so thrilled. Such an honor! S...
Okay, these are in progress photos, not after photos. (I feel like Ive said that before?) After Ive hung some stuff on the walls, installed hardware, fluffed pillows, made children get dressed, etc. ...
(please ignore all the misplaced items and bare walls) So, we moved! Yes, I know people move all the time and it is no big deal (Weve moved 8 or 9 times, I think?) but this time, it was a...
The munchkins- very happy about our new carpet Okay, its official. Im overwhelmed. Heres a quick update- Maybe house: (I realize it isnt the maybe house anymore, but that is the only way to keep them...
First of all, thank you for all your sweet comments and encouragement about the maybe house. On days where it feels like this project is moving slower than tar they make me feel so much cheerier. Ton...
My pretty pretty tile. Im thinking it will also look better when it isnt filthy. Yes? We are getting close. Well, closer. We still need a new mantel, baseboards and carpet. Plus a ton (a TON) of deta...
Tomorrow is already going to be a good day. It marks the beginning of the Hopscotch/On a Whim quilt along that Katy, mastermind behind the Swoon-along, came up with. (Happy late birthday Katy!!) The ...
-so all you get is a crappy iphone photo of my pretty white cabinets (yay!) You know what makes for an interesting month? Remodeling a house... while writing a book... and packing... between 5+ baseb...
(I realize Im posting this a little early, but Im going to be at a Scout banquet, running 800 errands with 3 kids, installing light fixtures, painting, and going to a bed at a ridiculous hour today. ...
print from here Yes, please. Also, thank you so much for all the encouragement and use of the word potential. We think so too. (Fingers crossed) Just keep your fingers crossed too, will you? And I wa...
all photos except this one borrowed from the house listing If you have followed me on Pinterest, you probably know about the maybe house. It is what Ive been calling the new house since October when ...
Good morning! Well, at least it is still morning over here. We are off to a bit of a slow start today, still in pjs, eating breakfast, toys everywhere, you know. Typical Friday motivation. Am I the o...
Two very exciting things came in the mail last week. Both in magazine form. First, Did you recognize those sweet little heads in American Patchwork and Quilting this month? Yep, my little munchkins (...
Eight seems old to me. I guess not in the grand scheme of things, but to say I have an eight year old makes me feel old. And makes him seem ginormous. (ginormous) Thanks boy, for making me a mom...
You might remember a week or two ago, Katy started a Swoon-along. Well, it has grown to over 700 members *crazy*, and the quilts in the pool are a-mazing. Ive been staying up way too late writing a b...
(Our visit to the motherland, right before our first fabric line was released, right around the time I got diagnosed.) This is a post I have considered writing for a long time. But never quite got ar...
Yay! I have been dying to show you these for months now. Seriously. I turned the digital designs/covers in to Moda for the playbook (a book with all the new fabric/patterns in it) in November so it h...
Today the munchkins have the day off. If you are a mother you know what this means. Certainly not a day off! But doesnt that sound lovely? I have been working so much lately, and it fills every momen...
Ive been sewing my guts out over here. Really. Next week Im going to have four new patterns and quilts ready to show you. Two of the quilts are done and done, I just have to finish sewing eighty zill...
The Olaveson fam- all 23-1/2* of us home for Christmas. After a Vintage Modern sewing marathon and a wonderful week celebrating Christmas in Idaho with the whole family, I finally caught up on my sle...
Ornament sent by my cute friend Lisa. Love her! Things are all sorts of Christmasy over here. Frank Sinatras Christmas album is playing on repeat, tree is twinkling, baby boy is (fingers crossed) fin...
Happy Friday night! Tonight we spent a wonderful night at the Live Nativity with some friends. (Thanks Swinns!) It was amazing, and if you live in the area, I would highly recommend it. My children l...
Recycled tree photo from last year (oops). Please pretend the laptop is something festive. Hello there! Today is my day on the Moda Designer Holiday Blog Hop. At least thats what Im calling it. Turns...
It goes without saying that I love all three of my boys. SO much. I dont love any one of them more than the others. I decided to document boy 3s first year, but will be posting less about him...
Yesterday was a big day for this little fellow. He officially turned one year old. Can you believe its been a whole year since he was born? I cant either. I mean, how is it even possible that this ti...
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