French General

These new French General products by Moda Home are awesome! I love how versitle they are...

Scissor Roll...
Can also be used as a craft or make-up roll...

Tape measures...


Also work great as headbands...

Pin Cushion...

Is perfect as a wrist pad for your computer...

Sewing Book...

All these items can be purchased here.

The Authentic Winner...

Today is the day to pick my Authentic Winner!

There were so many wonderful comments... thank you so much to everyone that participated.

Now for the winner....

{Insert Drumroll here}

Congratulations, Aimee!

Aimee said...
I have only boys and it so hard to include them in my designing and creating so I was extremely happy to see the boy's shirt. How adorable is that?!
August 05, 2009

She is new to the blogland, so be sure to go check out her blog and give her a great big welcome.

An Authentic Tutorial and Giveaway!!!

I am sooo excited about my latest MBS tutorial... YOU MUST GO CHECK IT OUT!

I had this idea of re-vamping and modernizing the "t-shirt dress" and ended up coming up with this little creation. It features the new Authentic line by one of Moda's newest designers, Sweetwater. Of course it also had to feature my two most adorable little chitlins. :)

I couldn't leave out the boys, so I designed this cute little shirt to coordinate with the little girls shirt dress. Abcd templates are included with the tutorial.

So.. go now and check it out... OH.. and don't forget to let me know what you think! Would love to hear from you all!

OH... what the heck... lets do a GIVEAWAY to celebrate my excitement on this project. {insert giddiness here}



1. Leave me a comment and get an entry. Be "Authentic"! :)


2. Post about my new tutorial on your blog and link to my blog/tutorial and then leave me another comment letting me know you posted with a link back to your blog for a second entry.


The prize? How about an "Authentic" package... an Authentic Charm Pack and a "notions" zippered pouch all tucked away in a small canvas "abcd" tote made by me.

Hurry... Giveaway entries deadline is Sunday, August 9, 2009! I will announce the winner on Monday, August 10.

So.. go forth and enter!

Moda Updates

There are a couple of new things at Moda that I just had to share with you all.

Moda Website...
All you EQ6 fans... we now have our Moda Basic Collections available for download on our website. We have added a new page called "Basic Collections" on our main website under Fabrics.
This page works very much like our What's New and Archive pages... just click on the appropriate colored dot under the collection you want the JPG images for and download the zip file to your computer. Upload the images into EQ6 and design your heart away!


New Moda Fabrics in Stores this month...

You can check these collections out plus much more on our What's New Fabrics page on our main website.

Carmen Convertible Bag

If you have not made one of these bags yet, you MUST!

It is the Carmen Convertible Bag by Serendipity Studios. The pattern has two sizes you can make... Handbag (smaller bag) or the Small Tote (larger bag).

I made the smaller bag for my sister for her birthday a few weeks ago. I loved the way it turned out!

I decided to go with a linen for the outside of the bag and add a little applique flower before attaching the pocket on the bag with a little rhinestone button.

These bags are so fun and easy to make, I am actually in the middle of making the larger one for a very close friend of mine for her birthday.

A morning of flying...

Saturday Morning Phone Call to Poppy {aka: my dad} at 7:30am


Granny: Hello?

Paige: Poppy Please.

Granny: Okay, hold on a minute.

Poppy: Hello?

Paige: Paige fly Poppy {translation... I (paige) want to go flying}

Poppy: You want to flying?!

Paige: Uh huh.

Poppy: Okay!

Paige: Paige come tirty mi-its {translation... I will be there in thirty minutes.}



So, Paige and I head on over to Granny and Poppy's house so she can go flying with Poppy. On the way there...


Paige: Mommy stay with Gra-ee and Paige go a-self... k. {translation... I want to go flying all by myself with Poppy and you stay at the house with Granny... Okay.}

Me: Oh... Okay (surprised).



Paige has gone flying several times while sitting in my lap... never by herself.

She has become such a big girl... I am so proud!

Oh... and btw... if you know where I can find a pink toy airplane, please let me know. She told me that she wants christmas (aka: Santa) to bring her a PINK airplane.

A Frenchy Lipstick Skirt

For the Spring Quilt Market in Pittsburgh, I decided to make myself a skirt to wear on the first day. Fortunately, Camille happened to take this picture of me at Market which turned out to be the only picture I have of the skirt I made. Thanks Camille!

The pattern is Bananafana's Lipstick Skirt {view B} and the fabric is from French General's collection, Rouenneries for Moda. I opted not to put the belt loops on the skirt and wore the belt ontop of my tank. BTW... these shoes {shown in pic above} match perfectly with the French General red... they are from Payless.

Also, just posted on the Moda Website... a Behind the Scenes look at the Spring Quilt Market... go check it out!

Way behind....

So... as you may have already noticed... I have been way behind on posting here on my blog. Time lately just keeps slipping on by so quickly and I can't seem to keep up. Oh, well... here is a quick update.

It has been a while since we have been able to just do something with the kids so this last Saturday, we started with some Blackberry picking. Unfortunately, when we arrived at 8am all the ripe blackberries had already been picked... and get this... they opened at 7am. I guess we just were not early enough. All that was left were all the blackberries that were not yet ripe.

We were able to find about 4 or 5 ripe blackberries and they were GOOD! We had a great time! We will definitely have to make the trip back to Duck Creek soon and try to get some blackberries of our own to take home.

Then we headed off to the Air Show in Denton, Texas. That was so much FUN! However, I did get a bit red... for some reason, I lather up the kids with sunscreen and simply forget to put some on myself... go figure! All in all we had a wonderful and relaxing weekend. Great way to kick off the summer and celebrate Father's Day.

OH... and I want to send a big THANK YOU to Miss Sherri Howard for my adorable Pay It Forward gift. You are so sweet and I {heart} my new cards!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLS!!!!

Today is Bonnie and Camille's Birthday!!! Yes, both of them. Camille was born on her mom's birthday. How cool is that! These two women are creative geniuses and completely awesome to hang out with. Be sure to go over and wish them a Happy Birthday today!

So, girls go out and have fun! Have a wonderful Birthday!

Princess Party Recap

Where does the time go? There just always to be something going on this past week and I am ready for a break. First our air conditioning unit for one side of our house breaks (again, I might add - twice in a year and a half... darn parts!) then our oven heating coil that resides in the bottom of the oven, burns out by shooting a white flame from the coil. Luckily we have a double oven so we were able to use the lower one until the upper oven is fixed - thank goodness for warranties! Lots of laundry to do, birthday presents to make, all in the evenings after I get done with my day job. WHEW!!!! So sorry I have been MIA, but I think I am back to my normal routine.

So... finally, here are a few pics from Paige's 4th Birthday Party.