Amy Butler in the House

I must say I am a HUGE Amy Butler fan.  I'm so happy that others (besides us quilters) will get to know her beautiful work.  I was wandering around Bed, Bath & Beyond last week and discovered these....

Comforters, Pillows & Sheets

Can you believe these amazing towels, too?!?

I'll definitely be picking some of these up very soon.

A Serious Quilt Label

Last December, I decided that I would start a bee and be a Bee Mama.  I decided to get these made for the girls in my group. 

I am so excited to put this on my Seams Perfect Quilt.  Maria did such an amazing job.  But then again, what do you expect from a Grammy nominated graphic designer?!?!  Thanks, M!  You're such a bad a$$!  :)

I'm a Proud Mama!

I got this note a couple weeks ago from Taylor's (my daughter) teacher.

There was no way I was going to miss my smarty pants getting her first award!

Taylor, mom and dad are very proud of you!  :D

Quilting for a Cause

I went to my high school reunion last year and had a blast re-connecting with all my IHHS sisters.  It turns out some of them had gone through some rough times.  We found out a few of them were cancer survivors.  It seemed like it really hit home to all of us. 

Some of my classmates will be participating in the Revlon Run / Walk LA 2011.  I really wanted to participate, but it's the weekend of my little man's birthday.  He's turning 3!  I wanted to find a way to help.  So, I decided to do what I do best.  Quilt!  I wanted to make a quilt and raffle it off and donate the proceeds to this walk. 

I asked some of my Bee Mates to make me some blocks and they did.  It's finally done and I really love how it came out!  It measures roughly 47" x 47".  Its going to be so hard to give away...

Here's the front...

 Here's the back....

You can win this charity quilt for a $10!  $20 buck will get you 2 entries!  $30 will get you 3! 

You get the picture, right? 

Click here to make a donation to team Pandas with Purpose. 

Once you donate on-line, please leave a comment here along with your tracking code. 

Here's what the tracking code looks like:  3770-1201-1-68492-71603

A winner will be chosen on Friday, May 6th! 

Please include your email address so that I can contact you if you win! 

A big Thank You to Maria, Liberty, Linda, Amber and Cruz for providing such great blocks.

Good Luck, Everyone!

oxox, Sunny

MIA

Dear Blog,

Sorry I haven't been around much. I've been busy with life and the family. I will be back very soon to tell you about my quilting, my first quilt show I attended and my swapping addiction. I've also been doing some fabric hunting! With much success! :)

More details to follow... I promise.

Oxox,
Sunny

Fabric sighting

Henna sighting..., originally uploaded by sunnyauh.

You know you're a fabric addict when you look for fabric when you're not even at a fabric store. I was shopping at Marshalls for a Yoga mat. (Yes, I'm going to start again! Details in a different future post....)

I started giggling until I realized that I'm Henna Garden deficient. So if anyone is reading this: I still need Red, Spring & Raspberry.

Thanks!

Oxox,
Sunny

Charity Bees - Februay Blocks

I joined 2 charity bees this year. I figured, I have a fabric addiction, maybe I can do some good with it, right?

The first one is run by the Peg & Becca at Sew Fresh Fabrics. As a shop, they end up with so many remnants and scraps, so they decided to make quilts for charities. They sent us all a lovely scrap bag (There's 16 of us!) We need to make 1 block, and we get to keep the rest.  Isn't that cool?!?  We will be making a quilts for Project Linus this round. 

This is what I came up with.  It was inspired by this.  I hope you like it Peg & Becca!

The other one is Do. Good Stitches. It's run by Rachael. There are now 6 circles in her group. I'm part of the Comfort circle.  Remember this block?  It was for this bee.

There are stitchers and quilters. I originally signed up as a stitcher, but was asked to be a quilter. It's really hard for me to say no to charity, so I'm a quilter.

Here is my February Block for Jill. 

She asked us to use orange and grey to make Map of the States Blocks.  It was time consuming cutting everything, but I'm very pleased with the end result.  I hope you like it, Jill.

oxox,
Sunny