all washed up

vintage Sparkling Cider

2011-01-10T09:24:00.000-08:00

Check out this adorable Sparkling Cider made from vintage sheets!
http://incolororder.blogspot.com/2010/12/vintage-sheet-quilt.html

Donut Holes

2010-11-20T17:03:00.000-08:00

Here is our newest pattern. Uses 5 or 10 inch squares. You can get precut packs or cut from your stash.

Fat Friday

2010-11-11T20:09:00.000-08:00

Finally...... seriously, I KNOW...... FINALLY pictures to go with the post.

After you make your top you can use the rest of your fabric to make

CANDY BAR QUILTS Makes a cute quilt for a baby, a doll, or a carseat.

Approx 24x33 without borders.
Approx 31x40 with borders.

Fat Friday

2010-03-27T10:49:00.000-07:00

NEW PATTERN AVAILABLE NOW...

My husband rewards himself with a soda, a candy bar,
and lunch out on Friday...a nice treat at the end of a busy week!
He calls it…Fat Friday!

Here is our calorie-free version of Fat Friday!

Pick up 20 fat quarters and then hurry home to the sewing machine
to make this quick quilt with chunky blocks of your favorite fabrics!!

And for a treat…there’s a sweet little Candy Bar quilt inside!Fat Friday!

FAT FRIDAY
uses FAT QUARTERS, SKINNY QUARTERS OR MIX BOTH!
64" x 80" pattern # AWU-07 retail $9

Easy, versatile, and beginner safe!!
Versatile because it uses fat-qtr strips and/or fat quarters.

Beautiful in varying shades of 1 color or select from one fabric line.

Bonus...

the CANDY BAR QUILT is made using the leftovers! Use it up!
24" x 33" no borders, and 31" x 40" with borders
(makes a cute quilt for a baby, or a doll, or a car seat)

TO ORDER retail or wholesale...send email or phone 707.725.9773

5 & Dime- revised edition

2010-03-27T10:37:00.000-07:00

NEW revised edition of 5 & Dime being shipped now
same cover quilt
same price
NEW layout chart (makes it even easier!!)
NEW sizes--queen size now included
and the throw uses 12 fat quarters instead of 11
WIDER focus strips

refer to these new instructions to cut kits!

Pictures

2010-01-28T08:08:00.000-08:00

Baby Cooper's pictures are up...go check out Miranda's awesome work!!
http://mirandarenner.blogspot.com/

It's a BIG boy!

2010-01-26T15:21:00.000-08:00

Baby Cooper arrived around noon on Jan 20th by induction. 10#'s, over 22 inches long and doing great. I was really nervous to go in for induction since the first one took 2 days of induction and barely made his arrival by the end of the second day. This one was completly different. The rest of the day I kept saying to Kylar "I can't believe it's already over!" good thing I didn't know how large he was, I would have been asking for C section!

Had his pictures taken yesterday morning and will post a link to a sneak peak of them as soon as the photographer gets them on her blog, can't wait to see them!!

A boy... and a girl

2009-11-06T13:37:00.000-08:00

So we got the news, we are having another baby boy (Hershey's with nuts)expected to arrive sometime around January 14th. Cade will be 2 January 31st. Still looking for the right name.

Oh wait, before anyone thinks we are having twins, the girl part is our new miniature mule, Tinkerbell, oh so cute, but finding out she definitely has a attitude bigger than her physical self!!

click on this link to see a little video of her, she is only 3 feet tall!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idF4BO5vgC4

We've got a winner...

2009-06-09T18:19:00.000-07:00

OK, the winner is....#30, Nancy in GA said...
Congratulations!!I have two daughters and two grandchildren.My youngest daughter is expecting in Dec.

Your choices are:

Oh Cherry Oh layer cake

Fresh honeybun

Hello Betty Retro jelly roll

Mother Goose jelly roll

Let me know which one you'd like and thanks for the comments. I enjoy seeing where people live and learning alittle about you! Thanks!

a note and a giveaway

2009-06-02T18:06:00.000-07:00

Here's a little note I gave Kylar a week or 2 ago I made it up myself, I was gigling the whole time, he didn't think I was serious...I am!

So, to celebrate the news, I'm gonna do a little giveaway.

Tell me your name, city, state, how many kids you have, or grand kids, or nieces, nephews, or dogs. You don't need to tell me all of those, just pick one!

so for instance,

Angie Davy

Hydesville, Ca

one little boy (16 months) and one on the way

when we get close to ultrasound time, we'll do another one for girl or boy guesses.

so what will you win? Mmmmm, a honeybun, or jellyroll, or layer cake.

Drawing will be June 9th.

edit: to be clear...I am pregnant and the ultrasound will be in September. this was how i broke the news to daddy

Free time..

2009-05-28T00:01:00.000-07:00

As much as I love this little guy.... I gotta say, I'm pretty excited dad just took him to Grandma's house.

So what to do with my free time? Quilt......

Ride one of these 3 hooligans

but, since I'm sadly out of shape, they are very sassy and my insurance deductible is outrageously high.....

I guess I better clean the house....oh so dull and boring, but it feels so good after.
Time's up and it didn't get to spit spot shape, but I did get a couple of windows washed, a load of smelly towels done, found 3 sippy cups with contents that now resembled yogurt ( but didn't smell as pleasant), got clean sheets on the bed, uncovered our kitchen table, and found .....can you identify this?????

well it used to be cute little Easter jigglers...pretty scary, huh?
So though I am sad that I had to postpone my trip to Hawaii (I should have stepped off the plane today for a 2 week vacation), and that the Jon & Kate plus 8 rumors appear to be true( that makes me sooo sad!!!) , I know that the health department won't yellow tape my house and that when I see the little baaoooh, he'll have a big kiss for me, and who can resist that?

2009-05-25T10:52:00.000-07:00

For Mother's Day I took 20 Swanky fat quarters, my Sparkling Cider pattern and headed over to Scottie Dog Quilt Shop. Uninterrupted sewing from 11am-8pm. Ohhh it was was so nice and when I got home Kylar had Cade in bed and dinner ready!! Tried to get some pictures this morning, I had a lot of help from the wind and Cade.

I'm teaching this quilt at Scottie Dog Quilt Shop July 10th and September 26th, so I wanted to make a new sample for it.

Look close at this picture, you'll see Cade is now shoe broke, thanks to dad.

that's the outline of dad after help from Cade. You can see there's been a lot of painting, building and rototilling from the background. You'll also see we have one more ugly aluminum framed window to replace. We're doing this one last because nobody sees the back of the house...guess I picked the wrong place to take my pictures!!

here's a kiss from Cade!!

Geez....where'd the time go?

2009-05-07T18:54:00.000-07:00

Cade liked his baskets....
Hated the bunny, I think he was pretty scary myself! Well hidden eggs

Liked his eggs...
Loved his candy (he gets that from me)

Happy very late Easter!!!

"grass broke" and slides

2009-04-05T13:21:00.001-07:00

Baby Cade has not enjoyed being on grass. Wouldn't walk on it, wouldn't sit on it, wouldn't touch it. Finally..... progress. His face still looks a little unsure, but this is a huge step. Before he would crumple up in a ball and cry! Look here, he might even be enjoying it! Looks like we can put the Easter eggs in the grass after all!

Now slides, they were instant love. Not sure which of us is having more fun (notice the huge gaping hole, aka my mouth).

Now I gotta work on getting him "shoe broke"!

Lucy Goosey goes 3D

2009-03-30T17:55:00.000-07:00

Here's our newest pattern that you can get on the Moda Bake Shop. It will be available April 2nd. This is a one seam 3D flying geese unit made from charm packs. FUN! Great baby quilt.Look at this...you can use it at a baby shower to put little gifts in..... or to hold cards.
Have fun with it, I did!! You'll see some other ways to use it on Moda Bake Shop. Go check it out and get the directions here.

some old and some new.....

2009-03-27T23:30:00.000-07:00

Here's some of what I have been working on. These are some of my customers quilts, none of these are pieced by me. This is Nancy's cute little applique with a water/meander allover quilting design. Cute quilt! This is our Just Can't Cut It pattern. A high school senior made this. John Deere in pink. In progress...

Finished and ready to ship back to Colorado. Good job Lacey!

This is Linda's quilt. It is for her daughter. From the Quiltmakers book. Linda makes very pretty quilts.

This is Liz's quilt. Queen size and these are little flying geese. It is quilted with a meander in the center and a separate border. Keeps the cost down and looks custom.

This was made by Sally C. for a local dinner and auction fundraiser. Our little rural community raised $65,000 for a little 4 year old boy with cancer. WOW! People are so generous.

This was pieced by Sally F. This is a printed border. Isn't it cute?

This was designed and pieced by Sally Frey. She does 3 retreats a year in our beautiful Northern California area. If you need a reason to come see our beautiful redwoods and ocean, get on her mailing list to be notified of her next retreat. FGertie{at}aol{dot}com.

Here's a shot of the full quilt.

This is a pretty little applique done by Claire.

This was a block of the month. I think this one is Jan's??? Hope you enjoyed the show and tell. Maybe it'll give you some inspiration. Enjoy.

I'm loving Spring!!!

2009-03-27T22:31:00.000-07:00

Everyone is ready for Spring, right? I keep hounding the local nurseries to see if they have my favorite flowers in yet. I was out till dark last night and tonight I was out after dark with my headlight attached to my baseball hat taking advantage of the time when Cade is sleeping. I got the flowers below planted, I still have 8 wine barrels, 40 wave petunias, and 20 Astilbe's to go!!!Today, I got a little package in the mail from our Veterinarian. It's a little stone in memory of my special friend (Fattie, my kittie) who died from kidney failure last month. So after crying for a few minutes, I put it out with the new flowers that I just planted. She loved to be outside.

This is Fattie on the left, and Chicken S@#! on the right. I think I better explain the names. I got both of these cats from the local rescue about 8 years ago. After several trips to the vet, I had no names for them except cat A & B. I pulled these names out of my demented sense of humor. Fattie really "blossomed" after I got her, and Chicken was scared of everything!! So I thought these names fit and they stuck, Fattie and Chicken for short, I didn't want to offend anybody and I didn't really want my nephews to know her full name. Anyway, I really loved her personality. Animals are definitely a blessing, and she is missed.

How 'bout a second winner!!!

2009-03-16T22:50:00.000-07:00

comment #36
Fortunagal
Shirley, send me an email to claim your little Petits Fours kit!!
Congrats

How 'bout a little giveaway?

2009-03-12T07:41:00.000-07:00

Have any of you ever heard of Moda? Hee Hee Hee!!! Of course, who hasn't?

Well, we have designed a cute little pattern called Petits Fours that you can get for free over at the Moda Bake Shop.
So here is our cute little tablerunner that we designed using just 1 charm pack!! How fun is that? This is the picture that I took out in the frost in my flip flops, cold toes.

(I tried feeding my horses last night in flip flops too. Slipped and fell right in the messy, smelly mud. I mean FULL fall in the mud. I ended up throwing all my clothes in the washer and me in the shower!! Sorry, no pictures!)
So here's the giveaway.

Hop on over to the bakeshop, leave a comment under our Petits Fours tablerunner, then skip back here and leave us a comment for a chance to win a kit to make this tablerunner. Simple!!!!

We will draw the winner on Monday. Thanks for checking it out!

What more could a boy want?

2009-03-11T09:19:00.001-07:00

Don't worry, it's clean!!

Brrrrr...

2009-03-10T16:57:00.000-07:00

I ran outside this morning to get a picture of a cute little table runner, and this is what I found...these pictures are of our chicken coop. Isn't ice pretty!! My toes were pretty numb and stiff by the time I came back inside. Maybe I'll learn to wear something besides flip flops, probably not!!

I did get a nice picture of our tablerunner on the icy picnic table. I'll have a picture of it in a few days, along with a free pattern for it and a chance to win a kit to make your very own!!

Retreat or Sweatshop?

2009-03-06T08:49:00.000-08:00

My husband always says if he had a sweatshop, I'd be his best employee!!

He doesn't understand that he would have a bunch of crazy women expecting lots of eating, laughing, talking and show and tell!!

This picture was definitely a rare moment of calm!!

We had 2 quilt options at the retreat.
Robin was the first one finished with Jelly Girl (we all had our money on Vicki!).

Nifty Nine Patch was the other option and you can see Cyndee got a good start with the first 2 rows of hers.

We also offered this really cute bag pattern called Mixed Bag to Quilt. Cheyenne was one of the first ones finished with hers. She's is becoming quite the sewer. She also quilted a quilt all on her own on my longarm machine, and it looks great!!

We had a great time. There's just nothing like fabric and friends altogether!!

Thanks everyone!!

Changing Fast......

2009-02-25T14:57:00.001-08:00

Birth Day to First birthday

I'm pretty proud of my cake I made. His daddy must have warned him about my cooking experiments though, because baby Cade wouldn't have anything to do with his cupcake!!!

Coming Soon

2009-02-24T20:14:00.000-08:00

We've considered making that our new business name. That's usually where our pattern's are and it is where our website has been for quite awhile. Story of our life. I guess All Washed Up pretty much fits us, too. Guess we'll stick with it, or our name change would be under the Coming Soon category too!!

So while our website is under construction, I think I have this figured out well enough to post some pictures of our current patterns that have made it out of the "coming soon" category!!

Just Can't Cut It

2009-02-24T19:46:00.000-08:00

We are very thankful to have this pattern be in the top 10 sellers for several years in a row!! This is so fun. You pick a great focus fabric ( that's too awesome to cut up into little pieces) and pick your size ( there are 7 sizes to choose from baby - king). This is one that you make over and over again!!

5 & Dime

2009-02-24T19:20:00.000-08:00

Our cover shown in lap size, the larger size is shown below.

A kit that's available through Keepsake Quilting's spring catalog

5 & Dime is another fat quarter quilt. Absolutely no seams to match up. FAST. Great beginner, kids, or just a get er done project!!

Sparkling Cider

2009-02-24T16:51:00.000-08:00

Done up in batiks

looks great done up in bright contemporary fabrics, too.

This is a fat quarter quilt that's pretty quick to make. No sashings or borders. You can layer your fat quarters and make several cuts at once. We also use the Eleanor Burns flying geese ruler, so it helps keep those points on your stars (plus you make all points for each star with just 2 squares of fabric!). You need 20 (64"x80"), 9 (48"x48") or 4 (16"x64") fat quarters a background and you're off and running!! Great way to use those fat quarter towers!!