Wishing you PEACE and LOVE!!!

Peace and Love for 2010....why is it that I can't stop making these birds????

 They are a free download from Tina Givens.....and they look so "Sweet" in the Amy Butler "LOVE"....

These fabrics take me back in time.....And I just had to make the free download from Amy's Site....what a cool wall hanging....you simple print the letters from her free pattern....cut...fuse...and zig zag....then you stretch the fabric onto canvas and stretchers......LOVE IT......

Have a Happy New Year......Create more in 2010.....!!!!

Handmade Holiday Bazaar....

Come to a great Holiday Bazaar.....it is in our parking lot @ fiberologie....411 15th Ave. N
St. Petersburg Florida....Today...Saturday..DEC. 5.....from 10-4
There will be unique gifts....Florida Etsy.....Indie.....and lots of stuff for sale in our store....

See you there!!!!

Fast Christmas Wreath from Scraps...

Just take out your rotary cutter...we used a pinking rotary...and cut your strips 2" X 10 "......

And then just tie them in a knot on the wire of a metal hanger.  Cut the hanger part off of the hanger...bend it in a circle....have the two ends meet....twist and tape with electrical tape....

Look how great this Wreath ends up....we used scraps in Red and Green and Taupe ....it is hanging on the door at the store.....I think the whole project took maybe an hour...so get started....great way to use up those scraps....

Happy creating....

Anna Maria Horner....Quilt Market...

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Little folks dobby dots.... 

 Anna Maria Horner introduces LittleFolks....and is printed on the finest 54" cotton voile with a buttery soft feel and a gorgeous drape." Within the three little folks palettes...."Moonlight, Playground, & Sugar Cookie"....wow...how does she do it!!!!

Anna has a new book coming out soon...."handmade BEGINNINGS....24 sewing projects to Welcome Baby"...this lampshade/mobile is featured in the book....it is awesome!!!

And here we are with Anna....all smiles for the new line!!!

Here they are at the end of the day....Relax and put your feet up....a job well done...We love the new line...and we just can't wait till April....

Heather Bailey....Nicey Jane

Heather Bailey's new collection is based on "small-town girl Nicey Jane heads to the city on Friday nights to swing dance with her beau-but not before hanging the laundry to dry and enjoying an afternoon picnic on the farm.  Every weekend should be so sweet".  Don't you just "love" her????

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This dress on the mannequin in her showroom was the cutest ever....she said there was so much interest that she will probably make it into a pattern....please!!!! It is vintage and retro all in one....and I love the new fabric..."The Nicey Jane collection is perfect for quilting, clothing,home decor and crafts."

"Have a picnic with Nicey Jane.  Heathers charming new cotton fabric collection offers a kicky mix of nostalgic florals and modern geometrics presented with Heather's signature flair for color".  

This line should be available in January....and she has "oilcloth: yummy....."

Quilt Market Highlights....

This is a photo of Amy Butler's booth at Market....it was just what we needed to see first thing..her newest collection is called LOVE....and we did love it!!! The colors are fresh...she also has two new sewing patterns available now....the Liverpool..tunic ...and the Sweet Harmony handbag and tote...I love how she incorporates fresh flowers in all the colors....and she teases us with all sorts of new things that are not available in patterns yet...

....these new pillow patterns should be released early in the new year....they look like fun....great combination to use three together...all pictured in the home dec weight fabrics...

And here we are with Amy....she is so cute!!! Amy is wearing a new jacket that will be a pattern soon. The fabric is from her LOVE collection and it is in the Home Dec weight. She also will have a raincoat pattern included.....and the sample in the booth was out of her Oilcloth fabric....we all want one!!! Amy's and her booth once again were so inspiring and "Happy"....we were feeling the "LOVE"...

Inspiration....

What are the chances that you are going home for a visit and you find out that the same day you are in Chicago for a concert....(one amazing concert....TR Wizards....)...you find out Renegade Craft Fair is in Wicker Park....YES!!!! So talk about inspiration.....I will have to do a blog on this one  at a later date....It was too cool....and happy birthday Dad!!!

 Getting inspired....the last time I visited my favorite store Anthropologie...I found this great journal made from fabrics....it has a VW van stitched on the cover....And it just so happened that we where leaving for a camping trip....and I thought what a great cover that would make for our Travel Guest Journal....so I packed up some of my favorite fabrics from the store....

 

  And here it is.... the start of the cover...I have chosen all kinds of circle fabrics from Amy Butler Moon Dots to Kaffe Fassett Paperweights....I will applique first and then decide how I will quilt ..probably with free motion peace signs....

A work in progress...

Stay Inspired...

Music to stitch by....

I have to say that I saw this CD at Borders and I thought I have to have it....but I was smart and did listen to the Sample songs on the Borders computer....The CD is by Lisa Hannigan...Sea Sew.....and since: one..I.love music....two...love to sew....and three live by the sea...HELLO....

It is great music to sew by...she is an Irish singer...song lyrics...."I feel your words through my buttonholes".....ok just check it out yourself....www.lisahannigan.ie .....her mother knit the wallpaper for her site....you will be inspired...

We have a WINNER!!!!!

The winner for our first give away......drum...roll....is...........VALERIE!!!!!!....and look what was in the Peace wristlet....a gift card.....yeah!!!!  Thanks everyone for keeping posted....

Far Far Away....

Calling all little ones....here is the Heather Ross Far Far Away fabrics from Kokka....double gauze....and double delicious!!!  The fabric has an excellent drape and feel.....wonderful for clothing and quilting for the "Little ones"...Heather Ross' designs are so whimsical....I stopped everything and grabbed my Amy Butler book.....and here's the completed project!!!!

I had to make this cute little Kimono-style PJ...from the Amy Butler Little Stitches book!!! "Loose comfy and oh-so-stylish for baby"....the double gauze material is sooo soft....and easy to sew....I will have to make a "pink" Princess and the Pea...kimono also....and I am thinking why not some "jammies for me too.....how comfy would that be...

Keep on stitchin'.....

WEEKEND Sewing...with Heather Ross...

I have been telling everyone at the store, that they need to make the "Smocked Sundress" from Heather Ross' Weekend Sewing book.....and since I had never tried the elastic thread smocking technique....I decided it was time to make up a sample.....

I just had to use the cute mermaid fabric from Heather Ross.....all you do for the smocking is use elastic thread in the bobbin....and sew lines....take a hot iron to the thread....

And here is the finished dress......It was really easy...and I like it so much that I am going to make myself one.....to wear by the pool....

"SUMMER OF LOVE"...party ideas...final

AIRDREAMING...about the "summer of love"...with the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock"....here are my party ideas....have fun...

Make a fun banner for the theme of the party....Peace...Love...Flower power.....I just cut two large triangles per banner ...wrong sides together....sew them together...applique on your peace sign....heart..... flower....and rotary cut the edges of the flag with a zig zag.....sew the flag onto some twill tape on either side and you are ready to hang....

Paper plates and napkins from Target....how cool...."40th anniversary of Woodstock"....and keep the menu simple..have foods brought by guests from the year 1969...

We just got in these great "peace sign" batiks.....what fun they would be for table cloths, bandanas, banners....aprons....a "toga".....$9.50 a yard....

Must have some great give-a-ways for your guests...."moon pies' are always a hit....

Of course download some tunes from Woodstock....Janis..Jimmy...the Who.....but live music is always the "best"....go..."lightning Jack"...

Enjoy!!!

I Love to Create....

I got to meet Traci Bautista, the mixed media artist .....we talked about her Graffiti paint by "tulip" she was using for her Make and Take...a cute canvas wristlet that she painted all over....we talked about possibly doing a class at the store....how FUN WOULD THAT BE.......????

Crafty Chica....Kathy Cano-Murillo was doing a "make and Take"...with her new land of "glitter"...colors all designed by her....

Look at these great display that "The Crafty Chica" put together for the show....she has all kinds of cool kits that a for sale to make these edgy crafts.....

Hurray!!! Here is my great find....stencils that can go on fabric...I can't remember if they were heat set or like a stick on....but very cool....we will have to get these for the store!!!! And there is a "birdcage"....

Laura Gunn....Lantern Bloom....

Here she is...Laura Gunn....Lantern Bloom....from Michael Miller....isn't she adorable!!! This is her booth at the quilt market in Pittsburgh....check out the handbags in the picture frames...they will be a pattern soon.....

Here in Laura's booth you will find her original paintings along with the whole fabric line.....the birdcage fabric is too fun...customers are making "Birdie bags, Socialite dresses. aprons...and the Multi-tasker bag...to mention a few....

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE...this quilt....it really would not be a hard quilt to make....and it really shows off the feature fabrics .....and the white tile pattern makes it all POP!!! This quilt would look so great in my living room....hmmmm......

Bohemian batiks....and purple Chinese lanterns....

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I am so lucky to have these new samples in the store. Jen made up this Lila Tueller pattern, Funked out Peasant blouse....she used the new batiks from Hoffman and then trimmed it all with a solid for a really contemporary look. Jen did " tweak " the pattern a bit, she made it with short sleeves and no zipper......go Jen.....What a great top to wear with jeans, capris or shorts...It's a great pattern to mix fabrics for a bit of a "bohemian chic"....

I am also so lucky to have this great new sample in the store!!! Alisha made the new Anna Maria Horner Socialite dress pattern. She used the new Laura Gunn fabric, lantern bloom.....love the trim and belt in the contrast mosaic tile fabric. We have Laura's whole collection....she is an artist that converted her paintings into fabric...the colors and textures are amazing...

Check out my next post where you will meet Laura, and see her amazing collection....

Going Virtual

Hey fiberologists….I am starting my “BLOG”…..I can’t wait to tell you all about my latest and greatest!!! And can you believe that my store fiberologie was a year old on March 15^th??? WOW……A very big Thank You too all for supporting my store!! And I have to say that sewers and crafters are the nicest people ever…you make my job FUN….So that is why I want to provide this blog as a community that allows me to share some of my fascinating stories and ideas with all of you.

But now to the good stuff…We have been making some great things with the Anna Mar

ia Horner’s new patterns and her new fabrics….Good Folks…check out the sample that Jen made of her new pattern the “multi tasker tote”…we just love the laminated fabric!!! I have attached a picture and will be sure to have these available for purchase online....Stay Tuned... Then we made the cutest lunch bag ever

….it only took a ½ yard of fabric….and it even has pockets for your utensils…..Her laminated fabric is great to sew…think tablecloths, baby bibs, aprons and beach bags…Keep checking back and I will keep you updated on when my ETSY site will be up and running. We are also planning some give aways and special online discounts.....It is going to be exciting especially with your help....Please contribute with comments,

questions, or creative ideas......