Hello my friends.... I am home sick with a cold.Kids are better but me not so much!
Oh well.... Just wanted to update the drawing will be held on Friday for Novella and Cocoon collections. I am excited to cut and make bundles....and Friday is Winter Solstice... (and to some the end of the world - I don't believe it is the end of the world) I think it is a great day to give away fabric...
Have a great day!
Valori
Hello my friends.....I have missed a week of Christmas so today I have two wonderful things to show you.... Last week I finished up a marathon of photo shoots for my new collection of fabric coming out this fall, Novella.
On Saturday night we did a photo shoot called Indigo Nights.....based on the palette in Novella called Indigo. I had all my wonderful friends come over to my assistant, Sondy's, house for an evening to remember. It was amazing and I will give more details when I can share the photos.....now the reason I was telling you this is because I made my Roasted Butternut Squash soup.....there were lots of requests for the recipe.
I decided it was the perfect recipe to share in Wrenly's Christmas......
This is a great soup for any occasion. I also have changed it slightly when I took out the butternut squash, added a couple more potatoes and broccoli. It makes a yummy broccoli potato soup. I don't roast the broccoli but put it in the last 15 minutes before you blend it. Sprinkle with some cheddar cheese and it is ready to go.
For your holiday needs you might want to include the Wrenly Christmas Table runner.....
This table runner came from one of my sewing cards....
Along with the table runner you can always use napkins. I have the perfect simple napkin pattern for you. Not sure I would call it a pattern but a project. Take a fat 1/4, 18" x 22" and square it up to 18" x 18". Then pull the strings from the edges until you get about a 1/4" of fringe around the entire napkin. Clean up the edges with scissors or a rotary cutter and WA-LA! Napkin......they wash up great and don't continue to fray. Wonderful!!!
Great gift too!!! They are time consuming but worth it.
Tomorrow is Teagues's 3rd birthday....Poor guy is fighting a bad cold too! If he is still sick tomorrow I am going to have to cancel his little party. I am hoping that after his nap today he will feel better.
Hopefully next week I will not have as many issues and can actually get to posting on Friday for Wrenly's Christmas.....I am going to be sending out 6 bundles of Wrenly's Christmas on Friday.....so get your comments in. And not to worry there will be 6 more bundles in November.....
XO
Valori
Hello all.....enjoying a little vacation from the hub bub at the beach with my family...It was wonderful weather the last two days and today is a little wet and cloudy. Typical Oregon Coast.....
We make an annual trip to the beach in between Rodeo and Quilt Show.....kind of a mental break for all of us. We are just missing my brother's family but they went to Hawaii instead. Yeah, don't feel bad for him at all!!!!
So, this week I wanted to share my Rosalie quilt.....it is a Hexagon quilt (my mom tells me that hexagons are really big right now). The best part o the sewing card is that there are two sizes with the same layout but just different size hexagons. You can make a queen or a throw.
This is the queen version using all of the Cocoon cottons..... I love the way it turned out.
I was out shooting some quilts for our summer postcard and I had to take Rosalie.....
Such a perfect spot to take photos.....it is SO Sisters.
To go with this beautiful quilt......a easy project for anyone - fabric gift box!
So easy to make......
This will give you the instructions and one of the box templates....the download will have the full size template in two different sizes. Perfect hostess gift for the summer party. Download FabricGiftBoxes-web-1 Download FabricGiftBoxes-web-2
I like the inside of my box to be interesting also, so I printed on the inside.....you can stamp or put another piece of fabric on the inside.
Well off to hang with the family on this rainy beach day.....
XO
Valori
Good Morning.....Wow, I had a great turn out on comments for the We Love Color book....104! Since I have two girls and so many comments I decided that I would pick two winners one will get the We Love Color book from C&T and the other will get some of my new Cocoon fabric.
Vivi picked first....for the Book....
The winner is......Adele....I will be emailing you!
Olivia's pick.....for Cocoon Fabric....
And the winner is.....Debbie....I will be eamiling you!
Thanks again to all of you that commented! Keep looking back at my blog....more give aways this summer!!!
XO
Valori
Purging..... As a VERY sentimental person and avid collector purging is hard! Ross and I have been working on the house. Just feeling like less is more! It is a process especially for me. The house is starting to feel so good, so light.
I felt like my studio has been weighting me down. I keep having dreams about packing and cleaning. It is amazing all of the anxiety I feel in the dream and then when I wake up. Conclusion..... I am purging my studio. Trying to get rid of things I don't need and packing up some of the sentimental objects the are cluttering my space. It is a process and I have such a short attention span (no wonder my kids are that way) that I get bored easy.... Find myself doing other things. Like blogging! I look around and even the places that I have purged and cleaned still feel full. Frustrating! I am just trying to work my way through the space then go back if I need to. Oy Vey!
Now back to cleaning.... And PURGING!!! That needs to be the key word!
XO
Valori
Thanksgiving my favorite holiday......I love getting to see my family, cooking, eating, enjoying time together. We tend to spend Christmas just us so Thanksgiving is when we see everyone. I love it. The kids had so much fun together.....mom and John hosted their first big family gathering in the new house it was perfect....now getting out of our house was an ordeal. Three kids....sometimes I just can't believe it.
Here are some of our Thanksgiving moments.......
Ross got a hold of the camera....here are some of his photos.
Now for the giving part......I have some sample yardage that is waiting for a good home.....Della Flannel, Del Hi Home Dec, even a little Della Fleece.........
Since it is the giving time of year......I will collect emails (you have to send me an email) for the next week. The drawing will commence Monday, December 7th....once the girls get home from daycare. They love to do the picking. I will send out the winners an email on Tuesday.
Have a great day!!!
XOXO
Valori
I have been meaning to tell you that Urban Flannels finally arrived in the shop. Carolyn did a great display with the fabric. Come check them out in the shop - even in the snow it is a great way to get you out and about. I say this as it is snowing - Love it!!!!
So in the spirit of Christmas I am going to be giving away some bundles of Urban Flannels. I am going to take e-mails over the next week and then pick out of the e-mails the fabric winners. So send me your e-mails.....I will pick on the 26th of December.
Have a great Day!!
Valori
So my weekend got away with me and I didn't get this posted so here we go.......
I have 5 of these gorgeous necklaces to give away......if you don't make the first 5 to EMAIL me then check out Miss Carmen's Etsy page to buy your own.......love her stuff....Love her!! THANKS CARMEN!!!
Have a great day........
Valori
