Fun Stuff I am trying!

I love creative people and I have found some fab creative ladies that I just had to talk about!  Amy Butler , Patty Young & Heather Bailey .  I am in awe of all the designs from these three ladies  and all of them have fabric, patterns and product lines that are sheer perfection! Modern versions on classic prints and styles.  I find inspiration every time I visit their sites and if I start now I can have Christmas presents ready for all the fabulous ladies in my world!

First up are these amazing patterns I love and can not wait to start sewing:

These amy butler gum drop pillows look so fun for Ella's room.  Pillows are so marvelous and I really do not  think you can never have enough.  I must have been Moroccan in another life because my idea of heaven is a nice cup of tea, a good book and a  fabulous draped fabric room filled with soft luxurious pillows in beautiful colours.  I will visit the fabric store this week to try and find some great patterns for these babies!

I am also loving everything Patty Young is doing right now with her doll clothes line line.

Ella is really into dollies right now and the clothes they sell in the stores are either crap, or crazy expensive, so I plan on trying these patterns with scraps from her clothing projects so she can match with them.  The Emma Dress is the first pattern I bought on Etsy and I found Patty's website on the pattern.  Since then I am hooked!

Heather Bailey has great style and I just ordered some fab fabrics from her Nicey Jane line.  One of my closest girlfriends is having a baby boy in July and I am throwing her a shower next month.  I found this adorable project on Heather's site and tonight I will attempt to make them for shower decor.  I just had to share them because they are adorable and just scream SPRING!

Pinwheels in perfect colours.  You can find cheap plastic pinwheels in stores everywhere this time of year but they are tacky.  Try these yourself with double sided card stock in the colour or pattern of your choice.



I also can not get enough of One-Yard Wonders! I love to shop on Etsy for vintage fabrics and typically when I find a pattern I love they only have one or two yards of it.
Authors Rebecca Yaker and Patrica Hoskins fill the book with 101 sewing projects for you, your kids, and practically every room in your house. The spiral-bound book comes also with a pocket with lots of pattern pieces. Some of my favorite projects are the ones for organization and clothing. I'm still amazed that all of the projects can be made with just one yard. This book gives you a great excuse to splurge on a variety of patterned fabric since all you need is one yard!  My Mom has already made an adorable top for Ella and I can not wait to try some projects out myself.

 Spring Cleaning in my house is about purging out the old bringing in the new and rediscovering things we had that we may have forgotten.  Just look at all the craft supplies I found in various locations around my house.  Now they are all together and are going to get some use!