book Archives - Sew Sweetness

06 Aug

City Sampler Sew Along: Blocks 31, 32, and 33

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
book, city sampler, modern quilt blocks, sew along, tula 100, tula pink
4 comments

This post is part of the City Sampler Sew Along.For more information or to see blocks completed so far, click here! Julie - Hey everyone!! I’m excited to share blocks 31, 32 & 33 of the #tula100 quilt a long with you. With this week we are 1/3 of the way to 100!!We are almost finished with the rectangles section.These are...

24 Jun

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City Sampler Sew Along: Blocks 13, 14, and 15

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
book, city sampler sew along, quilt along, tula pink, tula100
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This post is part of the City Sampler Sew Along.For more information or to see blocks completed so far, click here!Good morning! Emily and Julie are here today to share with you the next blocks! As a reminder, the first prize will be drawn end of day on June 30th, so make sure you link your blocks up in the appropriate blog...

20 May

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City Sampler Sew Along: Choosing Your Fabric

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
book, city sampler quilt along, quilting, tula pink, tula100
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This post is part of the City Sampler Sew Along.For more information or to see blocks completed so far, click here!Welcome to the pre-sewing post of the sew along for Tula Pink's new book, City Sampler: 100 Modern Quilt Blocks. It's already a top pick on Amazon, so hope you've picked up your copy (and if not, there's still plenty of time!).Me...

28 Mar

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Pillow Pop Review & Giveaway

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
book, book review, CT publishing, heather bostic, pattern review, pillow pop, ryan walsh quilts
10 comments

Today, I'm reviewing 'Pillow Pop' by Heather Bostic. Let me start this post off by saying that before I even got this book into my sweaty-with-anticipation hands, I already knew which pillow I would be making from it. I've had this pillow on my bucket list for, oh, two years (I could be wrong because my concept of time is...

29 Oct

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Ruby Star Wrap Along

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
book, gifts, ruby star wrapping, sew along, wrap along
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I just wanted to tell you about a new sew along that I will be participating in! This one is called Ruby Star Wrap Along, and it features the projects from Melody Miller's new book, Ruby Star Wrapping. I just got this book recently at Sewing Summit and it has a zillion beautiful photos and some great projects for ideas on how to...

20 May

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Quilt Market – Tula Pink

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
book, booth, cartwheels, free quilt pattern, free spirit fabrics, from the house of tula pink, kansas city 2012, night shade, quilt market, snow globes, the birds and the bees, tula pink
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One of my top 5 booths at Quilt Market was the Tula Pink booth. AH-MAZE-ING. I need some new words to describe it. Not one, but two collections gracing this booth. These first few images are from the promotional brochure that I brought back, so I hope my scans do the fabrics justice. They are so good.First off we have her...

16 Mar

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Zakka Style Sew Along

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
book, guest posters, lrstitched, quilting book, rashida coleman-hale, sew along, zakka style
8 comments

I am super-excited to tell you about the Zakka Style Sew Along in which I will be guest posting early this summer! The projects from the sew along will be taken from the book, Zakka Style, by Rashida Coleman-Hale (oh Washi!!). The series begins in April, and it is hosted by Lindsey from LRStitched and Amy from Sukie Don't You Know Who I Am? They have...

22 May

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SMS Giveaway Day

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
bag, book, echino, fabric, giveaway day, may 23 2011, quilt, sew mama sew, sewing
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If you're a new visitor from Sew Mama Sew, welcome!!I have *TWO* separate giveaways. Click HERE and also HERE to enter! Good luck!! :-)

24 Mar

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Amy Butler’s Style Stitches No. 4 – Beautiful Balance

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
above all fabric, amy butler, beautiful balance, book, cd wallet, checkbook cover, my crafty crap, number 4, pattern review, sew along, sewing, sewing pattern, style stitches, wallet
21 comments

We're up to project number 4 in the Amy Butler Style Stitches Sew Along at My Crafty Crap. I'm going to admit I made a big mistake on my first attempt...more on that later. :-) If you haven't joined the sew along yet, there's still time to jump in! And if you don't have this book...you need it.Central Park yumminess.The fourth...

14 Feb

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Amy Butler’s Style Stitches – No. 12 Take Flight Shoulder Bag

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
amy butler, bag, blue, book, handbag, heather ross, large purse, large tote, munki munki, pattern review, sewing pattern, shoulder bag, style stitches, take flight
18 comments

I wasn't really supposed to be making this bag until the end of the year for the Amy Butler Style Stitches Sew Along. When I got this book last year and saw the sewing pattern for this bag, I knew that it was meant to be made for my friend, Kim. She is the most generous person ever, and...

10 Dec

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Amy Butler’s Style Stitches – No. 1 Cosmo Bag

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
amy butler, amy butler challenge, bag, book, cosmo bag, covered button, large purse, large tote, pattern review, pink, sew along, sewing pattern, style stitches
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A couple weeks ago I got Amy Butler's Style Stitches book for my birthday. I previously mentioned that one of my bloggy friends, Bree, will be hosting a sew-along for this book after the holidays (there's 12 bags in the book, so I'm assuming she's going to do one for each month of the year). I was sort of...

26 Nov

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Happy Birthday To Me!

March 24, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
amy butler, book, dress, mary adams, pattern books, sewing books, simon henry, style stitches, the little black dress book, the party dress book
6 comments

I received some much-sought-after sewing books for my birthday. I was so excited to receive these books, you have no idea! First and foremost, I got Style Stitches by Amy Butler. This book has instructions for 12 different bag sewing patterns (I know the subtitle also says 26 different bags, but it's basically 12 different bags, mostly with small/large...