coming soon.. winterkist festy pants

Monica Solario-Snow aka the happy zombie has a new collection coming out this month with Lecien, and we're going to party.  Like it's 1989.  Un huh, drummer pants, big hair, Maybelline on boys.  Winterkist is all about Gnomas (too cute to be evil santa gnome crosses) and subversively awesome xmas colours that you'll find yourself slipping into your regular stash.  Because Monica is One Awesome Broad.  I mean, have you seen her Ron Swanson quilt along?  I'm not cool enough to participate, but believe me, I'm watching from the sidelines and dreaming of 2½" squares of man quilt.

I need to get my butt in gear and start on my project, summer is proving to be very non-productive for me!  And it's not like I have Olympic fever, or whatever.  I don't even have cable!  But interesting side note, my grandfather won a bronze in '32 in sailing.  Good thing they didn't drug test back then, I have the feeling everyone onboard was soused.

So August 6th the blog hop starts, with Winterkist inspired projects 5 times a week from a roster of truly awesome chicks.

Aug 6  Katie at There & Back
Aug 7  Rachael at imagine gnats
Aug 8  Jennie at Clover & Violet
Aug 9  Courtney at mon petit lyons
Aug 10  Sara at Sew Sweetness

Aug 13  Bianca at Sweet Diesel Designs
Aug 14  Me! at Pins & Bobbins
Aug 15  Rebecca at Sew Festive Handmade
Aug 16  Diane at from blank pages
Aug 17  Allegory at {sew} Allegorical

Aug 20  Kim at My Go-Go Life
Aug 21 Di at Random Thoughts...do or "di"
Aug 22 Jennifer at Ellison Lane Quilts
Aug 23 Jenelle at Echinops & Aster
Aug 24  Katie at There & Back

Since this shindig is being sponsored by the awesome folks at Fat Quarter Shop, you know there's going to be prices!  Each week someone will win a fat quarter bundle of their choice.  You got it, anything you want! I'm kind of bummed now that I signed up for this!  Um, Katie, can I back out?  I really want to win some free fabric!  Basically, if you're not me, comment on the tutorial post for a chance to win*.  Take a look at some of the amazing bundles available:

heaven and helsinki | cameo | new kona | tula | organic | lillybelle | solids! | madrona road | solids | Image Map

*By reading this you are entering a contract agreeing, upon winning, to pick the fabric bundle of my choice and mail it to me.**
**Not really.

xox,
c

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oh, there's been some sewing

It kills me when people say "oh, I'm working on this but I can't show you, it's a secret."  Dude, come on!  Who could be more important than me and my desire to see your stuffs?  Ok, by me, make that all of us in blogyville.  So....

Yo, I'm working on stuff and it's secret.  Unhuh, you know it.

Okay, really.  Two sewey fests, July and August.  People were crazy enough to ask me to join in.  Don't they know half my stuff is held together with spit and dog hair and I've never turned a paper in on time, ever?  So because I can't show or tell for a bit, some sneaky peakies.  The shot above, with all that purple and brown, the scariest colours in the world, is for Sew Festive Handmade's Christmas in July.  My post will be landing on the 9th - and yeah, it's all about the purple and brown and making you love it, too.

And this little chocolate box is a stack of Winterkist from the so awesome it's hard not to swear when mentioning her Monica (via the equally hard not to swear about Katie).  Monica is so cool her guild has a semi-naked guy employed by the guild solely to hold up quilts for show and tell.  I mean, come on!  Anyways, Katie's doing a Winterkist sewey fest in August and I'll be stitching up something for that, too.  Woot!

Finally, something else you can't see all of, mostly because it's too windy to take a photo outside.  I have quilted my Swoon.  Woohoo!  Hopefully this weekend I'll manage to get that magic combo of no rain + no wind + extra hands and take some better pics!

xox,
c

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