Moda Country Fair Blog Hop Day 1 and My Day

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Welcome to Day 1 of the Moda Country Fair Blog Hop.
Today's featured designer is - Me.

I want to be up front with you. I WILL NOT be painting a picture a day with my toes or my fingers.
Not that I would not like to paint a picture a day for 27 days, but the problem is this is a very busy time of the year for a fabric/pattern designer.
How about if instead of a picture a day I have a quote of the day. They may be a famous quote - or not so famous.

Today's quote:
Keep at it. Keep at it.


Often said by my mom - Millie Fisher.

My sisters and I spent a bit of time whining while we were sewing our 4-H sewing projects - usually wool - in a house with no air conditioning - in August. It was summer and I would rather be at Big Spirit Lake soaking in some sun. Just as I was about to throw the garment in a corner and head to the lake, from the kitchen would come - keep at it. Keep at it. Mom's little saying seemed to work as we always completed our 4-H sewing projects. (Usually in the wee hours of the morning of the dress review - but always finished.)

Sometimes we sat out on the swing to stay cool.

I also was doing a bit of whining while preparing for this hop. In the back of my mind I could hear mom saying - keep at it. Keep at it. I kept at it and I finished my project.





When I think of fairs - I think of food - on a stick.

My all time favorite fair food at the Jackson County Fair was a corn dog.
Not just any old corn dog, but one from Rita's Chuck Wagon.

Rita was always parked in the same spot at the fair.
Right between the 4-H buildings and the mid-way.

I have never found a corn dog that measured up to Rita's.

Her corn dogs were very crispy instead of doughy like the ones I find today.
Is there anybody out there in blog land that has had one of Rita's Corndogs?
Yummy. Yummy.

When you eat fair food it is best to have two free hands. I am not a fan of fanny packs so for my project, I have created a little bag for fair going.

My bag is big enough to hold my little digital camera in the main part of the bag.
One pocket will hold my credit cards and the other cash.
The nice long strap fits across my shoulder,
freeing up my hands so I can do some two fisted corn dog eating.

You can download my project here.

The designers that attended spring market also designed quilt blocks for stores owners to use in their stores. If you were not able to attend the schoolhouse session featuring the quilt, please sign on to your customer workstation (via moda fabrics website) to download the information for the quilt.

Look for this icon in the upper right hand corner of the customer web page.Only visible once you have signed in with your customer ID and password.

I used my favorite block - the honey bee block.
I added some applique and borders
and named it Making Honey.
(Note this pattern will not be posted on our website
until the fabric ships - sometime in October.)

And what would a blog hop be with out prizes.

Leave a comment - it can be about anything but if you were ever a 4-H member I would love to hear about it.I will use randon.com to pick the winners.

Prizes:
Sassy fat quarter pack
Sassy Layer Cake™
Sassy Jelly Roll™ and

a Sassy apron kit
(Kit includes a pre-printed apron and apron lining)

I am going to be gone for a few days so I will announce the winners on my September 12th post.Leave a comment on THIS POST anytime before 10:00 PM Central time, September 11th to be eligible to win one of the prizes


Tomorrow's featured designer is Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs.



We are supposed to post our video which was made at Quilt Market School House. So for those of you who did not attend School House and would like to see my video - click below - otherwise keep on scrolling.









Remember to keep at it...you will be surprised at what you get done.
Stop by tomorrow for the quote of the day.

From my heart,

Sandy



September 6th Sandy Gervais of Pieces from My Heart

September 7th Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs

September 8th Barb and Mary from Me and My Sister Designs
September 9th Camille Roskelley of Thimbleblossoms
September 10th Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts
September 11th Basic Grey
September 12th Polly and Laurie from Minick and Simpson
September 13th Sandy Klop from American Jane (Post will be featured on Moda's blog)
September 14th Liesl from Oliver + S
September 15th Joanna from Fig Tree and Co.
September 16th Lynne from Kansas Troubles
September 17th Barb and Alma from Blackbird Designs
September 18th Aneela Hoey from Comfortstitching.com
September 19th Barbara Brackman from Barbara Brackman, of course.
September 20th Bonnie from Cotton Way
September 21st Christina from Cabbages and Roses
September 22nd Deb Strain
September 23rd Jan Patek of Brannock and Patek
September 24th Lauren and Jessi Jung
September 25th Stephanie from Lily Ashbury
September 26th Julie from Cosmo Cricket
September 27th Kate Spain
September 28th Karla, Susan and Lisa from Sweetwater
September 29th Kaari from French General
September 30th Lisa from Primitive Gatherings
and the fun continues into October
October 1st Kathy from Kathy Schmitz Studio
October 2nd Liz from Liz Scott Designs

Blog Hop Reminder

Just a quick reminder to let you know that the Moda Country Fair blog hop will soon be starting.

Mark you calendars - you won't want to miss it.
September 6th - October 2nd

Myself and 26 other Moda designer will be blogging during this hop.
No need to wear your fat pants as we will not be not be serving anything on a stick. Instead of food we will be serving up FREE projects. Each designer has designed a project to feature on her blog day. That is a total of 27 FREE projects… all with no calories and no fat - gotta love it.

I will be blogging on day 1 of the hop.
See you Tuesday, September 6th right here at Pieces From My Heart for the Moda Country Fair Blog Hop.

Leave your fat pants at home.
From my heart,
Sandy

New, New and More New

I see over at the Minick and Simpson blog that Laurie is apologizing for taking such a long blog break.
She had not blogged for EIGHT days. Oh my they really make me look bad. But I have to believe if you are still following my blog you have come to accept the fact that I am a once a month blogger. I try for once every two weeks….sigh….but time just gets away.
I certainly have not been sitting here idle.
I have been crazy busy creating new product for you to buy.
In fact when I came to work this morning this is what my calendar said.

Yep too busy to change the page.

I am now caught up.

(With the calendar part - not my todo list.)

Here are some of the things that have been keeping me busy.

I designed my 2012 Christmas line.

I named it Merry Medley.

A large paisley is the signature print.

I didn't get a picture of the panel but it consists
of 8 Christmas motifs set on a music note background.

Made Reindeer Games quilts -

my seamstresses helped me with this one.

Wrote, proofed, printed, bagged patterns for Reindeer Games Quilts.

A pattern for 4 Christmas place mats.
#527 Eat. Drink. Be Merry

This year it was decided that I would do a 20 piece Halloween

and a 20 piece Fall line of fabric.

Normally I do a 40 piece group of either Fall or Halloween.

The fall line.

This line features the wonderful warm colors of fall.

The Halloween line is called Monster Bash.

As you can see I originally named it Fun-omenal Fall

but it was decided that Phenomenal Fall and Fun-omenal Fall

would be too confusing.

A sneak peek of the panel.

Some of the prints.

We proofed, printed, collated, spiral bound

and shipped the Easy Peasy Books.

We are selling the little wooden flower pots and some spools

needed for some of the projects in this book.

Go to my website and check it out under Supplies.

Pillow featured in Easy Peasy book.

The bowl that these tomatoes are sitting in
is actually a quarter cup measuring cup.
So the tomatoes are pretty little.
Find the instructions for these mini tomatoes
in the Easy Peasy book.

Mr. Brown dropped off some boxes full of this.

It's Sassy.

Remember when I blog about this line

and I stated that you would have a hard time

piecing the panel into a quilt.

This is why.

The panel for this line is actually a pre-printed apron.

The apron comes in blue or black.

I am now computer generating quilts using this fabric.

I must confess… I had help doing many of the above things.

Thanks to a great staff. I could never do all of this without them

And the last item under new business is the Moda Country Fair Blog Hop.

Myself and 26 other Moda designers will be

blogging starting Tuesday September 6th.

I will be the first blogger.

All of us have designed a small project for you to make.

It should be fun.

Come join use on Tuesday September 6th.

Remember staying busy is better than sitting idle.

From my heart,

Sandy