February 17th, 2011
I have been seeing Quite Contrary all around the internet. Here are a few awesome projects I have spotted:
Ruffled & quilted skirt on the Earth Girl Fabrics Blog
Adorable purses at Geta’s Quilting Studio Blog. She has tons of gorgeous variations on this cute pattern.
This amazing pinwheel quilt by Marian Gallian at Pink Hippo Quilts
Ruffled Apron at The Little Fabric Shop Blog (their shop does have some Quite Contrary in stock)
Adult Apron on Etsy
If you’ve created something with Quite Contrary, I’d love to see it! Be sure to post a comment with a link.
If you’re interested in winning a set of fat quarters, check out my Quite Contrary giveaway!
February 16th, 2011
My very first fabric line Quite Contrary from Riley Blake was released at Quilt Market a few months ago. I finally got my paws on some and am completely in love. It’s perfect for spring and summer sewing projects, quilts, little girl dresses and more. I’m thinking napkins and quilted table runner for Easter. My favorite pattern is the strawberries with the white background and since I don’t have any girls, I’m thinking I need to make a super girly ruffled apron for myself.
Enough about me… I want to share the love with you all and give away a set of fat quarters or 2 or 3 or 4… do you want to win a set???
Do one, or all of the following and leave a seperate comment for each:
1. Subscribe to my RSS feed
2. Follow me on facebook
3. Blog about my giveaway
4. Post about the giveaway on your facebook wall.
5. Leave a comment telling me what project you would love to make with this fabric.
For every 100 comments I receive, I’ll give away 1 full set of 21 fat quarters (up to 4 sets). So tell your friends! The more comments I get, the more I’ll give away!
All entries are due by Friday February 25th, 12 pm PST. Winners will be announced Monday, February 28th.
If you are interested in purchasing this fabric here are few online stores that carry various patterns from the collection:
Spice Berry Cottage
Fat Quarter Shop
Hawthorn Threads
I’m sure there are a lot more out there as well as some etsy sellers. Also be sure to support your local quilt shop and ask them to order it in if they don’t already carry it.
Happy quilting/sewing/fabric collecting!
March 27th, 2010
Hello! I paper-crafted yesterday! It has been quite awhile since I’ve done anything but sit with my laptop, but it was so much fun just to play around! On Wednesday, I got a HUGE box of paper and accessories from My Mind’s Eye.
So I quickly made this cute and very FAST card using the Quite Contrary line from MME that Zoe Pearn and I designed. I cut out the little imperfect scallop border by hand and then doodled a border around it to make it look a little more finished. Then I simply added a border sticker, some sticker letters and sticker buttons (with a little twine pulled through the holes). And I finished it off with a rhinestone border from MME’s Lush Line.
Also on the inside, since the b-side of the paper was too busy to write on, I pulled a journal card from Quite Contrary and wrote on that:
Actually playing around with this line made me realize how great it is for card making. Which I’m really excited about because that is probably my favorite thing to do with paper right now! There are tons of little journal cards and accessories and most of the prints are really small and work well for layering especially when dealing with small spaces like cards. When I find a little free time in a few weeks, I’m just going to sit down and make a huge collection of cards with all this paper!!
January 19th, 2010
For those of you who are avid scrapbookers and papercrafters, you might know about CHA the semi-annual crafting trade-show. CHA is in just a few short days and I have an adorable paper line coming out by My Mind’s Eye called Quite Contrary. My good friend Zoe Pearn and I collaborated on the design of this paper line to bring you 40 fun and beautiful papers and 80 a-la-cart accessories. I wanted to show you a few of my favorite elements, but I love all the pieces so much! You can see them all at My Mind’s Eye.
Check your local scrapbook store in the next few weeks when it hits stores. Be sure to ask for it by name so that your store will know that they need to order it in if they haven’t already. I can’t wait to get my hands on it and make some fun projects as well as see all the amazing things that crafters are making with it too! I’ll be posting here from CHA with lots of updates and photos!
