June Bed Window

Welcome to the second part of our June Window, the bed side.

I wanted to keep with a juicy pink color when putting together the bed window. There needed to be some cohesion with the Wedding in June window.

I had been working on a personal ironing table using a charm pack using a Happy Go Lucky.  I am thinking of making this cute little ironing table in to a class.
I had a vintage iron stuffed in my pile of treasures in the garage and dug that out. That stripey cord is so cute

 I knew the quilt I wanted for the bed but it wasn't mine. I saw this lovely quilt top hanging for Amy to quilt and we asked it owner if we could borrow it for a month. Thanks Kelli!!

I just love all these colors!

 

Now for  head board fluffing. I bought a collection of white hats a year or so ago and have been waiting for the right time to use them in the windows. I wound a strand of white lights around the top of the metal heard board and tied the hats across.

The spot beside the ironing table needed something. I dug around in that garage of mine again and found a white chair. I painted it pink (of course) and covered the bench seat in  a Denyse Schmidt decor weight fabric. I am kind of surprised that worked so well, mustard and pink.

There are a few more parts to the window but it is really hard to photograph. Darn plate glass. If you stop by let us know what you think.

Have a great weekend. I think I am actually going to find some time to sew. How about you? Got any sewing in the plans for the weekend?

Vintage Wedding Window

I posted a teaser of our June window and you all are so smart, you got it right away.  Its a June Wedding.

The Mustard Seed in Twin Falls asked us if we were interested in a few vintage wedding dresses for our windows and we said a hearty "yes"!

I finished my Pickle Dish inspired quilt to go with Heather's vintage Double Wedding Ring quilt. The Pickledish quilt reminds me of the Wedding Ring quilt but with a modern twist.

Instead of sewing the curved solids background (as is in the tutorial) I raw edge appliqued the colored archs right on to the solid square background. I had run out of steam after making the archs but didn't want to waste all that time piecing.

I needed a cake for the window and was mulling over several idea. It needed to be easy and cheap.
I reused the old screen I had in the raindrop window and turned it on its side. I cut out 4 cake "layers" and sewed them on by hand right on to the screen.  The cake is decorated with felt flowers, aslo sewn on. Can you tell its a wedding cake or was I too subtle?
Now, I can use the screen over again. Maybe a Christmas tree in December?

As usual, I wanted some sort of bunting across the top of the window. I didn't want to do anything I had already done and was brainstorming with Laura and we came up with a genius idea. We pulled fat quarters we already had on the fq wall and tied the corners together. Done, and it cost nothing.

The 3 white dresses on their own are a little pale for the window so I dressed the 50's dress up with a pink pompom belt.

Heather stippled her vintage quilt top with a tight stipple.

The Gunny Sac dress has received lots of attention. Many people remember this style of dress.

The 1950's dress is my favorite. It has a removable jacket.
The other tiny dress could be a first communion dress (second picture). 
Has anyone been by and seen the window? What do you think? I am not on to thinking about the next window.

Next blog post will be the bed side window.

Linking up to Crazy mom Quilts Finish it up Friday

Hexie Flowers from Mini Chamrs

I'm addicted, it's a crisis.
On our drive to market I grabbed my sewing kit, a bag of paper 1.5" paper hexagons, and 2 mini chams (or Moda candy) . I pieced as we drove. Then I pieced while sitting at a junktique show. I pieced while waiting for the bus. And then I pieced some more.

I think I am about 7 mini charm packs in (mini charms are 2.5" squares).

I am going to machine applique the individual flowers on to a cream solid and then sew the blocks together. This is going to be a long term project. I am wanting it to be at least a twin bed size.

Anyone else get the hexagon bug?

Quilt Barn in is a Magazine!!

Quilt Barn is in a magazine, Homespun (an Australian magazine). And it is all thanks to (I think), Pinterest.

I posted a picture of the tree carving quilt I made for my mom and it went wild on Pinterest .  We get many emails about the quilt, if there is a pattern or tutorial. We did put these quilts up in our etsy shop for custom listings and are thinking about creating a pdf pattern.

The (even nicer) quilt shown in the magazine is one Heather made as I had gifted the original to my mom.

I am very excited especially the nice story they included with the photo. That's my name and my mom! Big thanks to Homespun for including us!! Now, to find a few copies. One for me, my mom , and Heather. Has anyone seen Homespun in stores?

And sorry for the iphone screen shot. I am having trouble using the photos they sent us. I will replace it when I figure it out.

Quilt Market Giveaway Winners

The winners of our 7 Days of Quilt Market Giveaway winners are...

Day 7 Debbie Last Day Big Giveaway

Day 6  Kerrie Smith Pillow Pop

Day 5 Wonderlandbyalyce We Love to Sew

Day 4 Trina  Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe

Day 3 Gwendellyn A Line Skirts

Day 2 Brandi Simply Retro

Day 1 Myshell Hand Quilted with Love

I replied to your winning comment in the post and you should be getting an email attached to that. You can email me at tguisto(at)hotmail(dot)com

Congratulations to everyone and thanks so much for all your support during our week long giveaway!

June Window Sneak Peek

Laura and I (Tara) got to work on our June window today. She took everything out of the windows last week and they have looked so bare all weekend.

We have the one window (non bed side) all done. Can you guess what the theme is this month?

The other side will be finished on Wednesday. I have bits of it up so if you drive by and are confused it isn't done yet.

Today is the last day to enter all of our 7 days of giveways. Winners will be chosen at random today at 5 and announced tomorrow and the winners will be contacted via email. Good luck everyone. And thanks for your support!!

Big Quilt Market Giveaway Day!!!

 Welcome to our last giveaway day! You can still go back and enter our other 6 days of book giveaways.

First, what you win:

A signed copy of the new book, Liberty Love by Alexia Marcelle Abegg
2 fat quarters from Heather Ross' not yet released Briar Rose collection
wood spool topped pencil from Wooden Spool Designs
Lecien purple floral tote

4 Moda candy (or mini-charms): Giggle, Comma, Soho Chic, and barcelona
Studio Cat designs measuring tape
Oliver and S spool dog pattern

3 batik fat quarters
Take Flight pillow pattern

There are a few other little swag items not listed that are in there too.

Fun stuff right!? In fact, we had enough for 3 giveaway bundles. I bundled what I thought would fit in a flat rate envelope. The other 2 bundles will be future giveaways so watch out for that.

Now, what do you need to do to win? You have 6 potential entries. For each one you complete come back and leave a comment saying that you follow, like, etc. So, if you have liked our facebook page leave a comment saying "I liked your facebook page". Leave a different comment for each entry.

You have until Monday June 3  at 5PM to submit all your entries. We will then draw a name for each 67 giveaways. We will contact you via email so make sure you are not a 'no comment' blogger so we have a way to contact you.

Here are your 6 potential ways to enter:

Follow us on Bloglovin (see the button at the top on the right)
Like our Facebook page The Quilt Barn
Like our Etsy shop
Follow us on Twitter
Follow our Quilt Barn Pinterest Board
Tweet: Win a Book a Day for 7 Days Giveaway #quiltmarket http://quiltbarn.blogspot.com/

Book a Day Giveaway Pillow Pop

Welcome to Day 6 of our Book a Day Giveaway! You can still enter our other book giveaways

Today's book is Pillow Pop compiled by Heather Bostic. The pillow book is a compilation of pillow patterns from you favorite bloggers.. And, like our other books, this book has been signed by the author. This one book was signed to me. This was before I realized we would be getting many books and I would want to share and giveaway most of them.

We will have 6  days of book giveaways ending with a super giveaway on day 7. Make sure  you come back tomorrow

We want to give you lots of ways to enter and you can pick one or all of them. For each entry come back and leave a comment telling us that qualify for that category. You have 6 chances to win.

Follow us on Bloglovin (see the button at the top on the right)
Like our Facebook page The Quilt Barn
Like our Etsy shop
Follow us on Twitter
Follow our Quilt Barn Pinterest Board
Tweet: Win a Book a Day for 7 Days Giveaway #quiltmarket http://quiltbarn.blogspot.com/

You have until 5:00 PM Monday June 3 to enter all our giveaways. Be sure you are not a No Comment Blogger so we have a way to contact you when you win. We are able to ship withinthe US and Canada only.

See you tomorrow for our Final Day, The Quilt Market Swag Giveaway.

Book a Day Giveaway We Love to Sew by Annabel Wrigley

Welcome to Day 5 of our Book a Day Giveaway! You can still enter our other book giveaways

Today's book is We Love to Sew by Annabel Wrigley. We love this book and are looking at teaching some summer kid's sewing classes using this book. Its perfect for young and new sewers. And, like our other books, this book has been signed by the author.

We will have 6 days of book giveaways ending with a super giveaway on day 7. Make sure you come back tomorrow

We want to give you lots of ways to enter and you can pick one or all of them. For each entry come back and leave a comment telling us that qualify for that category. You have 6 chances to win.

Follow us on Bloglovin (see the button at the top on the right)
Like our Facebook page The Quilt Barn
Like our Etsy shop
Follow us on Twitter
Follow our Quilt Barn Pinterest Board
Tweet: Win a Book a Day for 7 Days Giveaway #quiltmarket http://quiltbarn.blogspot.com/

You have until 5:00 PM June 3 to enter all our giveaways. Be sure you are not a No Comment Blogger so we have a way to contact you when you win. We are able to ship withinthe US and Canada only.

See you tomorrow for our next giveaway book.

Book a Day Giveaway Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe

Welcome to Day 5 of our Book a Day Giveaway! You can still enter our other Book Giveaways.

Today's book is Quilts from the Blogging Universe. It is a compilation of quilt patterns from your favorite bloggers and is signed by 3 of the quilt designers. We will have 6 days of book giveaways ending with a super giveaway on day 7. Make sure you come back tomorrow

We want to give you lots of ways to enter and you can pick one or all of them. For each entry come back and leave a comment telling us that qualify for that category. You have 6 chances to win.
Follow us on Bloglovin (see the button at the top on the right)

Like our Facebook page The Quilt Barn

Like our Etsy shop

Follow us on Twitter

Follow our Instagram 

Follow our Quilt Barn Pinterest Board

Tweet: Win a Book a Day for 7 Days Giveaway #quiltmarket http://quiltbarn.blogspot.com/

Also, I realized I left our Instagram off the other book giveaway days. So if you want to get another entry follow our Instagram and go back to the previous days and tell us you now do that too.

You have until June 3 5:00PM to enter