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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

#03 Hugs & Kisses Blog Hop

This is my 3rd Blog Hop and 2nd with Mdm Samm!!

I want to thank her for allowing me the privilege, again, of participating.

Feb 12th

Lady Carol

just let me quilt

Lady Sandy

Upstairshobbyroom (me)

Lady Cynthia

Lady Pat

Lady Jolie

Lady Susan

Here is the link to the complete list of participants!!

I had all this lovely Valentine's fabric I bought last year on sale, so what better Blog Hop to get involved in. I had so much fun figuring out what to do with the paper piece patterns from Soma of Whims and Fancies too!! (There were 3 patterns total, I only used 2.)

Again, I know you don't have time to read a lot of words and just want to look at pretty pictures, but read to the end. Don't miss out, I've rounded up 2 great prizes for you.

Feyza from ikaprint is donating 90 labels and if you've been reading my blog you will know that I love my labels!! Don't forget to use the discount code upstairshobbyroom (5% off) if you are looking for labels and decide to place an order.

And Jennie at Zipit is donating a $25.00 gift certificate!!
Again don't forget to use upstairshobbyroom to save 15% on an order if you are looking for great zippers.

These are two places that I shop and love!
( I always have the discount codes and links on the right side bar of my blog. The pictures are the links just click on them to go!)

OK, on with the picture show.....

A Table Runner

Then I printed the pattern at 60% and made a pouch (of course using a zipper from Zipit), and 50% and made coasters/Tic Tac Toe game pieces (and the table topper game board of course!!)

And a treat/card holder!!

I made 2 blocks for this, folding the one a little over the halfway point and adding some fabric to the bottom to match raw edge. Then quilted both, layered them on top of each other and added the binding and ties.

You could make one for everyone's chair!! A mixture of X's and O's.

Same rules as last time. Prizes are open to everyone, just follow the instructions to enter below!!

I apologize for anyone who didn't get a reply last time around who maybe returning. Again there are a lot of comment coming in and it is hard to keep straight who I have replied to and who I haven't. (between phone, computer and blog) So this time around, unless you ask a question, I'm going to say to everyone right now....

Thank you so much for taking time to stop in and check out how I used the paper pieced pattern!! I really appreciate everyone's feed back and support (I read every comment!!) and I hope that I have inspired you to get creative!!
Happy Valentine's Day (a little early )

Ok so here is the give away!! I learned after the last Blog Hop it is a lot of work to try and randomly generate numbers, than count and not get lost through the comments....so I figured out Rafflecopter, I think!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Friday, February 7, 2014

#45 Give Away Coming

I will be back on the 12th of February to post my projects for the Hugs and Kisses Blog Hop!! I also rounded up two great prizes for a give away, so come back, don't miss out!!!

Ikaprint is donating 90 labels!! I love my labels!! I have 2 different ones. You will love this prize! Don't forget to use the coupon code upstairshobbyroom if you decide to order on your own to save 5%.

Zipit is donating a $25.00 gift certificate.

Love her zippers and zipper pulls! You can also use upstairshobbyroom here for 15% savings.

The coupon codes for these online stores are always active, they do not have an expiry date.

What I've Been Up to:

Parisian Star, from Modern Block QAL

2nd Block in the Sew Kitschy, Sew Retro Kitchen over at Quiet Play

January Block (Polar) Bear Paw for Classic Meets Modern QAL over at Sew as Home Mummy:

February Block Amethyst (why seams!! WHY?????) This may need some work to get it flat!!

February Block for Pat Sloan's Mystery BOM Globtrotting:

I'm behind so I went for the easier of the two. January still to come!!

Joined Modern InstaBee 2014:

First Block up Stacked Windmills and why make just one, so I made 2. Really I made 3 this one gave me some problems, my first block turned out 16" instead of 15.5!!

And a cute little label to mail with the block!!

Coming Soon:

I will be participating in the Safari Moon Launch Blog Hop Event my post date is March 7 unless there are unforeseen changes. Will keep you posted!! Here's a sneak peak of some of what I have been up to.......

Enjoy your weekend!! See you all back here on the 12th!!

Sunday, January 19, 2014

#43 Labels

I posted a picture on Instagram the other day of my label, that I had forgotten again to add to a finished product. Which results in me stitch ripping a little space to add it in!! lol It is absolutely ridiculous that I keep forgetting!! I love the labels and have them stuck to the cork board right at my sewing area!!

Okay, maybe I should clean it up a bit!! lol

Anyway, the response I had from the post made me think that maybe I should post a little more info here.

The logo on the right is the link to: ikaprint! (or for today so is the word ikaprint) You will also see a coupon code upstairshobbyroom to save you 5% on an order.

I have placed 3 orders to date, 2 for me in two different sizes and layouts, and one for my mother-in-law. I wish I had remembered to take a picture of hers, they were blue with silver print. They were lovely too!!
I have nothing but good to say about each time I have emailed and asked for help designing a label, Feyza is always prompt to answer and help, the labels come quickly, and have always been exactly like the proof I approved!! Fantastic company!!

This is what I can tell you....I didn't have a clue what I was doing the first time I went over to look at labels. There are a lot of options and I was over whelmed!! So I did nothing. Than I went back looked around again and sent off an email to Feyza telling her what I was looking for... a basic white, clearly readable label. She was more than helpful, I placed my order according to her help, and very quickly I had a proof to ok.

As soon as I approved the proof, the order is started. Within about 3 weeks I had my first labels!!

Then I decided I needed a smaller label for projects that I might sell or didn't require as much information on them. So again I emailed Feyza!! She is fantastic. If you know your way around graphics you can design your own and send that to her too!! Which would be awesome if I had a clue!!lol

Again I was looking for simple white, though she has many colours to choose from.

On this project I actually used both labels! The full label on the inside of the "pouch" I made for the Sweet Pouch Exchange, and the small label on the outside (designer label!!) And I included the other picture so you can see the difference!!

And lastly here is the proof for my Mom's and an idea for maybe my next label!!