Quilt, Craft, Sew!

How would you like to be Queen for a Day?  Well...today, at the Rusty Barn Quilt, Craft and Sewing Expo, we learned that just about EVERYONE we met would like to wear that crown.  

Today, Beth and I were the QUEEN B'S!  Compliments of Amanda Herring.

(I did try to use my Queenly status to part the minions waiting in line for the restroom telling them to make way for the Queen....after all, they were standing between me and my "throne"...but none of them were buying it.  Not sure why?  Maybe I need a Queenly Scepter!)

Seriously, cute or what???

We could have sold these at LEAST a 100 times over today!  And we PROMISED to post a link so those who were green with envy could find the pattern and make their own.  We've posted it on our website, but wanted to cover ALL our bases.  So here it is again....

The Amazing Amanda Herring's 

CROWN pattern:

Queen of the Party

Be sure and tell her who sent ya too.

The Queen Lizzie B's

Warm Weather Chasing

Had to share this little snapshot of my weather this morning.  Should have taken it two hours earlier when it read THREE degrees.  SERIOUSLY?

As my husband (who grew up in So.Cal.) always says this time of year....

"Why did people SETTLE in this place???"

I suppose that's a question I ask myself even, once or twice a year.  Right now I'm looking across at the Delaware river which is practically frozen solid, and every parking lot has MOUNTAINS of snow you could probably ski down.  Not to mention the ongoing fight against snow melt and salt on my wooden floors!  Don't get me wrong...it's beautiful out there.  As long as I don't have to actually GO OUT!

So THIS week...I'm exchanging THIS....

for THIS....

AHHHHH!  I know those temps sound like winter to YOU in Phoenix...but to me?  That looks like pure HEAVEN!  And when Beth said a couple of weeks ago, "Hey, we might be able to do a show in Phoenix, wanna come?"  I did NOT have to hesitate!

We will be at the Rusty Barn Quilt Craft and Sewing Festival in Phoenix this week.

Come see us if you're in the area!  Or better yet....hop a flight, escape the cold, and COME SEE US!

Now what to pack?  I don't even know how to DRESS in 70 degree weather any more! Is that flip-flop weather?  I can't remember.....

Keepin' Warm...

So it's another COLD wintery day here in PA...but I gotz my QUILTS to keep me warm!  

Last Wednesday, as my kids lazed around on their first snow of the year, a FUN package arrived at my door...

A FABULOUS box from Stitchin' Heaven FILLED with bits and pieces of BRIGHT, WARM, COLORFUL FLANNELS by Valori Wells!!!  Well it was JUST the thing I needed on that snowy day.

I looked at my machine and decided, it was time to CREATE something fun.  So I started whackin' up those bits of fabrics and sat at my colorful machine the rest of the afternoon...

And by evening, I had ALL the blocks done!

(They look a little dark in the evening light! Sorry...)

Does the pattern look at all familiar?  No?  It's our FREEBIE pattern 

"Baby, It's Cold Outside"!  

(find it under free project downloads on the right)

The next day I ventured out to find some flannel backing....

Cute or WHAT?  This simple pattern that Beth and I whipped up over Thanksgiving has been 

THE FAVORITE QUILT this season.  The kids fight over it.  Each one thinks it belongs to them.  Well, I'm not a stupid Mom (well, maybe sometimes!)...I knew another one was in order.  So when this package of flannels showed up on my doorstep, I was THRILLED there was enough fabric to make another.  And SO bright and cheery.  Who wouldn't want to wrap up in this on a cold, icy, snowy day such as the one I'm looking at right now outside my window????

Yesterday I got it pinned and quilted...

Just have ONE more corner to round on the binding before 

I can pop it in the wash to soften it up even more.   

Don't you LOVE that feeling of finishing something up?   

And the excitement of thinking WHAT you get to make next!

(and if you need help deciding THERE....don't forget our 25% off sale at ShopLizzieB!  Enter the code JANSALE.  Sale ends next week, so make sure you stock up on everything you've been wanting!)

P.S. If you want to be a winner of fabulous prizes from Stitchin' Heaven, join in tonight for Talkin' Tuesday on Twitter!  Stitchin' Heaven is sponsoring tonight!

Do the HUSTLE!

That's right everyone!  It's time to get down and BOOGIE!!!

A facebook friend of mine reminded me that today is an historical day. Here was her post...
(thanks Heather!)

Did you know....... that today is Disco Day? In 1963, the first real American
discotheque, Whiskey-A-Go-Go, opened on Sunset Boulevard in
Los Angeles, California. Celebrate today by dancing to your favorite disco music!
DO THE HUSTLE.....



And JUST in case you FORGOT how to Hustle....enjoy this little how-to video!

I sent this video to Beth when we debuted our Whimsyland line...we went to market wearing funky Whimsyland bell bottoms!

Do you have a funny Disco story???  We'd LOVE to hear it!
Might even be worth a prize....

So what are ya waitin' for?  Flip on the lava lamp you KNOW you still have...get out the disco ball, turn up the TUNES and

DISCO A GO-GO!!!

GET UP AND DANCE!

And have a MARVELOUS 1-11-11 DAY.

(Hey, while you're dancin'...why don't you HUSTLE on over to ShopLizzieB and check out our Sale!)

SALE TIME at LIZZIE B!!!!

Well the snow is comin' down here in PA, everything is dusted in white, and the kids *grumpily*

went off to school disgusted that it didn't hit sooner and land them a snow day or at LEAST a 2-hour delay!  Do you live in a snowy place?  Remember those school mornings eagerly awaiting the number of your school to be called on the radio so you could go back to BED?  Oh the memories.

Ok....so maybe this picture is a FEW years older than me...

But today, we're not going to let the weather bother us.  I hope you're all tucked away nicely with a hot cup of cocoa.  That's what THIS day calls for!  And while you've got that cup in hand, reading blogs, facebooking...etc.  Make SURE you click on over to our online store at:

ShopLizzieB.com

Why?  Because starting TODAY...we're having a

SALE! SALE! SALE!

On EVERYTHING IN THE STORE!  THAT'S RIGHT.....EVERYTHING.

All you need to do is shop to your hearts content, fill up that basket, and at checkout use THIS code:

JANSALE

How SIMPLE is that?  

And while you're clicking around....you can see samples of Tuscsadelphia, the fabric, on our website, plus a few other updates we've done to the site.  We finally updated the news page even!  The news was still there from spring of 2009...so it takes as a bit of time, but hey, we get there eventually!

Notice the tabs at the top of the blog, under the header.  Those little tabbies will take you to our website and....most importantly at this moment....our SHOP!

So what are you still doing here?  Go already.  

SHOP! SHOP! SHOP!

(and have a FANTASTIC weekend!)

Baby it's COLD! but sunny....

Brrrrr!  Not sure what it's like in YOUR part of the earth, but it's CHILLY here in PA!

Ok, so maybe we don't have penguins.  But it IS cold.  

Here's the view I wake up to every morning.  Sometimes, like today, the sky is even blue!

It's a view of the Delaware river, isn't it gorgeous?

Here's a view of the Delaware from my cool little town of New Hope.

So today, as it is the FIRST week of the NEW year....I decided it was time to take up my walking routine again.  The snow has actually melted and this morning it was a balmy 33 degrees!

I just bundle up, get my TUNES goin' and get the heck out there!  The sun was up and it was a gorgeous morning, what's a girl supposed to do?

Plus...

I got these sweet lookin' Sketcher Shape-ups for Christmas.  We'll see if they actually help me walk my butt off...so to speak.

Although, I'll probably just be sitting on it the rest of the day playing with my newest addiction...

Yes, it's Pinterest.  If you haven't heard about it, it's awfully FUN!

Between Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter and Blogger...it's a wonder I have time for anything else!

Anyway, with pinterest, you get an account, label a bunch of boards (like little online bulletin boards!) and start pinning your favorite stuff all over them!  

PLUS, you can share your boards and pins with friends.

I've had fun these past couple of days getting inspired by all my Pinterest friends.  Let me know if you want to join, I'll send ya an invite!

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WELCOME 2011!

It's here, can you believe it?

....or as everyone is putting it today....

1-1-11

The first day of a new year.  How will you spend it?  What's in store for us all this year?  

Not sure what the answers are to those, but I'll tell you one thing....

It's gonna be a GREAT YEAR!

no...

FANTASTIC

no...

FABULOUS

no...

OUTRAGEOUS

no...

UNBELIEVABLE

Okay, okay...how about ALL OF THE ABOVE???

Because honestly....

or your YEAR!  Isn't that so true?

So how did you all ring in the new year?  I was at a very FUN, fast paced TWITTER party hosted by 

Stitchin' Heaven

And the BEST part was....I was in my jammies!  Yep.  Ice cold Diet Coke in a festive glass in one hand, and my phone in the other with the Twitter app a'hoppin'!

Stitchin' Heaven were FANTABULOUS hostesses!  Amid ALL the chatter, twitter, tweets...whatever,  goin' on, they were busy handing out prizes.  And SO many fun prizes!

The chatter started at 11pm and I was "at the party" until nearly 3am!  

(I think my DH was seriously wondering if my "quilt party" was just a cover and that I'd found a new "friend" online!  LOL!)

Of course I DID find a new friend....LOTS of new friends!  This morning my inbox was FILLED with new friends on Twitter.  How FUN!

Oh, and guess who won a prize?

ME!

I NEVER win prizes! 

(Probably because I'm usually the one giving them away, I think.)

But how EXCITING it is to WIN!

And what were my winnings?  Not sure, EXACTLY, but it seems to be a bundle of flannel from 

Valori Wells

I'll take it, I'll take it!

And when it comes, I'll take photos and share!  And then MAKE something out of it and take MORE photos.  How does that sound?

I'll tell you ONE thing....what a GREAT way to kick off the NEW YEAR!  

And while I'm still mulling over certain things I might like to turn into Resolutions this year...(sometimes I think that's a dirty word...resolutions...ugh!)

I HAVE picked out my motto for the year, taken from one of my all time favorite's....

May we all laugh, be strong, happy and pretty in 2011.  

And may every tomorrow be a day of miracles.

Cheers!

The Lizzie B's