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Surprise! And Win....

We have been keeping a secret. For at least 2 weeks.  Without any good reason.

Well- the reasons are:

We had the Easter series, we had a whole bunch of project deadlines and it has just been too darn cold to go outside and take a picture.

But- today I woke up and decided it was time to let the secret out.  No more excuses.  Here it is:

We have new fabric!  Not Make Life...(which is shipping to stores now)- but a brand spankin' new line that should come out in late Summer/early Fall.

Our collection is called PURE and was inspired by this:

The bench, not the kids.  My mom repainted this old bench last summer and we all fell in love with the color. So here is the result:

 
Moda also printed 4 patterns in canvas:

 
 
 Of course we just have to have a contest.  You could win one of the PURE pre-cuts:

To enter, leave a comment with your suggestion of colors for a fabric collection.  We are just starting to design our next collection and would love to hear what you have to say. 

Good luck- we will announce the winner next Monday.

As for our last contest, the winner is:

Sara, who wrote:

I love everything about Spring. I mostly love being able to go to the barn without spending 10 minutes putting on layer after layer of clothing :)

Congratulations, Sara.  E-mail us at info@sweetwaterscrapbook.com and we will get your labels in the mail.

Have a great Wednesday! 

-posted by Lisa

Day 6....Table Runner

It's a bit windy today - Is that the first sign of spring?????  I went outside to take a picture of this table runner and it nearly blew away.  I recovered it, went inside,and took the picture without the wind -

This cute table runner is our kit feature for Day 6 of our Easter Collection.  The kit can be found on our etsy site!  Don't forget to enter our contest from yesterday to win some spring iron-on labels! 

Day 5 ..........Spring Labels and a Giveaway!

Many of you are familiar with our labels.  You can put them on just about anything - towels, quilts, clothing, cloth napkins, table runners, cloth easter baskets, cards, etc......  If you are not familiar with them all you have to do is cut them apart, iron, and sew around the edges - Simple enough!   Here they are - they can be found on our etsy site.

 The best part about today is  - leave a comment about what your favorite springtime activity is and you will be entered into our drawing for a free set of Spring labels.  We will announce the winner on Wednesday!

Day 4 - Egg Pocket

Back in December we came out with -------- Mitten Pockets
In February -------------Heart Pockets

so of course for Easter we had to come out with


Egg Pockets!

The kit to create all 4 of these pockets can be found here! 

Have a GREAT weekend and come back on Monday for some more Easter Fun!

Day 3 ..... Easter Bag

I just love this Easter Bag -


It is really putting me in the mood for Easter!!!  My mom made this last night and showed it to me this morning.  My first reaction was, "I made that label on the bag for something else!" but then I saw how cute it was and I forgot all about the project I had in mind for it.  Mom always wins! (Just joking, she only wishes!!!!)


The kit can be found here.

Little Pail.....Little Pail Day 2

I wanted to come up with a cute little song to share with you about this pail but I got NOTHING! My brain must be done for the day.  I like to sing - I sing in the car, I sing to my kids (they roll their eyes), I sing when I am cleaning, I sing when I am playing games, I just like to sing.  BUT one catch I only sing in front of my family I don't want anyone else to have to listen to the off tune, pitchy, etc. etc. singing voice I have.  So no song about this cute little pail (If you come up with one do share!)


These cute little pails would make a great gift or would look so cute at a place setting for your Easter Table.  We are selling the kit to make these pails and does include the fabric to make all 4 of the pails.
You can find them here!

Happy Sewing and Singing! - Susan

Hopscotch our New Easter Collection

Easter is only about 4 weeks away!  Do you think that -

1. Our nice brown dirty snow will melt?

2. Our grass will green up, all in time for a great Easter Egg Hunt?

Nope I don't think so either!!!

But we do have our new Easter Collection called Hopscotch that may help to brighten the season!

For the next several days we will be showcasing a new project that can be made all in anticipation for Easter!  This cute Easter Basket will be the perfect touch for an Easter Egg hunt!

There is a seperate kit for the yellow one -
 

and for the blue one - 

both of them can be found here!  

 posted by Susan

 
  
 

Happy Monday

and Happy Free Pattern.  Missouri Star Quilt Co. was nice enough to share this fun quilt idea out of Make Life with us.  We are all eagerly waiting for the yardage to arrive but this quilt uses a layer cake and jelly roll(which are available now).

 
The pattern can be found here they also did a fun little video about the Authentic Dessert roll - check it out!

Thank You so much to Missouri Star Quilt Co.!!
P.S. Make sure to come back tomorrow when we begin our newest collection of patterns and kits for Easter!

It's Decided

Bear Patch Quilting Co has decided on their new logo and it is #3-

thanks so much to everyone who voted on their different options they said they were overwhelmed!!  I think they made a good decision!

We would also like to thank -  Pea Pod (You gotta check out her blog!)

and jerisew -

we had so much fun creating their logos too!!

posted by Susan 
 

Unfinished Projects

I have a bunch!  I do have good intentions on getting them done but sometimes it just doesn't happen - Like this one.  We bought a new faucet for our bathroom sink and bathtub almost a year ago.  It looks really nice on the sink

 
But not so nice on the bathtub

I still don't have it put in yet!!  (By the Way - It really is clean it may not look like it is but it is,  Many years of hard water!) The shower head is in but for some reason the bathtub has been overlooked.  Now don't get me wrong - I don't have the foggiest clue as to how to put it in, I need my husband to do that.  I guess I am going to have to do a little more sweet talking for that.  Maybe he will read this blog and decide that today is the day!  Nope not tonight because I started an even bigger project this past weekend that I need his help with (poor guy!  I will make him supper though)  I have been longing for white cupboards and I finally started to tackle the project of painting my kitchen cupboards.  After the first few minutes of starting this project I said to myself, "NEVER WILL I EVER EVER DO THIS AGAIN!"  I have absolutely NO patience I want it done now.  But this project is one that I have to finish - no way out.  It would be way to noticable if I didn't finish!  I was so covered with paint and a little upset with how long this project is going to take that I didn't take any before pictures.  I am going to take some pictures when I am done - lets just hope it isn't a year from now!

Posted By Susan