Showing posts with label Holiday Lane Blog Hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holiday Lane Blog Hop. Show all posts

Sunday, December 30, 2018

The Monkey Boys Grew And Grew And The Pillow Disappeared

Way back in 2012 I made a Christmas pillow in the Holiday Lane Blog Hop.
It's a free pattern by Jillily Studio that is easy and so adorable.


There were only a few Monkey Boys to rest their heads on the pillow in 2012.


And then the Monkey Boy numbers grew, and grew, and grew until the pillow disappeared
beneath them! Time has flown by and these boys melt my heart no matter what they do.


Monkey Baby obviously doesn't understand the concept of "pretend to sleep."
I'm so grateful my daughter took these photos and sent them to me.


Wishing you a very Happy New Year!

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

The Christmas Pillow

In November 2012 I played along in a blog hop hosted by Madame Samm using a Christmas pillow
pattern, Holiday Lane, by Jill Finley of Jillily Studios. It was such a fun pattern to sew!


You can still find Jill's pattern HERE.

In 2012 there were only four Monkey Boys posing on this pillow.


Now there are five...you can't even see the pillow!


This guy was the baby in the first picture. He looked a lot more peaceful then.


Awww, much better!


I really wanted this adorable English Bulldog puppy, but I'm glad she went to a good home.
Once she got big she wouldn't have fit through my doggy door!

That face...love it!


It's time to get ready for 2017.
I can't wait to be inspired by what everyone is quilting and sewing!

Friday, November 30, 2012

Oh, look! There's A Winner!


#14...NICOLE 

 "WOW!!! I love your pillows! The Grinch is a fantastic idea!!"

Greetings from Germany
Nicole

Congratulations!
I'm so glad you entered my
little giveaway!

The prize is a gift certificate from me
for $20 from this fun shop:

P. S. An email has been sent to you with your certificate.
Have fun shopping at Quilt Taffy!

Holiday Lane Blog Hop - Day 8

It's the last day to stroll down Holiday Lane!


Special THANK YOU's go to these ladies:

 Jill Finley from Jillily Studios is the designer of this pillow pattern
 AND
 Pauline from Quilt n Queen is the hostess for Holiday Lane
 AND
 Madame Samm from SewWeQuilt is the QUEEN OF BLOG HOPS
who comes up with amazing ideas and giveaways.

Today's Holiday Lane Bloggers:

The LAST day - Friday November 30
Dora Quilts - not up yet
Quilting, Sewing Granny - not up yet



The other days of Holiday Lane:


Day 7 - Thursday November 29



Day 6 - Wednesday November 28



Day 3 - Friday November 23

Day 2 - Thursday, November 22
Apple Avenue Quilting


AND

If you love Nancy Drew....
Send me an email or leave a comment letting me know
you want to be one of the sleuthy bloggers in this hop.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The Monkey Boy Was Right!

"All four of the Monkey Boys could sleep on this!"

That five year old (now six year old) was so right...
they do all fit on my Holiday Lane pillow.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Holiday Lane Blog Hop - My Day!

Are you up for some pillow talk
or a little Christmas inspiration?

You've come to the right place!
Special THANK YOU's go to these ladies:

 Jill Finley from Jillily Studios is the designer of this pillow pattern
 AND
 Pauline from Quilt n Queen is the hostess for Holiday Lane
 AND
 Madame Samm from SewWeQuilt is the QUEEN OF BLOG HOPS
who comes up with amazing ideas and giveaways.

I loved making these pillows because they were easy and 
allowed for lots of my own creative ideas. 
Making the flange around the edges was quick, too!
It's been so much fun!

The Grinch is one of my favorite parts of Christmas.
This pillow went perfectly with the two Grinch quilts I sewed earlier this year.

The Grinchy Lane Pillow

What's this? A little Grinch coin purse?
(What can I say...they are so addicting!)
I made the pattern a little bigger so my fussy cut piece would fit.

The back of the Grinch coin purse


Last July, Madame Samm made me a set of bowls as a "Thank You"
 for my work in the Bowls With Borders blog hop 
which I made into a Christmas card holder.
It needed to have a few matching pieces, so....... 
...I used matching fabric to make a pillow with a 
row of houses and lots of fuzzy fabric.

The Fuzzy Lane Pillow
My five-year-old grandson said,
"All four of the Monkey Boys could sleep on this!"

(On a personal note: a new Monkey Boy 
arrived exactly one week ago today.
I love being a grandma to four busy, busy boys!)

Of course, the pillow needed a blanket to cover 
those sweet grandsons of mine.

I couldn't help myself...the coin purse frame was begging me to
add some fabric and make it into one of these cute purses
that matches the pillow and the quilt. It just had to be made.
 

 Giveaway Alert!
CONTEST IS OVER!

As a thank you for stopping by to see my Holiday Lane pillows,
I'm having A Giveaway!

This giveaway ends on November 30th, at 6 p.m. PST.

$20 Gift Certificate
for Quilt Taffy's Etsy store

THERE'S ALWAYS RULES:
  1. Leave a short and sweet comment.
  2. Make sure I can contact you if you're a noreply blogger. Typing out your email address like this helps avoid spammers: iblog at aol dot com. If I can't contact you, you can't win.
  3. Only ONE entry per person
  4. I'll mail it anywhere.
  5. Entries after 6 p.m. PST on November 30th will not be included in the giveaway.
Now that you've seen my pillows and giveaway,

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