Oh Sew pretty pear fabric projects!

Hi everyone!  I am super excited about today's post because yesterday I received pics of my first ever pear fabric giveaway projects!

In case you are wondering what in the heck I am talking about..  a few weeks ago I designed and had printed 3 fat quarters of pear fabric from SpoonFlower.com!  You can read all about it HERE!  I gave them away to three lovely ladies who then turned them into the coolest little projects EVER!

La Fuji Mama sent me some beautiful pics of the Bento bag that she made from her Pear Pops - Gumbo fabric.  When I shared the pics with MomChops she asked me what in the heck a Bento bag was..so I looked it up on wikipedia for you (and her)..  you can read all about Bento boxes HERE (Bento bags are just the most adorable carrying cases for the boxes)!

Below are the rest of the pics she sent me!

You can see the Bento box peeping though ever-so-sweetly!  I love how Fuji matched the draw strings and Bento box with some of the maroon that's in the pear fabric!


Fuji also matched the insides and bottom of the bag with some of the colors in the pears.
Isn't she just the most clever girl!


Here is the tidy little bag all cinched closed..  wonder what delights are inside??


Call me crazy but I just had to share ALL of the pics she sent.
I was so darn excited to see my fabric in action - I could hardly stand it!

Sew...the other project I received pics of yesterday was from Ashley of HotButter! 

Check out that totally cute half apron she made from the Pear Pops - Tarts fabric!  I love love love it!

I am completely and totally torn between the Gumbo and Tarts fabrics..  I just cannot decide which will win my heart.  I guess they'll have to duke it out!

The final pear fabric project from Maya*Made is coming Monday!!  She's got it all donsies but ran out of sunlight (winters are bad like that right?!?!)...be sure keep your eyeballs peeled for that last project!  It sounds KILLER COOL!

So..  there were actually three other winners from that same giveaway and just today (shamefully) I finally ordered their pieces of fabric..  so never fear Shaina - from Just Because I am Me AND Shawna from Nuts to You AND Stephanie from DancyDoodle (evidently being a second winner required that your name started with an 'S' ???? - that's an odd koinkidink don't cha think)....  your fabric is going to be here SOON ladies (Spoonflower is super fast)!

Nextly..  I promised a few details about the Virtual Quilting Bee that I got wrangled into a few weeks ago (see details about it HERE)!  I say wrangled like it's a bad thing but I am so completely thrilled and scared to pieces it's not even funny!

My first swatches of fabric arrived on Monday and I could hardly believe it..  they were mostly greens!  I loves me some greens (and teals and orange and browns and and and..  yeah well..I loves them all really!!).

Anyway...  there are some truly lovely pieces..  there was just one scary part about a request that the sender made.. she wants an appliquéd bird.  hoo hum (I have no idea how to do that - correctly).. and she would prefer no right angles either..  gulp.  have I ever mentioned that I am really not that great at sewing?  Well I am really not.  I have some ideas in my head (crammed in there with everything else) so I am going to get some muslin and do a few test pieces to see how they turn out.  I'll share my tries with you next week!

Sew...I need some help you guys.  Can someone pretty please give me a little advice on the whole appliquéd bird thing.  I would love to do something with felt (like this example HERE that the sender shared)...but I am not sure what fabrics / felts I can use that will not get messed up once washed.  If anyone has any advice there I would sincerely appreciate it!

I promise I am not going for the worlds longest post..  honest to peanuts..  BUT..  I HAD to share better pics of the little bead groupies that will be picked for the giveaway tomorrow!  I just HAD to...the colors from the original pics were simply horrid!

So as not to bore you I am going to line them all up in a row below so you can just scroll fast as you please through them.  If you have not entered the giveaway get on over THERE ASAP!  The drawing is TONIGHT!

 

Wow..I am tired now.  That was a LONG post.  Sorry you guys.  If you made down this far you get a prize!  Well not really..  but I'll give you a HUG instead.  Will that be ok?

GIANT HUGS!

 

P.S.S.T.  Once I announce the winner for the bead groupies necklace giveaway..  I'll be posting the details for the next one..  but you are going to have to act fast on this next one..  I am only going to leave the comments open for 2 days!!