Sew Happily Ever After!

Sunday Stash

2013-05-18T18:31:00.000-04:00

Today, I'm hosting Sunday Stash for Fiona over at Finding Fifth! Should've had this up earlier but I got a wee bit confused with the time difference! My apologies! If you're visiting for the first time, welcome! I'm Rachel from beautiful South Carolina! I'm a mommy to an active 16 month old little girl, Reagan, wife to one good lookin' man, and a sewist/quilter! I've been sewing and

Lately

2013-05-17T21:31:00.002-04:00

Lately, life has seemed extra busy. I'm not really sure why but it has. Certainly, we haven't really added too much new to our plates but...I guess some weeks are busier than others. I've been enjoying the 'action' on Instagram these days, and I completely understand why it's often stealing attention from blogging. So, I thought I'd share with yall a few things that have popped up on my

Staple Dress

2013-05-08T19:56:00.001-04:00

Hey yall -so sorry it's been quiet on the blog front these days! I've been super busy sewing away but just hadn't sat down and blogged. Plus, my camera is dead so.... smart phone pictures aren't always my favorite. BUT - I had to share a recent dress I made. I don't know how many of you have seen April Rhodes' first pattern, The Staple Dress.... but now you have! I've seen this around for a

Sunshine Pillows for Emmy

2013-05-02T06:30:00.000-04:00

Hey yall! Happy Thursday! I just wanted to share a few pictures of a recent project. My sweet friend, Emmy, asked me to make her some pillow shams and an accent pillow for her guest room! She's redecorating, and wanted something fun and new. She picked out these two gorgeous home dec fabrics - one a yellow chevron and one a yellow and white paisley. I love how they are so bright and happy!

April Bee Blocks + Paper Piecing

2013-04-29T09:50:00.000-04:00

Happy Monday yall! Anyone else having a hard time getting started? It's been so rainy this weekend that we all have felt like we're dragging! We had a wonderful weekend - my parents came down and spent Friday night and the day on Saturday with us! It was so fun to have dinner and just relax together on Friday night. Saturday, my dad and hubby went and played in our church's golf tournament to

Violette Fields Treads: Emmaline Misses Dress

2013-04-23T12:37:00.000-04:00

Yay! Yall, I can finally share that I got to pattern test this amazing new pattern from Violette Field Threads. It's the grown up verision of the adorable Emmaline Dress. Go here to purchase your very own Mommy and Me look patterns! (be sure to check out the other pattern testers dresses that are on the pattern photos! simply gorgeous) I literally started jumping up and down when I found out

Sweet Contrary

2013-04-22T21:26:00.004-04:00

Hey yall! :) Hope you've had a great weekend! I have some fun posts coming up soon, so yall be sure to stick around. In the meantime, wanted to share with you some fun stuff! My friend, Rachel over at Stitched in Color, is hosting another fabric selection contest! I loves these! Once the voting begins, I'll be begging asking yall to go over and vote for one of my collections. Pretty please.

April Showers Mug Rug Inspiration

2013-04-16T06:00:00.000-04:00

My friend, Erin at Sew At Home Mummy, invited me to join in on a blog hop called April Showers Mug Rug Hop! I'm super excited about it! We'll each be creating our own mug rug from the theme: April Showers. Perfectly appropriate, don't you think? Anyways, I thought I'd share with yall today some of my inspiration for my mug rug! If you want to check out my mug rug, click here! Be sure to keep

Covert Robin: Sent

2013-04-15T06:00:00.001-04:00

I mentioned a time before that I'm participating in the Covert Robin Swap! I wanted to share with yall the project that I made for my partner! I snooped through her blog, flickr, etc, and realized that she didn't have a Kitchen Aid Mixer Cover! Obviously, I'm good at making them so I decided to go with that as my swap gift for her. I used this Michael Miller print for the main part of the

Q2 Finish Along Goals

2013-04-14T13:56:00.000-04:00

Alright yall, so I'm linking up with the Q2 Finish Along hosted by Leanne at She Can Quilt! There's a great Flickr group for it, too. Okeydoke, so here are my goals for finishing up in the next three months.. 1. Weekender Bag: It's definitely in progress and I'm hoping to have it done in time for our trip to Houston. 2. Four tshirt quilts: YIKES. That sounds like a lot but I had

Pillow Talk Swap

2013-04-13T10:17:00.000-04:00

If you're on Flickr, and you're interested, the 10th round of the Pillow Talk Swap is getting started! Sign ups are in progress! This round, I'm a swap mama, and I'm so excited. :) IN order to sign up, you must first have a mosaic created, complete the Google Docs form, and agree to the rules in the Flickr group. GO here to learn more about it! I'm sharing my mosaic here, too. It was fun to put

Farmers Wife Friday: First 10 Wrap Up

2013-04-12T06:00:00.000-04:00

I know yall are probably already tired of me blogging about my Farmers Wife Quilt! I admit that I'm kind of obsessed with it - it's kind of a pain putting together some of the teen y tiny pieces but I love the whole process! Today, I'm sharing with yall my first ten blocks and my mom's first ten blocks! We've doing our quilts together, but since we live about 2 and a half hours away, we've been

April Showers Mug Rug

2013-04-11T00:30:00.000-04:00

Yall, I'm so excited today to be a stop on Erin from Sew At Home Mummy's fabulous blog hop - April Showers Mug Rug! For those of you that are new to my blog, welcome! I'm a sewist, newbie quilter, Etsy shop owner, mommy to a little girl, teacher, wife, and... well, that's quite a list to begin with, so we'll leave it there. I'm a Southern girl, and this is my little corner of the world. I blog

Amy Butler Charm Swap

2013-04-09T00:00:00.000-04:00

I've had so much fun organizing and running an Amy Butler Charm Swap with some friends on Flickr! It's been a blast! All the charms are in and heading out to their new homes this morning. Here they all are - getting ready to go to their new homes! Thought I'd share with yall some pictures of the beautiful charms! For the most part, this is what everyone will be receiving - with a few

March Bee Blocks

2013-04-08T06:30:00.000-04:00

Hey yall! I thought that I'd start sharing a monthly post of my bee blocks, instead of spreading them all out! Imagine do.Good charity bee Anna Maria Horner's infamous feather blocks - we were asked to make them scrappy and cheerful with a white background and black stem. Some of my feathers are a little funky, but I think that they'll work. I had wanted to try this pattern, so it was fun to

Farmers Wife

2013-04-02T06:30:00.000-04:00

For my faithful followers, I'm sure you're all dying to see my next batch of Farmers Wife blocks. Mom and I made the goal of doing about 10 blocks a month, and I just barely squeaked out my 10 for March. Just to recap, here are my first four blocks (click to read my initial post): I sat down last night and worked on finishing up my March blocks. I had done only one other one (not blogged

Happy Easter Outfits

2013-04-01T11:25:00.002-04:00

Happy Easter! I hope that each of you had a very blessed weekend! We had a great time celebrating our weekend together. Church held a beautiful service, and I'm always reminded of how wonderful our God is. I don't know if it's just me, but everytime I think about Easter, this particular movie comes to mind... I used to watch this movie with my mom every year around Easter, but this year, it

April Showers Mug Rug Hop

2013-04-01T08:00:00.000-04:00

Just wanted to tell yall about a fun blog hop that's going to be happening next week! A bunch of bloggers are joining in on Erin at Sew At Home Mummy and Sam at Sew WE Quilt for a Mug Rug Blog Hop with a perfectly timed theme: APRIL SHOWERS!! I'm so excited to be joining their fun! I'll be showing off my new mug rug on THURSDAY, April 11th! Be sure to stop here, and all the other fun stops on

2 Years

2013-03-28T08:30:00.000-04:00

Tuesday was our second anniversary! Thought I'd share a few thoughts today about it. Two years ago , I stook at the front alter of a little white church, and promised to love this man. It's been two years full of many many changes in our lives and through it all, I have grown to love and rely on him more and more every day. He has shown me time and again that he is my partner, my best friend,

Farmers Wife Inspiration

2013-03-22T05:00:00.000-04:00

Earlier this week, I posted about my mom and my's adventure into the Farmers Wife Quilt Sampler. Today, I wanted to share some of my favorite quilts and blocks that I've seen out there in the online world! Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by yesterday for my stop on the Sewing Machine Blog Hop! I was so overwhelmed to see how many of you stopped by!! Happy Friday yall

Meet My Machine

2013-03-21T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hey yall! Welcome to Sew Happily Ever After! For those of you coming by from Erin and Stacey's fabulous blog hop, grab a cup of coffee and sit down a while. Today, I'm sharing about my beloved sewing machine, and I have A LOT to say about it! So go grab a cup of coffee and join me for a little while! :) First of all, meet Lizzie. She just turned one this past Christmas, and we couldn't be

Farmers Wife WIP

2013-03-20T07:09:00.003-04:00

So a while back, I saw a ton of quilters online participating in the Farmers Wife Quilt ALong. Well, I loved the idea and concept of it, but didn't really want to do it by myself (since the quilt along was kind of already over). My mom and I have been kicking around the idea of doing a quilt together but making our own--- a mini quilt along, if you will. I had the idea of us making the Farmers

Covert Robin Swap: Received

2013-03-18T10:49:00.000-04:00

Hey yall! I told you before that I'm participating in the Cover Robin Swap! Well, I received my gift this week from the incredibly sweet Jan of Jan's ART FRIENDZY She knocked my socks off - seriously! Look at what she sent to me!! It's beautiful. Okay, time to drool so you can all be jealous.. :) This sweet little mini cushion - she fussy cut the selvage to show "Great Joy"

Emerald Quilt Challenge

2013-03-16T12:33:00.000-04:00

Ali at A.squared.W is hosting the Pantone's 2013 Color of the Year Quilt Challenge! I've been excited about this for a while but honestly, didn't really get busy on it until this past week. Nothing like leaving it to the last minute! Ali has a few rules for the competition. There are three different categories to enter: minis, quilts, and tops. To make your quilt, you can use greens (based off

Friday Favorites

2013-03-15T15:30:00.001-04:00

I'm taking a little page from the lovely and talented Jenni of In Color Order, and sharing some of my favorites on Flickr! I don't know that I'll make it a weekly thing but I might try - we'll have to see! Here's a few of my favorites that I've tagged this week. There are some gorgeous pieces! Enjoy! 1. Blocks for Natalie, 2. Rainbow Basket Weave Pillow, 3. The top is pieced!!, 4. IMG_1669, 5.