Bunny Tales

Hello September!

Anne — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:05:59 +0000

It’s September 5th and if you read my newsletter today you know that we have 2 winners in the “I Love My Pet” contest! What an exciting end to a wonderful month!

Congratulations Franklin & Terry!

Terry give Franklin a hug. He won you a great first prize!

Then, drum roll please….

We also gave out a second prize!

Chelsea loves kids and she thought this picture was the cutest ever! So we added a second place prize for Ronnie and his best friend Jack! Alyssa, Ronnie’s mom, submitted this photo and I think you’ll agree it’s a winner!

Speaking of winners, I had a dickens of a time trying to get Chelsea to pick one. Truth be told I think she was a bit intimidated by the rabbit. She was not about to put her paws up on that bunny. The star of Bunny Hill has a mind of her own!

I even tried Bitsy and Mooch. No luck at all!

I’m surrounded by pets at Bunny Hill and not one would co-operate!

Life is never dull around here! I had to go to a a random number drawing instead!

And now to bring our pet contest to a close, I have one more photo for you. Meet “Sis” who belongs to Bernice, a special customer. She sent us this darling photo in the mail. Thank you Bernice for taking the time to share Sis with us! She is adorable! Love that little pink tongue!

This Pet contest been so much fun! Thank you again to each and everyone!

And now are you ready for a bit more quilting?

It’s Snowbound Time!

Block Eight of Snowbound is ready to go!

If you’ve been keeping up with the Snowbound blocks, your quilt should be looking something like this:

Don’t jump ahead and look at block number ten! You didn’t really think I’d show it to you did you? You’ll have to wait until October!. Three more blocks to go! It’s not too late if you haven’t already started!

New Notion!

I love notions and I love to share my favorite ones with you. I tried this Omnigrid little rotary cutter when I was preparing the templates for my new block of the month. Smooth templates mean smooth applique! I fell in love with it.

Any drawing with a straight line, or a slightly curved edge can be cut accurate and smoothly with this little cutter. It gives you great control and the blade is pressure sensitive. It retracts when you lift up the cutter!

Try it when cutting templates for houses, doors, windows, presents, etc. Use a ruler to guide you and cut away! Then try cutting a curved piece by pressing down on the ruler and turning the template. You’ll find it here on my web site and I think you’ll love it!

Tiny Town on Sale!

And don’t forget, Tiny Town is on sale this month for 25% off. This applies to my wholesale customers also! If you haven’t purchased this quilt, now is the time to do it!

Have a great weekend everyone! Hope you get a lot of sewing done!

Anne

A few more Pets

Anne — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:57:07 +0000

Saturday is coming up fast and I’ll be announcing the winner of the “I love my pet contest”. Chelsea is ready, and she’s been practicing choosing a winner. She’s looked at all the photos, I’ve read her all the emails, and she’s more excited than you can imagine!

Wait! What’s wrong here! She can’t be sleeping through all of this can she? This just can’t be happening. She has work to do!

Don’t worry; she’ll wake up for a treat. She’s very fond of food as you can see. Our neighbor calls her Super Squirrel and I’m beginning to think the name fits. She’s about the right size and she’s storing up for winter. I’ve caught her burying little chew bones lately.

Before I end this parade of photos, I just have to share a few more. There are hundreds of amazing pictures, and so many wonderful pets! I never anticipated such a response. I wish I could have featured each and every one. Hope you enjoy a few more stars!

We’ll be back on Saturday to announce Chelsea’s pick for the winning basket. She needs her rest! She’s got a lot of responsibility for such a little dog.

Thank you to each and everyone who submitted photos!

New Clue from Michaela

Anne — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:01:24 +0000

The hints keep coming and some of you might think I’m being tricky. I would never be tricky, even if I look a little like the lion in Michaela’s drawing right now. I said in my last post “here’s a “little” hint”. Little was in quotes, a hint, and not one of you mentioned it! Maybe you need some more help! My grand-daughter Michaela has kindly offered to help with the word “little”:

I’ve had 39 of you guess the theme of my new block of the month! 39! How about those odds for winning the prize! I’m closing the contest on Friday so you have until 9PM Pacific time to guess the theme! Come on my little stragglers. You can do it!

I’ll be picking a winner sometime next week, announcing the theme and showing the prize, but you’ll have to wait a bit to see the quilt. Just to entice you, here’s a sample of what’s included in the prize! I picked these tins up at the Cath Kidston store in London!

Ready to go over the hints again?

1. Christmas with some pieced blocks

2. A little bit of snow

3. A tiny bit of pink in the quilt, 5″ x 5″ or smaller.

4. The fabric I’m using is” Le Petie Ecole” from Kaari, the French General! Did you notice the gray in that fabric?

5. There’s a critter in the quilt that I like to draw almost as much as a bunny!

6. There’s a house in the quilt, and it’s set on snow.

7. Last hint and this is a BIG one! It’s an American theme with the critter and a few reindeer.

For a bit more fun, I’ll be announcing the winner of the “I Love my Pet Contest” in my newsletter on Saturday! If you see your name you’ll be getting that fabulous gift basket in the mail! I had 566 of you send in a over 800 pictures and one of you is going to win! To see all the pictures, here’s the link to Flickr!

You’ll also be getting block number nine of Snowbound on Saturday! I can’t wait to show you! Just look at my Snowbound group on Flickr! These are such cute blocks and you can post your blocks too. I look at them all!

Back soon!

Anne

What on earth is a critter?

Anne — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:55:57 +0000

Hummm what kind of critter do you think I might have on my new Christmas quilt?

Could it be a possum with her babies?

Or how about a camel?

Or a tiger might be nice!

Truth is some of you have already guessed it! You’re so smart and you know who you are! Here’s a “little” hint just in case you haven’t gotten that email from me yet. Critter… what do you consider a critter?

Hope you enjoy these wonderful drawings from my Grand-daughter Michaela. She’s an artist in the making!

Back soon,

Anne

The Yellow House

Anne — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:45:20 +0000

This was one of those houses that just made me swoon. If you visit the Cotswolds in England, and you drive the country roads you might find it. It has to be one of a kind and the story of the house will remain a mystery. I’m not sure I could find it again; too many country roads going in too many directions. I wanted so much to know the history. Who lives here and how many families have lived here before them? How old is the house? Has it always been the palest of yellows? What stories can it tell, this beauty of a house!

I spent Saturday with this house, but only in the studio. I drew it for applique only to find out I couldn’t capture it’s beauty in fabric! I tried for a full day, but the house remains elusive. A house this grand must want to remain in the Cotswolds. I love every detail of this house, so maybe I’ll try again someday when I have the palest of yellow fabrics.

Of course all of this leads to another clue.

Here’s the clues so far, with the new one in red:

1. Christmas with some pieced blocks

2. A little bit of snow

3. A tiny bit of pink in the quilt, 5″ x 5″ or smaller.

4. The fabric I’m using is” Le Petie Ecole” from Kaari, the French General!

5. I said in an earlier post that there’s a critter in the quilt that I like to draw almost as much as a bunny!

6. There’s a house in the quilt, and its set on snow.

I do have some good guessers. You know who you are!

Have a great Monday everyone!

Anne

Paris Mode

Anne — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:07:24 +0000

I’m in the Paris mode judging from the guesses coming in for my new Block of the Month! You have me wishing for a pink, French Christmas quilt! Ahh, how many of you would really buy a pink Christmas quilt? Sale of one pattern to Bunny Hill but the rest of you? Well you saw the fabric I’m using in my last post and I’m in more of a universal mode, but I’m always dreaming of Paris…

I loved Paris and I would return in a minutes’ notice just for a chance to browse the flea markets for treasures! Anyone ready for a Paris treasure hunt? I actually looked up costs online today for next year. I’m hooked don’t you think?

I paid 10 Euros for this card of vintage Mother of Pearl buttons. It was a bargain. I would have paid more, I loved them so much. I’m not good at bargaining. I hate it, but I made myself ask if they would take less in my most French sounding English. At the same vendor I paid 25 Euros for one button. The bargaining didn’t work at all. I really wanted that button from 1880 and so I paid the money. Can’t show it to you now because I’ll be using it for something in the spring. You’ll appreciate it more when you see it.

As for that 5″ square of pink in my block of the month? Try looking at some of my other block of the months to see how I’ve used “pink”! Do you think I’ve used the entire square or do you think maybe I cut it up?

Guess what? We have a few correct guesses in the contest already! If you guess right you’ll get an email confirming that you’ve been entered in the contest.

Quilt shops can email me directly for the “La Petite Ecole” fabric sku’s I’ve used.

One more question for today. How many of you have Facebook pages and why? I’ve been visiting Facebook and I’m not sure I “get it”. Do you actually use Facebook? Do you use it every day?

Back soon!

Anne

I Led You Astray!

Anne — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:59:39 +0000

Remember the days before the dog photos? They days when I was giving you hints about my newest block of the month? If you guess the theme of the Christmas block of the month I’m working on, you’ll be entered into a drawing for a nice prize. It might even include some Cath Kidston treats I picked up in Europe!

I led you astray with the pink featherweight post. It wasn’t on purpose! Really! When I read your comments I had to laugh. Someone started talking about a pink Christmas and the next thing I knew you were all going down that path! ( Can’t imagine why you think I’d put pink in one of my quilts!) Well I’m here to give you another clue. There will be some pink in this quilt but it’s smaller than a 5″ x 5” square!

Clues for the week (each week I’ll add another clue):

1. Christmas with some pieced blocks

2. A little bit of snow. White snow NOT pink snow.

3. A tiny bit of pink in the quilt, 5″ x 5″ or smaller. (First I said 2″ x 2″, but it’s really 5″ x 5″)

4. The fabric I’m using is” Le Petie Ecole” from Kaari, the French General! Just look at this fabric and fall in love! It’s perfect for my quilt, but be careful! Don’t get led down the wrong path again!

I’ve combined “La Petite Ecole” with a Bella bundle of neutrals from Moda. These are perfect for backgrounds and the “other” things you might find in the quilt like that little bit of snow!

Just look at how they go with Kaari’s fabric! Bella on the right, and French General on the left.

I’ve printed out two comments for the drawing, but I had to really stretch just to get those. Put your thinking caps on and come up with a Christmas theme! I’ll make it worth your while if you win, but you can’t even enter if you don’t guess the theme!

And finally for a Bitsy and hubby update:

Bitsy is feeling good. She loves her morning walk. First I push her in the stroller, then she gets out and walks several blocks with Chelsea. When we get home she stands in the front yard and won’t come in unless I carry her. That dog would stand outside till winter comes, she’s that stubborn. I raised two boys but I throw my hands up with my old dog. So I carry her in the house and put her down on her bed. She loves it.

Hubby lost his fingernail on his thumb and he still can’t move it very well. He needs to go back to the Dr. just to get it checked. If he doesn’t make an appointment soon, I’m going to give all of you his email so you can “nag” him too. Why is it that when a wife gives advice to a husband it’s called “nagging”?

Back soon!

Anne

Rascal & Roxy

Anne — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:28:20 +0000

I missed a really cute entry. I knew I would just from the volume that came into my email last week.

Thanks Bonnie for taking the time to write such a cute story! Rascal & Roxy are adorable.

A Love Story

Back soon with some more hints for my new Christmas Block of the Month!

Have a great Monday everyone!

Anne

Thank you one and all!

Anne — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:15:49 +0000

The Bunny Hill “I Love My Pet Contest” is officially closed!

I’ll announce the winner on September 5th!

This is my last pet post! Over 800 photographs have been submitted! I hope you’ve enjoyed the past week. I’ve looked at so many pictures I just can’t believe it! I’ve read your emails, laughed and cried with you, and never in a million years did I think I’d end up with this many photos!

I tried to post as many pictures as I could and of course I couldn’t post them all. Even if your photo wasn’t posted, you’re still entered in my contest. What a group they make when viewed all at once. You can see all of the photos here on Flickr! If you don’t see your photo, something was wrong with the file or it couldn’t be copied.

It’s back to the quilting life now. Market is coming in October and I have so much to do! I’ll be keeping you updated with the everyday happenings at Bunny Hill. Thank you for sending in your photos. One of you is going to win this basket! I’ll announce the winner in my Newsletter on September 5th.

I hope you enjoy the last parade of pets! Be sure and visit flickr to see them all!

It’s time for me to get back to quilting! Right Gunnar?

Time to go says Sami!

Bye Ya’ll!

A hug to all the pets!

Anne

Pretties

Anne — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:45:26 +0000

Pretties says it all! They are!

And FYI, Bitsy is in LOVE with Wally! Absolutely in LOVE!

Pretty pets one and all!

Anne