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They've Arrived

The brand-spankin-new pattern Woven Comfort is for sale in paper format from my website (patterns tab), but is also available for pdf download and is LIVE LIVE LIVE over at YouCanQuiltThis.com.

The new flight suit bags and uniform bags are officially listed over in my Etsy shop. Check them out to see which ones are still available.


What a week! I have some crazy exciting news to share with you this coming week. Stay tuned. ~jen~

They've Arrived

Woven Comfort Update

Not only is the brand new RD2018 Woven Comfort pattern available in my Etsy supplies shop at: www.reannalilydesigns.etsy.com AND on my website, its soon soon soon available for instant purchase over on YouCanQuiltThis.com!

I hope you head on over to YouCanQuiltThis.com to purchase your pdf. Have a great Thursday!

Woven Comfort Update

Looking for a quilt pattern

Hey, if you're looking to pick up one of my quilt patterns at a STELLAR discount- Kathy Mack over at Pink Chalk Studio is having a sale in her shop! Check it out. TONS of stuff on sale over there. Love Pink Chalk Studio. (by the way, many of the fabrics she carries would look excellent on a uniform bag should you be considering your own design)

**The image in this post is by Pink Chalk Studio. {Unfortunately its a little cropped. Click on it and head over to Pink Chalk Fabrics to see the WHOLE image. } I added it just to mention the great sale.**

~Jen~

Looking for a quilt pattern

You Can Quilt This!

I'm guessing if you sew, you've heard of youcanmakethis.com. Its a wonderful company with online support, community, gallery and the best part- ePatterns! Well, the site has become so successful that the owners decided to create a sister site called youcanquiltthis.com.

You Can Quilt This is set to launch in the very very near future, so click the link and head on over to start receiving their newsletter. Now, why oh why would I think you should get ready for YCQT.com's big launch??? Well, I'm one of the pattern designers! They are selling ReannaLily Designs ePatterns. You can shop any time, day or night and since its all electronic with pdf deliveries- shipping is free. Delivery is better than "to your door"- its right there in your office/living room/sewing studio. Don't even get me started on how awesome it is to be able to shop internationally... So go, check it out and get ready for the big launch this month!

You Can Quilt This!

I'm in Quilter's Home Magazine!

Ya'll, I just have to post this on both the family blog and the design blog. Its BIG hoppin-up-and-down news! I'm in Quilter's Home Magazine (April/May 2009)! Editor, Mark Lipinski, thinks my Seamingly Accurate Seam Guide is wonderful and did a whole little write up on it, on page 83!

A humongous thanks going out to the folks at Quiltwoman.com who have produced & marketed my product for the quilting industry since the beginning. They also allowed me to work with them at the Housont Quilt Market where Seamingly Accurate launched this past fall. I'll be in the Quiltwoman.com booth at Pittsburgh's Spring Quilt Market with them, also. (Just booked my flights & classes this past week.) Hooray for teamwork!

My biggest supporter scanned a copy of her magazine and emailed it to me. I can't wait to get my hot little hands on my very own copy. Who are we kidding, I might buy a few copies and plan out how I might wall-paper my living room with the article. It hits news stands this week! I wanted my blog fans to be able to grab a copy as soon as the post hits the web, which is why I had to wait a bit to share the news.

Thanks for all your continued support & interested in ReannaLily Designs- as posted by Jen from CLOUD 9!

I'm in Quilter's Home Magazine!

The Adjustable Apron

I offered a class for the Adjustable Apron (#RD2015) last month and used my own pattern to teach the ladies the techniques for making this functional little kitchen accessory. This pattern uses French seams, a fabric turning tool and casings to achieve a very finished apron. The pattern also gives you designer leeway to add/omit the contrasting band and to add trims where they will look the best for your design and fabric combinations.

Well, after a bit of drafting and testing and retesting- I'm happy to announce that the Adjustable Apron pattern has an ADULT size and a CHILD size.... and you might have guessed it- It's available in my shop. {It was previously only available to students in the class.}

Now lets talk about making a pattern. My mom had made a couple aprons for my own children about 6 years ago. She says the design is just more functional than having a strap around the neck and separate straps for the ties. So with her permission, I asked if I could draft my own measurements for her concept and author up the pattern. She agreed.

I've been selling the finished Adjustable Apron on Etsy for ... um ... about a year or so now. I have a few aprons currently in the shop. Those are all adult sized, though can fit elementary school age students, as well. I needed to draft and test the additional child size apron measurements. Thankfully, I have a little test model here in the house. The child size is designed for 2T to 4T.


I was debating what kind of cover image I'd use on the apron pattern. The cover image is very important because no one buys a pattern thinking the text is going to be flashy and fabulous. They buy patterns based on the picture on the cover. So I'm thinking: Should I have someone wearing it? Should I have them in a kitchen? Should I have them holding a bowl or wisk? Outside natural light is better, maybe I should have someone grilling in the apron... On and on, I did take this funny Kitchen Model Action photo- but, in the end, I opted for dress forms + outside light + drop out all the background. I think the cover is clean and still showcases the variations in the apron design.

My little model was so funny though- when you ask him to put on an apron, you should be specific and say with your clothes. It must be wonderful to be 3yo. Did NOT go with the "in the kitchen with mom" approach for the cover image for the pattern.

I do hope you'll check out "the patterns" over on www.reannalilydesigns.com and drop an Adjustable Apron pattern into your cart. ~jen~

The Adjustable Apron

And The Winner IS-

And the winner of ALL 6 patterns NEW for Spring 2009 from ReannaLily Designs Studio Big Blog Give Away IS

Stitch 'N Love!

Congratulations!

I'll need you to email me your mailing address so I can drop all of these babies in the mail to you! reannalilydesigns@hotmail.com

If you happened to not win, you can always purchase any of the new patterns over at the pattern shop.

In unrelated news- I've received more blocks for the online swap. One from Australia has already arrived. I'll be adding these into the flickr group photo pool.

Now aren't you excited to see what all these swap blocks are going to turn out like? Well, I've got a little teaser for you: I organized the swap with my real life local quilt guild. They all turned in blocks at our March meeting. The blocks look excellent. Very festive and spring-y. I think the ladies will enjoy their assortments. I'll have to take pictures of the finished quilts (if they bring them to show-and-tell) to see how many different layouts develop for 9 little unique blocks.




I laid them out in order of the "choose a color" image, so you can see the sampler better.

Anywhoo- Thanks for participating in the swap & thank you for entering the Big Blog Give Away. Congrats again to Stitch 'N Love!

And The Winner IS-

Big Announcement!

Its Big Announcement day here at the ReannaLily Designs studio. The fine people who run my domain name account have fixed my website. http://www.reannalilydesigns.com is back on! I cannot tell you how happy I am with their quick turn around. They must have heard me hollerin' all the way up in Canada. Do you see me doing the happy dance?? Oh, I'm dancin!

In other big news (which is why the site-crash timing was LESS than ideal)- I've added a shopping feature over on my site! I've joined the 21st century and have my own cart buttons and paypal service linked to my products. Whenever you see the custom designed:

You can start shopping. I have to thank my friend Gretchen for turning me onto the whole paypal "cart button" feature. It was super easy for me to use, and so far seems to be super easy for customers. I'm still working out a few kinks- but its going pretty well.

And in redesign news- Customers can now see the front and BACK of the pattern envelope when you click on the thumbnail image. I know when I'm shopping I always want to know the fabric requirements I'm getting into. Sure its a nice quilt, but am I going to need 33 yards??? (FYI, none of my patterns need 33yds- goodness, that'd be alot!!!)

Still with the big news- I've released 2 of the upcoming NEW NEW NEW patterns over on ReannaLily Designs.
The first one is a very sensible Quilt Guild Name Tags pattern, which I had mentioned here before. The final image has gone through some make-overs, but the patterns are well-tested and ready for your sewing machine. The 6 designs are all paper pieced. I developed this pattern after joining a few quilt guilds (in various cities) and not having my name tag, which always seemed to get lost in the move. Boy, if I had a dollar for every time I've used the phrase "lost in the move." Anywhoo- Its hard work to make a "quilt" that small- especially if you aren't a miniature-quilt quilter. As a result of really wanting a tidy, quick but-still-WOW name tag, I designed these. These are NOT hard work to make, and you probably have enough fabric in your current stash to make them. =) Each finished "quilt" measures 3.5" x 5" OR and this is really the best part- you can enlarge the pattern 130% to make fabric postcards. (Yes, you can actually mail them.)

This second release is a Queen size quilt called Intensity. Its made from fat quarters or assorted yardage. This one, like my Quick 3D Sampler and the Interlocking squares patterns has quite a bit of graphic impact without being an art quilt. I love the contrast in this design. Do you see triangles? Do you see squares? Me, I see squares. My husband, he only sees the triangles. I love the red with black & white.

I have 3 more patterns in the works. Two are tested and we're just waiting on cover images. Oooh- the suspense! Hopefully a pattern will make it over to your house, soon. As always, I'll keep ya posted on all the developments here at the HQ. Have a great afternoon. ~jen~

Edited to add: As of Jan 21, 2009- The great 2009 Spring Quilt Block swap only has 6 spaces left. Section 4 will be the last section. There are only 5 remaining days to sign up. If you're already in the swap and would like to join a second time- please do! Tell your friends. Monday the 26th of Jan is the last day to sign up. After the 26th, I'll be sending an email out to all the players regarding the shipping instructions. Thanks again for playing!

Big Announcement!

SALE! SALE! SALE!

In my Etsy shop- I'm offering FREE PRIORITY SHIPPING (to the USA & APO/FPO's) on all military bags!

Some of the bags pictured in this post have already sold- but there are still others available. Can't beat that shipping price! I do also have Seamingly Accurate in stock again- so please "add to cart" this holiday season. And if you head on over to Etsy, do a search for Homefront Team and find military spouses & shops, many of which are having big-time sales.

In other SALE! SALE! SALE! news-

Kathy Mack over at Pink Chalk Fabrics is having a BIG sale! Tons of stuff is on sale. I just have to tell you about the patterns- 30% off, including the 3D Sampler Quilt pattern, designed by yours truly. Make a sampler in a matter of hours- all 9 blocks are made using one size half-square triangle unit. You can cut it out in record time.

So do enjoy your crafty Christmas shopping spree! Have a great afternoon. ~jen~

SALE! SALE! SALE!

Another Treasury!

Ok, I think I had duvet featured somewhere huge back in November or October. And shortly after that I had an item in a treasury over at Etsy. A treasury is a peer selected list of items for sale somewhere in Etsy. The lists are generally put together with a theme. This Etsy Artist, 1MaddieAndMe, chose the list and her theme was to feature military spouses. Hooray. The list is called Spotlight on Homefront. I'm so happy to be in a treasury, with extra exposure, during my big "free shipping to USA" sale this week, to celebrate Earth Day.

Whooh, thats alot of links for a short paragraph.

In other news, per the suggestion of Angelines, a commenter on my blog, I went ahead and found a translator widget to add to my blogs. She has the same service on her blog. Its provided over there on the right and is through babblefish. Its pretty neat to see all the stuff I type, switched into Japanese or Chinese... and if I knew any other language fluently, I could tell you how effective the translations are. Sometimes... if you type in the text to be translated, it comes out totally messed up. I have no idea if thats what is happening when the blog translates. You'll have to let me know.

Alrighty- have a great day! ~jen~

Another Treasury!

Free Shipping Sale over on Etsy Next week!

I'm offering free shipping to the USA and to APO's (of course) on all items purchased during the week of Earth Day, 21st-27th from MY SHOP. Earth Day is the 22nd. Go pick out your items and check out sometime during that week to receive your free shipping!

I make all sorts of sewn things, including recycling BDU's (military uniforms) into totes and bags and clothes. See some of the many RECYCLED items over on my recycled flickr set.

Have a great day! I'm a proud member of the HomeFront street team, supporting uniformed service members and their families. Search Etsy with the key word HOMEFRONT for more great items.

Also, a big thanks to those of you, Fray Baby and Owens Adventures, who have recently featured me on your blogs. Thanks so much! ~jen~

www.llyrric.etsy.com

Free Shipping Sale over on Etsy Next week!