marie-madeline studio

a little bit of detail

Hello, everyone!  Thanks so much for all of the comments!  We never tire of reading them.  Never, ever.  We wanted to fill you in with some of the details on our new summer shade jumper pattern.  And let you know about some fabrics we used for our samples (+ Ellie's Christmas skirt).

Of course, we'll show you more pictures too!

 

Apphia's summer shade jumper in Dance With Me... libby (JP25 turquoise)

 

Achaia's summer shade jumper in Dance With Me... kimberly (JP28 teal)

 

Abigail's summer shade jumper in Dance With Me... kayla (JP26 teal) with kayla (JP26 yellow)

Our new jumper pattern is almost ready.  As a matter of fact, we're looking at the next three weeks or so to have them shipping out, Lord willing!

the summer shade jumper pattern...

~available in ladies' sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18 (split into two separate patterns, just like our street fair skirts... 2-10 or 10-18)

~horizontal bust darts for a neatly fitted silhouette

~wonderful pockets!

~overall-style straps

~feminine waistband to nip in the waist

~side zip closure (so you don't have to make buttonholes, if you don't want to)

~modest mid-calf length (can be easily shortened or lengthened)

~easily transitions from summer to winter (we're making this jumper up in corduroy for fall!)

~$14

Would you like to pre-order the pattern now?  Just drop us a line, and we'll add you to the waiting list.  And if you sign up now, you'll receive free shipping!

Some of you asked about the fabrics we used to create Ellie's little gracie ruffle skirt.  So here you go!

 

From the Darla collection by Tanya Whelan~

For yoke & bands... ticking (TW17 red)

First ruffle... rosie dot (TW20 green)

Second ruffle... picnic damask (TW19 red)

Third ruffle... darla rose (TW21 mint) 

marie-madeline interview & giveaway!

Kim over at True Up (a website dedicated to the love of fabric-- just imagine that!) has interviewed marie-madeline studio!  And to top it all off, we're giving away a $35 gift certificate good for anything from our online store.  So you might want to head over to True Up to put your name in the hat!

Here's a sneak peak of an article we're working on for this Christmas... after all, it'll be here before you know it!  (And we'll teach you how to make those little flowers, too.)

Ellie~

 

Extra-special thanks go to our friends the Pearlstein family for these adorable photos!  Check out Clay's blog for some more fabulous images.

Be back soon, Lord willing!

xo~ the Long ladies

introducing... the summer shade jumper!

 

Our newest design is here... and we can finally show it to you!  This super-cute 70s inspired jumper is our new favorite thing.  We are really loving it!  

the summer shade jumper by marie-madeline studio~

   

 

 

We made our summer shade jumpers using Jennifer Paganelli's lovely Dance With Me fabrics!

 

And a fun shot, just for you!  Oh, there's no one like our Abs...

 

We'll back with more details soon, Lord willing!  But please tell us what you think about our new jumper pattern!

xo~ the Long ladies

a family of pizza-lovers + an overabundance of vegetables =

That's right!  Vegetable pizza.  We had to do it, you see... and we're all typically strict pepperoni-or-cheese-please girls.  But the vegetables just keep on pouring in, so we had to find a way to eat them all.  (We're so blessed!)  This recipe does the trick.  A basic quick pizza crust, topped with loads (and we mean loads) of fresh from the garden produce.  Oops.  We forgot to take an "after" picture... this vegetable pizza was gobbled up too quickly!  

 

a really quick pizza crust...

1 TBSP active dry yeast

1 cup warm water

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

2 TBSP olive oil

2-1/2 cups flour

Dissolve yeast in water.  Add rest of ingredients, flour last.  Dump onto floured surface and knead dough, for about 5 minutes, until nice and smooth.  Roll into a large circle.  Place on large greased pizza pan.  Prick all over with a fork. 

Top crust with pizza sauce (we like Ragu homemade) and shredded mozzarella cheese (a little pepperoni, too, if you prefer).  Then...

just add the vegetables!

We used chopped black olives, diced green and red bell peppers, diced jalapeno peppers, chopped onion, and chopped tomatoes.  Quite a lot of them.  Just cover that pizza!  Sprinkle with a little parmesan and black pepper.  Bake at 450 degrees for about 22 minutes, or until crust is golden on the bottom.

(Perhaps you thought this recipe looked very similar to our breadstick recipe... you're right!  It's much quicker than our traditional homemade pizza dough.)   

we're feeling happy

 

Good morning, everyone~

Just wanted to shout out to all of you that we are officially making custom-made happy scrappy quilts!!  Right now we're starting out with generous twin or queen size-- though, truthfully, we are open to just about any size (in between too!).  Also, you pick the fabric lines or primary colors or every fabric we have.  How's that?  

Hopefully, one day soon we'll have some already put together and up in our Etsy shop!  Hopefully.  We're still working on that...

So, we're feeling happy.  And we hope you are too!

for all of you Amy Butler fans...

There are four more bolts on sale for $5 a yard over in our Etsy shop!  Somehow, we missed these.  We're trying to get the website and Etsy shop up to date, prepare for new fabrics, sew for fall, package orders (what an enormous response to our sale-- thank you!), work on new designs (ooh, wait til you see what's coming!), process vegetables from the garden (we have about 500 green bell peppers...) enjoy the last bit of summer, and have time to bake chocolate chip cookies.

What are you all up to?

 

trailing cherry blossom brown

happy dots pink

floating buds ivory

optic blossom icee

turquoise henna garden from Farmer's Market

And, our girls' clothing is on sale too!  You'll have to take a peek.

fun fabrics at less than $5 a yard, oh my!

We're having quite a sale right now.  You all know that new fabrics are coming in-- so some of our stock has to go out.  Including some of our favorite lines!

  

Pop Garden & Bijoux~ (pleated cottage apron and brooke shoulder bag)

   

You'll find...

Pop Garden and Bijoux by Heather Bailey

Farmer's Market by Sandi Henderson

Barefoot Roses by Tanya Whelan

Midwest Modern by Amy Butler

Park Slope by Erin McMorris

and some selected bolts of Ava Rose by Tanya Whelan!  Not to mention a few odds-n-ends.

So you'd better get your shopping done while these last.  Because when they're gone, they're gone for good.

Can we make a tiny confession?  We LOVE fabric (as if you didn't know), so it's really hard to sell it.  We'd feel so much better if we knew this was going to a good home!

You all have a lovely Lord's Day~

xo, the Long ladies

Look what we've got...

It's Summer Soiree by Paula Prass!

 

And oh, is it ever pretty.  Bright and fresh and classy-- with just enough black to carry you right through the rest of the summer and clear into fall!  We can't wait to start making things with it...

   

You'll be able to get your own right over here, in a little bit.  We'd love to know what you'd like to make with Summer Soiree!  We're thinking aprons, skirts, jumpers, bags...

 

Can you help but love it?

  

By the way, we've been doing a little fall wardrobe planning in the studio.  Perhaps you'd like a peek?  Maybe in a day or two.  Oh yes!  We have a surprise coming soon, too.  Actually, there are quite a few things going on around here.  We just can't spill the beans quite yet...

Hoping it's cheerful, wherever you are~

xo, the Long ladies

the big moment!

We've got to admit... y'all floored us with all of your generous comments and multiple entries!!  After adding up all of them, we had 6,567!  But only one of you will receive our happy scrappy quilt.  We wish we could give one to all of you!  So without further delay, we'd like to announce our lovely winner...

Karen Woodward!

Karen, please send us your address so we can ship out your happy scrappy quilt!  And a great big hug and thank-you to everyone who entered our giveaway.  The Lord bless you all!  For those of you who didn't win this time, don't despair... we hope to give away another happy scrappy this winter!  We'll keep you posted. 

Leave us a comment to let us know what colors or fabric lines you'd like to see in one of our signature quilts!  (Of course we have new fabrics coming in right now...)

Have a joy-filled week~

xo, the Long ladies

a happy birthday and a little bit of news...

First of all, we would like to say a great big "Happy Birthday!" to our beloved Paps (Mom's daddy).  He is the best grandpa in the world, and our very biggest fan!  We are so thankful to the Lord for giving Paps to us.  He lives far away, but we think about him all the time.  And miss him lots and lots. 

We love you, Paps!  Happy birthday!  (Imagine we're singing to you right now...)

xoxoxo from all of your girls~

 

And... guess what?!  We've decided to extend the happy scrappy quilt giveaway!  So hurry up, folks.  Because we plan on leaving comments open through 12 AM on August 10th.  We will randomly select a winner Monday morning, Lord willing.

We hope you're having a cheerful evening, wherever you may be~

love, the Long ladies

PS... Now isn't that an adorable picture of our Paps?  It's one of our favorites.  It goes really well with the one we posted of Nan a while back.  What a cute couple!