marie-madeline studio

one colorful month

September has been a very interesting-good-full month.  It seems like every day we've had about 47 things to do. 

(-Note- Using the specific number 47.  It's an unspoken Mom rule to always use the number 47 when talking about several things.  And, if you happen to be talking about an extra lot of things, you just jump to 1000.  Just a little explanation.... we love our Mom!)

This month was filled with a two week vacation, Mom's birthday, the birthday bash (we just recooperated from that one), the pouring in of so many lovely quilt tops for Joplin (update soon, hopefully!), and the launch of two new patterns, along with some other exciting, lots of work, pattern happenings.  Hopefully we'll get our act together and share all of that soon!  We aren't even going to mention all the regular day-to-day things that have kept us busy.  Including a scenario that strangely resembles my thumb incident from earlier this summer.  Abigail insists I can't have all the fun by myself.  She's a good sister.  

We can hardly believe September is over, and we're looking forward to seeing what The Lord has in store for us in October!

And, you are probably wondering about these pictures.  Well, it's my first official completed embroidery project.  I started on inexpensive flour sack dishtowels (that way I wasn't making a complete mess of something really nice).  Now I'm ready to move on to something even more exciting--- clothes!

We're off to celebrate the end of the month with pizza and movies!

xxx the Long ladies

She sure is a honey.

Is this great or what??!  We hinted at our recent photo shoot a while ago, and now we're happy to share it with you all.  Meet this beautiful 1959 convertible!  When Paps told us that one of his (therefore, our) good friends owned this lovely, we KNEW a photo-taking-extravaganza was in order.  It was bought brand spankin' new in '59, and the color is original (it was called 'geranium').  Isn't it beautiful?  All of us are complete vintage-car nuts -- and convertibles make the problem even worse.  Are we the only ones?  We must come by it honestly... our Paps is a whiz at spotting and naming off any (and we mean ANY) car name, model, colors it came in, and the year it came out.  Reminds us of hearing about when Mom was a girl-- Paps would re-do cars and sometimes Nan would come over and do some neat-o pinstriping on the side.  Now that's talent!

Enjoy!  xx the Long ladies

 

black & white

Monday was black & white day, courtesy of Abiah. 

the proof's in the puddin'

Here we are tonight with photographic proof that our sale was a bubbly success (thank you all!),and that we're still running to catch up with orders.

Oh, and that last picture is also proof that this tight ship doesn't always stay clean and tidy.  Right now when you walk into our studio you're bombarded with folded fabric everywhere, bolts of fabric, boxes, papers, ric rac, and cut out goodies ready to be sewn up, among other things.  Oh, that's right.  One of the other things happens to be a 1000 piece Old West puzzle.  We get lots of company here.

And no, we didn't photoshop those empty bolts in the background either.  That's more proof that we've sold lots of fabric.  And we can't wait to order more.

Much love & good night!   the Long ladies

PS  We also wanted to let you in on the giveaway our friends are having over at Life in a Shoe.... a $50 marie-madeline gift certificate OR the skirt of your choice!  Hurry on over.  xx

birthday bash day 6:: Delilah, Rose Parade, & Dream On

Delilah

Rose Parade

Dream On

Here we are....our last day of the birthday bash!  We hope you all have enjoyed it and were able to find some great fabrics for your next sewing projects.  Please give us a few days to sort through all your orders and ship things off to you.

We know this post is a bit later, but we were off yesterday having a blast with our great friends at Silver Dollar City.  Have any of you ever been there??

xxx the Long ladies

birthday bash day 5:: Garden + Rhapsody in Bloom + Black & White

Garden by Hokkoh

Rhapsody in Bloom

And--- Black & White (which is always good!)

Don't forget about select patterns that are 50% off!!

So, here we are getting ready for the 5th day of the birthday bash.... we can hardly believe it! 

Oh!  (We just had to add this...) See those skirts in the top picture??  Well, we absolutely love them.  The Garden fabrics practically match every cardigan and shirt we love.  So, naturally they are loads of fun to wear!  

Good night and enjoy~

xxx the Long ladies

PS-- We'll be away from the studio for the day tomorrow (Friday).  Keep on writing, and we'll plan on answering emails Saturday afternoon.  Thanks!  xxx

birthday bash day 4:: Holly Holderman fabrics + Gypsy Bandana

Hello everyone~

Here we are with tomorrow's sale.  This Birthday Bash has us running to keep up.  Thank you for all the orders!  We will be happily filling packages for quite a while.  You are the BEST customers ever!

But you did want to know what was up next, now didn't you?

45% off...

Annie's Farm Stand by Holly Holderman (shown above on Darison and Emerson - we love those girls!)

Fun Flowers by Holly Holderman

Gypsy Bandana by Pillow and Maxfield

sewing patterns 50% off!

Enjoy~

XOXO the Long ladies

Darison and Emerson are wearing skirts made from our emerson skirts pattern.  (Yes, we did name it for this Emerson!)  And their tees were appliqued using the designs from kitty mae.

birthday bash day 3:: hodge-podge

Do you ever use that term?  You know, "hodge-podge"?  Well, around here it just means a whole lot of really great stuff all in one big clump.  And that's kind of what tomorrow's sale is.  Check out all these fabrics!!!

Antiquity

Carmen

It's a Hoot

Soul Blossoms

Dance With Me

Queen Street

Pretty Please

So St. Croix

Honey Child

Poodle

West Indies

That's ALL of the Jennifer Paganelli fabric in the shop!  (All but what we have our own eyes on, that is.  Y-e-s we buy fabric during our own sales in case you were wondering.)

So, what do you think of that?!  Patterns are still 50% off too - the lowest price you'll ever see.

Happy shopping, friends!

xo the Long ladies

Ps.  Darison's gracie ruffle skirt was made out of our favorite pieces from Amy Butler's Soul Blossoms collection.  See more of her over here.

The happy-birthday post.

Kind

Righteous

Industrious

Stunning

Terrific

Irreplaceable!

Excellent

 

Amazing

Nurturing

Never-lets-you-down

 

Our very best friend.  And we have the privilege of calling her Mommy.

Happy birthday to our beautiful Mom!!  We just can't imagine life without you.  (Not even for a half-second.)  And without you we wouldn't be here to begin with.  You're the thread that holds all these funny little girls together.  We will love you forever and forever, and then some!  Thank you for always wanting us to be with you, thank you for holding our hands through everything that hurts and for telling us when we need to dry our eyes and deal with it.  We're so thankful to the Lord for making us your girls!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Apphia Jade, Achaia Victoria, Abigail American, & Abiah Hope Kingery

 

Ps. Read more about Mommy over here!  And wish her a happy birthday, too.

birthday bash day 2:: flower sugar spring 2011 + flower sugar 3 + england swings

Here you go, folks!  45% off tomorrow only...

-Flower Sugar spring 2011

-Flower Sugar 3

-England Swings

And don't forget that almost all patterns are 50% off, too!

Have fun~

xo, the Long ladies