marie-madeline studio

Modern Prairie Sewing Blog Hop!!

WOOHOO!!! Hooray for Abi's blog hop! Abi was SO sweet to ask me to do a project for her blog hop...especially since I'm not the world's greatest seamstress. Shame on me, I know. Of course, I can sew, but all of my sisters are a whole lot better at it than me. Anyway, this is seriously THE GREATEST book (and I'm not biased!!!). Abi did an amazing job, and every project is so beautiful. Another reason I adore this book is the photography...I was so blessed to get to be behind the scenes, and watch an amazing photographer work.  YOU REALLY NEED YOUR OWN COPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For my project, I decided to do the It's A Cinch Belt. I used an Anna Maria Drawing Room Home Dec for the main belt, and Amy Butler Hapi in cotton for the contrasting side and ties. It was SO easy, and I had it whipped up in no time flat. All of the instructions are very clear, and with illustrations if you're a visual kind of girl (like me). I am so happy with the way it turned out, and even more thrilled that Abi was so tickled!

Oh, and don't forget that Abi is giving away two copies of her book along with two made projects from the book. Go check her blog for the giveaways going on August 29th through 31st!!!

Now, check out all these awesome seamstresses blogs, and see the cute things they made from the book!!

Jenny Fish!August 20th

Pam Kitty Morning! August 21st

Jona G! August 22nd

Melissa P! August  23rd

SewCaroline! August 25th

Melissa S! August   26th

April Rhodes! August 27th

Abiah! August   28th

 

 

 

xoxo, Abiah

30% off ALL fabric!

This week (right now through Thursday, August 21st) you'll find ALL of our fabrics 30% off!  That includes our Hard to Find and $6 a yard categories!!  Help us out.... we need to make room for fabrics coming later this year.....

ENJOY! xoxo

Bundle Sale Take Two!

We have a few bundles left from the previous sale + some new ones for you!  Most of the bundles from the last sale have been marked down too, so take a look! 

If you'd like anything, simply leave a comment or shoot us an email.  We'll mark it sold on the blog so no one else snatches it up.

Happy shopping!

xox

Misc. Brights --- $18  SOLD

Doll Dresses (9 yards) --- $36  SOLD

Garden --- $18 $15 SOLD

Vintage polyester Happy Daisies --- $5 $4 SOLD

FreeSpirit solids --- $5  SOLD

Amy Butler/Anna Maria Horner --- $24  SOLD

Coral Bottomweight (56" wide - 2+ yards) --- $6

Vintage Quilt Pieces (full 2 gallon bag) --- $24

Canvas Amy Butler tote --- $3 $2

Yellow Stretch Sateen --- $6 $4

56 Dream On Hexagons --- $30 $25SOLD

New Stamped Cross-Stitch Kit (includes all the thread and needle) --- $6

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Navy + Yellow bowtie squares (24 made + squares for more)--- $6 SOLD

Misc. Bindings, Trims, and Elastic --- $6  SOLD

Silver 2" ruffles (47") --- $6  SOLD

Floral Ruffles (1 yard) --- $6  SOLD

Baby Ruffles in Hot Pink (1 yard) --- $6  SOLD

Pumpkin Ruffles (approx. 2 yards) --- $8  SOLD

Artwork Tote (9 1/2" x 11 1/2") --- $8 $7.50SOLD

Crochet flower pieces --- $3SOLD

Upholstery/home dec feather piece (28" wide x 82") --- $5

Misc. small bright pieces --- $10  SOLD

Pastels (including flannel, seersucker, and cotton) --- $10

This & That --- $14  SOLD

New items in Boutique + Bundle sale coming!

We have exciting news for those of you who are looking for some darling little girls clothes!!  We have just filled up the boutique section on our website with some brand new goodies, most of them made with the wildly popular Jennifer Paganelli Circa and Lucky Girl fabrics.  You last saw them in our Quilt Market post last October.  Let me tell you, these were hard to part with...

Also, we are getting together another bundle sale, and hope to have it up this week so keep your eyes peeled!  You'll find it right here on the blog!

Back again soon....

xxx

Dowry + Pretty Potent

As you might have guessed by a line we dropped in our last post,  most of our week has consisted of swimming through the custom orders.  Every night we've fallen into bed tired, tired, tired, but SO happy at our progress!  

This week we are happy to offer 20% off all Anna Maria Horner fabrics!!  Sale ends May 16th.  Happy shopping!

Dowry

Pretty Potent

 

I (Achaia) am itching to get some summery skirts made up (I have my eye on a Pretty Potent piece), and maybe even a dress or two.  With all the other things going on we'll see how that goes!

We hope you all have a great weekend!
 xo

PS  Eleanor is wearing our francie dress in some Dowry prints!

Hello, May.

May has us happy for warmer weather!  Spring here in MO is crazy.  We were just talking about it the other day when we were driving to Church.  It starts warming up and flowers start blooming.   Then it gets freezing cold again (we aren't exaggerating either.  Seriously, during the last cold snap we were wearing fleece again.  Ugh.) and all the flowers die.  Finally, it gets warm to stay.  We think it's here now... yay!

We girls went and spent the weekend (most of the day Sunday, Sunday night, and Monday morning) with Joe.  As usual, we had lots of fun, and got to spend Sunday with some friends of his.  We sat in their front yard eating hamburgers and hot dogs off the grill and popsicles, and playing Signs.  Then after Joe left for school Monday morning we cleaned his house, did his laundry, and ate pizza.  It really turned out to be a perfect, relaxing weekend.  We needed one of those. 

Today has been busy, busy!  So busy that we opted for peanut butter and jelly for dinner.  As you might guess from the pictures above, we got two brand new collections in yesterday!  Meet Beauty Queen by Jennifer Paganelli and Pretty Potent by Anna Maria Horner!  We are loving these and can't wait to sew up something cute with them.

We're still filling orders from the Bundle Event, and now have a STACK of custom orders to get sewing on.  We are working on them and will get them to everyone as soon as we can!

How has your May been so far??? xo

A dash of reality (+ a sale!)

 

We came home to lots of sewing, Easter choir practices, three happy dogs, and warmer weather.  We've been trying to catch up with all of them.  When we are in the midst of filling custom orders, reorganizing the fabric shelves, inventory-ing fabrics, and getting new fabrics in our studio looks something like the picture above (uh-huh.  Some days it's worse.)

Easter will be here before you know it, and we have spent the last two nights practicing for our program.  We have one program already planned for Sunday night to perform at a local retirement home, and we'll do it again at our home Church on Easter Sunday.  We've had such a great time practicing! 

Working on our fabrics means that there's loads of new fabrics in the $6-a-yard section on our website so go check it out!  We are also having a 25% off sale on ALL Tanya Whelan fabrics -- Valentine Rose, Sunshine Rose, Rosey, and the brand spanking new Slipper Roses!  Sale ends April 19th, so grab anything you want while you can.

Back again soon,

xoKAAAA

Color Wheels

I finished my quilt!  I was jabbering about picking my fabrics here.  (Which I am sooo happy with!)  I didn't do any quilting to speak of last summer, because I just think of it as mainly a winter sport.  It's the perfect excuse to be bundled up underneath a big quilt, right? 

Oh, and that big fluff of white fur in the left hand corner of this above picture is a dog's tail.  Those three dogs of ours are always curious as to what we're up to, and they were probably even more curious as to why Abiah and I were out on a windy, cold day taking pictures of a blanket.  

I decided to hand quilt all the wheels with coordinating pearl cotton.  There are 16 wheels total, 2 of each color scheme.  So I used 8 different pearl cotton threads.  This was the first time I've ever used pearl cotton for hand quilting.  At first it seemed a bit more difficult to start/stop them, but once I got used to it, I loved it.  It's a great way to add extra color to your quilt!

I used one of my favorite Anna Maria Horner Loulouthi print on the back, a Denyse Schmidt leaf print for in-between the wheels on the front, and this Dowry fabric for the binding (that print makes a great binding, by the way).

I'm thrilled with the finished product, and it's now happily keeping me warm at night -- an absolute necessity along with my down comforter, two fuzzy blankets, and a sheet.  See, I finished the quilt just in time for the cold weather to get here!

In other good news, Nanny's here!  She flew in this weekend, so we have all week to play! 

xoxox Achaia

Bundle Sale Time!!!

Hi everyone, and welcome to one of our popular bundle sales!!  Below you'll find some great bundles, and little misc. odds and ends that we've found around the studio and want to share with YOU! 

For those of you brand new to this, here's the scoop... Look below, pick out which bundles you want to purchase (each bundle is labeled in pink ABOVE the picture with any special notes & pricing), and shoot us an email or leave a comment with your order.  As soon as we can we'll invoice you with your total, with shipping included, and mark your bundle(s) sold here on the blog.  Easy peasy!

 

Now let's get started --- happy shopping!! xox

Assorted Tanya Whelan        $28 SOLD

Misc. Dots        $22 SOLD

Fleece (orange & pink are neon)   $20 SOLD

Bolt ends     $28 SOLD

Flannel (has been pre-washed.  The pink piece is about 4 yards)  $15 SOLD

Blacks, browns, reds        $8 SOLD

Pillow & Maxfield        $28 SOLD

100% cotton Batting scraps (perfect for placemats, coasters, bags, etc.)  $5 SOLD

Slinky black knits (great for clothes)        $18 SOLD

3 Kona cotton 5" charm square packs (126 total)    $5 SOLD

Liberty         $18 SOLD

Lecien        $38 SOLD

Knits (have been washed - perfect for kids clothes!)    $15 SOLD

Assorted solids (pique, linen, cotton)        $15 SOLD

Tasha Noel assortment + Sweetcakes     $28  SOLD

Amy Butler + assorted brights (including small pieces of rayon)  $28 SOLD

Duck cloth yellows        $12 SOLD

Misc. large knit pieces        $22 SOLD

Lakehouse Pam Kitty         $38 SOLD

Riley Blake assortment         $28 SOLD

Large knit pieces      $25 SOLD

Sis Boom Happy Land fat quarters - 20 total        $28 SOLD

Hello Kitty + green polka dot fleece (has been washed)    $8 SOLD

Assorted fancy fabrics (brocade, rayon, etc.)        $18 SOLD

Plaids (includes two seersucker pieces) - larger pieces     $18 SOLD

Misc. Knits        $18 SOLD

Microfiber, Velvet, Brocade-type assortment        $15 SOLD

Pellon Grab Bag - Wunderunder, shape flex, cheesecloth, knit tape, etc.         $5 each     (2 available) SOLD

1 bag with 12 assorted NQP unfinished posies (would be great as embellishments on garments!)    $2 per bag  SOLD

8 round flowers - perfect for embellishing    $2 SOLD

3 small round flower pins + 2 large flower pins (all are completely finished with a pin back)    $2  SOLD

Francie flowers and leaves        $4 SOLD

Assorted bias trim, binding, ric rac        $4 SOLD

t-shirt knit pieces        $4

Bag full of selvedges        $5 SOLD

Urban Chiks Large Moda shopping bag (not lined, hard bottomed)    $3 each (2 available)

35th anniversary Large Moda shopping bag (not lined, hard bottomed)        $3 each (1 available)

C&T Publishing slick reusable shopping tote       $3 SOLD

International Quilt Market reusable shopping tote     $3 each SOLD

Andover soft shopper  (lined)    $1 each    SOLD

Corduroy Deep colored Liberty book tote (unlined)    $1 each (2 available)

Corduroy Roses Liberty book tote  (unlined)   $1 each (2 available)

Corduroy Tiny Floral Liberty book tote  (unlined)    $1 SOLD

Corduroy Fall colored Liberty book tote  (unlined) $1 each (1 available)

Shabby Chic Treasures book tote (unlined) $1 each (2 available)

Gold Amy Butler bag (unlined)        $1 SOLD

Green Amy Butler bag (unlined)    $1 SOLD

Want a free scrap bag?? (and get ready for Valentine's Day??)

It's that time again!  Who doesn't love something pretty and red and pink to celebrate Valentine's Day with?  Especially when it involves FABRIC!  This week (January 17th through January 24th) you will find Tanya Whelan's Valentine Rose collection 35% off!  Now's the time to stock up on this lovely line!!  (One of my [Achaia] personal favorites is that tiny red heart --- Adorable!)

And you wanted to hear about that scrap bag deal, didn't you??  From now until January 21st if you order $65 or more worth of goodies from our website you'll receive a FREE 1 gallon scrap bag ($14.50 value)!!  While supplies last!

We hope you all have a fabulous weekend.  Tonight we are having a new kind of pizza --- New York style.  Apphia made it for us for the first time one night earlier this week.  We are eating it twice this week.  It's THAT good.  We hope you're smart too and starting the weekend off right with pizza.

See you next week!

xoxo Kristie, Apphia, Achaia, Abigail, & Abiah