One Piece at a Time

One More Thing....

FLICKR Group for Mimi's Bloomers is now up and running, just click here. There is a button on the left side of the blog too.

We laughed So Hard....

 

My husband and I laughed so hard at this that we had tears streaming down our faces...

More to come..

Hello everyone. Next week I am planning some how-to"s for these blocks to alleviate any confusion. As far as the block goes, the second block can be made from everything on the download, just replace the flowers. See everyone next week...

Mimi’s Bloomers….the corner blocks

Hurray Hurray….This is the launch of Mimi’s Bloomers!

It was really great to read everyone’s comments last weekend. I’m glad you guys like the on-point setting because I am really digging it right now. So, here’s the deal. There will be 14 blocks. For the corners blocks you can make two of each or if you only want one, make 4 of those. The drawing above is just the preliminary layout…I’m waiting to see how things evolve before I commit to small inner borders. There will be directions for finishing both ways.

So, without further ado…here are the corner blocks:

Download Corner blocks

AND here is the General Information Sheet:

Download General Instructions

Enjoy!

Remember: Center blocks can be purchased in my shop. Click on the "Visit my Shop" button on the left side of the blog to get there.

Miss Mimi

Miss Mimi patterns are re-loaded in the shop.

Design Wall Monday...except it's Tuesday

Hello everyone! Here is a peak of my design wall/table this morning. This is a little sneaky peaky of the first block for Mimi's Bloomers. I'm madly working on it right now and hope to have the starting info and block up this Friday....Yipeeeeeeee!!!!!

Remembering.....

 

"...by the content of thier character..."

 I'll be back tomorrow with my design wall sneak peak.

Mimi’s Bloomers…the Preliminary Layout?

So I am busy planning this year’s Block of the Month and I had a little brainstorm. The last two years the BOM has had pretty much the same layout plus or minus and appliqué border. This year I thought I might try an on-point layout. The pictures are preliminary photoshop examples. The one at the top has no small border. The one below does. Any thoughts?

In this layout there are 16 blocks, all 9” x 9”. I think that I will only do 12 so some will have to be repeated...BUT just look at all that lovely room for pretty quilting!

As most of you know, this blog is very “real time”, which means that things evolve. Right now I’m kinda digging the on-point layout. Look for more info next week!

A Place for My Pictures

Not many of you know this but late last year I had a horrible terrible computer crash last month. I didn’t lose anything important business wise but I did lose almost all the personal family pictures I took last year. It was heart breaking. I keep reminding myself that it could have been much worse. Now I have things set up to be backed up so that this will never happen again.

Another thing I want to try is Project Life by Becky Higgins. I’m not too much of a scrapbooker but I do really love Becky’s stuff. She has come up with an easy way to help you get your pictures off your computer and into an album that everyone can enjoy.

For myself, I ordered the packet page protectors, an album and some journaling cards.

To keep track of everything I use my daily planner to write stuff down…oh yeah and I do a fair amount of doodling in it too. Here I am writting things down I am grateful for.

Then, every week I print off a group of pictures and add journaling cards. It’s really fun actually and I like that it’s personal. Here’s an example:

To find out more about this you can check out Becky’s website:

http://beckyhiggins.com/

http://beckyhiggins.com/products/

and blog:

http://www.beckyhiggins.com/blog/

Another New Year’s Goal

I purchased a copy of this book last year. It’s really wonderful and explains things really well. One of my goals this year is to design some fabric and print it using Spoonflower. I have already ordered my color guides from them. I'm really excited about this and I will defintely keep you posted.