meet rachel griffith.

so today i am being spotlighted over at quilty pleasures.

{quiltmaker magazine's blog.}

pssst: there's a giveaway happening too!!!

rumor has it they are giving away a fat quarter bundle!!!

so yall go check it out and make this girl a happy camper!!!
{direct link here.}

and for the p.s. i quilt faithful...i'm having a giveaway too!!!

some lucky someone will win something i brought home from market!!!

so comment away!!!

p.s. my friendship bag tutorial is being featured over at sew mama sew today too!!!

what a day for p.s. i quilt

:)

a few things i learned from quilt market.

a few things i learned from quilt market:

you acquire WAY more than you think you will.

{bring an extra suitcase. or two.}

people take pics of you left & right.

{whether you want them to or not.}

some people are exactly what you expect when you meet them.

{some people...not so much.}

fashion stops from the knees down.

{and for good reason.}

you can never take too many pics.

{trust me on this.}

sample spree is the zoo it's depicted to be.

{you HAVE to witness it though!!!}

you need to make a conscience effort to walk the floor.

{you might miss something if you don't.}

& you need at least a week to recover.

{okay...maybe two...ish.}

only 6 more days!!!

*scroll down and pause my music before you hit play*
speaking of my music...it's been twilighted to celebrate the movie release.
{don't worry...my regular music will be back...eventually.}

so raise your hand if you are excited for next thursday!!!
{midnight showing, here i come.}

p.s. i SO don't have a new moon shirt for thursday...say what???

hanging quilts: the rachel way

so i ♥ having quilts all over the house.

because of that, i have to come up with new, different & exciting ways to display them.
{i'm weird like that.}

so without further ado...i give yall a new tutorial.

yayyy!!!

materials needed:

2 wrought iron plate holders {yes, yall read that right.}

drywall screws
a stack of quilts you wanna display

as you can see...handy dandy manly mans are opitional.

i chose to utilize mine for this project. lol.

{your handy dandy manly man will know where to put your drywall screws.}

place your plate holder on the wall, turned the wrong way.

this is the magic of me displaying my quilts.

yall will overlap both of your plate holders to make one long holder.

isn't it gorgeous???

me loves it.

{by overlapping the plate holders, you create that pretty little scroll in the middle.}

are yall excited yet???

next add some spiffy twig & berry garland.

i should confess that i have twig & berry garlands all over my house too.
i think i'm addicted. lol.

now add your very own fabric wreath.
{sameless plug. haha.}

then add your stack of quilts to the hooks!!!

now stand back and admire your quilty goodness!!!
{it's okay to oooh & aaah for a few minutes!!!}

and as always...
toot your own horn!!!
if you make this, add the pic to my p.s. i quilt: sew & tell flickr group.

100 blocks.

okay so quiltmaker magazine has this bad boy coming out!!!

it's 100 blocks from today's top designers.

{& it's on it's way to newstands now!!!}

over at quilty pleasures {quiltmaker's blog} they are celebrating.

they are having giveaway after giveaway over there!!!

this is all part of their 100 blocks blog tour.

i told my pals over at the magazine that i would let yall know.

yall wanna win fat quarter bundles, right???

that's what i thought.

they even started a flickr group!!!

so go see what all the hub bub is about.

p.s. if yall haven't already...go tell vanessa happy birthday!!!

& tell her she has great cows or something like that.

she LOVES a good laugh.

promise.