LIFE | Birthday Week

My Sweet © 2008 Heather Hingst Bennett

I can’t believe I’m having another birthday on Friday! Wow! Has it already been another year!

To celebrate I’m having a sale in my Etsy shop! Everything will be 38% OFF Thursday and Friday! Friday is also the last day I’m offering FREE SHIPPING to US and Canada and $3.50 shipping to EVERYWHERE ELSE!

This week I’m getting the kids ready to go back to school. Gabriel will be in Kindergarten and Hattie will be a Senior! A year of first experiences and a year of lasts.

ART | “H” Series

Work in progress

Here is a peek at my design wall with the latest in my “H” series.

Of course, last night I did some rearranging. I hope to get this pieced this weekend and start the quilting next week.

Oh, I also wanted to mention…those funky hot pink and chartreuse green batik pieces are from an Etsy shop called A Stitch in Dye. The other fabrics are my hand dyed solids I produced last summer. I should really try to get some dyeing in before the weather turns cold. I don’t have a wet studio, and well, I barely have a studio, so dyeing must be done outside. It’s really a lot of fun!

Speaking of studio, I still need to post photos of my studio. It’s cozy, orange and I’m really lovin’ it!

Thanks for stopping by!

QUILTS | Summer Stash Challenge

Here is the quilt I started with for the stash challange. I’m still trying to decide if I want to make it larger or if I want to keep it at “blanky” size.

So, I started going through my scraps and thought a black and white theme would work well. So, I made this…and then it became a quilt.

Here is the back of it…I did purchase this fabric.

And here is a detail photo.

I’m going to trying selling this style of quilt in my Etsy shop. I’m adding little satin ribbon tags on the side. I think this size quilt will make a nice “blanky” quilt for a little one to carry around.

Tomorrow I’ll give you a sneak peek at what’s going on with my art quilt series “H”.

LIFE | Not getting it all done…

No, last night I didn’t get my summer stash challenge posted! I got home and felt like I just hit a brick wall and HAD to sleep. So, I slept for about an hour and then got my grocery shopping done. Then it was time to get Gabriel to bed.

I have to get us back on a good schedule. This summer we have been staying up into the wee hours of the night and school starts in a week and 1 day! Time to get back into a routine.

Tonight I will have some show and tell for you!

LIFE | The Countdown Continues

18 DAYS!

I’ll share what I’m counting down very soon!

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Tonight I hope to get my Summer Stash Challenge quilt that turned into two quilts posted. I’ve got some grocery shopping to do first, so it will be later this evening.

STUDIO | New Sewing Machine

I have been looking and looking for a new sewing machine for a few years now. I found this Pfaff at a great price in Fremont, NE at Country Traditions. It’s hard to pull myself away from it and I’ve been getting a lot done. A lot of sewing that is…not much else.

I’ll get pictures of my summer stash challenge quilt, studio and a new “‘H’ is for Heather” piece posted this week.

Now I must get back sewing and designing before the weekend is over!

LIFE | Catching Up

Wow! I’ve got a lot to share with you…a new sewing machine, progress on the summer stash challenge and a peek at my new studio space. I hope to share these with you later tonight.

QUILTS | Summer Stash Challange

Here is a bit of my stash I will be using for the Summer Stash Challange.

Inspiration for my quilt.

Here is the inspiration for my quilt.

Starting to design.

Here is the start of the quilt design.

How’s your project going?

LIFE | Blogs adding up…again!

At the beginning of 2008 I tried to condense my blogging to one blog! I go through phases where I think blogger is great and where I think wordpress is great…

I started my “Heather B. {sewing} Studio” blog (again) to go with my Etsy shop and plan to have all things “Etsy” related on that blog. (It was my graphic design/illustration/Web design blog.) What I really like about that blog is that I turned it into a 3 column.

I’m back writing in this blog about life, quilting and art. What I like about this blog is that people actually visit me! {THANK YOU VISITORS!}

I have another blog about life, painting, some quilting and art. You can find it here.

So, we’ll see what happens.

Again, thank you for stopping by!

QUILTS | Taking the Summer Stash Challange

Summer Stash Challenge

I was visiting Amanda Jean’s blog, Crazy Mom Quilts, and noticed a little button to the right side of her blog…”Summer Stash Challenge”. So, I looked into it and it doesn’t look too intense and sounds like fun to join a group and complete a quilt. So, I think I’m in!

I have been working on my tiny studio and I’m really loving it. For the past few years I have been working with the idea that more is more, when really less is more! So, I’m getting rid of lots of stuff. Stamps, paint, old books I was going to use for collage and a lot of miscellaneous collage/paper craft stuff. It feels so good!

My husband has been working really hard on finishing up some projects on the house. I feel like I’ve got a new home!

I’ll get some pictures posted soon!