September 2012

V and Co: hello kitty cupcakes

my daughter’s birthday is this sunday. when i asked her what she wanted her cupcakes for school to look like she gave me a blank stare. “i don’t know.” come on kid, give me something to work with here. so i started naming things off and hello kitty got an excited look and “YEAH! YEAH! […]

V and Co: visits home ec in iowa city

 the other week i was invited to hang out with a few wonderful people. we went to a great shop down in iowa city, iowa. it was a pretty crazy weekend as there was a hawkeye game (and not just any game THE game against the cyclones. heaven help me i don’t even follow football […]

V and Co: what i’ve been doing with my simply color pre-cuts

 so if you haven’t heard simply color pre-cuts are now available at your favorite quilt stores. 🙂 and well now i feel like i can sort of show you a couple of things i’ve been working on with my precuts! this beautiful dresden plate zippered pouch, is my new little sewing bag. i can take […]

V and Co: how to: make a mini fabric pumpkin

about a week ago I was working on a project (actually, I was not using a seam ripper and using my little scissors to take out a seam) and one of my noisemakers asked me a question in the middle of it. As I looked up somehow the thread holding my pincushion strawberry onto my […]

V and Co: sherwin william paint

confession: instagram and facebook are a lot easier and faster for me hence why it feels like i hardly blog these days. the other day i took a picture of my new hair cut with my phone and gave a sneak peek of my third time is the charm painted house and put it on […]

V and Co.: winner of simply color pre cuts

thank you all! it was so nice to read which one of my patterns is your favorite. it seems like houndstooth is still one of the top fave. and after 2 years of it being out…yeah i kind of still like it too. a close second: the abby bag. nice. 🙂 lots of lovely color […]

V and Co: moda blog hop

welcome welcome!  ahhhhh! i of course made the mistake of my dates and am posting completely late! i thought i was supposed to blog about me on the 15th. wrong. that’s when a winner will be picked. heaven help me. so here we go! welcome to the moda blog hop! i’m Vanessa i just had […]

V and Co: 1 million pillow case challenge in simply color

 hi there! today is day 8 of the million pillowcase challenge put on by APQ  APQ asked me to participate and talk a little about the million pillowcase challenge. and just in case you missed the line up here are all the participants for the whole month of september. 🙂 1. Welcome from American Patchwork […]

V and Co: how to: make an ombre ruffled flower onesie

nothing says girl like pink ruffles. so lets round out with what else…pink ruffles. this one is one of my favorite ones. super easy, super texture-y and super cute.  we talked about dying your onesie ombre here. and then we talked about dying and appliquéing your doily on the onesie here. so now lets talk […]

V and Co: simply color at Sew 4 Home

 i am a huge, ginormous fan of Sew 4 Home. so when they approached me at spring market to let me know they had chosen my line to do a whole slew of projects for the transform your space into an organized space series, i was beyond ecstatic. yesterday they launched with the garment bags […]

V and Co: moda designer’s blog hop

every once in a while i let myself think of the fact that i am part of the moda crew. just for a minute though because the rest of the time it freaks me out. i just pretend like it isn’t really true, it’s just a dream and blah de be blah blah. it’s how […]