2014

Three minute Three ingredient MICROWAVE mint fudge

Since I’m all about last minute gifts and preparing for the holidays this year…my 3 minute 3 ingredient mint fudge is a must! a few years ago I gave you this 3 minute fudge…well with the holidays in full swing lets add a little holiday twist to it shall we? This fudge can go by […]

EasyTeacher Gift

 These days life is fast. Between band, swimming, orchestra, and writing books, and all other things (I’m stopping with that because I’m getting tired just by writing it) there hasn’t been much time for about anything other than a fast craft here a fast craft there, spend time with family and then do it all […]

V and Co: Toasty rice Hand Warmers with Lavender

This is a post I did a few years ago. I actually had to make some more of these because my kids requested some and so did the husband…it’s been a little chilly here so I thought I would reblog this in case anyone needed to make some more or if you missed it the […]

Good tidings

 Well! That was fun. And it’s good to see most of you are on the same page on colors you’d like to come back (hello eggplant and orange!!) and some other additions of yellows, corals, neutrals, reds, blues, more greens…but yeah it was the eggplant and the orange and the yellow. NOTED! Now lets pick […]

New Fall V and Co Patterns

Hi there! I’m finally ready to show you my new patterns for this fall! I’m very excited about them and we’ve been working really hard on them for a while. 🙂 Ready? Okay first up we have Super Star: Super Star uses every single print in the line. YES, every single one minus the ombre gradients. […]

Color Theory By V and Co for Moda Fabrics

Okay. So I swear I have been meaning to post pictures of this collection for like weeks now. It’s been a little nuts over here, but I took today off of sewing to post pictures and blog about this new line of mine! I really like it a lot. It’s got your basic V and […]

V and Co: Just a few things

Summer has come and gone, and as much as I’d like to say it was a relaxing summer, I can honestly say that this summer has been a blur and I can’t even believe that we are already in the 3rd week of school. I’ve been busy with the books (which we will talk more […]

Color Theory and my new Books

So this is my newest and 4th line for Moda Fabrics I have to admit I’ve had NO TIME to write up a post about it! (and it’s in the works so i can show you some of the fun designs in this collection!) i’ve not been able to write much these last while mainly […]

V and Co: lets celebrate summer sale

Color Block Zipper Pouch Summer has been going by so fast over here, that I fear that the end is almost around the corner…as it actually is starting to look like for us over here with school starting in about a month or so! YIKES! Lets hold on to it a little longer and celebrate […]

Guest Post: Jodi of Pleasant Home

Hey everybody!   I have the honor of sorta kinda hi-jacking V’s blog today!  If you don’t know who I am, my name is Jodi and I live in Sandy, Oregon…. I blog, design, sew, quilt, and all kinds of stuff, over at Pleasant Home  [www.pleasant-home.com]    I’ve “known” Vanessa since she started blogging. {My heck […]

V and Co: That one time Zumba almost killed me

current state of my sewing room= very messy (you can’t see the real mess, I’m just showing you the sort of messy part Im still in the middle of crazy over here.  With the kids out of school for the summer, and me still in the middle of a large deadline…I find that I wanted […]

Well Hello June- I’ll be in Indiana soon!

 HELLOOOOOOOO! So I unintentionally took May off of blogging. A lot of things have come due and I had to use every single moment to get things done in-between soccer, baseball, volunteering at the kids’ schools, and running around like a mad woman AKA: being a MOM. Whoever said I was going to miss my […]

Summer 2014 Quilts And More and other pretty summer colors

used with permission from Quilts and More magazine. 2014 Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved  If you haven’t already checked it out, check it out now, the new Quilts N More has hit stands and my Ombre stripe bags are in there with instructions. It’s a super easy tote bag perfect for your summer needs. In […]

Where I’ve been

Truth be told the blog is still very quiet. Truth be told…I’ve been very busy. I’ve gone places, to teach, to volunteer, and to talk. On a side note: A lot of you know that I’m Mormon, and go to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. A lot of you are too…so […]

V and Co: I love a challenge wrap up

Well, I’m way late into the game of things…I’m running around 2 months behind on life so naturally I’m going to blog about this fun little challenge…you guessed it 2 months later than the rest of the girls. Remember last november when I did my fall market wrap up? Yeah if you scroll down to […]

V and Co: Other options for Handmade

 So now that Color Me Happy is in stores, so are my newest patterns. 🙂 YAY! If your shop carries Color Me Happy then YAY! If they don’t then you might find yourself thinking… “I want to make that Handmade pattern…but my shop doesn’t have the Ombre stripe from the Color Me Happy line.” You […]

V and Co: Color Me Happy is NOW IN STORES

 Color Me Happy is now in stores. I’m Very VERY excited as this is my FAVORITE. No really hands down…fave. 🙂 I just had to pop in here to say that it’s now shipped to stores and to please start using it for projects and upload it to my V and Co. flicker group or […]

V and Co: honorable Jake

Hello! And welcome to my Blog! If you are new here visiting for the first time from the Jolly Jabber allow me to introduce myself. Hi, I’m Vanessa of V and Co. I’m a Fabric and Pattern designer For Moda Fabrics and I get to be part of the Designer Mystery block of the month […]

V and Co: What chocolate, a diet soda, and a good friend will get you

 Well first off isn’t Liz awesome? She’s even funnier in person. My “shipping department” is pretty cool, and she’s also a great friend. She saw how stressed out I was and even may have seen some tears when I listed off all the things I had agreed to do. This month is pretty much insane, […]

V and Co: Thoughts from the Shipping Department

This is Vanessa… This is Vanessa total buried in work… Yeah right!  Like she’d let me show you how messy her work space is right now!  Her projects are totally top secret anyway, so even if I could get a picture, it would have to be redacted! She checked her calendar and thought to herself, […]

Spell it with fabric winner

Thank you all who played along. How far did you get in the alphabet? Here’s the download on how to make your blocks into a quilt  I saw quite a few on instagram  if you follow me there you can see a little more behind the scenes of V and Co and the life therein. Also […]

Moda Spell it With Fabric blog hop sponsored by the letter V

Hello hello! Welcome to my turn to the spell it with fabric blog hop! I’m Very excited to have you! I’m your host Vanessa Christenson of V and Co. This post is brought to you by the letter V 😉 naturally. download the letter V here Of course V is an awesome letter for me […]

Spell it with fabric Blog Hop

I dont know if you already know about this awesomeness that is going on! But it started yesterday, come along with us on this fun blog hop, I’m not blogging about it till the 26 but you should probably get going on A,B,C and then D, E, F… here’s the list. I’m hopefully going to […]

V and Co.: How to make: a shag pillow (no not that kind of shag)

Welcome to MY TURN on Amy’s Creative Side‘s Pillow collective blog hop. Today is my day to show off a pillow I’ve made to beautify our home, and to give you instructions so you can totally beautify your home too…The story behind this pillow is that I saw a shaggy rug and instantly thought “I […]

V and Co: how to make: Wool Felt Heart Garland

 Hello February! I can’t believe it’s already February but sure enough the date doesn’t lie. I’m not a HUGE decorator for the holidays. I’ve mentioned that a time or two…but every so often it’s nice to do a little project to make the upcoming holiday a little fun.  Garlands are probably the easiest and quickest […]

V and Co: back to organizing 101

last snow day I spent separating, sorting and organizing a lot of pink stuff  We here in the midwest have been having a doozy of a winter. With frigid cold days, icy roads, and blizzard like conditions due to windy stormy snowy days…there have been more snow days and late starts in january alone than […]

this kid is 14

As I look back on life with this kid, I get emotional. Where we are today, is a dream come true. But without our past years of heartache and stress, and emotional roller coaster of a ride with this kid, I don’t think I would have the kid I have today. This truly is a […]

Becoming a Midwesterner

 Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m a little over winter. This winter has been the coldest I’ve ever experienced no seriously…like…EVER… I’ve experienced negative degrees before…but this winter we’ve  experienced negative degrees that made my past experiences childs play. We’ve been been in the negatives with -45 windchills. It’s insane. You would think […]

Blog hop: V and Co does Vintage Quilt Revival

Hello! It’s my turn to talk about this beautiful book that my friends Katie, Lee, and Faith co authored.  I feel pretty lucky to know these ladies, they are super talented.   First things first this book is hands down one of my favorite. From cover to cover its beautiful. Inside it showcases 20 blocks. Each […]

a little love

i heart you quilt pattern and textured pillows pattern braided pillow shown  Well! I do have to say that you guys were cracking me up on the last post with some of the crap your kids have said! WOW!!!! Fantabulous! And thanks for making me laugh!! So with Valentine’s being kind of around the corner I […]

that time when my kid made me look like a word that rhymes with four

This quilt has nothing to do with the blog post…I just needed a pretty first picture. Please excuse me as this is the SECOND TIME I am writing this. I finished my first blog post and then tried to insert a picture and that’s when blogger decided to brain fart and it froze. I couldn’t […]