One Yard Wonders Peg Bear

It's tradition in our family to sew "babies" for our furbabies to have as their Christmas gifts. This year my mom (Country Mouse) made a Peg Bear from the One Yard Wonders book (page 252). I hadn't allowed the girls to play with Peg Bear yet because I wanted her to be pretty for pictures. I HAD to show you what a cute bear she is, right? 

My husband finally grew tired of the girls ripping up his old socks and demanded that they get their Christmas baby.  I know, it's two months after Christmas and I'm a bad dog mommy for not allowing them to play with their gift yet. So here are some pictures with Sadie and Peg Bear...

 

I think she likes her new baby.

Country Mouse has had plenty of practice sewing babies for the furbabies so she used a heavy weight fabric for the body for durability and just stitched the eyes rather than using plastic ones. I'm happy to report that Peg Bear is doing well.....even after a tug-of-war accident requiring surgery to repair an appendage. 

We have a Winner!

At the One Yard Wonders Book Release Party with Rebecca Yaker and Trish Hoskins

Thank you so much for entering our first giveaway for a copy of the fabulous One Yard Wonders book! We had so much fun reading your comments about your least favorite household chores. From dishes to laundry to bathroom cleaning, there sure is a lot to do around the house that isn't a whole lot of fun!

We used random.org to pick the lucky winner - AmyV123 - who has a dislike for vacuuming the stairs but is able to convince her husband to do the chore! Congrats Amy! Send us an email with your address so we can send your copy of One Yard Wonders!

First Giveaway!

We have been feeling the need to celebrate for quite some time now and decided the time is finally here! Why celebrate? Oh where do I even start....How about a brief recap?

A little over a year ago myself (City Chic) and my mom (Country Mouse) opened our Etsy shop. We never dreamt that a year later we would have so many sales, developed friendships with amazingly talented people, and have a blog with the most wonderful readers!

And finally we have our copies of One Yard Wonders (we contributed our tabletop ironing board cover pattern)! The book is fantastic! It is spiral-bound so it lays open nicely while you read instructions for 101 amazing projects! So how about we celebrate by giving one lucky reader their very own copy?

How to enter:
We try to create things to make your household chores a bit more fun (like ironing!). So leave us a comment with your least favorite household chore.

Rules:

• One entry per person, open to US residents only (darn shipping costs!)
  
• Giveaway will be open through midnight CST - Friday November 13.
• We will randomly pick a winner and reveal the lucky one Monday November 16.
  
• Lucky winner will be responsible for emailing us with their mailing address.
  

If you can't wait for us to announce the winner of the giveaway, you can order your very own copy here. It's the perfect gift for a fabric lover (remember the holidays are fast approaching!) Good luck and happy sewing!

One Yard Wonders

I'm so thirlled to finally share the exciting news with you! We are going to be in a book titled One Yard Wonders by Trish Hoskins and Rebecca Yaker! We have one project in this book and one in the Barnes and Noble special edition which will feature several extra projects. The publication date is set to be October 28, 2009. I can hardly wait! Just in time for the holiday season, all of you fabric lovers are going to want to put this on your wish list. If you would like to get the lastest updates and some sneak peaks at some of the projects in the book, become a fan on facebook here.

Oh and there is a special giveaway to go along with the book, you can win a yard of fabric each month for a whole year! Enter at the Yard of the Month Sweepstakes. Now I think it's time to celebrate with a glass of wine...

images from Amazon and Storey Publishing