Month: December 2014

Sugar Cookies

One of the perks of my job is that I get to travel with some of the Moda sales team. This happens once or twice a year. I was super excited to travel with Jane Overman a few months back. 
As Jane was taking me the airport she asked, 
“Have you ever heard of Swig?”
Of course I had… Camille had talked about this place and so we had to visit. It was the cutest drive through place for COOKIES. Yes, cookies. Don’t get me wrong it has other things on the menu but I was there for a cookie. We arrived just as they were opening and there was already a line. 
Would I be late to the airport? 
Was it worth the risk? 
YES it was.
Jane and I got a cookie to share and it was just 
as yummy as I thought it would be.
I came across a recipe for these cookies 
and since I can’t zip off to Salt Lake to pick up some for the holidays, 
I thought I would give the recipe a try.
I made a batch. Yummy! The cool thing about these 
cookies is they are served cold. 
Make the cookies and store them in an airtight container. 
Frost them right before serving making the icing still creamy.
Enjoy and hope you have a wonderful holiday.
-modalissa

design boards

 Have you made any of the design boards that Lori Holt demonstrated almost 4 years ago on her blog?
I have made a few bigger ones that I use from time to time.
http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/2011/07/mini-design-board-tutorial.html
This weekend I had a zillion scrappy 9″ blocks that needed to be laid out in a certain order. My bigger boards were not very handy and I really didn’t want to spend all weekend making boards. I had a couple rolls of this amazing stuff.

 I actually didn’t even know it was fabric. I had 2 packages of it in my “junk”.

It is lightweight and easy to work while still having the strength of duck tape. The choices of this fabric duck tape is very limited but it served its purpose. The boards aren’t near as nice as Lori’s are, but I was able to make 5 of them in about 15 minutes and get back to sewing. I also realized how I could use lots more of these.
See Lori’s blog post for the complete instructions.
http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/2011/07/mini-design-board-tutorial.html
I hope you are able to make a few. They also make great presents for your quilting friends. 

-modalissa

Modern Building Blocks

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Modern Building Blocks consists of blocks that
range in size from 6″ to 36″.
When I was making this quilt I had so much fun
playing with the blocks and their sizes.

I thought I would share some of the
pics I took along the way.

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Everything is divisible by 6
so the combinations are endless.
Shown above are some of the 6″ blocks lined up by color.
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This quilt goes on and on but the end result
is so worth it,
so don’t give up if you don’t
have all your blocks done.

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Just keep going and going and going. 

 modalissa-quiltpics_1 Yes, it could be a mini
or you could just put together some of the 6″ blocks and be done.
I am usually a print kind of gal but I enjoyed
working with the bella solids.
Finally the quilt top was done. 
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Quilted by the wonderfully talented
Natalia Bonner of Piece n Quilt.

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Are you making the Modern Building Blocks quilt? 
If so leave a comment with a link to your quilt.
I would love to see yours. 
Or follow the #modernbuildingblocks
to discover all kinds of yummy eye candy.
Enjoy-
modalissa