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DIY Pillows. Yes, they made my week!

The other day (Tuesday, to be exact) Meg from Brassy Apple (love her) did a little tutorial on making pillows out of old  sweaters!  I couldn’t believe how cute they were, so I loaded up my Boy and went to the thrift store. {I was so confident that I could actually DO this!!}   I found three PERFECT sweaters, came home (washed them of course) and put these pillows together in less than 2 hours!!  I KNOW!  2 hours!  I am BEYOND proud of myself.  {and they match my living room perfectly!}

I have several other fun, cute easy things I am working on.  These pillows really made my week, though!  Sometimes I just get so caught up in my BIG projects that take (way) longer than 2 hours, it was just nice to start and finish something AND enjoy the result instantly!  So, yay for quick and easy projects!

This weekend I am going to tackle a few of the bigger ones, and don’t worry i’ll be posting more pictures as I get things crossed off that LIST of mine!  {is it just me, or does snow storms help with the whole ‘staying in and getting stuff done’ issue I sometimes have?}

Because I can’t help myself, here is one more picture of the pillows I made.  (yes, Mom…I made these all by myself!)

Have a wonderful weekend.  I hope you are able to create and do something fun!

Sarah

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MSQC hits the big time! We are on a Billboard!??! Pinch me.

It is  Un-imaginable!  But it’s true, ya’ll!  We have our VERY OWN billboard!  We didn’t even know how to do it, but the guys at adstruc were super nice (Thanks John!), and helped answer any questions we had as we found our billboard for a great price, and we figured why not, we’d try it! I honestly never thought we would have a billboard, but what a way to kick off 2011 🙂

If you are in rural Illinois and find the billboard, take a picture and send it over, I’d love to see more pics 🙂 As it was I was dying to see a picture….and look what I just got:

Quilters Daily Deal billboard

Now, lets be serious here for a minute…  I’d order packages everyday if they were delivered by that guy!  Right!??!  🙂  (just kidding)   kind of.

So, if you are driving in the car and happen to see this…Would you mind pulling off the road and getting a picture (with you in it, that would be lovely) I’d love to have a little feature…YOU and the billboard.  Doesn’t that sounds fabulous?

Anyway, what do you think?  Do you like it?

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Hello 2011. We have fun things in store for you.

Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to make more time for quilting & sewing activities? Here at Missouri Star we’ve got some events scheduled to help you out.

We’ve organized a Bus Tour called “These are a Few of My Favorite Shops” for Friday & Saturday, June 3-4th. Traveling in a loop through Northwest Missouri &Southwest Iowa, this tour takes you to charming country shops and is designed to spend more time shopping than traveling. We promise a luxury limo bus ride and wonderful food. Price of the tour is $129 including lodging (double occupancy). Reserve your seat now by contacting – Carolyn@missouriquiltco.com

And if you’ve ever wanted to meet the gang at Missouri Star, watch a Jenny tutorial in person or create a project with her help, we’ve got a series of quilt retreats planned just for you! “These are a Few of My Favorite Precuts” is a series of five retreats to be held during 2011. The first will be Thursday through Saturday, April 14-16 and with a 1930’s Depression Era theme. Space is limited to 20 quilters.   Other retreats are scheduled for the second week of July, August, September and October, each with a different theme and quilting project.

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Pepper Cory + MSQC = Exciting Quilting Templates for Precuts!!

I am sure you have all heard of the very talented quilter-author-designer-teacher Pepper Cory, right!?  Well, we have some great news to share with you!

She designed the popular apple core template, and she has now partnered with the gals of the Missouri Star Quilt Co to produce a whole line of templates designed specifically for precut fabrics and manufactured right here in Missouri!!  So we are excited to announce her first two templates offered exclusively through the MSQC (if you want to buy them for your shop, email us for wholesale options)

Pepper Cory - 4 1/2" Apple Core

the Charm Pack sized Apple Core Template Ruler

Pepper Cory - 9 1/2" Apple Core Template Ruler

Layer Cake sized Apple Core template ruler by Pepper Cory!

So keep an eye out for our growing line of precut centric templates (now including Natalie’s Tumbler rulers for both Charm Packs and Layer Cakes) and soon, with all the great ideas floating around, there will be some great / easy / fun / awesome new quilts that go together easy peasy!

So please give Pepper a warm welcome to the Missouri Star Quilt Co!

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Makin’ Mama Proud!

This is a BIG deal……Ladies and Gentle-sewers, my daughter MADE a draw-string bag all.By.Herself.  Wow, right?  I mean, I know that I am gushing with pride here, but really….what an accomplishment at 12.  🙂  The best part, was that she LOVED every minute of it.  She picked the fabric (zebra, of course.  If she has any say at all, you can  bet it will be zebra printed these days)

Thanks for letting me brag on my darling daughter!  I am excited that she has been bitten by the quilting-sewing bug so early!  That didn’t really happen for me until I was MUCH older!  🙂

What have you all been up to lately?  Anything fun? Are you done with all those Christmas projects?  Do tell.  We all want to know!  🙂