Pat Bravo Giveaway

Congratulations to our winners!! #19 Sara gets her pick of either the Lace and Pure Elements bundles and #67 Janessa gets the other. Thank you to everyone who entered!!

Please forgive me for the lack of posting lately. We have been incredibly busy behind the scenes making some life-changing decisions that we will soon be talking all about. Until then, the incredibly talented and super sweet Pat Bravo wants to share some of her fabulous new fabrics with you!

If you're not familiar with Pat's fabrics, you absolutely must check them out! I am so in love with the Modern Affair and Paradise collections. Check out a couple of pictures we took at market:

Gorgeous, right?!

Pat's got some great new collections coming out which we will be ordering soon. You can check out the new collections plus a whole lot more on her website, www.patbravo.com.To hold you over, Pat is generously offering up two fabulous bundles of her new solids and lace elements collections!

How fabulous are these bundles?!

Two winners will be chose with the first winner receiving their choice of either 8 half yards of the new Lace Elements collection or 10 fat quarters of the new Pure Elements collection. The second winner will receive the other. 

To enter, just simply leave a comment below. Just one entry per person this time and all duplicates will be deleted. I really, really wish I could enter this one but will love passing them along to one of our fans!

Winners will be chosen Saturday, February 5th at 7pm CST.

Applique Attempt ...

So this is my first "real" attempt at applique. While I certainly won't be winning any Applique Masters awards, I think it turned out OK .. if you can look passed the wonky antler bits that is.

Now that I'm looking at it ... I probably should have chosen something with a few less tight turns. But honestly, that's just kinda how I do things. I'm not one to get skilled in the basics and progressing naturally. I'm more of a jump-right-into-the-fire kinda girl and learn as I go. Although usually at that point, I go back and try to figure out what I could have done better.

One of my resolutions for this year was to start trying things. I'm still fairly new to sewing and there is so much for me to learn but I tend to hold back for fear of failure. I've let that fear hold me back from so much in my life not just in sewing and this is my year to live boldly. Yes, I agree ... applique is a pretty mild step but at least it's a step in the right direction right?!

So here's to living boldly in 2011 and breaking out of my safe, little shell! I hope 2011 is just as life-changing for you as well.

By the way ... any tips my Applique Queen friends have to offer would be GREATLY appreciated!

What's next on my sewing scary list you ask .... making my own bias tape. EEK!

Happy 2011, friends!

Happy New Year

We had the most fantastic year. In January 2010, we placed our first order for fabrics. In February 2010, we opened up shop on Etsy, and in May 2010, we launched LolaPinkFabrics.com. It still blows my mind how far we've come in the span of one year. Thank you so much! We know we could never have gotten where we are today with YOU, our amazing friends.

2011 is gearing up to be just as exciting! We will be taking a very big step soon that will honestly be a dream come true. Hopefully we will be able to fill you in soon.

For now, we'd love for you to stop by the shop and check out all the amazing new collections we have in stock including:

Kumari Gardens by Dena Designs ~ sure to brighten the dreariest of winter days

Impressions by Ty Pennington ~ an impressive first collection by Mr. Pennington

Soul Blossom by Amy Butler ~ yet another amazing collection by the fabulous Amy Butler

 

We've also updated our Sale section and included a new Clearance section for end of bolt specials. 

Also, have you signed up for our Newsletter yet?? We just sent out a new one today and included additional savings promo codes good through Monday. Check it out and make sure you signup today. Don't miss out on any future savings and specials!

We hope you had a fantastic holiday season this year. We had more fun sewing presents this year. Pictures to come soon :)

Be safe and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Steal This Look ...

I've been wanting to do this since we got back from Quilt Market so hopefully now that I'm putting it out there, I will finally find/make the time to do some fun sewing just for me. When I do find/make the time ... this look is definitely tops on the list.

One of the first people we met at Quilt Market was the super cute and super sweet Trish of Two Peas in a Pod. If you happened to miss my blog post on Trish and her Two Peas in a Pod patterns, you should definitely check it out. Trish is one talented momma and we are so happy to be stocking her patterns!

Now, back to the reason for this post .... check out the jacket Trish is wearing ...

I absolutely LOVED it! So much so that I finally let her know how much I loved it. Come to find out, it's actually an altered version of the Liverpool Tunic pattern from Amy Butler which we just so happen to have in stock. Yippee!!

It's a pattern that I've had my eye on for some time and even blogged about it here. So while I still think it would look divine made using Pond in Twilight from Pat Bravo's Paradise collection, I'm leaning towards making into a jacket like Trish did using either Lovesme Lovesmenot Golden or Lovesme Lovesmenot Petal from Anna Maria Horner's Innocent Crush collection.

 

From what I remember, she said it's the elbow length version but without the collar and buttons ... so basically, she made the pattern even easier! Sweet!

Please, please, please let me find/make some time to get this made before we run out of the fabrics. 

I Vow ...

... never to travel again without having cute makeup bags to take with me when I have the skills to make cute ones!

I've been fortunate enough to go on some fun trips in the last few months and each time I took along my sad, overstuffed, broke-down makeup bag. There is nothing cute or fun about it anymore but yet there it is every time I go to pack. I mean seriously! The dang zipper broke MONTHS ago but yet I'm still taking it along nevermind that its contents end up scattered throughout the suitcase. UGH!

So today as I unpack my suitcase and gather up my scattered goods, I vow to never travel again without having a proper makeup bag or bags and by-golly they will be cute!

I can't think of a more perfect fabric collection than Modern Affair by Pat Bravo.

This collection is all about vacation and fun!

So now I'm off to first gather all my stuff from the extents of my suitcase and then track down some cute tutorials for new makeup bags. I'd also like to make a cute travel jewelery bag to go with it. If y'all know of some tutorials, please help a sista out! I'd post a pic of my current bag, but it's far to sad and embarrassing.

Will definitely be posting an update once I get everything made.