To Market and beyond!

This is me, my mom, and sisters on the first day of Market!

(I tried to post this on Thursday with my mobile app but something wouldn't work, sorry!)

We had such an amazing time! We went to school houses by Sandi Henderson, Amy Butler, Carolee of Adorn It!, Lila Tueller, lots of Moda Ladies, and visited so many amazing booths it's hard to remember them all!

I got some great pics and some awful pics but I'll try to mix it up!
By the way, if anyone has any good tips on getting good pics from your iphone :) let me know!

First I have some Sandi Henderson pics. I love her new line of fabric it's called Secret Garden and it's gorgeous! I even love the names of her different colorways!

Check out some of them here. I love the way Sandi displays her fabrics!
All my schoolhouse pics are the bad ones but here is Sandi giving her presentation she wasn't feeling well but her presentation was awesome! We're super excited for Sandi here!
Secret Garden pillows... I wonder if Sandi does all her own sewing? No I didn't ask sorry!
This pic I love! Because I swear this is the same rabbit I made when my mom first taught me and my sisters to sew. It went together just fine until I got to the head mine was stitched and un-stitched so many times I finally just had to cut out a new one and try it again!
So it was super fun for me to se this little guy done up in super cute fabric and looking gorgeously updated from his muslin predecessors!
This next pic is Sarah Jane! She is an adorable new designer with Michael Miller!
Love some of these fabrics from her line!


Joel Dewberry's booth was stunning
Check the colors! Love them!

Lila Tueller at schoolhouse!
Woohoo! I was even lucky enough to get some of her fabric from sample spree! Aaah! Can't wait to play!
And this of course is the so talented Anna Maria Horner's booth!
I just love her and her style!
One of my big thrill moments was meeting Camille Roskelley. Here's a pic of her and her mom at Moda's schoolhouse. Again sorry for the awful pic she talked about a cute project coming up in September that everyone's going to enjoy!
Unfortunately I was so worried about not seeming crazy that I didn't get any pics from her booth, but you've been catching glimpses of Ruby around and I know you all love it as much as I do!

I'm totally excited about this fabric I got from Pat Bravo who designs for her company Art Gallery Fabrics. Honestly I've searched and searched and can't figure out what line it is but Bohemian Soul is her new line coming out and it's stunning!
I also got a pack of Tidbits by Kari Ramsay of Fresh Cut Quilts! Love them!

May Cupcake Giveaway Day!

So I have loved Sandi Henderson's Cupcakes since I first saw them!! How can you not love such adorable, calorie free, sweets sitting on your table?

These are the fabulous pincushion things I've been working on! Yay!

They turned out so fun I smile every time I see them!

I wanted to give you a little smile at your house too,

so I will be hosting my first giveaway in conjunction with Sew, Mama, Sew's May Giveaway Day and this Orange sherbet looking cupcake is the cupcake you will be receiving in your mailbox!

Along with a Fat Quarter of some Amy Butler Midwest Modern 2 - Ripple Stripe fabric!

To enter-

leave a comment any time from now till May 31st

Tell me your favorite quilty project to receive another entry

Blog about my giveaway and link back here to get another entry

but wait were not done yet!

Get 2 extra entries if you add me to your blog roll or blog list or whatever you like to call it :)

I almost forgot to add that you get another entry for every person you refer back here! Yay!

Just make sure you leave me a comment telling me what you did so I can check it out and give you the appropriate amount of entries. Or shoot me an email at designinghappy[at]gmail[dot]com

So, on top of all that you may be asking yourself where all those other cupcakes have gone, well, 1 went to my sister... let me tell ya, birthday's are special! One is staying here :) since in all my making them I still didn't have one on my table... it's strange how that happens isn't it :) It's really the other 3 that are exciting! 1 is here waiting to be won by some unsuspecting blogger :) 1 will be available soon to be won on the MSQC blog, and the last will be going up for sale on my etsy site!

Hurray for cupcakes!

(by the way if you've never tried this pattern you should know it's fabulous, you can tell she worked hard on this! If you don't win one here you should absolutely track down a copy of her pattern and see just how smoothly it all goes together!)