It's your lucky day!

Thanks so much to all of you who stopped by on the

 Oh Sew Sweet Moda Blog Hop.  Hope you had as much fun reading about everyone's hometown as I did and I really wish I could send each of you some Marmalade, I really do!  

 

We have 3 lucky winners for our Marmalade fabric.   

Our first winner is Tiffany, who said:

 " I love seeing all these beautiful pictures of Island Park and what a cute family you have! I'm D.R.O.O.L.I.N.G over the new Marmalade fabric...my goodness you ladies are creative! Thank you for giving us some wonderful colors to create with:)"

 She will get a Marmalade Layer Cake.

Our second prize, a jelly roll of Marmalade, goes to Sylvia, who said:

"What a beautiful Family you have. Island Park and family sounds like a little bit of Heaven. I love marmalade, especially like the addition of the yellows and oranges. Keep up the good work. You and your daughter Camille do an amazing job."

 

 and for another Layer Cake of Marmalade, our last winner is Nettie, who said:

 

"Great post! You have such a beautiful place to enjoy with your Family and Friends. A great place to reconnect and enjoy the beauty of nature. ENJOY! Oh, by the way--I love your wonderful patterns and fabric. Can't wait to make something with Marmalade!"
 

 

I am busy finishing up the other new Marmalade patterns and will let you know the minute they are ready!

 

In case you missed it, my Two Hour Table Topper PDF is still available at the sale price for just a couple more days.

 

Congratulations to all the winners! Please send me your addresses and I will ship your Marmalade right out!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Bonnie

Oh Sew Sweet Moda Hop

Welcome to my day on the Moda Blog Hop and Welcome to my neck of the woods.  If you are new to my blog, I am Bonnie Olaveson, my pattern company is Cotton Way and I design fabric for Moda with my daughter Camille. I live here in Rigby, Idaho most of the time, but Camille told you all about Rigby on Friday, so I thought I would take you just an hour north to my other hometown, Island Park, Idaho where I love to spend every minute I can.  It is one of the most beautiful places on earth, so I just had to share it with you.  If you are wondering where it is located, it is about 30 minutes south of the west entrance to Yellowstone Park.

As you can see from the sign, Island Park has the longest Main Street in America.  It is 35 miles long and very scenic.

 

If you look really close, you can see the moose in the water on the left hand side.

In the summer we spend as much time as we can boating on the lake...

...tubing

and water skiing.

 We like to sunbath,

 

    

play on the beach

 

 

and bike.

In Island Park there is some of the best fishing in the world in the summer,

 

and snowmobiling in the winter.

This is Island Park City Hall.

The General Store

and bank.

There is even a spa, although I have never been there.

And yes, everything is made of logs.

There are outdoor craft fairs

and antique shows...

...and unique places to eat. This log cabin restaurant is called Boondocks. 

We love our little cabin by the lake, which is usually pretty quiet and peaceful...

...but even better when it's crazy and everyone is there. 

 

We are all about family. 

                       One of my sweet friends gave me this sign for our cabin.

I love it so much, thanks Nancy!

 Sometimes, when it's not so crazy at the cabin, I even find a little time to sew.

 

Speaking of sewing, our new fabric collection Marmalade will be arriving in stores in October.

                  To celebrate it's arrival, I will have more new patterns using Marmalade in October, 
                                                                             but for now,
                                   I have one pattern ready just for all of you following the Moda Hop.

It's called Two Hour Table Toppers.  

  
For a limited time you can get the PDF download for just $5.00. Check it out here. 

The pattern includes 3 different Table Toppers that are so fast and easy to make.  With just one big block, you can piece them in 2 hours or less.  No kidding, they really are that easy.  These are great for a beginner quilter and would also make great baby quilts.  They are 41" x 41".  

The other NEW patterns will be available in a few weeks.  

Oh, and you can also get the pattern for our free Marmalade project here.

Moda was very generous and so of course I have some Marmalade to give a way as well. Make a comment to enter and check back on Saturday, Sept. 15 to see if you are a winner!



Stop by Lucie Summers hometown today too and
    
Kansas Troubles, Malka Dubrawsky, and Laundry basket tomorrow.


Have a sweet day!
Bonnie

Moda Blog Hop

If you have had a crazy summer like I have had, you might be ready to get back into sewing mode. If so, make sure you mark your calender for the Moda Blog Hop.  There will be fun ideas, patterns, give a ways and lots of BUZZ.  

Here is the line up.

 Sept. 5
BARBARA BRACKMAN    
ANEELA HOEY
and
ME & MY SISTER

Sept. 6
BLACKBIRD DESIGNS
BASICGREY
and
Pat Sloan

Sept. 7
BRANNOCK & PATEK
Eric & Julie Comstock
and
Thimble Blossoms

Sept. 8
BUNNY HILL
KATE SPAIN
and
DEB STRAIN

Sept. 9
PIECES FROM MY HEART
LAUREN & JESSE Jung
and
FIG TREE & CO


Sept. 10
PRIMITIVE GATHERINGS
LILY ASHBURY
and
FRENCH GENERAL

Sept. 11
LUCIE SUMMERS
and
COTTON WAY 


Sept. 12
KANSAS TROUBLES
MALKA DUBRAWSKY
and
LAUNDRY BASKET QUILTS

Sept. 13
KATHY SCHMITZ
SWEETWATER
and
V AND CO.

Sept. 14
MINICK & SIMPSON
Jenn Ski
and
ZEN CHIC

Sept. 15
Prizes Announced on each blog.
You will also want to stop by moda's blog the Cutting Table  all throughout the hop.

 

My day is September 11th so see you then!

Bonnie

Summer Sewing

When summer finally rolls around here in Idaho, we just have to enjoy it, because it doesn't last long. I don't know about you, but every summer I have a hard time fitting everything in. There is still so much work to do, a yard to take care of, gardens to water and berries to pick. 

Family reunions to go to, hot dogs to roast and bikes to ride.

My husband teaches at BYU-Idaho, which is a University here, and he has 7 weeks off each summer.   I try to spend as much time with him and our family during that time as possible.

 We took a drive to West Yellowstone one day with some of our children and grandchildren. Lucky for us it isn't that far away. (We even saw a bear!)

We love to spend time with our family at our cabin on the lake. As you can see the kids like it too.

I like to ride the tube with the little ones because they go more MY speed.

It is such a beautiful place to be and so relaxing. I can totally forget about all the things I should be doing at home.  

It's so great just to sit on the porch and look at the view.  Next week will be our Olaveson reunion at the cabin and I can't wait to gather everyone from Texas, Nevada, Utah and here in Idaho for lots more boating, hot dog roasting and relaxing!

I decided that there was way to much to do when I got home from the cabin, so this summer I was going to do some summer sewing there.  I have been busy working on some designs that will be released this fall, but it hardly seems like work when I am sewing and looking out our big windows over the lake.

As you can see this project has lots of half square triangles.

 

And can I say again, I love sewing with Marmalade!

Hope you are all having a great summer and able to fit in all you want to do and a little time for sewing too! 

Bonnie