January 28, 2020

QUILT ALONG | Pemberley English Paper Piecing project

Hello all, 
I'm happily joining in with another quilt along but this time I know I won't be able to keep up.  
I've already received 2 packs of the paper pieces from DuckaDilly Fabrics 
and can't wait to get a start... on..
the Pemberley EPP QAL


Each month I'll receive the paper pieces for two of the blocks... 

December 28, 2019

SEWING | Christmas Makes

Over the holidays I was able to squeeze in a few new makes. 
There was a lovely stocking sew along hosted by @sunnydaysupply

I finished my second one on Christmas Day! LOL talk about last minute.
It was actually very relaxing to sew on Christmas after prepping all the food.

On the left is the EPP {english paper piecing} stocking.
This is my first attempt at English Paper Piecing and I had great instructions from so many talented makers on insta ... Great tutorial videos and tips were given so it was really fun to learn this new technique and I'm so glad I did. 

follow me, @andes_heirlooms for updates and progress ♥

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happy making,
                    xoxo, ande

December 12, 2019

SHOP UPDATE | annual Christmas sale and a few new accessories

My annual Christmas sale is running now in the Etsy shop
♥ 20% OFF all dolls listed ♥
Last day for shipping is December 21st, so pre-orders for Christmas shipping have expired but there are still ready ship dolls available in the shop right now!

FREE SHIPPING AND GIFT WRAP IS AVAILABLE!



Handmade embroidered boots are now listed in the shop!
find just the right pair for your fairy girl.





happy holidays ♥
                  xoxo, ande

October 31, 2019

QUILT ALONG | my progress on the little miss sawtooth QAL


Hello All ♥

I have been making good progress on the Little Miss Sawtooth QAL by 
Melanie of Southern Charm Quilts and hosted by Havel Sewing.  Melanie has created such a great pattern with excellent instructions that are so easy to follow along with.  

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I even decided to make a small version for my new baby niece, Lily.  I have it ready to start hand-quilting and can't wait to get it into the hoop.  Before I can start on that though, I'm trying to finish hand-quilting my husbands' baseball tshirt memory quilt.  That has been a labor of love over a few years.  Seems like my WIPs just keep growing.  

Andrea's Heirlooms (@andes_heirlooms) • Instagram photos and videos

I am continuing to work along with the pattern releases every two weeks for my little miss sawtooth quilt; then suddenly inspiration hit to start another LMS for another 'someone special', my Mom.  She seemed to especially love one of the blocks I recently made using pale lavender and turquoise so I'm going to dig into my stash and see what fabrics I can pull and try to catch up all the blocks for her quilt by this weekend, when the latest block patterns for the sew along will release. 
That will be so fun!  

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have a lovely week of creating!
                   xoxo, ande



September 22, 2019

QUILT ALONG | the Little Miss Sawtooth Quilt


I'm participating in my first quilt along created by Melanie of Southern Charm Quilts and hosted by Havel Sewing.  It has been so fun choosing the fabrics for this and I've just learned a great new technique from Melanie for creating the Flying Geese units that make up the star points.

@southerncharmquilts

You can sign up and jump on board for the quilt along here or here.

Andrea's Heirlooms (@andes_heirlooms) • Instagram photos and videos
my fabric pull includes a mix of HR trixie and Tilda plus lots more♥

The technique for the flying geese units is so fast and easy!  I'm just in awe!
Thank you again Melanie...and I look forward to learning more ♥

Andrea's Heirlooms (@andes_heirlooms) • Instagram photos and videos
check out those perfect points!

follow along with my sewing adventures on Instagram
happy quilting along! 

                         xoxo, ande

July 10, 2019

QUILTING | homesteader's daughter


I started a new quilt...yes, another WIP (work in progress).
This one is the Homesteader's Daughter.  I changed up a few things with the pattern to make it have a little more scrappy feel... I'm pulling together various prints for the nine patches and snowball blocks that create the homesteaders daughter. 


 I'll be posting more about how I changed up the background fabrics too.  I'm using a variety of low volumes for the background and its looking really awesome so far. 
 Follow along with me @andes_heirlooms on Instagram to see more progress pictures.

happy sewing
                xoxo, ande