New Patterns!!!

It's a beautiful day here at the Caboodle and we want to show you a few more of our newest patterns.  The Messenger (#335) was inspired by my youngest daughter, she is always sporting such cute bags I thought I should add one to her collection.  We've added a new twist to the bag, creating an interchangeable flap so you can change the look of the bag without having to construct an entire new bag.  The flaps include "Grandma's Brag Bag"  "Pocket Flap"  and "Star or Flower Applique."  It's simple to make and great to create as a gift.

Interchangeable flaps

"Happily Ever After" (#332) has a pre-printed panel included in the pattern.  It features 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13.  This is a great piece of scripture for those upcoming weddings you might have.  The pattern includes the entire alphabet so you can add whatever name you want.
Finished size of the quilt is 28" X 43".


"God's Greatest Gift" (#331) features another pre-printed panel included in the pattern.  This pattern is one that I am very partial to.  It is a prayer that I wrote for my grandson, but is appropriate for any parent or grandparent to their special child.  The prayer reads:
As I lay you down to sleep,
I pray my little one to guard and keep.
I pray that you won't grow up to fast,
For this precious time will have to last.
I pray for safety when away from me,
When riding your bike or climbing a tree.
I pray you'll know I loved you from the start,
You stole my breath and jump-started my heart.
I can't wait to teach you your ABC's,
I look forward to talking about the birds and the bees.
When I first saw your precious little face,
I prayed your life would be touched by grace.
As parent with child, each day I knew, My mind would be filled with thoughts of you.
I pray you'll know how much you are loved,
You truly are God's gift from above.

"Sister's Garden" (#329) was created by my daughters as a gift to their sister-in-law.  They wanted to show her that she was another sister in the family.  This pattern can be purchased as either a kit or a pattern.  The kit (ASQ 13) comes packaged in a tin enamel mug.  The kit includes the pattern, instructions, all of the fabrics and binding.  The only supplies you need are the batting and backing and buttons to your choice on the yo-yo flowers.  Finished size of the table topper is 25" X 25".  It's so fun and easy!!


Give us a call if we can send you any of our newest patterns...we pray you have a wonderful day!


  Blessings,
Leanne

Highlights of Quilt Market 2011!

Kaytlyn & I started our 18 hr. journey to Salt Lake City at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. With little room to spare we were off!

Audio books soon became our friend and helped make the time fly by.  We spent the night in Laramie, WY, and the next morning woke up to 3 inches of snow on the ground!  People probably thought we were crazy with our flip flops and light jackets!

We drove white knuckled for a few hours, praying that we would drive out of the terrible weather.  After a shopping stop to stretch our legs, it was non stop to Salt Lake City!  We had a wonderful week catching up with old friends and seeing so much fun and creative stuff!  Set up went well, it's always a challenge to get so much packed into a 10'X10' space, but we were successful in doing so.  The picture shows myself, Kaytlyn, my youngest daughter and newest TWCC employee, and Lisa Loessel, the design director that I work with at Henry Glass....love, love, love her, she does amazing things with my designs.  

The fabric and new patterns were very well received, we will be posting more later to show you all of the new things.  Great to be back!!
Blessings,
Leanne and Kaytlyn

To Market...To Market We Go!!

Hey Friends,
Wanted to give you a sneak peak of what we will be showing at Market in Salt Lake City.  Kaytlyn and I are getting ready to leave tomorrow morning.  We are so excited with what we have to show and what we've gotten done.  "Baby and Me" and The Great "I Am" are the two newest fabric collections that we have new projects and patterns for.  Timely enough, my new little grandson "Toby" is the focus of a few of the patterns.  "To Grandmother's House We Will Go" is a great collection of what you will need to take your little one to visit grandpa and grandma.  The tote bag, changing pad, diaper holder and binky holder are the projects you will find in this pattern.  "Toby's" Treasures has the crib quilt, bumper pads and book pocket holder...so much fun using the "Baby and Me" collection.  Leave us a comment and let us know what you think!!  We will be in touch as soon as we get home with the rest of our new things!!

Blessings,
Leanne

I became a grandma and I love my new role!!

Tobias Timothy Walsten

Greetings Friends, I pray you are all staying warm and enjoying a sunny day.  We have experienced such bone-chilling temperatures here lately that I thought I would sit down and try to warm your hearts with some wonderful news.  December 28, 2010, God blessed us with our first grandson, Tobias Timothy Walsten.  He is so handsome.  He weighed in at 8 lbs. 13.5 oz and was 21 inches long.  He is so healthy and completely loved by his parents and his extended family.  I simply can't put into words the joy he has brought to our lives, he is truly a gift from God.  He was the inspiration behind one of my newest fabric collections "Baby and Me."   Our fun new colors and whimsical characters really bring this collection to life.  I invite you to visit Henry Glass Fabrics to download this new pattern.  www.henryglassfabrics.com.  I will have the fabric here in the shop, we're hoping, by late March.

The Winner!!

Hi Friends,

Can't believe that Christmas has come and gone!!  How was yours?  We had an amazing day with family, we celebrated Jesus' birth with so much joy.  Our little grandson has not arrived yet, our daughter is going in tomorrow morning to be induced, so I know I will have news very soon.  I have to apologize as I have not posted the winner yet of my quilt kit.  I want to thank all of you for leaving your comments, they were so sweet.  The winner is Wendy from Montana.  She was the first, and I think the only person to notice the snowman face in the soup that my daughter photographed.  We had so much fun on the Holiday Parade...it was fun to see all of the creative projects.  As you probably observed, I am not the most consistent blogger, but will try to get better at it in the upcoming year.  I pray you are all doing well and thank you again for your comments and kind words!!
Blessings,

Leanne

P.S. the Snowman kit is not on my website yet, we are going to be rebuilding a new site, so we will keep you posted.  If you want more information for now, please give me a call!!

There's no clean-up on this Parade!!

Pam and Janet from www.buggybarnquilts.blogspot.com

Hi Girls,
Most Parades provide a "pooper scooper", but none needed on this route!!  What an amazing ride we have been on.  I have been on the other designers blogs, and oh my goodness, what a priviledge it is to be with such talented ladies.  There will be fun projects to be made in the days ahead.
Pam and Janet from Buggy Barn are on the route today.  I want to say a huge "Thank you" to them.  They are the reason that I am designing with Henry Glass.  They have a wonderful quilt shop on their farm, mom and I visited them on our way home from Portland one year.  It truly is an old buggy barn, but filled with beautiful fabrics. 

Kim Diehl of Kim Diehl Designs

And make sure you visit Kim Diehl.  A very talented lady.  This last day of the Holiday Parade I would like to say thank you to the other designers for taking part of a wonderful journey.  I would also like to thank the bloggers.   Your are a very "Special" group of people.  I'm perhaps not completely converted as a blogger, but I can see how this can be addicting.  Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Happy 6th Day!

My daughter Kaytlyn and I

Happy Sixth day on the Holiday Parade!!  I can’t tell you how much I have learned in the past few weeks…who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks!!!  Well, truth be known, if it weren’t for my daughter Kaytlyn, I probably wouldn’t be doing this.  She has joined the business, and with her came some amazing abilities that I did not have…one being the knowledge of even figuring out how to do a blog.  So with that, I want to say a huge “thank you” to her.  She is a very talented young women and I want you to be watching for some of her things down the road, maybe with a little pushing from mom!!!

I’m excited to show you our Holiday project.  We have done two adorable Snowman gift bags out of our “Let Us Adore Him” fabric collection.  They are fun and easy, and make the wrapping as exciting to get as the gift inside. 

Click here to download the free Pattern for the Gift Bags!

The bag with the box pleat has a beer bread kit inside.  I’m not a big Holiday baker, but we love soup and bread on those cold winter days.  I know you can buy those box mixes of the beer bread, but this is so much cheaper and so easy.  We’ve included our Beer Bread and Grandma’s Dump Soup recipe's to add to your collection!  Click here to download the recipes (they are ready to be printed and cut out)!

We don’t have a lot of tradition, but I would say the one thing we try to maintain is “Simplicity”.  We like to sit back and really enjoy the Holiday season, and with these two recipes, it can’t help but be simple.  It’s my prayer for you that you find “Simplicity” this Holiday season.  Take some time to really focus on “The Reason for the Season”.  I am so proud of our children, they stopped giving gifts to one another several years ago.  Instead, they give gifts to a family from our community.  They have so much fun going out and picking out things they think the children would like.  They do it completely anonymously, but totally from the heart.  I pray that you will all find it in your heart to give to someone less fortunate than you.  It gives new meaning to holiday giving.  Merry Christmas dear holiday bloggers and may the Spirit of Christmas find you wherever you are!!

Blessings,

Leanne

Oh yes, my special word for the day is “Christmas Carol”!!  My favorite Christmas Carol is Silent Night how about you?

Make a comment on our blog to be eligible for our Holiday Blog Give-Away.  It is one of our There’s “Snow” Place Like Home quilt kits.  

Be sure to visit Dana Brooks of Lazy Daisy Cottage when you leave here to get your free pattern!  Don't forget to collect the special word!