Harding Hill Designs

2013 Color of the Year + a Giveaway

 

Hello!

If you are here for the Quilting Gallery Bog Hop welcome! I'm glad you have stopped by!

We have been working on A LOT of new things in the sewing studio but have been sidetracked here and there. First there was a back injury and then the flu knocked us down for a while. But, things are back on track and now we are playing catch up to get our new patterns ready to go. If you want to keep tabs on our projects you can like us on Facebook. That is where we will share anything new first. :-)

I've been looking at a lot of color boards, color combinations, and new fabric for new projects and something stuck out to me when checking out several new lines. It wasn't the Pantone color of the year for 2013, which is emerald, but instead blue stuck out to be a focal color in several of new collections.

I thought navy or indigo would be the Pantone color of the year for 2013 because it seemed to be popping up all over the place in late 2012. Quilting fabric, home dec fabric and accessories, and clothes.

Here are just a few of the new or upcoming fabric lines I spotted with navy or ingido blue as a main color aspect.

BasicGrey, PB and J for Moda

 

BasicGrey, PB and J for Moda

 

BasicGrey, PB and J for Moda

 

Kate Spain, Honey Honey for Moda

 

Kate Spain, Honey Honey for Moda

 

Kate Spain, Honey Honey for Moda

 

V and CO., Simply Style for Moda

 

V and CO., Simply Style for Moda

 

Cynthia Rowley, Paintbox for Michael Miller

 

Cynthia Rowley, Paintbox for Michael Miller

 

Cynthia Rowley, Paintbox for Michael Miller

 

Laura Gunn, Edges for Michael Miller

Rashida Coleman-Hale, Tsuru for Cloud 9

Rashida Coleman-Hale, Tsuru for Cloud 9

Rashida Coleman-Hale, Tsuru for Cloud 9

I also spotted navy in a lot of the new spring clothes and shoes. Peplums are on all the spring 2013 trend lists...are you a fan? I'm on the fence about them myself. 

Target Spring 2013 Navy Peplum

Target Spring 2013 Dress

 

Old Navy Spring 2013 Scoop Neck

 

Old Navy Spring 2013 Flats

I LOVE the navy trend for spring! One trend bandwagon I won't be hopping on anytime soon is the supposed hot, new crop top that is going to be a big hit this spring. Props to anyone that can wear one. I'm just not sure how great they would look on me with my spanx underneath. ;-)

Spring 2013 Crop Tops

I hope you enjoyed this collection of blue, blue, blue! For this blog hop I am giving away 2 patterns to 2 winners.

Simply leave me comment before 6:00 PM (CST) on March 15th. The comment can be about anything. Some ideas are how do you feel about the new crop top trend, do you like using navy in your quilts, what do you think about emerald as the color of the year for 2013, do you have a favorite fabric from the images in this post....anything you'd like to share. You can also like us on facebook for a second entry. If you are already a fan on facebook just leave us a comment there for your second entry. 

Thanks again for stopping by-- Happy Quilting!

 

Quilting Gallery Blog Hop Party!

Welcome!

If you are new here for the Quilting Gallery Blog Hop Party thank you for stopping by! We are busy sewing and enjoying the first hints of spring. Spring is such a great time of year...the days are longer and things start to bud and come alive around us. But, spring can be a drag when it comes to those pesky allergies, right?

Along with sewing in the studio we are also gearing up for a trunk show at the end of March. We will be heading to Hannah Johnson Fabrics in Duluth, MN on March 28th. Stop by and say hello if you are nearby....It will be a fun night!

We are giving away 2 copies of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Vol.4, which includes Harding Hill Designs B Squared block, for this fun blog hop party! 

 

To be entered in the giveaway simply leave us a comment here on the blog. You can tell us anything in the comments! You can also hop over and like our facebook page for an additional entry. The giveaway will be open until March 23rd. Good luck and thanks again for dropping by!

With the Best Intentions

I woke up this morning motivated to get outside and go for a wonderful spring run. I looked forward to the crisp spring air and sunshine on my face while listening to the birds sing their morning songs...Then I looked out the window and saw this! A fresh blanket of snow was on the ground which very quickly deflated my highly motivated intentions! As I pulled up the blinds and spotted this landscape, although beautiful to look at, in my head I heard the loud screeching noise that is made when a needle is  aggressively moved and scratched off the morning motivation record playing in my head.

I tried to stick with it though. I made my way to the running trail but just couldn't do it. It looks like I need to work on my commitment to running, but snow on the ground on April 20th was just too much for me today.

Today the snow won I guess, but tomorrow's a new day and I am ready for a sunny, spring run!