A name and....

you are a great group of supporters

I LOVE all of your ideas

BIG

was a big suggestion

Hawaiian

words were also a common suggestion

(I didn't know you liked my Hawaiian titles!!)

KAHUNA

was a name thrown out

in the 1959 GIDGET movie

Cliff Robertson was the leader of a group of surfers

The Big Kahuna

the best surfer on the beach

waikiki kahuna nui big beach sandy satchel

is what I would love to call it

but alas, it would be too hard to ask for

at your local quilt shop

or online

so.

...the name is....

b i g   w a i k i k i   b a g

"BWB"

n u i   w a i k i k i

n u i   w a i k i k i   n a t s a c k

oh heck.

I LOVE all of your ideas

I love them all so much that I just can't pick just one

here's the good news....you will ALL get a free pattern

please email me your snail mail addy

and expect your pattern

some time the first week in June

(and yes, you're gonna have to wait until then

to see what the name really is!!)

THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU

natalie.

beyondthereef

be.do.create

What's in a NAME??? contest!

we're having a contest

everyone knows I love bags

all types, all textures, all shapes

of bags

cmmon, you know I am not alone here, with this one

you all like bags

it's a nesting thing, I am sure of it

I have designed big beach bag

(hey, that sounds pretty good....beyondthereef big. beach. bag.)

and a beach blanket, or if you will, a picnic blanket

that fits in the bag, of course!!

but I need a name for the project

so I thot I would hold a contest here and on facebook

(yes, we have a facebook beyond the reef "likes" page)

submit your suggested big beach bag name in the comments

for our consideration

and if your name is chosen

you will receive a free copy of the pattern!

(designer reserves the right not to use any of the names, 

and if a name is selected, the chosen namer relinquishes to beyond the reef all rights to name)

there.

the small print.

help!!

natalie.

be.do.create

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com

ps - how many of you remember the honolulu bag?  or the hanalei market tote?

Savour the moment!

we should take our time more often than not

enjoy

savour

breathe in/breathe out

Quilt in a Day Irish Chain

(linen and westminster fibers bundle available on the beyond the reef shop site)

someone asked me the other day, 

"do you have the time to do this?!??"

and I thought to myself, 

"if I don't have time for my own life....well...."

I'm not suggesting we shirk our responsibilities

but.

while making a new quilt for a new pattern, (not the one shown above)

I realized 

it is so much nicer to sit peacefully and sew little pieces together

than to "fast quick easy strip piece cut apart and all the rest"

those little pieces

(there's a time and a place for that, too, don't get me wrong, now)

just for today, just now, just this one moment

sit with your fabrics

choose each color carefully

enjoy the true genius of your sewing machine's capabilities

we are all running through our daily lives

let's at least savour the moments that we have while we are quilting

cmmon....

when was the last time you hand quilted anything?!?

you know, 'rocked the needle'???

set aside just one project....just one....for some hand quilting

so I made a decision

this new pattern is not going to have fast pieced quick strips slam it together

instructions

my apologies in advance

let's just hope you like it, regardless

HappiestDays.

natalie.

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com

ps - I will give you a sneak peek at the projects before they "go to market"