Our new holiday favorite! Wooly Woodland Zipper Pouches.

I recently gifted myself something that I've been wanting to play with for a long time. A machine embroidery sewing machine! Don't worry, I'm not giving up on my hand embroidery roots, I just wanted to experiment in a "new for me" medium.

Look what I made! A little zippered fox pouch.

It's made out of fluffed up 100% wool fabric with a cute cotton lining. I was so excited about the little pouch, that I of course immediately posted it to facebook, twitter and instagram.

I was pretty quickly emailed by several people that they would like one, so I thought,
"How fun! I'll make some more!" 
and decided I would make up a limited amount of them especially for the holidays.

I'm still working out the details about when they'll be released (I've just started to make more). If you would like more info on the Wooly Woodland Zipper Pouches and want to stay updated on when they'll be available, click the link below.

Click here to stay up to date on the release of our Wooly Woodland Zipper Pouches.

You'll be the FIRST to know when they're available, and have FIRST DIBS on them before I share them on our main newsletter and other social media.

And now for a pile of cute...

Look at this pile of wool that I've stitched already. There are hedgehogs, foxes, owls, and even raccoons! I can't wait to make more!

No Coast Craft-O-Rama!

No Coast Craft-O-Rama is coming up soon! To all our Mid-Westerns in the Twin Cities Metro area come by and say 'hi!' on December 7th at the Midtown Global Market.

We'll be there with kits, patterns, and plush! Plus! We've got some new kitties just waiting in the studio to be featured at the No Coast Craft-O-Rama!

We're so excited to see all the wonderful handmade creations by the very talented designers at No Coast! No better venue than Midtown Global Market! If you haven't been there, there are just tons of great places to eat and neat shops. If you're going to No Coast, come hungry!



We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Your friends at Penguin and Fish

@penguinandfish

Cyber Week Coupon!

 Free domestic shipping!!

Its officially Cyber Week and the web is full of great holiday deals! Time to take advantage of all the sales and start shopping for gifts! We'd like to offer our subscribers FREE domestic shipping, now until the end of November!

Here's how:

1. To receive free domestic shipping use this code: p&fCYBER in the 'message to seller' window.

2. Shipping will be REFUNDED after purchase with the use of the code
3. Enjoy the festivities, your purchases are on their way!

Check out the great items and more at our online store and Etsy store!


Thank you for shopping, we hope you are enjoying the holidays!
Sincerely,
Your friends at Penguin and Fish

@penguinandfish

Its almost time for the Winter Boutique!

Don't you just love those little mice? Special thanks to our intern Lisa Bueno, for designing this great illustration for the event! Come say 'hi' and check out all the great holiday products from local artists! We'll be there selling our current fabric line as well as some classic collectables! Here's a sneak peek of what we're going to bring!



We can't wait for this fun night, we hope to see all of our Minneapolis/St. Paul friends there! Stop by and chat!

Kitty, watch out!!

Happy Halloween everybody! We hope everyone has a fun, safe time Trick or Treating tonight. Watch out for scary Jack-O-Lanterns and keep your kitties safe!

We hope you enjoy this festive illustration by Penguin & Fish owner Alyssa, we have prints and tote bags for sale on our Society6 shop!

While you wait for Trick-or-Treaters, enjoy stitching this little masked cutie!


Available at our shop!

Have fun tonight! Tomorrow we'll have tips on what to do with all your candy! ;-)

Caramel Apples! Yum!

The true autumn classic! Be sure to check out the tasty recipe at the bottom, mm yum! 

You can purchase prints, framed prints, and iphone cases at the Penguin and Fish on Society6!

 

Let's make a caramel apple! (Recipe from Allrecipes.com)

Here's how:

1. 6 apples (We recommend Granny Smith!)
2. 2 tablespoons of milk
3. 1 (14 ounce) package individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped

1. Remove the stem from each apple and press a craft stick into the top. Butter a baking sheet.
2. Place caramels and milk in a microwave safe bowl, and microwave 2 minutes, stirring once. Allow to cool briefly.
3. Roll each apple quickly in caramel sauce until well coated. Place on prepared sheet to set.

Meet Michelle!

Penguin & Fish would like to welcome aboard Michelle! Our new designer, helping us with the new P&F website relaunch, design, and social media strategy! Welcome to the team!

Michelle is a graduate from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Her work has been recognized by Creative Quarterly and has been shown on A Woman's Paris(R) Online Magazine and at the Light Grey Art Lab. Currently she works as a freelance designer, illustrator, and social media strategist.

We're excited to have her as part of the team! I love her fun, painterly style and great ideas!

To check out more of her work, please visit her portfolio website!

You can buy prints, tote bags, tee-shirts at her shop.

Also, you can follow her on Tumblr and, my personal favorite, her new surface design and pattern blog: #dailydose blog!

Feel free to contact our designer via email, at michelle@penguinandfish.com or via twitter @friedandfresh

Welcome Michelle!
P&F team

Owl Embroidery Project Ideas!

Quick stitches for the Holidays!

I can't believe the holidays are just around the corner! It's time to start thinking of wonderful gift solutions. To help, we've been working on some ideas for ways to reuse kits and patterns you may already have to make something new and special for your loved ones!


Visit our shop and receive FREE shipping until 11/4 with the purchase of the Owl Embroidery Wall Art Kit! Use this code in the 'message to seller' box: FREEowlyShip.

Here's some new ideas for the Owl Embroidery Wall Art Kit:

 

Visit our shop and receive FREE shipping with the purchase of the Owl Embroidery Wall Art Kit! Be sure to write in the "message to seller" box in the checkout, this code: FREEowlyShip
More tips and Holiday tricks to come!

Happy stitching!
Sincerely,
Your friends at Penguin and Fish

@penguinandfish

Free Pumpkin Carving Pattern!

Halloween is sneaking up! As a holiday present please enjoy this free PDF download of a P&F Forest Friends exclusive pumpkin carving pattern! Click here to download the PDF. The PDF will download to your computer on the desktop or in the downloads folder.

Enjoy your pumpkins!

Sincerely,
Your friends at Penguin and Fish.

Bark in the Park!

This is our favorite time of year! Lovely, colorful leaves, pumpkin pies, and bundling up for walks in the park. Makes me wish I had a dog!

1. Hat: Forever21

2. Wool coat: udobuy.com

3. Handmade velvet collar: Cosmo's Collars

4. Doggie bags and dispenser: Amazon.com

5. Penguin and Fish Boston pattern: P&F Etsy

6. Organic reusable tote: envirosax.com

7. Rainboots: Juicy Couture

Buy this pattern at the Etsy shop!

Fat Quarters Giveaway!

What is a Fat Quarter?

To all of our beginner fabric friends, a fat quarter is a measurement of fabric equaling a 1/4 of a yard. Typically a 1/4 yard cut is made by taking the measurement for a 1/4 of a yard (9 inches) and cutting across the width of the fabric creating a fabric piece that's 9" x 42". A fat quarter is still a 1/4 yard of fabric, but instead of cutting all the way across the width of the fabric, it's made by taking a yard of fabric and cutting it in half both widthwise and lengthwise, creating a piece that's 18" x 21". It's taller and not as wide as a normal 1/4 yard cut making it "fat". Fat quarters are great for tons of sewing projects and is a common size cut found in quilting shops.
 Here's what a fat quarter looks like:

 

For a list of fun project ideas using fat quarters, visit this awesome blog, Owen's Olivia!

Also.....

We're giving away the complete collection of Picnic Pals Organic Fat Quarters!

In honor of the end of the season, we're giving away the complete collection of Picnic Pals organic Fat Quarters! One winner will receive 26 fat quarters, making 6 1/2 yards, with a retail value of $74.00!!! Made with 100% organic cotton, this collection is perfect for making a colorful and cozy lap quilt or tote bag! Here's how to enter!

Two ways to enter:

Enter via Penguin and Fish Blog:
1) Comment on this post!
2) Comments will be collected and entered into
the raffle.
3) Winner will be notified via email!

For an additional entry, participate via Twitter!

Enter via Twitter:
1) Tweet a friendly greeting @penguinandfish
with the hashtag #picnicpals
2) We'll gather all the tweets and enter them
into the raffle.
3) Winner will be notified with a Direct Message
via Twitter!

For an additional entry retweet any @penguinandfish tweet or sign up for our newsletter, located in the right hand column!

All entries are due by 12:00 Central Time October 16th.
We can't wait to give this awesome bundle to one of our lucky P&F friends!

Thanks for visiting our blog today!
Sincerely,
Your friends at Penguin and Fish