Back in Time

Okay for the first of my BACK IN TIME posts… The Bridges of Pittsburgh fascinated me while we were there at Quilt Market. Every color, every size, every style… just beautiful. In fact Pittsburgh was enchanting all around. Despite what most folks think of when they imagine Pittsburgh, the city is full of culture, shopping areas, beautiful architecture and an amazing amount of rivers and bridges…. In fact the only other city in the world that reportedly has more bridge per size of city is Venice!  Pittsburgh boasts 446 bridges, can you imagine that?! And that…

Peonies & other little pretties

So here's the deal folks… I am so far behind in the things I have wanted to post about that I keep not posting because I am so far behind in posts so I keep getting farther behind while I think about how far behind I am… can you follow that wonderfully twisted logic… catch 22 in the biggest sort of way! So I have decided I am going to start going backwards…. so don't be surprised if you get belated Market shots in 10 days. I am going to start with…

Market Recaps… #1

I have been home for a few days and it has done my soul good to unpack, sleep, print out orders like a crazy person, eat some yummies and mostly hang out with the munchkins. Have kept the office gals busy all week and hoping that they will catch up on everything by next week. Thank you for your patience! Personally…haven't done much that couldn't be done from the couch- although I guess that is not all as bad as it sounds given that my main forms of communication are my laptop and my…

The next Fresh Vintage is right around the corner…

Fresh Vintage #12 is our next issue and its just around the corner. This particular Fresh Vintage will have 5 different variations of the same pattern. I had so much fun working with this little snowball/pinwheel block that I couldn't stop at just one. So I ended up with 5 different variations. Featured on the cover here is Cherry Creams. Here is Carnival. Primrose Petals. A Day at the Fair And last but not least,  Yuletide Sweets. We're still working on this one in the studio so bear with us. We are planning on…

Bon Voyage Madeline!

Bon Voyage… a fun and simple garment bag. Welcome Madeline… this has easily been our best selling pattern at Spring Market. A charming little wall hanging or framed applique project.   Too tired to post more shots from Market tonite. Will definitely have lots to show when I get back tomorrow. We have had lots of activity & fun things happening, so tune back in a few. Talk to you soon…