I just realized the other day that we have been talking about these yummies for quite some time now. People have been working with them and even gushing about them a bit here and there. The precuts have come into the shops and projects have been started. Projects are being made left and right just in time for Spring Quilt Market. And yet I haven't really formally introduced them yet, have I? I always feel like I would like to give the current collection its "day in the limelight" and since Whimsy just came into stores…
Each year, right about the same time, I am completely inspired to add magnolias to my quilts or this beautiful mauve color to my fabric collections. Its like clockwork. Can you see why? I am surrounded by 3 of these trees and bushes in our garden and their blooms literally take over the entire side of our yard. Could there be anything more beautiful? This year… The tone of each tree is a tiny bit different than the next… I can still distract her almost anytime by asking her to count something… this time it was the…
The place: Sonoma …wandering around abandoned vineyards. When: Definitely Spring. This past Saturday to be more specific. …cherry trees in bloom. … baby figs. What: an afternoon of relaxation & a bit of fun. …realized I am hardly ever in the pics of where we go. Destination: The Girl & the Fig …can you even believe that there is a such a place an hour from my home and I have never been there?? My drink: A Fig Royale … my new favorite drink. My date: My husband Our dinner: Flounder in a brown butter…
As many of you are quite aware I'm sure, I love, love vintage images. Did I mention that I love them? The character of them, the saturated colors of the old advertising posters, the canning labels, the postcards. I just can't get enough of the fact that back then, not much was pastel or muted or dark. Most art or I guess advertising to be more precise, was bright and colorful and had a certain personality. I just love the imagination of it all! Well we try to bring those images into our work whenever…
Do you remember me mentioning something about working on a little owl awhile back? I certainly "tweeted" about it [btw, if you don't already play the twitter game, you might want to start now as we are about to start a series of coupons next week only accessible to those of you who are "following" me on twitter]. Well I was working on a little fall embellishment to one of my scarflettes. All of a sudden a plain little fabric scarf has a bit more personality. Not only that but the little owl…
