We're back from Pacific International Quilt Festival, we're mostly repacked, reshipped, reorganized and are madly finishing up details for our trip tomorrow to the Houston Fall Quilt Market. Usually we have a bit more time in between these two huge shows- one retail and one wholesale- but not this year. This year the powers that be decided to put them right on top of one another, making our lives…. well to be polite, interesting. Let's just say it's a good thing that Halloween is a good 4 days after I return…
I don't know how many of you have already heard about the "fabricmatcher" program that MODA has on their website. It is open to everyone and is a fantastic way to play with many of their newest collections. This month they are having a contest using our Fig Tree fabrics. If you use any of our collections that they have loaded into the program and create a quilt using any of the patterns that they have available, you are eligible to win the contest! I will be helping with the judging… and you…
I have to tell you that reading each and every one of your comments makes me want to stop making patterns, get rid of all my computers, snuggle down with some applique in front of a roaring fire, make apple cider and go to pumpkin patches every day! I want to do nothing but play in leaf piles with my kids, make hearty soups and take long walks in woods of turning leaves…. Okay…. fantasy over, back to reality. But seriously, your comments have really reminded me of what is important and has lasting value and…
So I hear that Fig & Plum has officially hit the streets or the shops rather. Why do I feel that every time a new collection finally reaches your hands that it has been the longest wait ever? None of the waits are probably any longer than the rest but somehow the one you are waiting for currently feels longer than all those others that came before… don’t you think? I am not known to be a patient person and this fabric designer thing certainly pushes that button on a regular basis, thank you very much! Anyway, I am…
