Monday Afternoon Greetings– I promised the winners of the naming contest by today… as they say the best laid plans… I have worked through half of the comments and have found over  855 names so far!  Needless to say its going to take me a few more days to sort through all of the names and give them each careful consideration. You certainly went to town with the French and Pastry related items!  If nothing else, I am craving French pastries 24/7 and I have an almost uncontrollable desire to sign up for…

Well this is a bit later than I had wanted to post but I was working on the most wonderful ad image that you all will get to see soon and I just finished a few minutes ago… Anyhow, the winners of the contest are: Rachel  who commented on 3/6 at 4:48 Amber Johnson who commented on 3/8 at 6:59 pm Emiko who commented on 3/9 at 7:09 am Candace who commented on 3/10 at 9:03 am Jenna Dunagan who commented on 3/10 at 6:10 pm If you…

I love those words… "has shipped"  or the words " is arriving on store shelves" or the phrase " has hit the streets"… need I say more?  There is something about those words that is exhilarating for me as a designer. It is the moment of truth. I have envisioned & designed it. The design team has executed it. The mills have created it. MODA has marketed and sold it. Stores have bought it. I have gushed about loving it. But until now, you haven't gotten to play with it…

I know I just wrote about this but many of you have emailed me to ask about the cover quilt on our upcoming issue. It is a fun, simple Layer Cake pattern called "Chocolate Pasties" for the scrappy version seen on the cover [this one is done out of our brand new collection Patisserie that is starting to hit store shelves this week and next]. It can also be easily done from your own stash or from yardage as shown in both a butterscotch and a red version on the back cover and inside the issue. It just…