So our newest issue of Fresh Vintage… issue #14, has finally started to ship. We have all of the auto shipments out and most of the stores and distributors out the door as of yesterday morning! Halleluiah! Now this was definitely a labor of love this time around, I tell ya. Haven't had this many snags with the printing and delivery of a pattern for quite a while. But its all done so its all good and we're MOVING ON, as my husband says. For those of you who have been asking and emailing, the…

Now I know you are thinking to yourself… didn't you already tell us about the tree skirt?  Didn't you already show us the tree skirt? How much more tree skirt do we need to see? Well… after taking 87 1/2 pictures of said tree skirt, I feel compelled to show a whole "montage" of tree skirt photos, just because, because I can! Can you tell I am happy with my tree skirt? The real reason for all this excitement I think, is that I hardly ever sew for my own…

While wandering around Chelsea in London, I found one of the places I have loved for years without ever having been there. I have the books, browse the sites and the store was just, if not more, magical. An entire wall of pillows, racks of fabrics, dozens of vignettes. Wonderful ideas for home and children and office. I think I spent 2 hrs in there just looking around. The Designer's Guild founded by Tricia Guild was a treasure trove of visual goodies.  Unfortunately they wouldn't allow me to take any pictures indoors so most of…

Finally… The outside white icicle lights are on… but just half of the house so we look a bit lopsided in the evenings. The 15 boxes of decorations and Christmas collections are out of the attic, not up, but at least out. Downstairs is good. The Christmas tree is up, not decorated, but up. The kids are still fighting over who will get to put the angel on top. Ohhh, the Christmas spirit is on us! The supplies for our annual homemade teacher Christmas presents are starting to come together. We have decided to make lollipops this year…

Working on a new London post but meanwhile I had a photo shoot the other day of some of our existing Jelly Roll quilts for a future project….  Anyway, I remembered how much I loved this quilt and the pattern. "Papillon" is a new twist on an old favorite. Reinterpreted as usual to avoid templates! Thought I would share a few of the shots from the shoot and just wanted to share with you that this pattern is really such a SIMPLE one!  I know I seem to say that a lot [talking to you…