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…

Well we have certainly entered into that time again around here…. the next round of patterns are well on their way and we are finalizing swatches for the next fabric collection. Given that I am still designing patterns with one collection while starting to dream of swatches and yardage of the next one coming in soon…  this is kind of a strange time for me. I end up feeling a bit schizophrenic as my husband lovingly refers to my general state, being pulled in many different directions at once, each one just as interesting as the next…

We are up in the mountains today sharing a family Valentine's adventure. Perhaps not what I would have chosen on a romantic level, but a wonderful choice nonetheless.  We woke up this morning to it snowing outside our window, our car covered in about a foot of snow and a winter wonderland all around us, the likes of which my California born and bred children had never seen! In retrospect, I am not sure I could have thought up a more romantic Valentine and certainly one that will stay in our family memory. Just noticed that in…

I don't know how many of you have already discovered this wonderful new publication but I thought I would share it just in case you hadn't. It is a collaboration between Stampington [ of the beautiful Somerset series of scrapbooking bookazines…] and Jo Packham, author of the classic  book Where Women Create, a long time staple on many of our bookshelves I am sure. I first read Where Women Create, the book, when I was just starting out in business  and I can still remember the profound impact the book had on my desire…