As most of you might already know or have easily guessed, I have a thing for bakeries and pastry shoppes. Now let me be clear and tell you that I love all bakeries of any kind in every country that I have ever visited, in fact I have never been in a bakery that didn't do something for me but there seems to be something extra enchanting about some of the Parisienne bakeries that I have been to. These were the bakeries that inspired my last collection of fabric, aptly named Patisserie, that will hit stores in March…

I am sitting here listening to the Josh Groban Christmas album, all of our Christmas decorations are finally up and even though this year we have seriously paired down the "hoopla", there were still 6 boxes that needed to come down from the attic! Its that irresistible mix of loving to decorate with the love of this time of year and Christmas itself, that makes it difficult for me to say no to one more adorable ornament or table decoration. Needless to say my poor husband has a lot of heavy lifting to do around this time of…

Happy Belated Thanksgiving everyone! Somehow in the all of the family hubbub I never manage to post a "Happy Holiday" type message before the actual holiday. At first I felt bad about that, but now I am considering it a tradition. If i get a "happy holiday" message out there anytime during the weekend surrounding the holiday… well, in my mind it still counts :-)… so   Happy Thanksgiving!! I am throwing the last things in my new luggage and going off on a little trip. Well actually I am weighing every last scarf and…

It seems like it was so long ago that Gina and I trapsed over to the far reaches of Colorado to film our episode of The Quilt Show with Alex and Ricky. Well, the episode finally premieres today on Monday. I've never had a tv premiere before and its a bit exciting and kind of fun to think about. Even my kids have started to telling there friends that their mommy is even on tv… well, I have to explain to them that its not quite tv, its computer tv… but they don't care…

Sorry for the mixup. The winner of the fabricmatcher contest I mentioned below is Amber Johnson.  Amy was one of our runner ups.  Thank you all for playing! Once I am here, here are a few more goodies from one of my favorite MODA designer duos, Barb and Alma. Congratulations on the win and on another absolutely stunning booth! Love ya both! And then of course, Kansas City Star…. I could just lay here all day and admire the beautiful color combinations and the gorgeous applique… Love all that they do! talk to you soon…