Well I am here in Pittsburgh, getting ready for Spring Market. Making the rounds of my favorite prop shops- otherwise known as Home Depot, Target, IKEA, etc…. I thought I would start off a little show n tell of what the shops are going to be seeing in the next few days. If all goes according to plan, i hope to get a new post out to you all every day while I am here with new pattern debuts. If things go better than planned, I might actually get some pictures of Market out to you… but if not we will rely on those wonderful gals like Pam, who will certainly be doing it better than I will! So today is more of a tease pic more than a sneak peek. This is the front of our new summer catalog and the image of a few our new…

Creme Fraiche is our new large format applique project… I know I am branching out into pink!  But its not really pink, its more of a soft, peachy apricot kind of pink and it has grown on me over the years. This entire quilt was inspired by a bathroom rug of all things. I know, I know, inspiration comes from the strangest places sometimes! You just have to be ready for it when it comes…. Above is the actual pattern cover, but here below is a larger scale shot of the second color version on the pattern. Easily my favorite!  Perfect for Christmas, for traditional quilters who love all red, white and green quilts or for anyone who enjoys this classic look.  I am very excited to use this quilt in my home. Thank you so much Diana for offering to piece it, applique it…

I know its been one of those MIA times for me… it seems to happen every time that MARKET  preparations come around. Best laid plans to be ready and finished way ahead of time just somehow never materialize. To tell you the truth, I was actually ready a bit ahead of time this go around. I had hired a few extra hands to assist in the process and all was going smoothly… until my desktop blew up!  Literally blew up. We had a power surge and the very nice surge protector we had… well lets just say that it didn't protect and the very nice back up system we had in place, well lets just say it had some human error involved. So many days, much weeping and gnashing of teeth, many trips to the computer store and a 5 hour stint with…

Well here I am blogging instead of writing patterns. Earlier I was "twittering" instead of writing patterns [to see some of our daily news or special twitter discounts, "follow" us in the top upper right hand corner of the blog]. Before that I was working on cleaning up my email inbox instead of writing patterns. Earlier than that I was answering some sales calls instead of writing patterns. Are you getting the picture yet??  I am confessing to all of you right now… that I do not want to be writing patterns! If there is an experienced pattern writer out there who likes to work for fabric… CALL ME AND YOU ARE HIRED!! Not kidding. Really not kidding. Anyway, here is one more thing to do instead of pattern writing— our FLY AWAY HOME KITS are back for a limited engagement. You…

Happy Easter my friends! Easter has always been an important part of our family life and as long as I can remember we have been gathering goodies for our specially decorated baskets and going to the nearest Polish Catholic Church to have those baskets blessed. It is an old Polish tradition that has been passed down the generations in our family. Each basket must have an egg [which stands for rebirth], a piece of sausage [which stands for health & abundance], a chunk of bread [which stands for good fortune] and some salt [I don't remember what that stands for] . Most baskets are also decorated with fresh greens from the garden to represent Spring, small sugar or butter lambs and other handmade straw pleated animals. Many people spend many hours decorating the traditional Polish eggs called Pisanki. So tomorrow will find us gathering a few yummies for our…

Here's another swatch that I forgot to show yesterday. I tell you every time a new color comes out just the way I visualized it, I get giddy!  I am just loving the MODA Mill right now! Thank you ladies & gents! My new seafoam color is perfect! **************** A fun giveaway that Holly is having on her blog. I just love those little deer… I don't know how much longer she will have the giveaway going so run over to see the deer and the deer on the pillows too. Too cute!   **************** TWITTER Now for some of you this will be a "duh" moment since you have been twittering for weekw/months [trying to tell me that I should be doing it too, Lissa].  For many of you it might be a "huh?" moment in that you have…

Well we made it through another night without a puppy accident… which of course doesn't mean that we haven't already had 3 this morning… but this too shall pass. Didn't I swear that I was done having babies in the house? Now my words are coming back to bite me in the you know what. I promised a quick sneak peak. This is a pattern that we are working on for Market release, made from Patisserie. Its a Layer Cake pattern called Rosettes [thanks to the contest winners from a few posts back]. And if you thought I meant the new fabric collection… well, okay here are  few swatches of that as well. I am loving these colors right now… LOVING them. Of course I am like a fickle lover, I LOVE the newest line more each time and…

While we should be prepping like crazy for Market around here, while we should be sleeping, while we should be blogging… well, instead we have been a little distracted by Lucy!  Introducing the newest member of our family…. Lucy. My oldest son turns 11 on wednesday and has been asking for a puppy who he can interact with for over 2 years now [our beloved Emma is 13 years old, blind and while we love her she is not much for interaction unless it involves scratching her belly :-)]. We have been solidly holding out this whole time but given some friendship mishaps lately we decided that he could really use someone who loved him unconditionally all the time…. aside from us! Needless to say, we had all forgotten the amount of work it takes to have a 12 week old puppy in the house! Need I…