Well, I’m on the road again. At the moment I am in the Antlers Hilton in Colorado Springs with the most beautiful view out of my window of all of downtown Colorado Springs…. In fact the scenery around here is just breathtaking! And why am I here you might ask? Well, I am actually on my way home from a little town in Southern Colorado, called La Veta [my husband has been calling it Velveeta for days now, so I can’t even write the name of the town without chuckling] What was I doing in the desert of Southern Colorado you might ask? Well, I had the privilege of taping an episode of The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson & Ricky Tims! It was a wonderful experience and I have many more pictures & info to share…. as soon as I get home and…

[This little shot is one of my current favorites studio nooks & crannies. I was sending a few shots over to some clients and I thought I would share this little corner with you all… isn’t she sweet?] Well its Spring Break…. a whole week of it! You know I remember when Spring Break used to be this glorious thing that we looked forward to with baited breath… well, I have to admit that it feels a bit different on this side of it all. Its hard not to look at that week and find yourself thinking… what on earth are we going to do with them all home this week with all of the deadlines that I have that just won’t seem to go away?? Now don’t get me wrong, I really love spending time with my munchkins. They…

Happy Monday morning Ladies- I am just back from a late night flight from Chicago where I was priviledged to be a part of something really inspiring, the Country Living Women’s Entrepreneur’s Event. I just have to share with you that there is something electric about having 600 women entrepreneurs in one ballroom together at the same time! There is something so powerful about that much creative, female drive and energy. I don’t know how else to describe it but AMAZING! Our main speaker was Anna Griffin, a designer who is now licensed in 26 different mediums including our personal favorite, fabric, scrapbooking papers, stationary, home office, gift items, Lenox china and more. She shared with us wonderful stories of how she started out, challenges and sacrifices she has had to make along the way and insights that she has learned along her journey…

Well I apologize for the absence… Life has taken over. The Piles have taken over. The Patterns have taken over. I wanted to thank all of you emailed your concerns and prayers for our family. My mother-in-law is doing much better and even though she is still in the hospital going on week 4 now, things are slowly starting to look better. Unfortunately, I know way more about acute leukemia than I ever hoped I would. In the midst of all this personal stuff, I managed to send off my newest line of fabric, Fig & Plum. I am going to totally sneak in a little piece of one of my favorites here…. although it is still so totally in production, we don’t even have final strikeoffs yet. I am sure that MODA will pull off a miracle as they always do and everything…

Sorry about the week long absence. I know I promised some Valentine winners by this last weekend… On Friday night we received some really bad news about the health of one of our parents and we have been juggling work and family with hospital visits and making meals, etc. We would really love to take a really long nap right about now…. But I’m back again. I have to tell you that I ABSOLUTELY LOVED reading every single one of your Valentine stories. They were sweet, heartfelt and poignant and I felt priviledged to be reading them. Thanks so much for your willingness to share… Winners are: Post #7 Deb C. on Feb 14 Post #13 Blop on Feb 14 Post #22 Annie on Feb 16 If you gals will email me, we can get that free pattern out to you right away. On the…

Happy Valentine’s Day Ladies & Gents… My husband brought me the most beautiful apricot French Tulips this morning… possibly my favorite special occasion flower ever! Accompanying those was a little box of dark chocolate covered orange peels… possibly my favorite special occasion chocolate ever! Accompanying that he cleaned up the house while I slept in a bit this morning… most certainly my favorite special occasion activity EVER! My day is looking sweet, how about yours? Comment on one of your sweetest valentine’s memories current or past and I will send out a few of the above Valentine’s patterns to 3 commentators this weekend. You can work on it for next year… let’s face it that ‘s about how long it takes most of us to do applique projects, even little ones! On the studio front, we…

I’ve tried again but I don’t think they are much better the second time around… something went wrong with the colors on the shots on the last post but I am travelling teaching and can’t access my original files to fix it much. Sorry… Talk to you soon…

Well ladies- Thank you so much for all the “bloggy love”. I count myself blessed to be able to work at a job that I love so much which in turn inspires others to more creativity. It really is the best kind of work & time after time you all add to my inspiration. Thanks for that. Pattern Naming I never expected the amount of input and creativity that you all have sent direction by way of pattern names- over 300 and still counting [if you feel so inspired feel free to keep sending them as you like… I love reading them & seeing where they might take me]! If I wanted to use all the names I love, I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t have to think up another pattern title for years to come! Thanks so much to each one of…