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Photo Shoot

I'm taking lots of pictures of my new quilts today, but I'm getting side-tracked with little Louis insisting I take his picture, so here's a photo of my sweet Louis.

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He is very small, at 3 1/2 pounds he is not much bigger than a fat quarter bundle, but he has a huge personality.

I had no idea a little dog would be so much fun.

Ok ... I'm getting back to my quilts!

Hope you're having a fun Saturday!!

UPDATE
Adding another picture because he is just too sweet!

Buttercream

Here is the first of my new patterns. It’s called “Buttercream”. This quilt pattern is simple to make with easy instructions using Fat Quarters.

Over the next couple of days I will be posting several quilts that feature my new fabric line, “Butterfields”.

All my new patterns will be available on my website next weekend. Can't wait to share them all with you!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Introducing Louis

I would like to introduce you to our new little bundle we call Louis. Pronounced in French Louie.

He is a 3 1/2 pound Chihuahua that we adopted just last week and as you can see Louis is already beyond spoiled.

I know this picture is a little dark but I'll post more pictures very soon - promise

In addition to having a couple fat quarter bundles of Butterfields available on my website, I also have a kit made up for Mrs. McGregor’s Garden. This morning I was asked to kit this pattern for a customer and I cut two because it looked so pretty. If you would like to order the second kit please email me.

UPDATE
Thank you to everyone who emailed. The kit is sold.

I posted some fat eight bundles of Butterfields on my website this morning. Visit my website and have a look.

Above is a sneak peek of a new pattern designed with Butterfields. I designed several patterns that I will be posting lots of pictures of in the next couple days.

Butterfields

I just posted some fat quarter bundles of my new fabric collection "Butterfields" on my website.

They are all wrapped in ribbon and ready to go.

Please visit my website.

It's Here!

Sample yardage of Butterfields has arrived in my studio! It's so exciting to hold my first fabric line in my hands. It may be a little cold and snowy outside, but my sewing room feels like spring is in full bloom!

I think it's such a pretty fabric collection and I can't wait to share with you all the new patterns I will be designing with it.

I hope you all love Butterfields as much as I do.
It truly is a dream come true!
♥♥♥

Not the best week

It’s been a really tough week. I found myself in emergency dental surgery on Friday morning after a long and painful week. I won't go into the details because I know no one really wants to hear about a trip into dental surgery. Let’s just say I have lots of stitches and kind of sad about the whole adventure but hopefully the worst is behind me. Thankfully I'm on very strong pain medication so I am just focusing on getting better.

(from my husband and chidren - I found these in my studio this morning)

When you have felt as bad as I have it sure was comforting to walk back into my studio this morning. Not sure I will get anything done today but there is nothing more healing than playing with beautiful fabric and smelling fresh roses.

Happy weekend everyone. I hope you get to play with lots of pretty fabric.

Spring Bling Pincushions

Who doesn't like a little sparkle?!

These two pincushions are easy to create and it’s so

much fun to fancy them up with a vintage brooch and some shimmery buttons. Or if sparkle isn’t your thing, a big round button in the middle of the flower would look beautiful.

This past December I found lots of beautiful brooches and buttons online at Etsy and at local shops.

Have fun hunting for just the right buttons or bling!

My new “Spring Bling” pattern

is available on my website.

Merry Christmas

This is a special moment I captured out my sewing room window a couple of Decembers ago. One of my favourite moments ~ the Holiday Season is always full of sweet memories.

I hope you can hold your family close this year, make memories and have a very very Merry Christmas.

Warm greetings

Margot

SNOW!

This morning we woke up to the first snowfall of the season. I'm not sure I'm ready for all the snow that is yet to come but it sure was a pretty day!

Confetti Cake

I took some pictures of my Confetti Cake quilt this morning. It's a fun Layer Cake pattern that I have made many times and it always comes out with each block looking so different. Lissa Alexander from Moda fabrics blogged about Confetti Cake and shared pictures to show how this difficult-looking quilt block easily comes together.