Something New!

I know I should be working on my new patterns every chance I get, but today I took some time away from sewing to create a new blog header. A change is always good and this was so much fun to make. Now it's back to my sewing room, 5 quilts to finish. OH MY!!

A Little Sneak Peek

This past week has been a very busy one for me, with many new and exciting things going on.

First there are my 5 new patterns that are almost ready ... but not quite, so I can't show them all to you yet. Here's a little sneak peek of what’s to come - it's one of the blocks in my new sail boat quilt.

I’m not going to be able to participate at Spring Market this year. It's disappointing to miss the chance to share my designs and ideas with all the quilt shop owners who attend. But I will have my new patterns out very soon and I promise over the next week or so I will post some more sneak peeks for you.

Then there’s my new logo. Natalie at Modern Sugar helped me to bring together the design elements. She is very talented and so easy to work with. I hope you like it as much as I do. Thanks again Natalie!

I'm working hard to complete my new patterns. I'll reveal more glimpses of these works in progress as soon as I can, so I hope you'll visit again in a few days.

Sweet Easter

Happy Easter!

I love Easter!! I remember as a child my Mom always made Easter so magical. She would create the most beautiful baskets and hide them in our house. Often snow was still on the ground so an Easter egg hunt outside was just not to be. She would start the day's festivities with an elegant formal breakfast in the dining room with the center piece on the table being all of the colored eggs that we had made the day before, and the day would finish with a wonderful Easter Dinner.

It was magical day filled with love and family, I have wonderful memories of this time. So this morning when my children get up and come down for breakfast the tradition continues. I hope that your Easter is filled with traditions and happy memories and that you spend your day doing what you love with who you love.

P.S. This year Easter is just a little sweeter for me becuase we celebrated my Dad's 82nd birthday this past Thursday and today it's my birthday. This will be a wonderful day for sure!

Peas in a Pod

My sister-in-law sent me an email today that's going around titled

"Beware of identiy theft this Easter "

with these adorable pictures attached.

Oh my gosh they are so sweet they realy made me smile so for those of you who have not seen these pictures I hope they make you smile too.

So Sweet!

By Popular Demand

I know, I promised no more bird pictures but I've received several emails asking if I have any more so I thought I would share these with you. Here are the last "owl in the snow" pictures that Peter took on our property.

This owl is just spectacular! We are definitely going to frame these pictures.

Truly amazing!

Pretty in Pink

I designed Polkadots & Pinwheels using a Moda Layer Cake from the Three Sisters new collection, Aviary. This collection is so beautiful, I just loved working with it and I am sure you will too. Click on the picture to visit my website.

And the winner is

We put all of your names in a box and drew a name late last night for the winner of my heart pincushion ... and the winner is ...

Tami in Tucson, who said,
"Wow - your pincushion is so creative and so cute - oh that I may win!"

Tami, please contact me with your mailing information.

Thanks to everyone who participated in my first draw. This was fun, and I loved reading all your comments. I will definitely have another draw soon.

I Have A New Website!!

I am soooo excited to have my new website up and running.
Natalie from Modern Sugar made the process very easy and fun.
Thanks, Natalie!!

Please come by and have a look around.

Pincushion Give-Away

I've decided to extend my Heart pincushion giveaway until next Friday, March 20th. Seems like my blog has been suffering from technical problems this week and some of you were having difficulty leaving a comment. The problems are fixed now, so if you would like to be entered to win my Heart pincushion all you have to do is leave a comment here or on the post below. I LOVE to read each one and your name could be drawn.

Something Special For You!

I have been working on my website and new designs for spring, but I always find a little time to check out some of the many blogs I love.

I was visiting Moda's Bake shop and ModaLissa when I saw all the beautiful things made out of selvage. Sadly, I thought of all the selvage I have unthinkingly tossed away, never dreaming that I would regret it. I looked around my Studio and noticed the many Moda pre-cuts ... they all look so beautiful wrapped in their ribbon ... and I suddenly realized that all was not lost!

I have designed a lot of patterns with Layer Cakes and Jelly Rolls over the past couple of years. I just hate to throw out the pretty Moda ribbons so I have been stashing them in a jar. I pulled out a few, and here is the finished product!

I used my Homespun Hearts pincushion pattern and made two, so I'm going to share. Leave a comment on this post and I will do a draw for one of them on Saturday, March 14th.

Have a wonderful week!

Trip to the Flower Shop

Introducing my new table runner pattern, Flower Shop. This table runner finishes 25" by 40" and is designed with Patisserie by Fig Tree for Moda. It's not available on my website yet but I am happy to fill orders for it.

If you would like to order my new pattern just send me an email.