Welp, the holidays are over and the rhythms of real life are taking over again...  I'm grateful for the return to routine, actually.  Maybe it's age, maybe it's life changes.  But I'm ready for routine!!

The holidays begat some personal projects.  Personal projects for me usually mean quilts and working from my personal stash of recycled cotton shirts.  Here is the fruit of my labors:

Mapping out a schedule for regular pattern releases for the coming year.  Any requests?  More fabric flowers?  More quilted handbags?  More home decor accessories?  Whadday'all feel like sewing?

Mmmmmmmm.... Daffodils!

Hi everyone!


So I just released a new pattern:  The Double Daffodil Brooch.
Daffodils may mean Spring to most people, but to me they also remind me of my very earliest childhood memory- eating a daffodil!


I was born in Springfield, Illinois.  Unbeknownst to me, this pretty urbane factoid would make me oh-so- fascinating when I moved to Argentina- everyone seemed sooo impressed that I was from the actual city from where the Simpson hail!  hey, I'll take it...)
I digress.  So I've been told that I had a fascination with flowers ever since I was a toddler. (Hence the flower patterns 40 some years later?)


I guess I liked daffodils soooo much, that I decided it would be a good idea to eat one!  On the very day we were moving from Springfield to our new home in Park Forest, Illinois!  Daffodils, being mildly poisonous, gave me an upset stomach, and then a rather technicolor vomit (eeew!)


But that's how much I love flowers!

If you'd like to make a daffodil, rather than eat one, click here to buy the pattern!

My song on the radio...

Is this cute or what??!!  This pincushion was made from the La Todera  Harlequin Pillow and Pincushion Pattern by Nancy B. of www.colorfibertexture.com.  Go and check out this colorful, scrumptious blog!


Miss Nancy is a talented textile artist, vintage textile lover, and Kaffe fan!!  Check out her posts on pin weaving here and here.  Looking forward to trying that!!


Thanks, Nancy!!  Seeing your beautiful pics of my pattern was like hearing my own song on the radio!! (fiber artist version!) :))))

Pointsetta Pattern Model! Snap!

Thanks to Rexie for modeling for the new Pointsettia Brooches pattern!

Ok, he does  look like he's had it in the last picture.  He is a boy after all!!

Giveaway- Harlequin Star Pillow Pattern!

Good Morning!

To celebrate the launch of the Harlequin Star Pillow pattern,  let's do a giveaway!

Just leave a comment after this post.  On Friday, I'll do a drawing with the handy-dandy random number generator!  Good luck to all!  In the meantime,  here's some Harlequin Star Pillow eye-candy.  Pillows are 15" across, pincushions are 5" across.

A new take

Good morning,
Take a look at this eye candy-  these flowers were made by (friend and fellow pattern maker and Modern Quilt guild member) Carolyn Friedlander, using La Todera orchid patterns.  Didn't she take these to a new level with her fabric choices and awesome craftsmanship?
That's just par for the course with Carolyn though.  Take a look at here website and check out her amazing quilts and machine quilting!