114...My Favorite Things...New Stuff

I've really meant to keep in touch, really I have, but we've had YET ANOTHER big bout with flu here at Chez Boulders. I got sick again about 2 weeks after I'd started feeling better from the first flu, and then Paton caught it from me.  Now I am back at it fighting the good fight aka "counting the days to market", while Paton's version has turned into pneumonia, so he's tired and napping a lot. It's too bad, because he is very handy and endlessly patient with my "honey-do" lists at this time of year.

To those of you who I am behind in my correspondence, please bear with me, after market we'll get caught up on every little detail...I still haven't heard from some of the people who won prizes in our recent give-aways...not to worry...your goodies are put aside in my "to do pile" at the new office...

So we have a lot to catch up on...Still no pictures of the office, but I can tell you this, my studio is about 1,000 square feet now...(that's just the room that I work in).  You should have seen my landlord's face when I told him that 5 offices in our suite of offices needed to be knocked down so that I would have enough room to work in.  Yesterday, when we were staging a lot of the fabric for salesman cards, shipping boxes, props and projects for our booth in Portland, there were only a few narrow paths to get where you needed to go.  You will all have to wait until I get back from Portland to see our progress...(which in fairness, hasn't been much decor-wise, since the market countdown crunch had already started when we begun our move in March).

We used to sing a song that I loved in Girl Scouts when I was in grade school..."make new friends, but ke-ep thee o-old, one is silver but the other's gold"...That's sort of the way I feel about a lot of the designs I do in fabric...I get really attached to the fabric lines I design, and I would really like a little more time to work with the fabrics after the market rush, ya know?  One of the best ways I know to give the line longevity the stores (which translates into me having more time to work with it) is to add new things to keep the collection evolving and fresh.  That's what I've been doing with the La Belle Rose collection that we first introduced last May in Salt Lake City.  We added some new things for Fall Quilt Market, and we'll be adding even more to the La Belle Rose III at Spring Quilt Market in Portland.

Here's a picture of my Gypsy Rose version of my new Circle of Friends Quilt...It's got fabrics from La Belle Rose I, II & III...

This is a shot of the work in progress at the talented Mrs. Winslow's...I can't wait to show you more than just a peak at this project, Cheryl's long-arming is just delicious on this quilt.  I have also done several other color and fabric combinations of this design that I will show you later too.

So thanks for your patience my little blog-ettes, with all of the illness in the last few months, I am just glad to be sitting upright at a chair in my office...of course with my rescue kitty "Vickie Dixie" wedged between my chest and the keyboard as we share a few nuzzles and tail thrashing moments while I send this off to you...meow!

Back in two shakes...H2

Comments

[Susan Ramey Cleveland]

The quilt is gorgeous. Hope you're all feeling better soon.

[Susan Ramey Cleveland]

The quilt is gorgeous. Hope you're all feeling better soon.

[pam]

That flu is a bad one, I feel for you and for Paton as well, I had some nasty bronchitis and the antibiotics were intense. Hopefully it will pass soon and you'll be back on the mend. See you in Portland.

[Lynne in Hawaii]

You take care and try to get well quick! Get your sweetie on the mend as well. Your faithful will patiently wait your return anxious for all the great new pictures. Love the quilt on the long arm.

[Judy Heinen]

I simply love the quilt! Will you be marketing a pattern for it? I have searched the internet looking for the black and pink panels you used, but have not found them. Could you tell me where to order them and also I would love to use the same fabrics you have used in this quilt. Is there a place I could order those? Again, it is simply stunning! Thanks for your help.

[Penny Sturges]

Wow the quilt looks great! Glad you eeked out time to blog, and thankful I had a spare minute to read it! I am looking forward to market so we can rest!

[Thimbleanna]

Well there you are! So sorry to hear you've STILL been sick. Just the other night, one of my quilty peeps was asking where you've been (I think we were worried about missing your blog posts!) Can't wait to see pics from the Portland booth -- you always have the best booth pics on the planet. Good Luck in Portland!

[Amanda]

I'm so sorry that you and Payton have been sick. To get the flu once is awful, to get it twice and one of you to get pneumonia is terrible! I'm glad you're feeling better.

I would be like you, attached to my fabric lines. I love your fabrics. I just saw Tammy Tadd in Paducah and Cherry Baby is gorgeous.

Have a fun time in Portland. Like everyone else who commented, I have missed you and I look forward to pictures of Spring Market.

[Lisa]

Your back!! Sure have missed you!Happy your better and hope market was fun, can't wait for you to share with us!

Lisa

[Heidi Kaisand]

I hope your feeling better and rested up from Market. I can't believe I didn't run into you...then again, the way the floor was laid out I'm not surprised!

[Ivory Spring]

What a beautiful quilt op - you did very well with the color choices!