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My Favorite Things...128...Baby Boy Blue!

Hey Ladies,

I just found out that my post for the Jolly Jabber is just up, so I wanted to share with you a few more quilts that I designed with the BOY OH BOY fabrics we showed at Spring Market (it's my first collection of fabrics for Little Boys, and I'm just crazy for it (she said modestly!)...

Here's Polka Dots & Pinwheels...

Gonzo Gingham...

And one of my favorites...Firecracker ! ! !

There's more new goodies coming soon, too...

I am up-to-my-eyeballs swamped today...Why you ask?  Because we just received our sample yardage from our next collection, due out in the stores in early October.  It's called "Doll Dresses", named after my inspiration:  a collection of old doll's dresses that I have been buying at flea markets, and from other collectors for years!  I can't wait to share some sneak peeks of my "Dollies" with you sometime soon...Check back in the next week or so for a preview.

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My Favorite Things...124...Pretty Purses!

I'm interrupting my little SQM food-fest with some pictures just in from Elizabeth Scott of Late Bloomer fame, with she who we adore Pam Kitty Morning's  "A Little Purse"...made up in some of the fabrics from our new Little Lady collection...If I do say so myself, aren't they adorable?  I just LOVE them!

One of my favorites is "Party Dresses & Dancing Shoes"  shown here in Black below, check out the XOX  fabric used as a lining (kiss hug kiss, get it?)...

I 'm especially fond of the bags made with the focal point "Little Lady" fabric, the circles fit just inside a 1-1/2" square with just enough seam thickness room, so they are great to fussy cut.  I'll show you more about this later...

So much more to show and tell...it's a tough choice, food or fabrics?  Shall we take a vote?

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111...My Favorite Things...Young Fabric Lovers!

I received something intriguing in the mail a couple of days ago, and just had to share it with you all...
This is the handiwork of Genevieve Nitzsche who is the young daughter of Kathleen Nitzsche who helps with some of our show and magazine quilts. Kathleen made the Emma's Garden quilt  that just came out in the 2008 April McCall's Quilting Magazine.

It's a book report on the back of a hand puppet made by Gen...

Isn't it a de-light?   You go girl!

On another note, some of you have written (Bren, Elizabeth & Pam Kitty for starters)...you've noticed that I haven't been posting as much as I usually do...That's because after a really long search...(that started well over a year ago)...We found some new space...WE-HOO...We'll have room for a huge fabric library...(think bolts) and a huge reference library...(as in almost everything I have ever bought at flea markets, from fabric & quilt dealers, etc. in the last 30 years), a graphics studio, a photography studio and our support offices.  We have begun (and only just begun) the arduous task of moving "the stuff".  I will keep my art, sewing and quilting things here at the house for nights and weekends.  I will blog about that little space (my favorite room in the house) as soon as I get it set up.

That's all for now.

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