Long Beach International Quilt Festival 2011

Here is our booth at the show! Layers of t-shirt yarn necklaces

What a lot of fun! We just returned from the Long Beach Quilt Festival.We met so many lovely people during the show and I want to say thank you to all of our new friends! To quote Fillmore in the Cars movie, “there’s a lot of love out there, man.” My mom wins the prize for Best Mom Ever for schlepping and promoting and climbing on chairs to hang stuff. We met so many cool, kind, and talented women including many from the LA Modern Quilt Guild. read more

Exciting news…

Kathy Mack’s Market Tote…her pattern is coming out soon!

Kathy Mack’s Mail Sack pattern.

Since returning to sewing nearly two years ago, one of my favorite places to visit online is Pink Chalk Fabrics. The owner of Pink Chalk, Kathy Mack, seems like such a lovely woman. She’s the kind of woman you just want to know- interesting and cool, but also normal and down-to-earth. When not blogging, sewing and running her shop, she designs patterns. Her sensibility is really fresh and clean. Her blog is fun and inspiring. I have long been drooling over her Mail Sack and Market Tote patterns and I have learned a lot looking at her perfect crisp points and helpful tutorials.

I sent Kathy an email telling her about my new line of patterns and I was so excited and honored when she actually placed an order. So here they are…my patterns on her site…click here to go see. Forgive me for sharing…I know this is only exciting to me…but I am so happy and grateful. read more