This is just a quick note to say that we're on the road, headed to Houston, with a van full of, um.... stuff.
Yea. That's what I would call it. All the stuff to fill and decorate a 10 foot by 10 foot booth. And what could all this stuff possibly be?
I've been hard at work the last several weeks. Not that I'm ever NOT hard at work. Just ask my family and they'll tell you. But it's been non-stop. Trying to decide what to do, which projects to finish, which ones could wait. And then deciding that the best thing to do would be to wait until spring to release my new book, Make It Merry. And before you say anything, let me explain.....
The fabric line I did this time is called Winterberry Lane, and is really a winter/Christmas theme. Do you want to see the swatches?! Click the link below to see them.....
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Anyway, since the fabric will not start filtering into the shops until March, it didn't make sense to rush getting a book finished before then. So, guess what I'm going to be doing when I return from Quilt Market?! Yep. Making Christmas quilts. Which should be fun and easy since it will be the Christmas season anyway and my brain is already stuck in that mode.
BUT, I did manage to get several things made before I left. In addition to the book, I will have two separate patterns that make use of the panel print from Winterberry Lane. One is a large quilt that uses all four parts of the panel and the other is four separate wall quilts, each using one part of the panel and a different border. These will be available in February.
But, I didn't stop there. In the midst of all this, I was having a really bad hair day. Seriously! And when I have a bad hair day, what I really want to do is just cover my head. So, what did I do. Why, I made a new hat to cover up my hair, of course.....
This is kind of a blending of the hat from my Pumpkins and Spice book and the hat in Tangled Up in Thread, with a twist. Well, really, it's a fold (on the brim), not a twist, but you get the idea. And it will be an individual pattern, which I plan on having ready sometime in November.
Along with the pattern for this.....
Oh, and the book? It will be called Make it Merry. I've done a "mock up" of the cover in Photoshop. I can't guarantee that this will be the final one, but look for something similar in February. And check back in the next few days to see sneek peeks of different projects that I already have finished, along with pictures of the booth in Houston!
Now, I'm off to bed to rest up for Quilt Market!
