Quilting is my favorite sport. Even my trash is pretty!
An army of Fat Quarters. Go Team Buggy Barn!
Such a pretty assortment.
Green Tea and Iced Mocha Fat Quarter Bundle by The Buggy Barn.
New in the the shop today!
Later this Week The Buggy Barn's newest book 'Crazy or Not' will be arriving in the shop.
We will be featuring some lovely quilt kits from this
book that use the Green Tea and Iced Mocha fabrics.
This beauty is a free PDF pattern download from the designers click HERE to get yours!
#Aurifil No. 2370 on a silk colorblock quilt. Too much fun!! @makeaquilt
It's a very exciting time in the life of my small business. We are making a lot of decisions about the direction we are heading . Everyday is exciting, fun, scary , exhilarating and exhausting. Not always in equal measure.
It has not been my nature to take a risk, step outside my comfort level.
I have been reading and Googling a lot of informational and motivational ideas from people who have navigated their way through it. I especially connected with this quote:
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was greater than the risk it took to blossom." Anais Nin
I can hardly wait to see where I land on the other side of chance taking.
Grant Park fabric and precuts have arrived !
Mary is working on some Grant Park kits to put in the shop. They should be ready soon.
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh the things you can think up if only you try. - Dr. Suess
Spa Sorbet from Micheal Miller Fabrics
I'm thinking I love to see birds on fabric! I've been pouring over collections to order for our online store and I THINK we need some collections with bird fabrics. This one 'Spa Sorbet' from Micheal Miller Fabrics may be a contender with a modern slate of prints in light colors. CLICK AND LOOK at what we've selected to date!
Enjoyable moments in each day keep you centered. Especially when you decide to make some changes in your plans- as a means to an end- and the changes involve such an investment of time you get too busy and forget to take some of those moments each day.
So I was feeling pretty scattered - jumping back and forth between tasks, ( I still think multitasking is a myth) and feeling like I wasn't accomplishing any of them, Then I got back to the business of quilting. Getting back to being with fabric, choosing it cutting it sewing it quilting it ....enjoying it. It calms me down centers me back to where I need to be . Clear of mind and grateful that I work around fabric, on fabric , with fabric and ultimately for fabric.
I am pretty excited to be making my first trip to Houston International Quilt Market. I hope my brain has room for all the ideas that it will be exposed to. I know my inspiration levels will be stoked up high. My intention is to blog about my Quilt Market visit. Maybe as a first time attendee I'll share something that'll help out future first timers. I say that because I feel a bit clueless about what to expect, i didn't make time to research it and think I may have more fun in a 'fly by the seat of my pants' mode.....now where did I put my broom?
I have always loved Moda fabrics. Their booth is on the top of my 'must visit' list
I'm attending some business seminars, school house and something called Sample Spree. Two reasons I chose to attend Sample Spree - one being anything with the word Spree in the title has to be given close attention, but also I had read stories on a quilt forum some while ago that it Sample Spree was a must do at Quilt Market. It's apparently equivalent to a Filene's basement stampede except there'll be no bridal gowns, but instead quilts, fabrics and related products.
Beleaguered carry-on about to explode
I have waited (uncharacteristically ) until the last minute to pack and have instantly discovered that my carry on is not up to the task of accommodating my instinctive over-packing.
So off to beg or borrow a larger bag. I spied a nice Anne Klein rolling duffle bag at Carson's today but decided against it . I may need that $80 at Sample Spree. Don't you think?
with the support of family and friends I am stepping out of my comfort zone to expand my business online.
