And the Winner Is....

(Picked randomly)

Heatherfeather022

Congratulations, I will e-mail you later today to tell you the good news and ship your book out this week!

Thanks to everyone who entered and thanks for your lovely comments. Check back for more fabric give aways later this summer.

Look Whoooo's Back

On A Whim Owls Are Back. Two new colors and one old favorite. Should hit stores in August.

Ahhhhhhhh Summer Days

Goldfinches



and gold shadows



Mimosa breezes



and dappled boats waiting....

Window Seat

Finished the fabric panel pillow tops.

Flickr Inspiration - Pretty in Pink

1. Wrennaisancewoman
2. Claresnow
3. SylvainP
4. Xerone
5. DeeKnow
6. CharlesLam
7. Gluss95
8. CarlosMGonzalez
9. Kikithecat

Back to Back Giveaway

This time I am giving away a signed copy of my book with Little Green, "What Do You See?" Recommended for younger children with a great message about eco-responsibility. So if you have a wee one, or need a cool baby gift, feel free to enter. Just leave me a comment and I will announce a winner next Tuesday. Good luck!

Fabric Panel Pillows

I thought this was a good way to use my digital fabric panels that I had printed by Spoonflower. Here are some pieced pillow tops that I zipped up over the weekend.


If you click on the image you can see an enlarged photo with descriptions of what collection each fabric is from:

Bird fabric panel:


Owl fabric panel:

Happy Father's Day

Inside out Hydrangea

This evening I am giving thanks...



for blue inside green...



for giant hydrangeas...



for an inside out view....



and a misty evening in my front yard.

Johnny May I Cross Your Golden River?

Thanks everyone for your great comments for the giveaway. Two winners will be announced on Friday.

I received an e-mail that really touched me. It mentioned how little girls will remember their special outfits sewn with my fabrics. I get a lot of feedback from customers and some really kind comments about the fabric collections, but this one really moved me. My fabrics are mostly used for kid's clothing and accessories, but I haven't really made the connection to how kids are appreciating the fabrics. It got me thinking about some of my favorite outfits when I was young. Although it is not in the picture above (in which I am sporting a really cool boat print top!), I had a favorite rainbow dress. So here I am with my two best friends. Judy was my closest friend and the hunky guy with the great bangs is, well was, my very first boyfriend (I guess he went for taller girls). Are those plaid socks he is sporting? I believe they are.

Okay, so back to the rainbow dress. There was this great street game in New York called "Johnny May I Cross Your Golden River?" Basically it was like Mother May I? All the kids would line up on one side of the street and "Johnny" would stand on the other. You would ask one by one, "Johnny May I Cross Your Golden River?" Then "Johnny" would answer, "Only if you are wearing the color _______." Johnny would choose a random color (or a color his/her best friend was wearing) and if you were wearing the said color you got to take a giant step forward. Whoever reached "Johnny" first became the next "Johnny" and so on.

Well my dress had a criss cross plaid top part with a white skirt. It not only had every single color in it, it had every single variation of every single color. I not only had blue, I had turquoise and navy too. So, whenever I wore the dress, I always won the game. I had some other favorite dresses, one with strawberries embroidered all over it, and it would make me so happy when I wore it because I loved red food, seriously, any food that was red - tomatoes, cherries, strawberries, candy, red popsicles, juice drinks, and of course, red licorice.

I do hope little girls will remember their little owl, snail, or bird dresses with fond memories.

And here is a little extension to my above post. Of course, we can't forget the boys....and I didn't mean to exclude them.
I received a lovely e-mail about Lamir, pictured below, who is putting in a request to provide more animals for his fall outfits.
Here he is before his kindergarten musical looking mighty sharp in the Creatures and Critters chameleons. Thanks to his mom for sending the lovely e-mail and photo. Isn't he gorgeous?

One more makes 100 giveaway

I am up to 99 sales in my Etsy shop. I am having a "One more makes 100 sales give-away celebration" - I am still in a party mood after graduation. I will be giving away one fabric panel to two lucky winners. One person will get a Gator Pond fabric panel and one will get a Midnight Owl fabric panel. I will pick the winners randomly. Just leave me a comment and a way to get in touch. I will announce a winner next Friday, June19.

From here to there and back again

I just returned from an incredible weekend at my son's college graduation. I wanted to share some random photos of the event. I don't typically post too many pics of my family but honestly, this is what it is all about. So many things came full circle for me this weekend. He was selected by his class at Williams College to write and recite the class poem, graduated cum laude with honors and won a huge award for theater - my entire family was present, both sides well represented and it was awesome to share all the goodness with everyone. Here is a great little side moment, James Taylor got an honorary degree! If you were to tell me back in 1972 when I was just a teenager at a James Taylor and Carol King concert that one day my son would share a stage "moment" with James Taylor, well I would have told you that you were hallucinating. Check it out below and thanks for sharing!

The graduate:



Fellow grads, best friends, great kids



On stage before poem delivery:



Reciting poem:



James Taylor (in pink collar):



Proud mom:


Happy and proud (and very handsome :)) dad:


Proud uncle:


Proud and equally adorable cousins:


Proud grandma:

Animal Party (Quilts For Kids)

I was going to wait until after I got back into town, but decided to go ahead and post more of Animal Party, a new collection for Robert Kaufman. Again, the collection will be available for retail August '09 and proceeds go to a great cause, Quilts For Kids. Some retailers purchased fat quarters at QM, so you may be able to find some fat quarters right now. I have also seen a couple of shops that have the collection listed and will notify you when it becomes available.

Check back for giveaway mid June.

Forest Fun on Etsy

Just had to share these cute products on Etsy made with Forest Fun fabrics.

The Flippy Flea


Perfect Details