Our Oregon Escape!

It’s been five months and I thought you might like to see where I’ve been! This is the great room of our Oregon vacation home and I had to look at the picture to remember what it looks like! It’s filled with boxes of patterns, quilts, threads, and kitties right now! I leave here for Quilt Market on Monday. I’m taking the boxes, quilts and threads with me, but the kitties stay here with my husband. We’ll all go to California together after market.

So, for the next two weeks I’ll not be posting. Instead, I’ll be taking pictures so you can see Quilt Market and all of my friends! It is just so much fun! When I return from market I’ll have lots to share.

I haven’t even seen my new house in California finished. My husband told me it looks like a snow cave because all of the walls are white. We’ll have to fix that! I’ll be reading my new issue of Romantic Homes on the airplane.

My new patterns are on my web site. I knew I would be a bit pre-occupied after market so I listed them early. Some crazy thing is happening with my shopping cart, but my web master will have that fixed on Monday I’m sure. Oh, one more thing I keep forgetting to tell you! I have PDF files available of all the fabrics in my larger applique quilts. If you are searching for fabric I can email you a list (when I return from market).

Have a wonderful two weeks dear readers. Spend time with your friends. We’ll be doing the same!

Anne (:

Beary Boys & Girls Ready for Market!

Beary Boys & Girls is going to market! That is, if I can figure out how to get the antique bassinet in a box. (: See that fabric in front? It’s for the receiving blankets I still have to make. I swear this is the softest flannel you will ever feel. It is a delight to work with and I’ve designed a baby quilt with it. Yummy, yummy flannel!

Beary Boys & Girls happened quite by accident. Henry Glass had been talking about doing “My Sweet Baby” in flannel and then they asked me if I could just play around with a few little sketches of some other little critters. So I started some doodles, added some flowers, and before I knew it Beary Boys and Girls was born!

Bunny Hill has free patterns so you can make receiving blankets and little stuffed bears! I’ll be making pillow cases out of that floral. It comes in green, pink and blue!

Remember I said I didn’t want to be known as the baby fabric lady? Well, finally I have a floral line and it’s going to market too! “Miss Emma’s Garden” will be introduced at Spring Market. I’ll be working with it over the next several months and before you know it we’ll have some patterns available! Yes, some applique of course and a pieced quilt too. I have to wait for the fabric to ship so patience is something I have to learn. Not easy.

The free patterns are up on our site so here you go! http://bunnyhilldesigns.com/dynamic/?page=Free%20Patterns

Jelly Bags! A New Bunny Hill Pattern

I now realize what 5 months of being by yourself, locked in a house can do. Really, it’s just been me and the kitties at our vacation home in Oregon. The result is I have 11 new patterns! Eleven! Even my husband can’t believe it! Normally I try for six new patterns. Admittedly some of these patterns are small, so technically two of these could count as one…are you following my logic?

Oh, I also forgot to mention that yesterday a huge box of the softest baby flannel arrived from Henry Glass. Yes, it’s my new line of baby flannel called Beary Boys and Girls. Today I’m busying making a market display with it, and tomorrow I’ll take a photo to show you! Then later in the week I’ll add two free patterns to my site…one for receiving blankets and one for a “Beary Bear”. Let’s see, 11 plus 2, should I count the free patterns? (:

It’s been one of those days that just keeps going and going! Most of it spent on the computer and that seems to be the plan for the week. These patterns don’t write themselves. (Too bad don’t you think?)

This morning I had the nicest surprise. I’ve been tagged by Doe at http://thatsillylildoe.typepad.com/. Now I’ve found another blog that I just love! She has some cute, cute quilts! Love those 30′s fabrics Doe! And thank you for the “tagged” honor. If you hadn’t already tagged Elizabeth at http://the-latebloomer.blogspot.com/ I’d tag her again! So, Elizabeth you are semi tagged. (:

Charlotte’s Cottage Pillow

Another surprise, a photo back from my photographer Gregory Case, of the pillow that goes with my new quilt pattern called Charlotte’s Cottage. The block I used is called Sister’s Choice and it’s one of my favorites! I thought you might enjoy a little preview. I should have added a ruffle to the quilt! I could get into this ruffle thing, but I don’t think I could talk you all into making ruffles for a bed size quilt. Oh well, I’ll dream on.