My Studio

Come along with me, I’m going to give you a tour of my studio loft! Pretend you are just walking up the stairs and as you reach the top this is what you see…the room is yellow with pink accents. Very feminine and a bit shabby!

On the left hand side is a walk in closet that holds fabric, copier, business file cabinets and that yucky ironing board we all need. I had a plug put in the closet so it would be its own little room. Things can be messy and you don’t see them (no peaks, sorry).

Thanks to Pottery Barn I have the perfect work stations. Cutting height and lots of storage cubes. Add some bar stools and you never have to leave. Underneath the windows are my old sewing desks and file cabinets (also from Pottery Barn). 3 hours a day of direct sunlight so I had blinds installed. I love light, so most of the time the blinds are up.

Over in the right corner is my design wall, drafting table and yes, that old white TV! Doesn’t Bessy look great next to my pretty pink featherweight? 3 sewing machines in all, but the little pink featherweight is my favorite. (A Pfaff and a Bernina are very happy here too. Not to insult the other machines…they do a lot of work for us.) All those little drawers under the TV hold the drawings etc. for the new quilts I’m working on.

From the closet area you can see my computer in the corner. I have a corner desk and a wireless lap top! I am one happy designer!

Blogging Fever

You know you’ve got the fever when in the mail arrives a pink camera….

and you put it in your pink purse….

… and take it with you everywhere you go. Heavens knows you might want to take a picture of Home Goods or something else to blog about. I think I’ve gone over the deep end! (:

Now, if I could just catch up with the rest of technology and get rid of this archaic old bessy of a TV. I can’t bear to part with her because then I can’t watch my VCR tapes. And, have you tried to buy a white TV lately? Almost impossible. Black or silver only thank you very much! What happened to white? Don’t they know women need a small white TV not some huge “thing” that spans the entire sewing room? And then how are you supposed to watch those VCR tapes? I’m not getting rid of her until I figure something out. Email me your ideas and tell me what you’ve done. I can’t be the only one with this problem. When you see my studio pictures part three, Bessy will be in it with all her glory.

Cindy at http://cutepinkstuff.com/ I’m counting on you to come up with a pink solution to my TV problem! In case you didn’t know, Cindy has the blogging fever too! She’s got a new blog at http://wwwcutepinkstuffcom.blogspot.com/. Congratulations Cindy!

Baltimore Bunny Club

I’ve been invited to join a Baltimore Bunny Yahoo group! I’m just so excited to have a group! It was started by Amy Elizabeth and you can view her blog at http://www.aerostitcher.blogspot.com/. This wonderful group of ladies share their progress, exchange ideas, post photos and work on Bunny Hill projects together. They are from all over the country. If you’re working on something from Bunny Hill and want to join this group you can go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaltimoreBunnies/ On the right hand side, just above the picture of the quilt you click on “Join This Group”. It’s a members only group, so follow the directions to join. Doesn’t this sound like fun? It’s like having a little quilt group on your home computer!

American Patchwork and Quilting emailed me the photo from page 102 of the September 2007 issue. Hope you can see it better when you enlarge this photo.
Thanks to Pam, http://pamkittymorning.blogspot.com/who just got the well deserved “Nice Matters” award, I spent an hour at Home Goods today. I’ve never knew about that store until she blogged about her ironing board cover. Well, I left there today with 5 peachy pink towels, 2 pillows, and 2 pictures. This store could be dangerous! (: And to think they get new things in all the time…

So many things in one day!

Look at what I found in the new issue of American Patchwork and Quilting magazine, September 2007, page 102! Laura Boehnke, the quilt tester, made Tara Lynn Darr’s beautiful quilt out of “My Sweet Baby” Fabric! Wow, it’s just so cool to see someone choose my fabric for a quilt! They asked for some fabric about 8 months ago, but I’d totally forgotten about it. Shows you how far in advance they work! I’m trying to get a better photo of it if I can. We’ll see if they can work magic. (:

Then it’s over to Pat Sloan’s blog (I love her stuff and the way she writes), and today she’s talking about how Heidi Kaisand, the Editor of American Patchwork and Quilting is leaving. Read more at http://patsloan.typepad.com/. Heidi will be missed, but it sounds like she has a heavenly job that will work around her new twins!

As if this wasn’t enough for one day, I ventured out and joined Flickr. You can see the badge on my blog. I had no idea what I was doing so I played around and it seems to work. I have to research some more to see what it is you are supposed to do with Flickr, so stay with me. Maybe I’ll figure this thing out yet!

It’s back to work, drawing some more applique. I’ve got this thing going about hearts. Don’t know what’s up with me! I’ve always wanted to do a heart quilt so it’s time! Chelsea doesn’t seem to care and she’s sleeping on the job. Can you fire a dog?

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