My little dog has bird legs and she doesn’t even know it. Now I have to tell her she has to have surgery on both of these beautiful little legs. Poor Chelsea jumped up for a toy, came down and started crying. She’s been limping off and on every since. Of course a visit to the vet was called for. We’ve been there so much they know us by name. She has something with a long name called luxating patella. Why on earth they can’t just call it a slipped knee I don’t know. I think with a luxating patella you can charge more.

She has to have this surgery or she’ll go lame. It’s just killing me to do it. I would rather have the surgery myself! I made the appointment for March 12th. …a day I would rather skip. We couldn’t do it sooner because the vet needs a full morning. It’s surgery on both little legs.

Has anyone been through this with their pet? I understand it’s common with these small breeds. What’s so amazing when you own a pet, is the feeling that you would do anything for them. It’s the licks and the cuddles!

I have an area in my studio where I can sit and watch TV. It’s a rocking chair with some magazines close by. I’m all ready for her (:

In the meantime, Bitsy has recovered.

She’s very happy tucked in bed with her head on the pillow.

Nite, nite!

No we don’t treat our pets special. Get serious!

I received my first issue of Quilter’s Home Magazine by subscription last week. Yes, I subscribe to it, but if you had asked me a year ago to subscribe I would have said you were nuts. No possible way would I spend my money on this magazine! No Way! Maybe I’d occasionally pick it up if I saw it in the store, but subscribe? I figured there must be a reason they didn’t offer it by subscription!

So now take a look at that man on the cover. Him and his little dog. They have driven me crazy and somehow turned me into a devoted reader. Mark Lipinski. The man who has taken the quilting world by storm. I NEVER would have believed he could convert me! NEVER!!!! Maybe it’s the dog. After all he is pretty cute! When this magazine first came out, I got a brochure in the mail introducing this wonderful new magazine and asking if I was interested in advertising. Well, think about it…a magazine called Quilter’s Home HAS to be about quilting, home decorating and along the lines of Country Home…wouldn’t you think? I jumped at the chance to advertise and picked the best “county home photo” to show off my decorating taste. “Simply Cottage” by Bunny Hill Designs was the quilt I carefully selected to place in the magazine… sweet, the photo even has roses (photography by the famous Gregory Case).

Advertising isn’t cheap and I wish you could have seen my face when I read the first issue! There went some dollars down the drain. No one would ever be collecting the first issue. The magazine wouldn’t be around long enough!

Was this man nuts? Really, I thought he was! I couldn’t believe I just spent all that money on an ad in this magazine! I remember Sandy Klop (American Jane) and I having a conversation at Quilt Market. She loved the magazine and I hated it! When Lisa, the advertising rep came by my booth and asked if I wanted to meet him I couldn’t have run faster to get away! (: No way did I want to meet him! Lock the doors and throw away the key. Don’t put me in the same booth with him. Pleeeease! The only reason I kept reading the magazine was to make sure he didn’t write anything negative about me!

Now fast forward to today and I swear I LOVE this magazine. I don’t know when it happened, or even how it happened, but he has me. I’m a devoted fan and I read the magazine from cover to cover. I read EVERYTHING he writes and how many magazines can you say that about? He doesn’t even have the same taste in quilts as me and yet I still read it! I’m swear we are polar opposites! Other than our love of little dogs, fire and ice, salt and pepper, sugar and lemon drops describes us.

Now I’d like to meet him in person at Quilt Market, and no, I don’t want to stand in a long line surrounded by women waiting to get his autograph. I just want to meet him and say congratulations for taking a chance and making it work. He doesn’t even have to make a joke! I hope I won’t be disappointed in him. After all, I subscribe to the magazine!

So how about you? Do you read this magazine? Do you like it? What about the dog?

Gotta love those charm square patterns! They are fun to design and fun to sew! Just plain fun for all of us. There’s something about those little packages of squares that I just love! I’ve even added a section to my web site just for charms, jellies and layer cakes. Sounds like a combination good enough to eat! Visit me at http://bunnyhilldesigns.com/store/products/?category=25 to see my selection and look for new ones to be added very soon!

“Swell” is a new Moda fabric line shipping this week and I’ve designed a charm pattern to go with it! I love this fabric, even though I think the name is a bit strange. LOL! It’s a little bit retro, and really cute. And to go with this fabric I’m introducing “Posy Time”! It’s my new charm pattern with easy yo-yo flowers. No yo-yo maker necessary. Yo-yo’s are the easy to make and instructions are included in the pattern.

I’ve added something else new to my web site…it’s a list of shops who have kits available for Bunny Hill patterns! As soon as a shop lets me know they have kits available, I’ll add a link or a phone number from my web site. I’ll try to keep it updated so it’s always current. We’ll see how it works! You can find it under “news”! http://bunnyhilldesigns.com/dynamic/?page=News

Leave it to that sweet, beautiful Kimberly over at Fat Quarter shop to come up another fun thing for you! She’s an endless source of ideas! Who doesn’t love a good mystery, and Kimberly’s got one! It’s a mystery block of the month and 12 designers have contributed blocks for this fun quilt, myself included! If you like the new fabric line “Peace on Earth” from Moda Fabrics you’re sure to love this quilt. Just think, every month you’ll get a new block designed by someone new! Click on this link and you’ll be right there! http://www.fatquartershop.com/fatquartershopquiltclubs-charmpackquiltclub-tinboxquiltclub-fatquarterquiltclub.asp?Shopper_id=35092161456553509&Store_id=499

So the real mystery is how does that beautiful brain of hers work? (:

You’d think this was an easy thing to do…buy some white pitchers and arrange them on the mantle. Well guess what? It’s been a decorating fiasco and it’s all because of my husband. Yes, my husband who thinks he is the decorator. My husband has this “thing” about symmetry.

It was fine when we just had one pitcher. Not much he could do with that except move it into the center. Of course he just couldn’t resist. It wasn’t long until I noticed the pitcher right in the center. I think he even measured to make sure it was right.

Then it wasn’t long until he took my three pitchers above and did this…

One in the center and the other two on each end, equal distance apart.

And with five pitchers you get a range from large to small….

So now after I’ve threatened you know what, I finally have this…well, as of 1:o4 PM Pacific time.

Of course now I have 10 pitchers…even number, can’t have that. We may have to add on to the mantle to make us both happy. (: