Did anyone watch Martha today? Well, my friend Chickie was in the audience! Yes she was there to behold Martha’s cupcakes in all their glory. She was there to see Martha herself and Chick bought a new pair of shoes just to sit in the audience! Seems they have a dress code for the audience and you never know when the camera will show your shoes, so she was ready. The funny part is that Chickie is one of the most elegant women you will ever see. She could meet Martha any day of the week, while the rest of us look for a place to hide. Hope you had fun Chickie! Better rest those feet tonight. LOL!

And look at the little bunny I got in the mail today! It’s a present from Sangeeta at http://www.carriagehousequiltshop.com/ I met Sangeeta over the phone several years ago when she called to order patterns. She was so charming and we bonded from the start. Now we consider ourselves true friends even though we’ve never met. It’s amazing how quilting can bring us all together! And the best thing about this little bunny is she’s filled with chocolate! The kind of chocolate that helps you do everything better! I so needed this! Thank you Sangeeta! I LOVE my bunny (:

Then the UPS man pulled up and delivered fabric! “Flowers for Emma” arrived by the bolt. Bolts to cut up, sew with, and make things with! If you’re looking for this fabric you can find it on my son’s web site at http://www.crafts4me.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=c&Category_Code=fabric He and his wife Diana, run the web site that sells all the Bunny Hill Embellishment kits, and now you can find my fabric there too! Wait until you see the patterns we have coming that use this fabric. Coming soon, I promise!

So now that the fabric is here I feel a giveaway coming! Check back soon! Maybe tomorrow (:

The last few weeks before a quilt market are the most exhausting and yet the most exciting. It’s a scramble to see how much can be packed into one day, how many quilts can get finished and how many patterns completed. And the UPS man just keeps arriving and arriving.

Today the UPS man brought printouts of the beginning of my next fabric line. Pieces of paper that represent my drawings, thoughts and ideas, brought to life by my fabric company. I’ll give you a hint…this fabric line is strictly for little girls…No boys allowed. (:

Yesterday the UPS man arrived with bolts of the brown check fabric from Flowers for Emma. Guess where these are going? These will be the new drapes for the Bunny Hill booth at market! They’ll be stitched into drapes, pole covers and assorted other things, sprayed with fire retardant and then shipped to Portland where my Bunny Hill team will gather, pull and fluff this fabric till it’s just right!

See the sketch in the picture above? (Ok, I know you can’t actually SEEEE it. I did that on purpose. Duhh!) Nireko and I are working away on this quilt and 3 of the 9 blocks are almost done. It’s so exciting to see it come to life from the drawings that we started with. It’s my new Christmas Block of the Month and after having the flu last week I am ready for a Christmas miracle! Do you think we can get it done in time?

Then today a package arrived from my friend Anne Bryson in Oregon. She’s been putting together a new quilt for me and the pattern is called Cabins and Cottages. No, you can’t see the cabins because those are in another version of the quilt. These are those log cabin blocks I showed you WAY back in another post. So if you love shabby and think you’ll want to make this quilt, get yourself a fat pack of Simplicity and several charm packs of Swell, both from Moda Fabrics. The pattern will be available in six weeks (:

Hugs today for all of you. I’m feeling better (: