Hi everyone!

Please “bear” with me for another few days…

I’m working SO hard right now to get a fabric line out the door and on it’s way to New York. I am obsessed with getting it finished and I’m almost done. Just another day or two and it will be on an airplane, hopefully carefully tucked inside a UPS plane. I like to think they have a special compartment for Express mail. If you work for UPS tell me it’s so.

Until then I’ve found a few “left-over” photos for you to see. Not that you should have “left-over’s at all. You deserve so much more dear readers.

Here’s a photo of a guest room in our house in Bend, Oregon. We’ve made the decision we are going to sell this house and maybe find something a bit closer to home. If you have a magic ball and can forecast this economy, please let me know. And if you’ve always wanted a house in Bend, Oregon and you have a house in California you want to trade…

The quilt on the wall is the original “Confetti” quilt dating back to the early 1930′s. If you love this quilt you can make one! You’ll find the pattern on my web site. The bed quilts are from Eddie Bauer so no, I don’t have a pattern. The pineapple bed is my husband’s great grand-mother’s.

Hanging on the wall in this room is one of my first attempts at machine embroidery. When embroidery machines first came out I HAD to have one. I bought the Janome and believe it or not I used it! I made this picture by repeating an embroidery pattern 4 times. Then I hand-quilted around each design or should I say I “tried” to hand quilt around each design. ( :

And my very favorite bunny in the whole world used to reside in our Bend house, but I just brought him home. He now resides in my studio. He’s filled with Tanya Whelan’s new fabric “Ava Rose”. You’ll see this fabric in a future Bunny Hill pattern.

Bear with me….I’m almost done!

Ah, weekend sweet weekend. Just me, Mooch, Chelsea and occasionally Bitsy in the studio.

I love the weekends without any plans. The ones where I can sew, catch up on projects and do what ever my heart desires. Not all my weekends are like this, so when I have one I take full advantage of it. I choose the most comfortable clothes I can find and I settle in for a weekend of sewing. It’s not work, it’s fun, and it’s why I work for myself.

I found a box of vintage trims I had put away in the closet. I bought this box on Ebay and it was like a grab bag. I wasn’t sure what I was getting. But inside I found lots of ribbons, lace, old thread etc. It was such a find!

Then I turned on the TV and I watched the shows I’ve recorded over the past three weeks; 48 Hours, In Plain Sight and Without a Trace. I usually work in silence so TV is a luxury. I’m actually getting things done! I’ve been working on my new fabric line. Drawing and re-drawing again and again, letting the ideas come in and out of my head. I selected colors and then selected them again. It’s not a quick process this fabric thing, but when it’s finished I have such a feeling of accomplishment! I hope to have it in New York by the end of next week.

Mooch changed positions and slept some more…

And then I went blog hopping. It’s been awhile since I have visited any blogs. I’ve missed you all! And look what I found! Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka’s Treasures has a new blog! It’s wonderful and you can see lots of pictures of her studio. Wow Heather, it’s a beautiful studio AND a beautiful blog! Heather and I both design fabric for Henry Glass Fabrics. You’ll find me right next to her at Quilt Market. Visit her blog and say hi! Then be sure and get the next issue of American Patchwork and Quilting to see more of Heather! http://ankastreasures.wordpress.com/

How’s your weekend going? Did you make time for sewing? Did you go to the quilt show in Long Beach?

Hope it’s a great one!

Fabric in production and fresh vegetables. It just doesn’t get any better than that!

My first set of strike-offs for Angel Houses has come and gone. Now I’m anxiously awaiting the second set. I have to say I LOVE this fabric. I had a few color adjustments, but the fabric itself feels so wonderful. This is my first line milled in Korea and I am jumping for joy! There’s something that the Korean mills do right, that makes so many American companies use them. I should have the second set of strike-offs any day now and (keep your fingers crossed for me), fabric to design with in about 5 weeks. Wait until you see what I have planned for this fabric. Lots of fun little things to make!

And wait until you hear this next story! If you ever doubt the power of a blog, don’t! I just hired the sweetest person ever, and I found her from my blog! That’s right, Brigette is a blog reader who is now working for Bunny Hill! Turns out she lives less than 1/2 mile from me and she is going to be putting together all those fabric bundles and things I keep promising but never have time to do! She’s starting with the Japanese fabric that I used on my Angel quilt, so by this time next week we should have bundles on our web site! I have lots of things for her to do and I’m excited to have found her! Thanks Brigette! I’m so glad you stopped by my blog!

If you’re playing in Long Beach this weekend at the first ever International Quilt Festival/Long Beach have a great time! It’s so exciting that Quilts.Inc has brought this convention to the west coast. Many of my friends are going, and almost all of our local shops. If you’re there be sure and stop by the In Between Stitches booth to see my quilts. They have kits, kits, kits available!

Some of the groups from Northern California are even flying down for the day and coming right back. Doesn’t that sound like fun? I can’t wait to hear all about it and see some photos. A lot of the designers I see at Quilt Market have booths. If you’re going, say hi for me!

So what am I doing this weekend? Well, in-between working I’ll be visiting our local fruit stands. Remember I said I lived in farm country? No, not on a farm, but there are farms all around me. I visit the local stands to stock up on the best veggies and fruits. Organic tomatoes for $2.00 lb. can you believe it? They must have 10 varieties!

The Smith Family Farm is one of my favorites and sometimes you can even pick your own! People come from all over to visit this farm and I live about 5 minutes away!

Have a great weekend everyone! Have fun at the quilt show if you’re going (: