It’s a race to market and for once I’d like to be the turtle, slow and steady. I can’t see it happening in the near future but I can dream. So I’m the hare and I’ll try and be happy about it. I work last minute, I’m always playing catch up and hey, if I remember right the hare is supposed to get a good nap! None of that happening around here lately. Maybe I should go munch on some carrots.

Only the select few get to see the studio right now. It’s in chaos. Yesterday I couldn’t find the pattern I was working on and I had to stop and look everywhere. In the end I finally found it, right where I left it, under all the other pattern folders. It’s a good thing I’m not in charge of the check book…oh no, I am! They should make check books bigger then they’d be easy to see.

And in all this chaos, a little miracle happened today. “Postcard Cuties for Angels” is on it’s way to the quilter! Created in a two week period, thanks to my own little angels, Heidi, Robin, and Melissa! Everyone worked and worked to help me get this quilt done. Oh ladies, this hare loves you!

And to show you all that I am smarter than the average turtle, listen to this…We (me and the above mentioned angels) have created TWO of these Postcard Cuties for Angels! Two samples of the same quilt for quilt market. One for the Henry Glass booth and one for the Bunny Hill booth. Just in case you walk by and forget what it looks like LOL! I know, I know I’m one nutso, I mean smart hare. And none of the above mentioned angels even questioned my request. They must think I know what I’m doing.

There’s so many things I can’t talk about yet it’s killing me. Everyday I think, “oh I should blog about that” and I realize I can’t yet. I can’t show you the new patterns because we’re still working away, I can’t show you my new fabric line because I’m not supposed to talk about it before market, I can’t tell you who the new Henry Glass designers are because they have to tell you themselves, I can’t talk about my booth and market plans and I can’t remember why, but rules are rules everyone! I could just leave you a big blank blog post and you’d get the idea.

Here are a few things I can talk about, kind of. I saw the American Patchwork and Quiting Magazine photos that they took at my house. Chelsea, Bitsy and Mooch made the cut. That’s magazine talk for they are in! And boy are they excited! Wait until you see them. So cute!

Yesterday the above mentioned stars got a new pink pampered pooch bed. It’s from Moda Home and if you think you have to have one for your special pet, ask your local quilt shop to order one. It has a removable cover and a pillow insert. They LOVE it. Now it’s fights for the bed and I think it’s because it’s pink don’t you? Bitsy hasn’t made it to the bed yet. Or at least not when I had the camera in my hand.

And then in the mail today came the sweetest surprise from Stephanie over at Loft Creations. She sent me something blue right out of the blue (pardon the pun on blue). It’s a beautiful blue bag (bbb) and it’s for ME! I absolutely adore it! Made by her, for ME! Thank you Stephanie!

Stephanie’s in some fun swaps, and she has lots of fun things going on over at her blog. She’s on her way to meet Amy Butler! That will make for some beautiful pictures. Wear your high heels Stephanie! She’s gorgeous and tall and really nice.

So in another month I’ll be able to chatter on and on about who knows what. I hate having to keep quiet. It’s not normal for me.

It’s market crunch time and it gets really crazy around here. Really crazy! But little miracles are happening every day thanks to my wonderful friends and assistants. EVERY DAY!

For example, this little miracle came from my assistant Robin. She’s a genius. I needed to make these secret little “things” for one of my patterns and I couldn’t figure out how to make them. Well Robin suggested fusible web and ta da…these wonderful little “things” were born! And you, my dear readers will see these wonderful “things” on a Bunny Hill pattern very soon. Nope, can’t tell you what they are but I bet you can guess.

And this fabric?

It’s from Lakehouse Fabrics. These little pretties are going into another “secret” project from Holly that you’ll get to hear about next week. See that tiny little pink elephant fabric? Isn’t it darling? Tiny little elephants about 1/4″ in size. This will be in stores soon so make yourself a little elephant quilt using this fabric and the free pattern on my web site for the miniature quilt! So where’s the miracle in this? Well it’s a miracle I got the project done! Done and off to Holly today. Signed, sealed and soon to be delivered.

And here’s another miracle happening right now…my friend Anne finally has a blog! I’m so excited! She’s a wonderful quilter and such a talented decorator. You will love her new blog, Cottons ‘n Wool. Hop on over and say “hi”. She’ll be so excited. She’s working away on some new Bunny Hill patterns (that is if she’s not busy posting) and you’ll be seeing her at market with me very soon. I’ll be taking pictures of her buying wool. Why, I bet she’ll buy some cotton too! Her blog name fits her perfectly!

And for those of you loving spring in Australia, did you know that Autumn has arrived here? Yep, we’re into Autumn and so excited!