Paisley for Baby and Me!

I’m a paisley snob no doubt about it.  I have certain criteria that must be met before I like a paisley fabric:

1.  The size of the paisley must be right, not too small or large.

2.  It can’t be dense or my eyes will cross.

3.  Must be plenty of background behind the paisley so it stands on its own.

4.  The colors have to be soft like a water-color to speak to me.  :>)

 

Have you ever thought in such terms when you look at a paisley fabric?   Oh no!  Maybe you’ll become a paisley snob too and you’ll blame me!

My love affair with paisley started in Paris several years ago.  I found myself rummaging through the flea markets looking for treasures. When I came upon some old drawings from vintage lace I got very excited.   There was a paisley in the drawings like no other!  It was beautiful and I knew it was a treasure!   You never want to look too excited in a flea market where you don’t speak the language…it will cost you money for sure. I had my daughter in law with me who speaks fluent French.  It’s a good thing or I probably would have ended up paying a fortune for the drawing!

Here’s the drawing in the picture below.   The paper was starting to tear along the edges, and it felt like old newsprint.   Elke did the bargaining for me and I bought it for 80 euros.  We rolled it up, packaged it in a tube and I brought it home.  A year later when I was working on Windsor Lane I decided to add it to the fabric collection.  It took me forever to re-create this paisley to get it just right.  I am in awe of the original artist who drew it with just a pencil in the 1800′s.

 Here’s the paisley re-created for Windsor Lane :

And now, because of my trip to Paris, we can all make things with this beautiful paisley!

I’m thinking of napkins for my Thanksgiving table, drapes for a baby’s room, duvet covers, pillows, dresses and on and on.

Windsor Lane Paisley!   I hope you love it! My fabric just arrived at Bunny Hill late yesterday and we’ll be unpacking it today.  We’ll start on kits this week!

Yes,  I ordered extra of the paisley.  I couldn’t resist.

Check out the sale section on my website…I just added past issues of magazines at 50 to 75% off.  It’s time to clear the shelves for new things to come!

Back soon,

Anne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I Love Candy” Moda Blog Hop

Hi everyone!   Welcome to the Moda Blog Hop and Bunny Hill.  When Chelsea heard this was about our hometown and Moda Candy she got so excited!   She begged me to let her show you around and there’s no keeping that dog out of things when she decides she wants in.  She’s been after the “Candy” I’ve had stashed for my giveaway ever since I brought it home.  Maybe she’ll forget the “Candy” if I let her show you around.

We live in the San Francisco Bay area in a town called Discovery Bay.  No one really knows where Discovery Bay is except for the 13,000 that live here.   It’s not even a an official city yet but we like it that way.  If you drive in the San Francisco Bay area you are guaranteed to find freeways filled with traffic but Discovery Bay doesn’t have a freeway.   We  drive through country roads where the only traffic is created by driving behind a slow tractor on a 2 lane road.

OK Chelsea, show them where we live!

   Here’s a map of the San Francisco Bay area and Discovery Bay.  Wait!  I think Chelsea’s standing on our house!  Chelsea move over please!

At one end of town you’ll find waterways…inlets coming in off the River Delta with houses lining the waterways. You can walk out your back door, jump in and swim because these inlets are fresh water.   This is only a few blocks from our house but poor Chelsea hates to swim so we try to stay away from this area. Being the brave dog she is, she agreed to jump in just for the purpose of this picture.

 

…At the other end of town you’ll find acres of farmland.

Chelsea loves to visit the fruit orchards and vegetable stands.  She’s really into chasing birds healthy eating.

Chelsea get out of those onions!  (…sorry but she likes to pick out her own veggies.)

Bunny Hill is located inside my Discovery Bay home.  The studio is on the upper floor of my house so it’s not open to the public.   Chelsea’s been trying to get me to open a store but I know her reasons are a bit one sided…more attention.    She gets enough attention already.  She sleeps in a little drawer right by my desk and she get pets from everyone all day long.

She’s active in my design work and often puts in her 2 cents worth when I’m designing.

She personally checks my fabric when it arrives…gives it the sniff test to see if it passes.

Yesterday when I got out the Moda Candy, Chelsea was so excited!   She’s been watching these little bundles ever since I brought them home!  I can’t blame her, just look at these cute little packages of 2 1/2″ squares of fabric.  They are perfect for making a dog bed doll quilt, miniature wall quilt, table topper, pincushions, small totes…you get the idea.

If Chelsea will give up some of this “Candy” you could win a few to make a cute miniature quilt like this one!

Don’t worry, I’ll make her part with some Candy and we’ll add it to our giveaway.

You’ll find the FREE pattern for this Candy quilt below:

Sweet Lily

So what are we giving away?   One of you is going to win this beautiful bundle of WINDSOR LANE and three of you are going to win some Windsor Lane Moda Candy to make my Sweet Lily quilt.  We’ll announce the winners on September 15th so be sure and check back.

 All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this blog post telling me where you live and the names of your pets if you have any!

 If you haven’t been to Kate and Deb’s blog yet, click on the links below to see what they have for you today!

KATE SPAIN
and
DEB STRAIN

Have fun!

Anne

Junior Layer Cakes

What can you do with a layer cake?  If it happens to be a Junior Layer Cake from Windsor Lane you can really have some fun!  Junior layer cakes have 20 fabrics 10″ x 10″ and they are perfect for our Petite patterns!   1 Junior layer cake = 10 petites or more!  I love these layer cakes because they’re affordable ($22.00) and they’re packaged by color.  Can you choose a favorite color?

 

“Lily” was made from a Windsor Lane layer cake.  You’ll get two squares of each fabric in a layer cake so you can make her the same on both sides, or for more variety try using two fabrics…one for the front and a different fabric for the back.

Petites are fun to sew!

Make a few now and you’ll be ready anytime you need a little gift.

New petite patterns are in the works!

Hugs,

Anne

Going to market

Lily the Elephant and Gerry Giraffe are going to Quilt market in Kansas City!  They’ll be at Sample Spree on Thursday night waiting for new homes.  The fabric of course is Windsor Lane!

Gerry & Lily are new petite patterns.

I thought maybe I could get the patterns on the website before market but I’ve run out of time.  I’ll list all the new patterns right after I get back.  I’ll have lots of market pictures to share too!  Wish you could all come with me.

Have a great week everyone!  I’ll be back next week.

Hugs,

Anne

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