I LOVE my job....

I love my job...

Here's the thing.

For years now, quilt shop owners, businesses related to the quilting industry,

and all of those quilterly folk

have been sacrificing their Halloween

every year

to shop and attend business classes at

Quilt Market.

It always falls on the last weekend of the month, it seems.

Halloween.

Fabric companies all across the globe

come to show their newest fabric release lines

to those quilt shop owners, buyers, teachers

lecturers

all of the people that make quilting so much fun...

so if you head off to your local shop this weekend, and find the owner or a few workers away, you'll know where they've gone...shopping for you!!

Quilt patterns quilt samples quilt designs

are made to showcase those new quilterly things

fabrics

Well, this year, it just so happens, I am working on a few quilts

(not necessarily for Market)

whose fabric lines will be released this week

at

"Market"

RJR Fabrics designed by Lori Mason

This line is

Woodland

Thank you Lori Mason

for a great set of designs and colors and prints and solids

What kind of job is this that I have?

Oh, it's a little bit of everything business requires.

Deadlines, designs, diligence.

Thank you RJR Fabrics for believing I can be all three and still be creative.

And thank you Lori Mason for the great work on your end...

deadlines, designs and diligence.

Ask either one of us and we'll say the same,

"I LOVE my job."

And now, it's up to all of you

to find these fabrics in your local quilt shop, and apply your own creative eye, and a little

deadline, design and diligence.

BeginAgain

2010

natalie.

(later this week, ASANTE by RJR Fabrics)

BLOOM CREEK quilts

Martingale & Company

That Patchwork Place, actually, for Martingale

has done it again.

Vicki Bellino has compiled her best patterns along with some new patterns

into one book - 14 different projects.

BLOOM CREEK quilts

Personally, this one is the one I'm going to make:

This is put together with the same detail as Martingale's other books.

Look at this lovely detail below the page number!

To enter for a chance to win this lovely project book,

please leave a comment

about how you'll be celebrating

H A L L O W E E N

Cmmon.

Not just, "I'll be handing out candy,"

But....like my friend Kenna does Halloween - - 

"Finger Food"

The winner will be selected by the random number generator

on October 31

boo.

Next blog post?

"HOW I SAVED A LIFE"

I promise, you won't have to wait so long for this one...

BeginAgain

2010

natalie.

Want to see more?

Robert Kaufman

Dill Blossom and Camille Roskelley pattern.

(just a few roll ups left - and a few 10" squares)

Mingle and theQuiltedForest pattern

and did you see us  on the Swatch and Stitch?

Thank you jaybirdquilts.com

That's a lotta Robert Kaufman!!

And it can be yours - - 

along with a little Kona Cotton...

PIQF

Booth 508

October 14-17, 2010

Santa Clara Convention Center

Great American Parkway

natalie.

I saw a good friend today...

I saw a good friend today

while on my morning walk

she ran up to me to say hello

and as I sat down, she curled up in my lap,

looking for a hug

giving me kisses
we were both making quite a fuss
over each other
we were both exchanging quite a bit of
happy

she had a little more grey showing

I guess she thought the same of me

neither of us said anything to each other

other than to be so glad to have the chance to visit

every morning, she would jump up on the bed,

starting the day with happiness and energy

and a little doggie snuggle

I taught her how to play frisbee

this game, and toys, were new to her

she was the kind of friend who indulged you

on your birthday

or on girls' nite

she'd never miss a party, an event

or even a quilt show

a true friend

"isn't it amazing, how they remember,"

her walking friend asked?

(hULa used to live here, but one day, moved away)

"Remember," I asked?

"How do you forget love?"

BeginAgain

natalie