Hit Send

I did it, I announced Lucky Girl on Facebook. It’s always thrilling to launch a new line but it can be terrifying simultaneously!! You just always want everyone to be happy and that you continue to raise the bar for yourself.  Achievement can never really be measured so it has to come from within.  I like this line so much and know that you will have so much fun putting the designs  together. You know how much I love seeing your work and if I can help you launch a little biz so you can stay home with the kids I am happy to do so!!!! So I hope you are enjoying the summer it can be difficult juggling kids and your biz but take heart in knowing it will come when you are ready and not before.  Savor the notion that you are right where you are supposed to be!!

 

 

 

Makes it so special!

So I had my friend Maritza Bermudez who worked on Happy Home with me create this beautiful canopy just like the one in Happy Home. Once the hardware is up you can take this and change it out. I can’t get over this. All these wonderful bouquets cascading down.  I tell you I just will never get enough of Circa and I hope you don’t either.  So for a fraction of what designer fabrics would cost you can have the same upscale look!!! Seriously this could cost up to $1000.00 to $1500.00 in Ct. easily!!!  DIY  this was $160.00 for fabric!!  For those of us obsessed with fabric that is a drop in the bucket. Back to back these fabrics are just so perfect together.  Please note nothing matches, I love just throwing together what I love!!!  When you surround yourself with things you love that is your signature look!!  So I hope you like what you see not at all fussy, just impromptu.  soon the Circa Pillows will be done and we will show you some whole cloth quilts. Enjoy the photos and of course Mr. George in the middle of it all.

 

 

Made you Smile

Here they come our new pillows and we will let you know the retailers that will be carrying them.  You saw the ones in Happy Home and for those of you who don’t sew we decided to make them available and boy are we glad we did. The outpouring of love on facebook is a good indication that we scored. My Girlfriend Jennifer at Earth Angels Studios will be a good place to start May 1st! We are so excited by their debut..we are talking HAPPY!!!!  You can also create these in our book Happy Home with any word/s you like.  Please note do to overstock issues their are plenty of books under new on Amazon with much better pricing..just FYI That’s one of the best sewing books ever. ( I’ve been known to exaggerate.)

 

 

It’s shipping

More beautiful then I remember.  My delivery came today and it is beyond what I recall!!  Really is so beautiful and so worth the wait. I’ve been right along side my friends who have waited patiently.   Before you know it you will have it and have difficulty cutting it.   That’s what I always here from you guys!!  So here is a pic, dream of the days ahead. The good news is most of it will ship in the next three weeks so before late May like intended.  Think about headboards and canopy’s in Happy Home and Girls Dresses and accessories in Girls World.  Please show us your visions too!!  Remember both books are in our shop for $42.00  Come by and say hi!!

 

 

 

We rave about rag quilts!

Check out this stunner from Jack and Mae!!!!  We woke up and just had to share..lots of tutorials on line just google rag quilts.  These make great gifts because they are not as labor intensive a good beginner quilt I should say.  My daughter made one at sewing camp when she was 12.  I love the mix of Bohemia and the exuberance of color.  Such a beauty. Sarah and Liz we love what you are up too keep it coming we want to see. They also make sweet tea wallets so you are never without your fave..very cool.

 

xo Jennifer

I stole this!

A log cabin Quilt not a square, A whole Quilt and it is stunning!!!!  Little Ms. Sew-Unsew We are talking amazing.  I love what Deborah collected and you can too by going to ebay and Etsy and hunting under Jennifer Paganelli Fabrics!  I hope you will try this, I can’t wait to see it quilted.  This was posted on Flickr and I went through Little Ms. Sew-Unsew’s photos and found amazing work!!  I hope she doesn’t mind that I borrowed it (gulp) I did ask if I could blog, but didn’t really wait for her to respond because I wanted to share with you all!!  Well anyway I hope to see you back here, you may just get lost in all her beauty!!!  Enjoy her blog.

 

 

 

Beautiful Stars!!!

I’m talking about the quilters of these lovelies. Monique and Marsha!! Circa is inspiring big time!!  Hopefully by now you have seen Monique’s wonderful quilt and gorgeous pillow popping up all over facebook.  Remember her prices are extremely fair and she is taking orders!!!! Contact her here!  Then we have Marsha Moore’s beautiful quilt beginnings here below.  It’s so fun to watch these women work.  I get soooooooo inspired!!!

Let’s Talk Quilts

I have two to show you today!!!  We have someone new to debut and hope she see’s this and gives us more info but I have to say, WOW!!!  Thank you so very very very much for posting to our flickr group Miss Riain.  She calls this one Holiday Prisms.  Spectacular!!

We hope you’ll Join us on facebook Miss Riain love your work!!

Next up good friend Lynn Harris who I finally got to meet in Houston and was truly one of the special highlights..A superstar in my book!!  She used a wonderful pattern by Way Cool Kid Thomas Knauer!  Well this is a fabulous quilt.  Lynn thanks a million for your Happy Land vision..We are so excited about it!!!

 

 

 

I love me a Pat Sloan!!

Pat and I are sitting down Monday night to chat and you all can listen into the podcast….for reals!!!! (listen by clicking HERE)  I was so intimidated by this veteran quilter and she was so high up in the quilting hierarchy of professional quilters that I wasn’t  even sure if she even knew who I was but alas as so many folks I encounter on a daily basis she was extraordinarily lovely and made me feel quite at home on my first podcast a year ago.  Pat’s podcasts are so interesting and you wouldn’t know but she does quite a bit of footwork before it even airs.  I’m so impressed with her get up and go and she really loves life that’s for sure.  So please tune in Monday (HERE) night and have a listen or save it to your desktop whatever works.  Thank you Pat for always supporting the quilting , sewing world and spending the time getting to know us. You are an amazing force for good in this world. so please join us, Pat and I for American and Patchwork and Quilting radio Monday evening.  Get to know Pat here.

Show time is Monday 4pm eastern, 3pm Central, 2pm mountain, 1pm Pacific.