A lot has happened in a year!


There has been a lot going on in the last year and I'm finally back to blogging.  Sorry for the long delay! Here is a summary of what's happening to me.

On my personal life:

I got engaged! To the wonderful, smart, sweet love of my life, Mark.  Wedding is planned for October of this year.  
I sold my house.  I had lived there for 20 years with my late husband and although there were many happy memories there, it was time to start a new life with Mark.


 So, we bought a new one!


And, we got a puppy!  We adopted him from a local animal shelter.  His name is Zed and he is a mix of border collie, lab and ??.  He is 6 1/2 months old, super smart and we love him to bits!!  Tillie and Zed get along great and that was my biggest worry about getting another dog.  He is now part of the family and we can't imagine life without him.





On my business life:
It's been busy!

I have a fabric line out with Maywood Studio.  I came out last fall.  I love it and I continue to make patterns using it.  Here are some of the prints:
Regent's Park

I have been working with Craftsy quite a bit.  They have started to design fabric and asked if I would design some patterns to go with their fabric lines.  So far, I have designed 16 patterns and the first 13 will be coming out in June.  Here is the first of the quilts.  This is called Old Glory and it uses their fabric line, Colonial Manor.  Kits and patterns will be available in June.  Can't wait!!


In the next few weeks, I will be showing you all 13 quilts that will debut in June through Craftsy.  Hope to see you again!

Comments

~Laurie~ said…
Nice to see you back! Congratulations on all the great news in your life. Looking forward to the new quilts :)
May 20, 2016 at 4:12 PM
Helen L said…
whew!! you've been busy!! so glad to see all the good things happening in your life! Look forward to seeing your new quilts on Kraftsy! Hugs, H in Healdsburg
May 20, 2016 at 6:53 PM
ytsmom said…
Congrats! I love the quilt!
May 21, 2016 at 10:07 PM
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