Sneak Preview of our Next BOM

We have been asked about our next block-of-the-month program. It will be from Quakertown Quilts. Its called Washington Medallion. You will purchase your background, then each month you will receive fabric and instructions for the center, then subsequent borders. Classes will be available once a month if you get stuck, but they swear a beginner can do this quilt! It is 84 1/2" square when complete and is a 12 month program. It will be available in April in time for the Bluebonnet Shop Hop.

We have been busy making models and de-Christmasing the store, and getting our new models up. There is a great pattern from Robert Kaufman for making a quilt using striped batiks - should be done next week. You cut the fabric on the bias, and change directions of the strips to make a ripple quilt - I will post a picture soon.

State Championships and Weddings

And here is the brilliant idea inspired by Anna Maria Horner's blog....I made the birdie sling (a popular bag amongst my high schoolers crowd) with an insert. I asked Kay and her best friends what their favorite books were. The book titles are embroidered in the drawing room fabrics that look like a stack of books. They LOVED the bags!



My brother's team won the Division I (large school) 5A State Championship this Saturday as well. We ditched out of the reception a bit early to go watch the game in my sister's hotel room. This is my brother and I at the semi-finals game. They played Round Rock's Stony Point - it was a GREAT game. I love high school football - all heart and emotion!

What a beautiful bride my neice Kristen was. It was such an organized wedding - went off without a hitch. I cried but managed to hold it together to get through my reading! Wonderful couple, families, rehersal dinner, wedding and reception! Action packed weekend and now we can breathe!

We Have the BEST Customers!

I sent our weekly email and promoted our new 5 @ the Hive program called Dancing In the Dark. I had been listening to Bruce Springsteen and thought it would make an excellent program name and Sue had been thinking of this black and bright quilt, so we needed no more inspiration to run with it! This is an email I received this morning:

Diane, Just read your newsletter and when I think of "Dancing in the Dark", I don't think of the Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen song. I think of Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra or Ella Fitzgerald singing the old classic "Dancing in the Dark." Shows you how old I am! This Dancing in the Dark was written in 1930s but remained a favorite for many years. And I wasn't born until 1940! Words go like this:

Music and Lyrics by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Diet
From The Band Wagon,
Dancing in the dark,
Till the tune ends
We’re dancing in the dark,
And it soon ends.
We’re waltzing in the wonder
Of why we’re here;
Time hurries by,
We’re here and gone.
Looking for the light
Of a new love
To brighten up the night.
I have you to love,
And we can face the music together;
Dancing in the dark.

What though love is old?
What though song is old?
Through them we can be young.
Hear this heart of mine
Make yours part of mine.
Dear one, tell me that we’re one!
Dancing in the dark!


Hear Bing Crosby Sing it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITD_fzU-hGc
Although I do like the Bruce Springsteen song too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at1BhVsImeY

I watched the youtube videos and danced with my teenager to Bing! Great way to start the morning! And she almost admitted that Bruce circa 1980's was hot!

Brilliant Idea

This is my sweet daughter who is a freshman at Westwood High School. She and her friends no longer think it is at all cool to carry a backpack - so they have book bags. We made the Birdie Sling and the Messenger bag from Amy Butler, and they are used on alternate days. They get much use, so I decided to make her and her buddies a bag for Christmas. I will post the pictures as soon as I am done. I was inspired by Anna Maria Horner's blog. She designed some wonderful fabric for Free Spirit - can't wait to finish!

And for those of you asking about last week's game....they won! Very exciting! Semi Finals is at Baylor in Waco this weekend. They will be playing Round Rock's Stony Point who are also having quite a year. It should be a great game. I really hope my brother's team wins, but then the next drama will be that my neice's weddding and the state championship are both on December 20th - one in College Station and one is San Antonio! The drama never ceases. :)


Here we are working on Bags for Christmas presents.

Quilts and Football

Me and my parents and one of my sisters at my brother's team's (the Allen Eagles) football game. They won - big fun! I was so happy to have quilts in the car because it was COLD in Dallas and I didn't bring a coat!

Oh to be a child - when her batteries are gone they are gone!

We have a couple of new kits that are easy, easy for those of us that need a quickie present or just want a good snuggle! They are flannel - one is floral and the other a Thimbleberries.