Studio Life

Here is the finally finished ladder quilt that has been 90% complete for the past 8 months – barely squeaking by the finished-in-2011 deadline.  This quilt started in the sweltering summer, and I can remember pinning it in shorts with all the windows and doors open to bring in as much breeze as possible.  Now we can actually use it!

It’s feeling a lot like Christmas everywhere you look! Here in the studio, we look forward to the moment when we can put our little Pantone pine out on the table. Every year we decorate the studio tree with swatches that were left out in the sunny Texas studio too long, thus they were no longer matchable. Instead of throwing

Visit the Jolly Jabber blog at Fat Quarter Shop for a fun star sighting of our new Bot Buddies collection, plus a few peeks at studio life, (including a visit to Neville’s crooning video). AND, since it just happens to be Cyber Monday, and Fat Quarter Shop celebrates this special day with 25% off all the way to Thursday, you

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday full of family, friends, and all those little projects you’ve been itching to finish for the past few months…  Safe travels, and: Love, Cathy and Ellen

Here is some background music for today’s post … so that you can sing in the rain, like we are! It rained today in Austin, Texas and it was a real, no-kidding soaker rain. I was in the grocery store when the skies finally opened after months of water rationing and 100+degree days. Everyone came out of the store just