Studio Life

My apologies for posting a recipe before trying it. The Green Stuff from the previous Thanksgiving Jell-O post was forced upon our clan … by me … with all good intentions, but the final reviews were all the same … Yuuuuk. My personal review was: “this is not my memory, and, in fact, this is disgusting.” So, perhaps the recipe

Recently, I was asked to speak about the career of graphic design and illustration.  While looking for some early work to show my path, I came across one of the first illustrations created when I became a free-lance illustrator in New York. This fine fat turkey came with a coupon so that cooks across America could make many-a gelatin mold

…to craft some fresh quilts. Yes!  We are back from Quilt Market, where we were able to meet with our new friends at Blue Hill fabrics.  They will be producing two new collections by Cathy Heck Studio scheduled to ship to specialty quilt shops in late Spring. For girls of all ages, the retro-mod Bouquet Garden features bold and funky

Well, here it is – before it gets covered in spaghetti sauce – the 2011 “vintage” tea towel design printed on cotton/linen blend at Spoonflower. I call it “vintage” because the fancy typography is a re-mix of some of Cathy’s calendar designs from the early 90s!  (When you’ve been an amazingly productive artist/mom-ninja for 30 years, you amass quite an

While we’re busy in the studio cooking up some surprises for Fall Quilt Market next week, here are some fun new patterns for the ever-inspired Spoonflower community. This group, in three cozy colorways, features patterned forest critters and woodsy-mod coordinates to go with ’em.  If you want to vote for these guys in the Woodland Critters competition, click on over