Hope Springs

  Life has been crazy - the store's been busy and my other life has been busy with the move to a different house.  But the thing that's making the biggest impact on me is the weather.  The snow's almost gone.  It was 55 degrees outside when I closed the store at 5:00 today AND it was still daylight.  So instead of working or packing boxes, I drove home, loaded the dogs up and took them for a walk at the park.  I've forgotten this is possible...that the days DO get longer and warmer and snow-less. I feel rejuvenated and the dogs are beside themselves with glee.

Many fun things are happening at the store.  All those orders I placed at the Houston Market in October are showing up.  I love when I open a box and am happy with what's inside.  It does happen that I open one and wonder what I was thinking to have ordered such bizarre stuff...  So, here are pictures of wonderful new fabrics and trims.

This is ric rac made from gathered bias - and it comes as just plain double-fold, bias trim, too.  We have both.

This is Prince Street - made from the City Girl collection by Benartex.  We've kitted it - including pattern and binding, it costs $40.

And these are gorgeous, giant prints -

Ginger Blossom is a wonderful collection from Michael Miller - very retro and in great colors.

And, it appears I didn't take a picture of my new 30's bolts - there are 5 or 6 of them.  I don't really do 30's, but these made me laugh.  They're traditional designs, but HUGE - like Aunt Gracie on steroids.  Come see.