I have another new collection coming out; this one should be showing up around the end of the year. It was inspired by a town in New Jersey called Asbury Park. I spend my early summers one town over. In the early part of the 20th century Asbury Park was a booming beach resort, but by the 1970s it was kind of a wasteland. (Think gritty old Bruce Springsteen songs and you have it; he started out there.) Well, as a kid I used to wander around the old boardwalk and imagine what it might be like if it weren’t utterly desolate (which it was). Asbury is my re-imagining of those daydreams… (I’ll tell more of the story as the time draws nearer.)

So, without further ado, meet Asbury!!!

Again, I am so happy about this collection. I have a bevy of quilts and other projects already planned for it, including what I hope will be my first show quilt (expect craziness). And of course I am excited about the new colors of eggs coming out with Asbury. Hope to develop a huge palate of these over the coming years…

Oh, and you can download jpegs of the entire collection from the Andover site right here if you want to start designing ahead of time. Yay!!!

Hugs,
T

You know all those stereotypes about professors having their heads in the clouds and stuff? Well that would have been a conservative estimate of me. I am the least practically minded person you will ever meet. Idealist is a bit too pragmatic a term for me…

Anyway, I’ve been pulling out of it in a big way. The last three quilts really reminded me how much fun it is to just make stuff (all three were made on a whim with little to no advance planning). The best part is that I think they are three of my best… (More on those after Market)

And today I finally get to start talking about the next collection I have coming down the pike. Yes I know Flock is still going strong (I have another Flock quilt coming out in Quick Quilts before too long), and Savanna Bop is just hitting shops, but you know me: I never rest…

Frippery is all about decoration (in a 70s modernism kind of way), with peacocks, fireworks, and more. And the eggs from Pear Tree have come back, this time a little smaller and with more color than you could shake a stick at. It will be available in two colorways: Teal and a Red, and is slated to come out in early Fall…

Frippery makes me so happy!!! All the color, all the prints… I am especially pleased with the tonals, which I’m calling my Peacock Swirls.

Everything is starting to feel better now. I think I just had to plow through a bunch of transitional stuff, but now I am ready to just get back to the fun part…

Oh, and you can download jpegs of the entire collection from the Andover site right here if you want to start designing ahead of time. Yay!!!

Hugs,
T

I have quilts!!!

I have all new embroidery patterns!!!

I may even have a little this and that!!!

Just not yet…

You see Savanna Bop hit shops a month before it was supposed to and all of these things are not quite ready yet. Patterns need to be finished up, photos need to be taken, and a couple of things need finishing up…

So, I’m sorry to say all of that will have to wait. I promise it will be happen, and I wish I could be sharing right now, but you know what they say: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait.

How did that first one get in there…

Oops.

Hugs,
T

So much math to do…

Can’t wait to do this one!!!

Hope to get the perfect fabric at Market; look out Sample Spree!!!

Hugs,
T

Though, obviously, no Mothers’ Day without a few words from Mr. T…

Happy Mothers’ Day…

Hugs,
T