No, I Haven't Fallen Off The Edge of the World....

....I've just been to Texas.
El Paso, to be exact.

Well, not all summer....just for a wonderful weekend, where I taught a fun class for The Counted Thread. I designed a special quilt pattern just for those West Texas stitchers and called it "Basket of Bluebonnets." I looked thru my quilt block resources and found a bunch of quilt blocks that had TEXAS in their name, and then tried to blend them into the quilt design. The two main blocks are called "Texas Cactus Basket" and "Texas Bluebonnet" - you can figure which one is which in the picture....And I even added a few different center block choices, so each stitcher can stitch the block they like best in the center of their quilt! The center blocks choices are called "Texas Tears," "Texas Treasure," and "Texas Puzzle."

I was printing up a batch of these patterns today and got to thinking that it would also look good in other colors, such as red, yellow, pink, and purple. What do you think? Can you see it stitched up in different colors?

Now for the reason I haven't blogged in months: I've been really, really, really BUSY!!! Printing patterns like a woman possessed...then stitching lots of new projects so they're ready for classes, shows, and other looming deadlines. No time to rest, think, or blog....just stitch, stitch, stitch!

Anyway, here's another pattern I had to finish in time for my Texas trip: the next design in the house series.....LONE STAR COTTAGE


That's a little armadillo button down in the corner...(check out a fantastic button website: www.susanclarkeoriginals.com for lots of her great buttons.)

Well, I wish I could sit a spell in that porch rocker, but I've got to get back to printin' and stitchin'...YEE HAW, Y'ALL!!