What a great sewing weekend we had - snow up and down the east coast, and cooler weather everywhere! Finally. Winter! It's time now for this week's giveaway, and thank you so much for all of your comments last week. Take a look here and see what everyone says about the "Simple Life".
It seems we all agree, that there is wisdom to be found in slowing down, returning to some values that seem to be forgotten. Time-crunches, technology (although we still love reading blogs), and electronics have moved in and captured our sewing time!! Not to mention our time with family, friends and just plain quiet. It's a goal that we should not lose focus on. It was very nice to read all the comments, and thank you EVERYONE for taking a moment to relish the thoughts of what a simpler life would look like. Simple life reigns!
This
week's giveaway is from the Roswell Mill Collection in the "Reflections of
the South" series by Mary Ellen Von Holt of Little Quilts. The drawings of
the toile are based on actual rendering of a typical cotton mill in the South
during the 1800's. The drawings of the toile are done so well that it shows the
workings of a mill from the processing of the cotton to spinning the fibers
into cotton we use in our quilt making today.
This
week's giveaway is kind of a 'collectors' item', because it is a part of
history now that won't be back this way again, just like the cotton mills that
the collection is named after. Slowing down but not out, Mary Ellen from Little
Quilts has a recent release called "Savannah Garden" that will
ship into shops in August 2016.
Mary Ellen has closed the retail store, after seventeen years in the brick and
mortar store; to spend more time with her family and 5 grandchildren, and now will have more time to design new collections for Henry Glass.
She still has the website: www.littlequilts.com,
where classic Little Quilts patterns and booklets are available for purchase
online. Partners Alice Berg and Sylvia Johnson have retired.
For
over 30 years, Mary Ellen , Alice and Sylvia, through their company Little Quilts, has been a mainstay in the quilting community, designing
patterns and booklets for making small quilts that were not miniature in size.
Mary Ellen, Alice and Sylvia have designed for Henry Glass and Co. for 20
years, and authored books for Martingale & Company...one of which
"Little Quilts All Through the House" is now an e-book; but can also
be ordered along with "Patriotic Little Quilts" on their website www.littlequilts.com. When Mary Ellen
teaches and lectures, quilters continue to comment in person and on the website
that...."they learned to quilt with the patterns by Little Quilts";
and loved the collections from Little Quilts for Henry Glass fabrics.
In the near future, Mary Ellen plans to spend more time developing her fabric collections for her "Reflections of the South" series with plenty of patterns and projects in support.
To
win this week's giveaway, (and since everyone's comments are so much fun),
let's hear if you have a favorite fabric collection or pattern from
Little Quilts, that you have enjoyed working with.
Let's
hear it! And win this:
Let's Get Quilting - 2016 Edition 'Collector's Item' Giveaway
