We Have A Winner!

We have a winner from our Beth Logan drawing! The winner is Lynn Damewood from Davidson, NC. Congratulations!

We're Changing Things Up Around Here

Have you noticed? We've started to change things around here. It's still a work in progress but we're going to bring you some more inspiration and fun. Stay tuned.

p.s. Isn't that a cute print? It is a sneak peak for a new line that will be out in July but because the fabric samples that came back were so cute, we couldn't resist showing you just a little bit. The swatch is from Delphine Cubitt. We'll bring you some more peaks next week. Can you guess the theme of this fabric?

Meet the Designer: Interview with HG Designer Beth Logan

Meet the Designer: Interview with HG Designer Beth Logan

Beth has a new line: Buttercup Babies being released in March.
Check back soon for a Sneak Peak of her new line.
Be sure to leave a Comment on our Blog by Monday, March 12th for a free Fabric Giveaway!

HG: Where do you get your inspiration from?

Beth:
Oh boy – I get inspiration from just about everything around me. It’s hard not to. I think most creative people are like that, we’re just sponges!

I really notice this when I draw and paint characters they turn out looking strangely familiar. When I draw moose or bears, their faces often remind me of my dog (seriously!) and my bunnies seem to have the same little expressions as the baby squirrels I care for at the Wildlife Center where I volunteer!

HG: How long have you been designing?

Beth:
Well, let’s see... I’ve been drawing pretty much nonstop since I could first hold a crayon. My patient and supportive parents learned when I was just a toddler that if they wanted to keep end-papers of books, or even the white walls in our home clean, they needed to keep me stocked with paper to draw on – and they continued to do so until they sent me off to art school.

I quit my last “real job” in 1992 (I was the human version of a paint-matching computer for a small home-decor store!) and have been designing full-time ever since. I stumbled into Art Licensing very much by accident, and for the first several years supplemented that with decorative painting in people’s homes – murals, borders, and decorative treatments – and doing graphic design – logos, business cards, and such.

Then 12 years ago I narrowed my focus to just Licensing and haven’t looked back! It’s a kick for me to see my art on different products, I never lose that Christmas morning excitement when I get to see something new for the first time; I literally squeal (often scaring the animals) when my fabric samples arrive. I can’t imagine a more fun way to share my art with folks; I’m truly blessed to be able to do this!

HG: Can you give us a sneak peek into your studio (or where you work) just a pic or two.

Beth:
My studio is a tiny room in our tiny home. I draw and paint at my big desk, and spend a lot of time here at the computer. And during those few rare warm, dry days we get in the summertime in Seattle, I’ll move everything possible to the back yard and work out there.

HG: Where did you grow up and where is your home town now?

Beth:
I have lived in Seattle for almost 30 years, and have been in this teeny little house for 24 of those! I grew up just a ferry-ride away from here. I came across the Puget Sound to “the big city” (well, around here it’s that!) to attend Cornish College of the Arts, and never left. I have a real love-affair with Western Washington and the Pacific Northwest and can’t imagine living anywhere else.

HG: Pets or children??? Or both??

Beth:
We have a “furry family”. These days that’s our sweet rescue-dog, Molly, and our cat, the Fabulous Miss Flossie. Some of you might recognize Flossie from past fabric collections –she’s the model and inspiration behind Love To Craft and The Cat’s Meow. Flossie even has her own blog. She’s kind of a ham and loves the attention. Molly tends to be a little more private though. She’s a goofball around other dogs but is very shy around people and actually runs away when she sees a camera!

HG: Favorite hobbies or vacation spot??

Beth:
Aside from drawing, painting, and making stuff, my favorite thing is to work in the garden. I suppose that falls under the category of “making stuff” too! For me, there’s nothing like the satisfaction of getting out there and playing with dirt and rocks, nurturing tiny seeds and seedlings that become plants, flowers and vegetables that I can enjoy and share. I also really love cooking (I used to do it for a living!) and that’s even more fun when I’ve grown the ingredients myself!

Aside from my own backyard (I know, how corny is that?!) my favorite spot on the face of the earth is my family’s funky little cabin on the Washington coast, just a couple hours from my home in Seattle. I am a beach nut - I love the ocean and can’t imagine not living near it. Just writing this makes me want to pack up the animals and drive out there right now and dip my toes in the surf (and I’m writing this in cold February!).

HG: What Medium do you create with??

Beth:
Although all my art ends up as digital files that I manipulate in Photoshop, I start by drawing and painting everything by hand, mostly with watercolor paints and colored pencils.


For More information on Beth Logan Check out:

Website: http://www.artstuffltd.com/
Blog: http://www.artstuff.typepad.com/

HG Contest **Free Fabric Giveaway**

Be one of the 2 lucky winners to win a bundle of **Free Fabric**

All you have to do is...

Leave a Comment about What you Love about Quilting

on our Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Henry-Glass-Fabrics/112716612084086

The deadline to leave a comment is midnight on Monday 2/20.

Good Luck!!

13th Annual Greater Atlanta Quilt Shop Hop, March 22 – 25

The quilt shops in Atlanta are busy getting ready for the 13th Annual Greater Atlanta Quilt Shop Hop, March 22 – 25. Each of the ten shops will be providing a gift basket for some lucky customer to win. The basket at Little Quilts is overflowing with fabric and a kit from the very popular Hampton Farms fabric line.

For More information on Little Quilts go to: www.littlequilts.com or www.littlequilts.blogspot.com

Some fun things with Little Quilt's Newest Line: "Little Darlings"

Some advance yardage of Little Quilts newest line "Little Darlings" has just arrived at Little Quilts and the girls have been busy many additional projects with the fabrics. They love the dots and all the coordinates. Shown here are two darling pincushions made with the toile fabric and an 8" pillow made with the color prints of the children at play. They're working in the crazy quilt style and embellishing it with embroidery stitches. Watch Little Quilts blog and facebook for these easy projects.

Little Darlings - Pincushions
Little Darlings crazy patch pillow

For more information on Little Quilt's Check out their
website: http://www.littlequilts.com/
and/ or Blog: http://www.littlequilts.blogspot.com/

HG Designer Kim Diehl Blogs for US & Gives a Special Recipe too!

Greetings from chilly Idaho!

I’m wearing my warm woolies and sipping on a steaming mug of yummy spice tea while looking at new fabrics and old quilting magazines….a perfect pastime for some inspiration on a cold winter’s day. It’s funny that when you get to be my age (and forgetful), if you’ve saved your magazines for long enough, they’re like new again!

But one NEW magazine that I’m really excited about is the soon to be released April issue of American Patchwork & Quilting magazine – my Late Bloomers quilt is on the cover, so I guess that makes me a cover girl! (Or as close as I’m likely to get.) This Late Bloomers quilt was so much fun to make, and what really rocked was being able to use scads of prints from my fabric lines with Henry Glass, including several from my new Walk in the Park collection.

And like any good quilter, I’ve been taking my perfectly fine Walk in the Park fabrics, cutting them all up, and then sewing them back together again. I’m currently in total yo-yo love, so this is a little mini quilt called Vintage Button Box that I’ve been stitching while it’s snowy and blowy outside.

Another great source of inspiration for me has been looking through the Henry Glass project library and acquainting myself with all of the great collections that are currently available…how awesome to be a part of this family of talented fabric and quilt designers. Maybe you should mix yourself a batch of my spicy tea to sip on while you check out all of the tempting projects and fabrics for yourself, because I’m sure you’ll find something you can’t resist! Here is the recipe:

Kim’s Spice Tea
1 1/3 cups of orange flavored drink mix (Tang)
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of instant tea
1 single-serving packet of Crystal Light Lemonade mix (optional)
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves

Mix ingredients and store in a tightly sealed jar. To serve, heat a mug of water and stir in a couple tablespoons of tea mix (or to taste). Enjoy!

Take care, be inspired, and stay warm!
Kim ~

For More information on Designer Kim Diehl check out her website: http://www.kimdiehl.com/