Today I realized I had neglected my blog a bit due to what I can only call the onset of “Market/Festival Madness” which occurs about this time of year! Due to Hurricane Ike, Houston’s Fall International Quilt Market was a bit up in the air! Glad to report that all is GO! I have just retrieved my booth number from the Quilts.com website, and am pleased to invite you all to join me in BOOTH #524 for both MARKET & FESTIVAL, Oct. 25th -Nov. 2nd!!! I will have 2 super cute (sorry for the bias!) new bag introductions. I am so excited to share this recent work, and send it out into the creative world! I have fallen in love with these new ones, and can’t stop making samples!

-ellen

A quick update on a new fabric line that was just released by Michael Miller Fabrics at Spring Market last week featuring Route 66… and my bag that celebrates it! A perfect opportunity to showcase off the new Preppy Mini-Tote Set with Black Handles as well!  The kicky fabric is featured in a quilt by Verlinda Magby of OK Quiltworks  (www. okquiltworks.com ) in Oklahoma City called ”Memories on Route 66″.  Both bag and quilt were displayed in the Michael Miller Fabrics Booth in Portland during Spring Quilt Market, and are now “home” at OK Quiltworks. Love those graphic icons!

 -ellen

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3942008n

Wanted to share this link to today’s CBS “Sunday Morning” segment on the 4 Billion dollar strong quilting business! I found the piece fascinating, and thought it really captured the feel of the whole International Quilt Festival in Houston. There is a bio on quilter Ricky Tims as well you will enjoy. If you attended, be sure to look closely for yourself, and please leave your thoughts!

~ellen

Welcome, and thanks for stopping by for a moment! I am thrilled to be able to now add a “voice” to my website via the Blog! What a fun resource for sharing! I am so happy to have a way to showcase new products from the studio immediately before they are incorporated into the main website. With the addition soon of a Gallery link, I will be able to present my sample bag images too. If it is not present on the left, please check back in a day or two, for a bit of inspiration hopefully. Many of the Gallery bags were on display in my International Quilt Market/Festival Booth in Houston last fall. While there, I had the proverbial light bulb moment and realized the need to share these with sewing friends who could not stop by in person! Soooo… please view my blog as a kind of “Virtual Booth” where we can share ideas, news, and indulge our collective interest in unlimited handbag creativity!

~ ellen