Wow! Are we ever ready to get our “show on the road”! On the road to Salt Lake City for this Spring’s International Quilt Market, May 13-15, 2011.

Here are all the details:

My School House Presentation~ 
“The Non-Quilter…An Untapped Market?” May 12,  #251D, 10:20-10:50. Sponsored by Checker  Distributors. Join us for groovy giveaways, and  lots of marketing & merchandising ideas for your shop!

Sample Spree~  
Table #21. This is my first time at Sample Spree, and we are bringing a limited number of great samples, kits, fat quarter stacks, and deals to make it easy to introduce our creative product line to your shop! Don’t miss us!

Our Market Booth~ 
#2306. We are coming loaded with our entire line of fabric, bag patterns, bag hardware and accessories! Come by, and say Hi! and enjoy browsing our colorfilled booth! Ask about our Show Special too!!

Keep an eye here for Market related postings!!
~ellen

Spring and Easter are  just around the corner, and today many are enjoying their families traditional Spring Break together!
Here is a non-traditional “Spring Break!”.  One of my ready-made ($49.00) instant gratification uncommonly cute  fun fashion bags!
Made in the USA in a small Limited Edition for my Studio … there are  just a handful left for adoption into your personal collection!  The bags interior features a zip pocket, a slip pocket, and a cell phone pocket. A magnetic snap is used for the closure. Definitely a happy-go-lucky bag that will put a real dose of “Spring” in your step!

The “Spring Break!” Bag was designed  from my Cheri Bag Pattern (Petite Size) ($12.99)  for those of you who would like to sew your own. Of course there is a bit of difference between the ready-made and the hand-made.. mainly the heaviness of the bag’s body which is very firm by way of manufacturing… although the handmade is no whimp!

The Cheri Bag is available for home sewing as a hard copy pattern or a new easy to download pattern from my online store. You may be familiar with the happy Disco Dot fabric designed by Mark Hordyszynski for Michael Miller Fabrics in may fab colorways..I never tire of it! The interior of the bag is a darling daisy print in pink and green also a past Michael Miller Fabric offering. Add the finishing touch with a tiny daisy on the exterior, that is clipped from a length of trim!

If you have made the Cheri Bag, I would love to see!! Please join me on Facebook, where many of my friends bag creations are currently shown.. and yours needs to be there too!

XOXO

~ellen

I have a weakness for beautiful old postcards, and have a collection for every holiday-

Here is my favorite today- Happy Easter!

-ellen