Cool Threads

This is just a quick little post to mention a brand new online shop for fantastic fabrics and patterns! They used to have a shop on Etsy, but have just opened their own shop now atHawthorneThreads.com. I have ordered from them numerous times while they had their shop on Etsy and they are great. They have always answered my questions quickly and shipped orders very fast! And, I always refer my customers who are looking for great fabric for a crib set to them because they have an enormous selection of fabric! All in all, they are wonderful. Their new site has some great features too- like how you can search by color or theme or look for great fabric combinations in the bundles section. Their tiered pricing is fantastic if you’ve got a larger order. So, shop Hawthorne Threads!

Have You Seen My Keys?

Nick got really tired of looking at my dirty, not-so-tasteful “key fob” (as they’re called), so he decided to help me make a new one. I had bought the old one at the place I get my hair cut just because I thought I needed one- not really sure why I picked this particular one out. . . I guess it was better than the other ones available. It turns out that they really are handy. It makes it that much easier to find your keys in your purse, or you can hook it on your wrist if you’re not taking your purse with you. So, being the super handy dandy husband that he is, he picked out some scrap fabric that we had and figured out how to undo the old one so we could still use the key ring part of it. About 15 minutes later I had a brand new, much more tasteful gadget to hang my keys on!

Now Nick’s not embarrassed of my keys, and I have to say that I am a much happier person because of it (he can’t bug me about it anymore). I think my keys are happier too!

Sweet Extras

In my business I do quite a few custom orders for people.  I enjoy doing these “sweet extras” because it’s a nice change from the usual stuff I make, and it gives us a chance to try out new fabrics that could eventually be added to our repertoire.  It’s also fun to take a few pictures of these special orders, and now I have somewhere to put them! Here are a couple of the most recent ones.

This custom crib set uses some fun fabrics from Joel Dewberry‘s Aviary Collection, most notably the “sparrows” print in almond. These fantastic fall colors were a great break from our usual fabrics.  These giraffes are miniatures of the ones in our shop. They were sent to San Francisco where they will be made into a mobile.