Merry Christmas From Minnesota

Lynn and I would like to wish you and your family a most joyous Holiday Season. In January we will be starting a new year of previewing all the lines and showing you lots of samples of quilts and projects. 

    We thought you might enjoy reading how Mark Dunn started United Notions and then later developed  Moda Fabrics. 

http://modafabrics.blogspot.com/2013/12/

We hope you enjoy this,  Eileen & Lynn

                                

SNEEK A PEEK

This is our new Spring line "Enchanted Pond". It will be in the shops February- March 2013.
To give you an idea of the timeline of completion of a group, Lynn and I started work on this in March. It took us two months to develop.We sent this line to Moda last May for the upcoming Spring season. Although you won't be able to purchase this for another 5 months, it left our hands ages ago.      http://www.unitednotions.com/fcc_enchanted_pond.pdf  
On the link above, you will also see beautiful quilts done by This & That Pattern Company, Antler Quilt Design and Coach HouseDesigns. We can't thank these designers enough for choosing to do their work in our fabrics.
We loved this quilt done by Hingeley Road Quilts. It is so simply yet so beautiful. I wish you could see it in person. It was such a nice use of the panel. It was created from one of the patterns in the book, "Naturally Simple."

                                  Until then,  Eileen & Lynn

READY FOR FALL

Everything was ready for Houston Quilt Market. All the fabric got to the pattern designers. Their quilts are traveling to the show as I write this. Now I can get the house ready for fall. The pots were full of red geriniums last week. Time to bring out all of the silk flowers. (Not even mums last long in Minnesota this time of year). I made a new wreath and found this fun new grapevine lighted pumpkin. It is so cute at night. I made a  trip to the pumpkin patch with my two great grand babies, Isabella, and Dayvin. We picked out a few new pumpkins and finished the fall decor.
      Watch next week for a sneak peek of our new Spring line "Enchanted Pond." We will be featuring quilts from some very talented pattern designers using the line.

Until then, Eileen & Lynn

WINNERS ANNOUNCED

To all who entered our contest,  
   We want to thank each and everyone of you for taking the time to read our blog and for entering the contest. We wish all of you could have won. Your comments and messages to us truly touched our hearts. One of our favorites was from Linzee in Iowa who told us about her uncle John who was in a nursing home suffering from Alzheimer's, the most response they had seen from him in quite awhile was when she presented him with a Holly Taylor quilt. It gives us pleasure to know how much you like the things we design, and the encouragement to keep trying to give you something new and different.
    Moda has many designers and we all try to stay in our realm so there are not duplicates. Lynn and I always say we are in the "Northwoods Box" and we have to stay within that box. It also makes it difficult sometimes to stay fresh and new. But we try.
    Stay tuned, we have several fun contests and give aways planned for the future when our new lines are being released.


Winners Of the fat quarter bundles and This & That Christmas Spirit Book:   
  Congratulations  Debbie I and Sher

We also sent sample packs of our new spring line being introduced at Houston Quilt Market called "Enchanted Pond" due in shops Feb. 2013 to the following:
Martha, Bonnie N., Candace, Johanna, Liz, and Beach Quilter, Thank you all   Eileen & Lynn

Trails End Batiks

We will have a new line of batiks that will be in the stores this month. This quilt was made by Doug Leko  of Antler Quilt Design. It is called Woodland Stream AQDO222. I wish you could see it in person, it is so beautiful. Sorry for my pictures, I am probably the most amateur photographer I know.

CHRISTMAS SPIRIT CONTEST

This is our Christmas line that is currently in your favorite quilt shop or fabric store. You have a chance to win a fat quarter bundle of the collection valued at over $110.00. The picture only shows a few of the prints. You  will also receive the wonderful book by This & That Pattern Co. valued at $16.00 The book contains 11 projects, many of which can be made from the bundle.  We will be randomly selecting two lucky winners just by answering this simple question.

"Name 3 past Christmas lines by Holly Taylor Designs "
 
 We will then have someone select from those entries.  It is that simple. Good Luck everyone. We will select the lucky two winners on Monday September 24th and you will be contacted for a shipping address. You will receive the bundle in plenty of time to finish some holiday projects.
Here are just a couple you can make from the book.

                                                Happy Quilting,     Lynn & Eileen

WHERE HAS SUMMER GONE

  We have an elementary school two blocks away. I watched as the kids headed down the street yesterday and couldn't help but wonder how the summer could go so fast and the winters be so long here in Minnesota. It doesn't seem right.
We have been away from our blog this summer. I had a family crisis with a sick Granddaughter and then a little grandson visiting for a month, so to say the least it has been busy. My Granddaughter is now doing better and things are somewhat back to normal. We have still been working like little beavers getting a spring line ready to preview at market called "Enchanted Pond", a flannel line for next winter called " Boundary Waters" and a Christmas line ready for 2013 titled " "Holiday in the Pines".
    I will try to stay busy keeping you updated on what we are doing and all the new lines we have coming out.
To celebrate our new Christmas line "Christmas Spirit" that is out in the stores now, We are starting a contest next Monday Sept. 10th. We will be giving away 2 fat quarter bundles accompanied with the new book from This & That Pattern Co. You will be ready to start your projects.