Little House on the Prairie Remake

 Hello Everyone,

So much has been happening since the retreat that my posting schedule has basically gone on vacation without me. Then, out of nowhere, I get an email from Marcus Fabrics saying that one of my Gentry’s Mill fabrics has been chosen by the costume designers for the Little House on the Prairie remake on Netflix… and I’m pretty sure I had to read it three times just to make sure I hadn’t accidentally opened someone else’s email.

This is the fabric of mine that was selected.

Here is the fabric in Mary's dress.

I'm in good company as Pam Buda, Carrie Quinn and Katie Solberg also had fabrics selected for the show. Pam Buda provided technical advice for the prairie lifestyle.

If someone had told me 65 years ago, back when I was practically inhaling every word of the Little House books like they were oxygen, that someday one of my fabric designs would make it onto the show, I would have politely nodded… and then immediately checked if they’d been out in the prairie sun too long.

On another note:

Yesterday, I placed all of my Timeless Stitches fabric for sale in my Etsy shop HERE.  I'll also be placing more bolts of older lines in my shop throughout the week.

Soon,

Lynn

Sew'n Wild Oaks April Retreat

Hello Everyone,

I've spent the last few days totally immersed in beauty both inside and out at  Snowflake Lodge in Arnold, CA.

This is an incredibly talented and kind group of women who stay connected all day long—and apparently moonlight as stand‑up comedians, because they’ve had me laughing nonstop.

Seeing such happy projects brings joy to the day.

We have show and tell every night and here are just some of the images.

I'll be posting more images over the next few days.

Soon,

Lynn

The Case of the Missing Quilt

Hello Everyone,

My worst nightmare of losing my Timeless quilt somewhere in the vast abyss of the U.S. mail system haunted me all week.  It was supposed to be delivered on April 13th....last Monday.  Supposed being the key word here.

I checked the USPS tracking number every morning and evening and sometimes in between, I obsessively checked the USPS tracking number. The quilt never budged.  It appeared to be permanently vacationing at a mail facility in New York.  My local post office could clearly sense my rising panic and printed out a very detailed report of where my quilt was right down to the container number where she was sleeping. 

I called my contact at Marcus Fabrics, who kindly opened a Service Case Request on her end, while I worked on perfecting my worried pacing technique.  I was literally sick to my stomach over this quilt.  Dramatic? Maybe. Justified? Absolutely!

Then, miracle of miracles, it was finally delivered yesterday afternoon, along with a sincere apology from the post office for any inconvenience this may have caused.  Inconvenience?  Let's just say the extreme anxiety spiral I experienced was, indeed a great deal of trouble and I will start processing the paperwork on Monday to get a full refund of the entire cost of shipping, which was huge to pay for the cost of 2nd day air and insurance.

On Monday, my friend Diane and my sister Gail and I made Timeless kits for my Sew'n Wild Oaks Retreat which starts a week from tomorrow!  YIKES, I still have a lot to do between now and then.

The kits have 21+ yards of fabric.  I had empty bolts all over the cabin! 

I'm working on the tutorials for this quilt and I'm almost done. I bought a great binder from Madam Sew to hold all of my tutorials and tools to teach this quilt.

All of my tutorials and tools fit nicely inside of the binder.  It's a grab and go with all my tools and everything I need in one place to teach this quilt.

I originally purchased this binder for my trip to Hobby House in western New York next month.  Unfortunately, I had to cancel my trip.  Mr. Joe has experienced a series of health issues that make me feel extremely uncomfortable about leaving him on his own for several days while I'm out of the state. My heart would have been with him and not focused on the class.  I feel as though a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders and it was the right decision to cancel.  In talking with the staff at Hobby House, I may teach a class via Zoom for the quilt.

I'm down to adding the embellishments on my Country Harvest table topper.  I should be able to get the backing on today and finish this cutie over the weekend.  The pattern is written and now I just need to take a picture of the finished product for the pattern cover.  Nothing like having a deadline to keep the pedal to the metal and finish a project.

More rain—and just enough snow to be annoying—is in the forecast for the coming week. We’ve had some real barnburner thunderstorms lately, the kind that make the cabin rafters rattle like a percussion section. Mazey, however, remains completely unimpressed. At this point, we’re convinced she must be deaf, because the booming thunder doesn’t faze her in the slightest. Clearly, she’s braver than the rest of us.

Soon,

Lynn