I've gone rogue!

And updates on the Sew Along

At the end of this month I have a halloween collection due. I thought it’d be really easy since I have years of halloween designs just waiting to go. I had half of what I thought I’d turn in done already.

So am I using them?

No. Not really.

The truth is, I’ve never been a huge halloween gal, and my feelings about it keep evolving. I’ve made a ton of fun work around it, but it has typically been at the request of someone else… I literally made my first Halloween fabric collection because a friend asked me to. “It would be so fun if you made a halloween collection”. And me responding, “oh you mean like this?….(insert very silly little ghosts and giggling)”. My ghosts and I have come a long way. My feelings about halloween haven’t traveled as far.

All holidays just revolve around Magnolia, and in the case of halloween, the Great Pumpkin. The only reason halloween matters at all to me now is her dressing up, being brave knocking on doors, and having fun with her friends. And still just Charlie Brown. Always Charlie Brown. That’s all it is now.

I’m strictly no tricks, only treats.

Much of my previous stuff, while being cute, leaned a little spooky for my taste now. I’m going for something sweeter. And I’ve gotten so into it I might write a book around these new characters. I might do the thing I’ve always wanted to do, and finally become a chirldren’s book author.

I’ve made a lot of new artwork in the last few days, and I’m enjoying myself so much, that I’m waking up in the morning super excited to get back to it, and staying up way too late. I can’t remember the last time I’ve felt this good about anything I’ve been working on, and it’s thrilling!

I can’t wait to share it with you in like a year 😂

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In other news, my Mom is home from this hospital this week, which is very good. Thank you all for your prayers and your generous energy, and the kind messages you sent. We are grateful she is home, but last week threw me off my game. I’m still getting my ducks in a row for the Sew Along.

This week is simple.

We were supposed to meet today, but I’m still trying to reorder our life after our eventful past week, so we’ll have our first meeting next week. I still have a few patterns to send out, so if you were feeling late to the party, I’m running late to my own party and you can grab one here.

I’ll email everyone with the first vids and meeting time early next week.

Week 1 Blocks:

• 1E Sugar Cookie

• 3A Peppermint Bark #1

• 4E Malted Milk Biscuit

• Peppermint Bark #2

This weeks blocks are the simplest of the whole quilt, and require no hand holding. Next week we’ll start holding hands.

You can do it! I believe in you!

If you haven’t already, think of a friend you’d want to make this quilt with, and share this post, and this post. ↓

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I’m off to early bed, because I’ve been so carried away with this new collection I’ve been staying up very very late every night this week like a kid in college, for which I am not.

Love you a ton, and I can’t wait to get together with you next week.
xoxoxolizzy