April in Franklin

New thing's at FMS...hooray!

Anna Maria Horner's new laminated fabrics are here.

The colors are incredibly vibrant and the cloth is

supple enough to make clothing with...or, a fantastic bag.

Fortunately for us, she has a pattern for that too,

the "Multi Tasker Tote".  Works up well in fabric alone

or in combination with the laminated cloth.

We also have her new skirt pattern.  Pretty cute.

 Super snazz from Art Gallery Fabrics:

Oh My!

fairies

 Fabulous fairies from Michael Miller.

Makes you want to create a whole fairy themed

room for someone special.

Also new from MM:

Carnival Bloom in corduroy!

and...

"we are siamese if you please" cats!

Look what our friend Lindel made! 

It's Mr. & Mrs. Bambi  courtesy of Moda,

all done up in a cute little QuiltSmart tote.  Of course

Lindel made it even more cute by quilting it.

Thank you Lindel!

All right, what else...

hmmmnnnn...

Can you say Silk Charmeuse?

The silver grey charmeuse would look fabulous in your

own version of this Ralph Lauren gown.

Yarn...

Great new yarn from Tahki-Stacy Charles:

Maya

or make an elegant spring wrap

in this Silky Alpaca Lace from Classic Elite

Beautiful new jacquard ribbons from Renaissance Ribbons:

New Japanese fabrics from echino:

Last but definitely not least,

Bunnies & Chicks!

(I love these guys)

Bring some spring into the life of someone you love.

Be Well!

Mary

Aloha! Snowmen, women and children!

I am only just now digging myself out of my igloo.  Haven't seen my shadow yet though and they say snow's comin' again.  So quickly, before I turn into a frozen pumpkin, I'm going to share a few new things at the Mill...and then some.

 Anna Maria Horner's new collection has just come in

and I love, love, love it!

Even more exciting, those AMH peeps have made a fantastic

laminated fabric with two of these prints, not here yet, but soon.

These will definitely bring a warm glow to my igloo.  

Her new book "Seams To Me"  has all sorts of groovy projects

to keep you busy until Spring 

Sweet, funny little owls from Alexander Henry

Also from Alexander Henry:

(Bambi on acid)

My son just sent me a link to the coolest site:

folkstreams.net

It's a national preserve of documentary films about

American Roots Cultures.

If you're into that sort of thing, you will love this site.

I just watched a short film called:

Anything I Can Catch:  The Handfishing Story

All I can say is: Wow.

Check it out.

Aloha!

mary