New Fabric here in the shop!!!!

I know you are shocked I blogged again ;)! I took some pictures last week of some of the new fabric that has come in and thought I would share with you. If you get my newsletter I mentioned them not being here yet and the day I emailed and mailed them out I think they all came in...

These cute fabrics are Alexander Henry fabrics... I was so excited at market that they were still printing the watercolor flower print. I thought they had been discontinued! So if you are in the search for some IT'S HERE!!! It was a huge hit last year in Columbus at Country Living Fair. The coordinating print is so sweet... the little animals have names and there is a fox named Gustavo that you can't see in the picture.



As always Moda has put out some great new holiday fabric... yes this is holiday fabric. I have a hard time thinking about winter when its so hot out side. Anyway, French General's Noel and 3 Sisters Park Avenue grabbed me because it does not scream HOLIDAY at you. The two lines have a couple little Christmas motifs but could be used with stash and non-holiday material. Along with regular cottons I have some textured woven pieces that would be great for stockings' or tree skirts. I just want you to note that if you loved the two prior French General lines this new fabric will coordinate really well! Alot of the quilting magazines have great ad's for these two lines check them out.

Last but not least is a line called Gerta...

The line is too cool... Mom and I stumbled across it at market in the Country Threads booth. They have a pattern called SPOT that uses Gerta with the combination of homespun and primitive fabrics! I loved how this very traditional pattern company/ quilt shop stepped out of the box and added some spunk. Side note if you considering coming to Columbus Country Living Fair they will be there! I can 't wait to get Spot made plus other fun projects with this line that I call a fun solid. For all you Sue Spargo fans I think that this line would work in a lot of her projects. This line was designed by a native Ohioan Marica Derse which I think is even cooler! Check out Marica's website at http://www.myartbooth.com/!

It's funny because I have customers come in and say well where is all the new fabric from market and sadly I have to say it won't be here till September and October... it's such a tease I know. The fabric business is a lot like fashion when it's spring we are looking at fall fabric when its fall we look at spring and by the time it gets here I always forget what I got! Although it feels like my childhood on Christmas morning. I really hope that you come see the new fabric... if you can't get here and want some let me know I can always ship ya some! Until next time... happy stitching! Kori

P.S. My next blog will hopefully be sent from Lake Erie. Mom, dad and I are getting away for a few days and Drew will be joining us for some family time. So the shop will be closed Tuesday July 2oth through Saturday July 25th and I will be back in the shop on Tuesday July 27th!

Summer Wrap Up!

So I admit I have a lot to catch you all up on since my last “real blog”…. So here is the list of what I have done since July!

1. Pin Removal out of my left Tibia

2. Met a boy

3. Holmes County Fabric Show

4. Had a huge party for my favorite VIP’s

5. Took Olive Grace on the road to Country Living Fair in Columbus (Ohio)

6. Opened Olive Grace Studios (an eccentric quilt shop)

Lets just say that “short” list has kept me from neglecting my lil blog here! Ok so here it goes I got home from Kansas City a few days later I had my pins removed out my tibia…long story short had knee surgery a couple years ago and well the pins decided that they needed to come out! So Dr. Goodfellow kicked me in the shin a couple times… not really but it felt like it. I recovered for a couple weeks on the couch on pain meds that made me itch and benadryl.

Thank goodness I got rid of the post opt bugs and got a lower dose of pain meds and the process of healing was much better…. In the meantime I worked on a few handmade projects for country living fair. Two of the projects that got me through were my “Hi from Ohio” pillows and Lavender sachets… Abbie helped stuff and motivate me!

So before I went on vacation to Kansas City I ran into a guy from high school at our local Target (btw: Josh hates Target but really likes it now). Anyway he was leaving as I was coming in. He and I never really were friends but the odd thing was I hung out with his cousin and brother. We got to chattin and caught up on lost time and thank goodness for social networking. It was nice having someone to make me laugh and smile during my itching episodes after surgery. Sooo… after I got to feelin better we went on our first date. We went up to the lake Erie for dinner and he brought me SUNFLOWERS people! He had me at sunflower and well we have been dating ever since. My girls got to meet him at the VIP party they were not surprised that I introduced them to my “all American boy”! It is nice to have met someone that is as successful, hardworking, handy and most important a sweetheart! He put my fabric displays together … he does not really like Ikea!

In the meantime mom, me and my crutches went to quaint little fabric show in Holmes County Ohio. We met with Moda Mark and some other great fabric reps and of course we ordered fabric. Just so you know its still not here! As I am typing this I am thinking I am on my to the “big quilt market” to order more fabric…where am I going to put it all. Oh I will figure it out! Ok going forward…

Have you ever planned to many things at once… well I do this the best! My mind tends to run on over time all the time. So honestly probably a year ago I had an idea to have a huge Thank

You party for my family and friends hence VIP PARTY who have gotten me to where I am and a way to introduce the shop to them. I had many people come from all over and It would have never have been possible without this bunch of amazing people… Zoe and her mom Kathy came from Seattle and Kerville, TX. Nicole and Barry from came from Savannah then Barry got here and went and picked Jose from Akron. Debbie from Northern Virginia and Abbie and David from Columbus. There were many others who traveled and I was quite honored! The night was a huge hit… if you were there and reading this I forgot to talk about one person that night and that’s Drew my brother… it hard for me to really express myself when I talk about my family. We have been through a lot and Drew is my silent cheerleader ...always there observing and routing for me. He is quite protective too… I love the fact that he tells people that I have a quilt shop but is like “I really don’t know what she is doing… it Kori…”!

Mom and dad need mentioned too... which leads into Country Living Fair 2009!

I can’t believe it is here and done already. I feel like I was just accepted and trying to figure out what I was going to make! Yet again I didn’t get all I wanted to get done but the booth turned out great and I could not have done it without Dad and Josh loading the pig trailer with all the treasures from the shop. Mom, Judi and Cathie setting up, fluffing, and customer relations but best of all Tiff being there to help me stay calm and help make the empty booth look cute on Saturday! Let me tell ya I met a lot of great people took a nice amount of orders and sold a lot of great stuff. I think that I am going to start an etsy store in the next couple of weeks check the website and blog for updates! Oh I forgot to tell ya Tiff came from Alabama, Abbie rode her pink Cadillac two miles, and Debbie and her mom came yet again from NOVA. Pretty great people I have in my life… Ok so back to mom and dad.,,, dad watched in amazement how the booth was such a hit and mom with proud eyes didn’t have to say anything to dad just “I told ya so”! I on the other hand look back on it and think I can’t believe that happened. To be accepted to that kind of show and to be amongst the those talented artisans and craters WOW! Pretty humbling experience. I hope to do it again!

Last but not least… many years in the planning and it has finally happened a lil idea has come to life Olive Grace Studios llc (and eccentric quilt shop) is up and running! My 400 square foot shop in the little Red School House in Fowler, Ohio is finally OPEN FOR BUSINESS… I had a great 8 days so far ! I truly know that I made the right decision by finally following my heart! A lot of great things have happened this summer. I am literally working in my backyard, I met a great guy, my best friends came from all over the states to see my shop come to life… although they already knew what it looked like, I couldn’t ask for another thing really.... so thank you for inspiring and helping me get to where I am guys you know who you are!

P.S. I am typing this blog from FREE WiFi on an air plane... I am still amazed by that! Oh and all these beautiful pictures were taken my my good friends... and they are not professional photographers but I think they are!