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Lori’s Notebook

Designing a New Collection

April 21, 2015

sunflowers

The sun is out here in Portland, and Spring is in full swing. The designs for my next fabric collection are due into Andover Fabrics in the upcoming week, and I’m excited to see this group of ideas come to fruition. The concept for this line took root a year and a half ago when I traveled to rural North Carolina to visit an old friend on her farm. She was in the middle of cooking down a big batch of sorghum syrup when I arrived.

sorghum

Her friends had posted up in the barn and were picking old time fiddle tunes while a new batch of kittens pounced on anything that moved in between naps. It was a beautiful scene.

kittens

Every corner of her farm displayed a potential photo opportunity, so I started shooting. The following photos became the core inspiration for the collection currently on my table. “Homestead” feels like the right title for this one – we’ll see if it sticks.

tractor

hen

barn-door

horses

 

Categories: My Fabrics, Pattern Inspiration

From Lori’s Notebook

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    Steve had a beautiful collection of Tommy Bahama silk shirts, and in his honor, his wife Jackie asked me to use them to make two memorial quilts, one for her, and one for Steve’s daughter Jenna.

  • Ann’s Life of Compassion and Giving

    Ann’s daughter Lindsay approached me some months ago to inquire about having three memorial quilts made in remembrance of her mother – one each for her father Stephen, her sister Kim, and herself.

  • Jason’s Diamonds

    When I create a custom quilt pattern for a client based on the things they share about their loved one, my ideas for the design can sometimes percolate slowly, or they can present themselves in an instant.

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