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I love Mark Lipinski’s Quilter’s Home magazine. . . I always read it cover to cover! My new issue arrived and I sat down to read it. I never can wait to see what Mark has in each new issue!
As I looked at the issue, I was so pleased to that Mark reviewed my new batik collection, BATIK CASCADE for Avlyn.
BATIK CASCADE by KAREN COMBS
I really love the rich colors and seductive tone of designer Karen Combs’ new BATIK CASCADE. All of this fabric is handmade in Solo, the Indonesian capital of batik making. What’s neat is that each cut contains for distinct shades of batik color, meaning one cut offers several variations in tone and feel – perfect for appliqué or for a colorful snuggly quilt to dive under when the autumn winds begin to howl.
BATIK CASCADE will be arriving in stores in the near future and I hope to have it on our webstore soon as well!
From April through October, there is a Farmer’s Market on Saturday in our Courthouse Square. I love heading down there, early in the morning for best freshest product!
Mountains of fresh vegetables, fruit, free-range eggs and flowers are everywhere.
I buy eggs from this vendor whenever I can. Her chicken’s eggs are the best.
Another vendor has homemade soap, Firefly Essentials. It is hypoallergenic soap formulated from natural ingredients and are completely safe. They do not contain harmful chemicals. Wonderful ingredients like honey, oatmeal, lavender and other lovely things. We love their soap!
The Farmer’s Market is located around our Courthouse Square. Does it look familiar? This was one of the locations for Hannah Montana, The Movie! I blogged about it last June.
One of my joys when blogging is looking at the visitors map. The map lets us know how many people have visited and even tells us where they are from. . . in many cases, it is from around the world.
In just a few hours, we have had visitors from:
San Antonio, TX Manchester, United Kingdom
Rochester, NY Hopkins, MN
Santos, Brazil Fort Lauderdale, FL
Atlanta, GA Glasgow, United Kingdom
Singapore, Singapore Islamabad, Pakistan
San Jose, CA Melbourne, Australia
Fayetteville, NC Herzliya, Israel
Omaha, NE London, United Kingdom
Fort Pierce, FL Arlington, TX
Sydney, Australia Ichikawa, Japan
Harrisburg, PA Richmond, VA
Burlington, MI New York, NY
White Plains, NY Elk Grove, CA
Lincoln, NE Hutchinson, KS
Kittanning, PA Tenino, WA
Sedona, AZ Bellows Falls, VT
Schaumburg, IL Voorhees, NJ
Montreal, QC Palatine, IL
Burlington, MI Fort Pierce, FL
Charlotte, NC Charleston, SC
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Thank you for visiting my blog and for taking the time to read it. I enjoy knowing you have visited and can’t wait to see who visits tomorrow!
This week, I just received my new FabShop News
magazine, a magazine for independent quilt and fabric retails.
I was surprised and honored to see Carol Britt, owner of Batiks, Etc mention my new batik collection for Avlyn, Batik Cascade in the article “Post Market Review”:
CAROL AND MARTY BRITT, BATIKS, ETC
Every batik booth (my specialty) had incredible samples. . . . Karen Combs’ gradated pieces for Avlyn are fantastic. . .
For anyone who loves batiks will adore Carol’s store, Batik, Etc., located in Wytheville. Virginia! I love this shop!!
I was able to visit in in April and was amazed. Carol has the most batiks I have ever seen! It was quilter’s heaven! If you are in the area, be sure to visit. If you are planning a road trip to Virginia, it is worth the trip to visit Batik, Etc.
If you looking for a certain batik, visit Batik’s Etc website. Mostly likely, Carol will have it!
Meeting wonderful people is just one perk of being a traveling quilt instructor. No matter where I go, I meeting quilters filled with excitement and joy for quiltmaking. Inspiration is another perk and I love sharing this inspiration!
I meet Pat in several of my online classes at Quilt University. In April, at the Spring Meeting of the South Carolina Quilters I got to meet Pat in person. It was so much fun chatting with her.
Pat showed me a quilt she made in my More Patchwork Illusions class. It was simply beautiful and I asked her permission to share on my blog and on my webpage.
Here is another quilt by Pat, from my Patchwork Illusions class.
Wonderful quilts, Pat! Thanks so much for sharing them with us!
