Happy Sunday! As we dream of Spring I think of the trees getting new leaves, the grass getting green and the warmer weather, I dream of my new fabric collection....I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of Wrenly sample yardage. It is always so exciting to get the big box of fabric from Korea. We take all of the fabric out of the box and lay it on the living room floor. The girls tend to roll around in it welcoming it to the family. I thought I would introduce you to the fabric as we await the package.....
This is Wren...she has been on my design wall for a couple of years awaiting her place in fabric. It took me some time to figure out how I wanted to incorporate the beautiful bird.
One of the crazy things about designing fabric is the timing....I did this collection last year, in the summer. In January I turned in my collection for this fall and am starting to work on next spring. I get really attached to my drawings that then turn into fabric and am completely immersed in them....then it gets sent off and you get into the next collection. As time rolls by you get strike-offs and then sample yardage which ignites all of those connections you had with the fabric when you were intensely working on it.
Here is Wren in her garden....
I am starting the reconnection with Wrenly and finding the excitement to touch and play with the fabric.....oh the sample yardage can't come quick enough....
Have a great Sunday!!! I am off to clean the house then move onto the studio....I have started a huge cleanse of the studio. I am even going through all of my fabric that I have had since I first started designing....13 years ago. Eventually I am adding a shopping cart to my web site and will be selling some of the archives. That just makes me chuckle thinking of that old fabric....more to come soon!
XXOO
Valori
WOW! I love Wren! Please say it will be available in quilters' cotton? Don't forget to let us know when you open that shopping cart...
Posted by: Emma | February 13, 2011 at 07:13 AM
Beautiful! You continue to feed my bird addiction. :-) Can't wait to see it in person!
Posted by: PJ | February 13, 2011 at 07:57 AM
Amazing, as usual!! Absolutely love it!!
Posted by: Monique | February 13, 2011 at 08:10 AM
Wren is lovely and I can't wait to have some of her fabrics:) I still have fabric from 15 or so years ago when I first started sewing; I just can't seem to part with it:) Thanks for being the talented artist that you are so that we can all benefit from it:) You amaze and inspire me!!!
Posted by: melissa | February 13, 2011 at 08:16 AM
Oh Valori, Wren is truly beautiful. Look forward to getting my yardage.
Posted by: Anna | February 13, 2011 at 09:25 AM
Love her. Everything you do is gorgeous! Can't help myself with the birds either.
Posted by: Bari | February 13, 2011 at 09:45 AM
Wren is beautiful! can't wait to met her in person.
Posted by: Mary Ann | February 13, 2011 at 03:36 PM
That little birdie is too cute and I love the sample snippet - can't wait to see it in real life!
Posted by: Kaye Prince | February 14, 2011 at 04:27 PM
Wren is 1 cute little bird! I can't wait for the fabric - I see a bird quilt in my future!
Posted by: Karen | February 14, 2011 at 07:47 PM
Love the Wren-ness! I'm dying over a Val destash... I'd love to see that! XO
Posted by: Jamie | February 14, 2011 at 09:17 PM
Wren is PERFECTION. I cannot wait to sew with Wren. Oh. My. Goodness.
Posted by: naomig | February 16, 2011 at 12:49 PM
Hi Valori, Will Wren be at Spring Market?
Kori
from Ohio
Posted by: Kori Turner | February 16, 2011 at 02:22 PM
Kori -
Yes Wren will be at Spring Market...
I will have a booth once I know the number I will pass it on.
Val
Posted by: Valori | February 28, 2011 at 11:03 AM
I WANT her! Does she come in a supersize too? :-)
Posted by: ~yolanda | March 02, 2011 at 01:21 PM