Well, it's September and National Sewing Month. We are super excited to be participating in Moda's Country Fair Blog Hop! Each day from September 6, until the 2nd of October, you will get to enjoy a great project feature, learn about some super-awesomely-talented designers, enter for prizes and also get a recipe. The schedule is below and starts on the 6th with Sandy Gervais.
I happen to know Sandy and love her to bits. She was kitty-corner to us one year at Surtex. She has a lovely daughter with the best taste in shoes and eyeglasses! Other than that, all I really know about Sandy is that she is an amazing designer, not only of fabrics, but also of patterns for using her fabrics. She sews beautifully and the ladies at my local quilt store say her patterns are some of the easiest to follow! Hop on over to Sandy's blog on the 6th and say hi for me!
Sandy Gervais of Pieces From My Heart
Barbara and Mary of Me & My Sister
Camille Roskelley of Thimbleblossoms
Edtya Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts
Polly & Laurie of Minick & Simpson
Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles
Alma & Barb of Blackbird Designs
Barbara Brackman of Sunflower Pattern Co-Op
Branding Inc. Suzie of Cabbages and Roses
Jan & Linda of Brannock & Patek
Stephanie Carter of Lily Ashbury Designs
Julie Comstock of Cosmo Cricket (Hey that's me!)
Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gathering
Kathy Schmitz of Kathy Schmitz Studios
Ok, now I teased you all a bit yesterday about a third really great thing happening in my life. Are you sitting down, because I would hate for you to fall over and hurt yourself. Have you swallowed your coffee, because this is the type of news that could make you spit it out! Are you prepared to spread some scrappy gossip throughout your world, because I have some beans to spill! Are you screaming, "Get to the punchline, Julie?!?!?"
Well if you have checked off all the above points, then let me tell you... Cosmo Cricket is super excited to announce that we have been acquired by Advantus Corporation. Now for those of you that aren't in with all the industry facts, Advantus is a leader in the craft and hobby industry. You may have heard of Tim Holtz, well they produce his products along with so many others.
Here's what this news means to you. Eric and I will now have time to take care of the parts of the business we love.... designing great products and being fun here on the blog. Lindsay, yep he's coming with us, will still be there to help you, make you laugh and give away free stuff. We are so excited to have the Advantus team to help us with the parts we don't love.... you know, all those left-brained tasks that people who don't draw get paid to do.
So, here's to a great future with tons more Cosmo Cricket goodness and other crafting ventures too! Stay with us because it's going to be EXCITING!!!
