I can’t.  We’ll just have to wait until spring.

I am making friends with my local fedex store.

I’m very excited because today I am cutting into my blue and tan “Mocha” color story today for another quilt. What fun! Don’t you love seeing how fabrics come together in unexpected ways?

These photo albums are for display at Quilt Market.  You can find the free pattern here.

And I have a quilt for Robert Kaufman at Market sitting on my floor looking mournfully up at me in its unbound state.  It uses a Swiss Chocolate ten square and roll-up and you will be able to download the pattern here or get it at your local shop. I will post pictures next week.  See you then and have a great weekend!

I’d like to introduce my second collection for Robert Kaufman.

It will ship to stores in late February 2011, and comes in two delicious flavors. Chocolate…

And mocha…

I love these fabrics, because the colors are so rich and easy to live with. Right now I am awash with advance yardage, whipping up all sorts of goodies.

Because I am crazy, I am attempting to sew 6 quilts in 4 weeks, so posting may be at a minimum. Once we all emerge from the chaos, I will show you more….

I love Sunday mornings.  We always celebrate being together by having a special breakfast, accompanied by fancy drinks.  It is a little known fact that you can pick up decadent syrups from coffeehouses like Starbucks inexpensively and then fix drinks for yourself at home.

Today we had Cinnamon Mochas.  Here is how we made them:

Ingredients:
chocolate milk (or regular milk with chocolate syrup – 2% is best but anything will work)
coffee
slightly sweetened whipped cream
Cinnamon Dolce syrup (but any flavor works!)
ground cinnamon
Directions:

Make coffee.
While coffee brews, steam the milk, stirring occassionally.  You can mix the chocolate milk with regular milk if you prefer a less chocolatey flavor.
Combine coffee and milk in the mug as desired.  (For kids, either omit the coffee or make decaf.)
Stir in syrup to taste.
Top with whipped cream and sprinkle on a bit of cinnamon to garnish.
Note:  This may or may not have been inspired by my new line of fabric for Robert Kaufman.  (I see a lot of decadent desserts in our future – hint, hint!)