Hello everyone! I've been MIA for awhile now, I know... I promise that is not because I've decided I hate blogging, no sirree! (I love blogging!) I have just been SO busy over the past three weeks I literally have not been able to make the time to blog. I've also been on a break from the
Picture Book Junkies blog as well and will be until April (but they've lined up a bevy of amazing illustrator guest bloggers to pick up the slack so you might want to head on over there and check out all the talent!)
I'm actually checking in today because I JUST
(FINALLY!!) received a box full of Jive Cats fabric - my first look at the entire line on actual fabric - and I could not let this moment pass without sharing it with you. So while I don't have time for a "propah" photo shoot, I did snap a couple of photos on my phone. I will not be sending the fabric away to my totally awesome
sewing friend without taking some real pictures of it, so in the near future I'll post some REAL shots. But for now, it's
Instagram or bust! :D
And just in terms of mini-work update, I'm hoping to have some more news to share with you soon.
Thanks for continually checking in with me... XO, Kathy
I received the first fabric sample of Jive Cats!
The feature panel came in the mail a few weeks ago. It really is something to have the work you breathed, slept and ate and put your heart into for such an intense period of time, right there in tangible form. I am so happy to see it, and yes I am bursting at the seams! I actually did tear up a teeny bit when I saw this in person. Colors look rich and deep—so pretty!
I showed the panel to my friends' three-year-old daughter this weekend. She went pretty crazy for the ice cream cone kitty—so funny! I am so looking forward to having some stuff for her whipped up from Jive Cats fabric. It's going to be just perfect for her.
Here is a "sell card". There is one for each colorway. These are large (11 x 17) heavy card stock, accordion-fold printed pieces with four panels containing images and information about the line. The Northcott Sales team will use these to introduce the line to their clients.
The printed piece features all of the pertinent information about the line.It also includes quilting patterns created exclusively for Jive Cats—very neat! The talented quilt designers at Northcott came up with some fantastic quilt designs for the collection. You can see the beautiful quilt designs
here in the right rail. (I'm
so tempted to commission someone to make a Jive Cats a quilt!)
1 Comments on Jive Cats: First Look, last added: 9/26/2011
I too, am a horror with scissors and I blame in mostly on being left-handed :) But my mom started teaching me to quilt this year so she bought me a rotary cutter and mat and it's amazing. Even I can't screw up cutting my fabric now!
PS-lovely fabric collection!
PS - THANK YOU!! :D :D
Thank you Stephanie! Another person also mentioned the rotary cutter. I actually bought one years ago, but it never worked for me as advertised, LOL. I should give it another shot, buy a new blade for it and try try again. :D