Last week was difficult because we were forced to get rid of my buddy, Maddie, a dachshund who was my shadow. I miss her a lot. She was such a sweetheart. But this week we have aquired a 10 week old dachshund male puppy named Joey and a 2 to 3 year old Heinz 57 mutt named Sadie. They are both sweet and adorable and are slowly worming their way into our hearts. I’ve attached a picture of the two of them together. They’ve become the best of friends and play and sleep together. Sadie is slowly relaxing (we got her from the Humane Society and don’t know her background) and the two of them rumble. Sadie seems to understand the Joey is very little and is very gentle with him – for the most part. I still miss Maddie, though.
We had a lot of traffic through our site during the month of July with our sale and The FabShopHop. Thank you to all of you who visited. Remember, we’ll be glad to send you samples if you want to see and touch the fabric before buying. Just send me an email to patti@batiksbydesign.com and I’ll get them out in the mail to you. I’m getting so much more “professional” with my samples and have ordered cards where I can write the SKU number and let you know if the fabric has borders or not. Much better than the stickers I started with! Hey, I’m new to this and learning more and more every day – thanks for putting up with me. Also, if you have any suggestions or comments for me, please pass them on to me. I would love to her from you.
I’ve also added my first kit to my store. I kitted the Argyle Blues pattern. I think it is a wonderful, easy pattern and I just love it. I hope you do too. I used the same fabrics that are in the cover picture – and the pictures on my website. The kit is available at http://estore.websitepros.com/1572400/Categories.bok?category=Kits. Take a look!
I keep finding patterns that I love and I know you will love them too. I have ordered patterns from Details by Diane. Her site is http://www.detailsbydiane.com/products.php?pg=1. I should have the patterns by early next week and will get them up on the website. I’ll also have them in Nashville at the AQS Show. If you are attending, I hope you’ll stop by and say hello!
Pray for rain for us. We are SO dry.
Patti
