I am so pleased to tell you that we have finally received our shipment of the "LOVE" collection from Amy Butler!
I am always amazed when a newbie comes into the shop and they are just getting into quilting and they're looking to make their very first fabric purchases in what (I know) will be a long line of fabric purchases.
These gals, they always go straight for the Amy Butlers.
Always.
It never fails.
And these women have never even heard of Amy Butler, so you can't really chalk it up to a devoted following, although Amy certainly has that, as well.
There is just something about Mrs. Butler..., and not just the fact that she shares my future married name.
She has her finger on the pulse and today's "sewist" most certainly gravitates toward her designs.
Amy Butler is like the gateway drug for quilting.
A lot of you have asked me why we were so late to the party with the new Amy Butlers.
The quick answer is that if I were to have received these fabrics in the first "wave" of shipping, I would have had to order the collection sight unseen and I just don't feel comfortable ordering fabric that way.
I only feel comfortable ordering fabric with my Mom at my side so we can argue about which three colorways of a polka dot we will buy and then by the time we decide, the sales rep is rolling his or her eyes in disgust and 20 minutes have been wasted and we end up ordering all of them, anyway.
This is not an exaggeration and I can site examples and witnesses should you request them.
When the images of the LOVE collection were finally released they were on postage stamp sized icons.
And let me tell you, that gave me a lot of insight as to how you internet customers must feel when you are trying to order fabrics from our site.
So I waited to be shown the fabrics in larger scale by our rep.
And I missed out on the first wave but was very happy to order from our rep and wait a little longer.
And today, the fabrics came.
And while if I am being honest I must admit that this is not my favorite collection from Amy Butler, I do "love" it and I know these fabrics won't be here for very long before we have to order and play the waiting game all over again.
Amy can do no wrong and I am just so glad that she is out there designing fabrics.
She has certainly transformed the quilting world and made it so much easier to fall in "Love" with sewing and for that I am eternally grateful.
No joke.
I will talk to you all again soon and in the meantime, let the "Love" fest begin.
XO,
Rhea
2 comments:
I need to come to Main...you have to teach me
your parcel is on the way also
have a good weekend
I actually really like Love. Seems like she is starting to go in a different direction with some of the stuff, so it should be really interesting to see what her next line is like.
On an unrelated side note, that picture never fails to freak the crap outta me. There is just something very... ugh. Creepy about it to me.
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