Hi! My name is Kathy, Kathryn when I'm in trouble. I'm 12 years old and it's 1972. I've been trying to see my future in a crystal ball and today I finally made it! I see 2015! I have MEN as sons! MEN with facial hair! I have a husband (giggle). Things are looking good for me! And what about my dream of being an illustrator and writing books like Murvery's Pet Shop....
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| Rough draft Murvery's Pet Shop - circa 1972 |
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| Excerpts from The Cat and Mrs. Cary |
The picture is getting clearer.....yes...I see lots of pencils and Sharpies.....and ......and..... dishes and laundry? What? And what about those boxes and boxes of fabric and patterns? Oh! Look at that sewing machine! It's nothing like Mom's sweet black Singer or Grandma's treadle. I wonder if my grown up me still has the quilt I made years ago when I was 10?
I see lots of drawing and painting stuff....and they're all MINE! No sharing with Bonnie! Speaking of Bonnie... I just finished these family portraits. Want to see?
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| Family portrait 1972 |
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| Friendship KS-1512 - one of 8 printed fabric patterns |
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| Spring has Sprung KS-1509 - one of four seasonal patterns |
Oh my gosh! I think that's my married name right there on the selvage! Schmitz?! Hey I picked strawberries this summer with a boy named Steve Schmitz..... he was so cute! You don't suppose.....
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| Sturbridge - delivers to shops in July 2015 |
I see lots of quilts too. It looks like the 4-H sewing paid off!
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| Olde Towne KS-1501 |
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| Publik House -KS-1502 Now for the fun part! Leave a comment and you'll be entered in a drawing to WIN an ORIGINAL water color painting! This napping cat painting measures a petite 4" x 7". The winner will be announced and notified on May Day- the 1st of May. UPDATE • thank you all for taking the time to leave a comment! The winner of the little water color painting is Carrie P. and she has been notified. Thanks!  BLOG HOP SAVINGS! Hop on over to Kathy's SHOP and enter the coupon code SPRUNG when checking out to save 10% off your total purchase! This coupon code is available through the end of the month - April 30, 2015 |
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What's that?.....I hear Mom calling. Something about hanging the clothes on the line. Gotta go!
That is a great blog take over. Oh what I would tell my 12 year old self if I could.
ReplyDeleteI'm such a huge fan of rpeverything you do! I can't wait to see your new line of fabric and patterns! Love this post,
ReplyDeleteA wonderful blog take over. Wouldn't we all get a laugh if we went back to age 12 and thought about what we thought was ahead of us in life.
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I love your work, Kathy, and am steadily working my way through A Patchwork Year BOM with your gorgeous fabric, and had the pleasure of meeting and working with Bonnie at a weekend retreat here in Australia in July last year. Loved this blog post!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet little painting. And such beautiful fabric!
ReplyDeleteWow, guess it was no secret what you'd grow up to do! How fun to have those treasures from the "early stages". LOVE the sleeping cat ... have, um, several next to me now!
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How fun! Love the kitty!
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I really like your old towne pattern and to see your new fabricwould be great because I love the black and white pics!
ReplyDeleteLove your embroidery patterns. It's been so long since i've done that. Think i'm going to pick up one or two.
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Love your work,the painting is so cute.
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Cute blog post this morning. Love your designs !! Hope your day is awesome.
ReplyDeleteHow fun that twelve year old Kathie saved all those charming drawings and stories!
ReplyDeleteI love the cat on the quilts! It reminds my of my sweet Jaymes who is no longer with us.
ReplyDeleteLove your original stories and drawings - you are so creative!
ReplyDeleteI love your 'Blog Take Over'! How great to have your early drawings and notes!! Wow!!!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Love your new fabric line and patterns!!!
Wow, I can see your drawing talent all the way back to the early days :o) Your family portraits are really nice! Very nice post :o)
ReplyDeleteLove your new fabric. Your chalkboard doodles are a favorite.
ReplyDeleteI loved your series of table mats. Thought the pieced backing was totally INGENIOUS!!
ReplyDeleteLove your work, especially the seasonal samplers. Plan to do all of them. I love cats, so this would fit into my WV home nicely.
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You crazy design folk (and families!)never cease to amaze me with your creative wit and humor. If our ease in life was how you all make it seem....from sewing to creating, to your creative wit in writing.... Life would be, well, relaxing days with our stash on a spring lawn of green, kicking back with our loved one about. Thanks for your words! :)
ReplyDeleteIt is so fun to see that your dreams came true!
ReplyDeleteI love this picture of the cat on the quilts. I went back and forth with this one and the house with the alphabet for my phone cover. The house won this time ;-)
That tea cup on the armchair was also a contender. I love having your art on my phone!
Love your fun post! I have four cats that spend (most of) their time sleeping on piles of quilts. Beautiful watercolor! Thanks for the chance at the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteLove your story. You did wind up telling stories, just in pictures and fabrics!
ReplyDeleteLove the takeover. So much fun to look back and see what you were like as a child.
ReplyDeleteLove the takeover. So much fun to look back and see what you were like as a child.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a sweet post. Reminds me of the days I used to draw all the time. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Did you marry the berry boy?
ReplyDeleteOh my I wish my 12 year old self had told me of my future. Love the blue fabric.
ReplyDeleteI love that you have your stories and drawings from when you were younger! The watercolor print is adorable. Fun post today.
ReplyDeleteI love the picking strawberries with a boy named schmitz, thats so sweet.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great watercolor. Cute cat too. I had to say goodbye to mine today. (tears) Thanks for the give away.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant and I love love the cat. So very entertaining. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYour talents certainly popped up at a young age! Lucky you. I really like the embroidery saying about friendship being a sheltering tree...so true!
ReplyDeleteI really like cats and its funny they always find the best seat.
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Really enjoy doing all your embroidery patterns. Love the Kitty painting.
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Your fabric just makes me smile. It is so beautiful and I have a growing collection, I really enjoy your patterns--doing the monthly rework ones now!
ReplyDeleteLoved seeing the development of a great designer and awesome person........
ReplyDeleteWhat a content cat! Love your story.
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Don't you wish we could see what 10-20-30 years from now would look like? Nope, not me.
ReplyDeleteLove the painting - my two favorite things.
May Day....what fond memories of making little paper baskets, picking spring flowers to put in them and hanging on friend's doors!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your step back in time
Enjoyed your 'takeover' post. It got me thinking about my 12 year old self. I love your work and would love a chance to win. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun "Takeover"!!! I am right there with you! Awesome! :)
ReplyDeleteLooove this prize! Would be soooo honored to win! What a Treasure! Thanks for the chance!
Love it ! thanks !!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet painting! Love the fabric!
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How wonderful. I love the whole idea and the cat is too sweet.
ReplyDeleteI love it! Your cat on the quilts is so cute :0) As a quilter who sews with a group of ladies at a co-op building and who teach summer sewing for the 4-H ers it provides affirmation to know you give a nod to learning with a summer 4-H class. Thanks, Sarah
ReplyDeleteOh, be still my heart! That drawing was surely created for me. Perfect in my new sewing room, and even my cat would approve. Thank you so much for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteGood work on the takeover ! Have a good day!
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever blog take over! I know I had no idea what I would be doing when I was 12. Knew I loved animals, books and math. Well have lots of pets and was an accountant for a time before I became a Media Specialist...so I guess our likes do become what we are and will be.
ReplyDeleteOh, how sweet! Love it.
ReplyDeleteLoved the blog takeover!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Loved seeing those doodles and drawings from your childhood.
ReplyDeleteMy 2 favorite things, cats and quilts, thanks!
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I am having a blast reading the blog takeovers. You MODA designers keep us so entertained. Thank you for all the craziness you go through to keep our sewing rooms filled with new things.
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ReplyDeleteYou took the right path to where you are now:) I and so many others are happy you made it!!!
Ahhh...shades of the sixth grade. I wrote about the purple people eater. Funny the things we remember, even after so many years. If I happen to win your water color painting I have the feeling my daughter would "confinscate" it as she says. Since she'll be graduating from college on Sunday the 3rd that would be all right I guess. She loves cats and has worked hard the past four years. Maybe it would inspire her to get back to piecing, now that she won't have to be studying and practicing all the time, instead of just stitching, which was always her portable craft to have on hand. I think I'll cross my fingers for both winning and future quilting projects.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading these blog take overs.
love the water color drawing-two of my favorite things, cats and quilts. Thanks for the give away.
Interesting take on takeovers. Sometimes I wish my 12-year old self could take over my life. Or even better, we could share. Her view of the world combined with my experience of the world should take us far!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilts. Beautiful painting. How did you get so much detail in something so small?
Fabulous post Kathy! I have been enjoying these "take over" posts. Did Murveys pet shop make it to publishing? Loved the family portraits!
ReplyDeleteNow I wonder what my 12 yo me would say about me? Mmmh, ...
ReplyDeleteI love the cat napping on the quilts! My cat loves my quilts too!
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Mmm, I'm liking that Sturbridge! Have fun at market.
ReplyDeleteVery cute!
ReplyDeleteOMG! Be still my heart! I love the the cat on the quilts! I too have written journals from when I was young....one of the entries when I was about 13 was how excited I was because a boy named "Benji" looked at me! hahahaha who the heck is Benji? So much fun! Thanks for bringing back memories of my earlier years! And thanks too for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I love your 12 yr old self and her pictures!! And your kitty painting is sooo cute!!
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ReplyDeleteWow! It's so impressive how you kept your old drawings...to think it was year 1972! Unbelievable!
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Oh I have just found your blog, and I love it!
ReplyDeleteTwo comments. Looking at the kitty-on-quilts painting, I sort of was scrolling past quick, till I saw a kitty sleeping on a stack of quilts. I thought "Aw how cute...i love cats. But-- how did she make those quilts look painted-on? Oh, she painted the stitches right on the quilts, how clever!" It took a moment to realize the whole thing is a painting!
Also I thought I'd die when I saw a flash from my past in one of your drawings, A POLE LAMP!! My mom dragged one from Tucson to Tacoma to SoCal to Bay Area. Eventually it just wasn't there. I think I always thought it was ugly, but the 'rents must've thought it was pretty snazzy. Probably worth a fortune on ebay.
I'll be checking back in, your blog is very creative and fun to read.