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Studio Update

April 23, 2014

I have a few fun projects to share. First up, I made these two elephants for Sara Lawson's Quilt Market booth. Sara's first fabric line will debute at spring Market in a few weeks. Her line is with Art Gallery fabrics and it's callled Jungle Ave. It's inspired by city living. You can read more about it on Sara's blog.

Green Elephant Feet

Green Elephant Back

Green Elephant

Sara asked if I'd sew two elephants for her from a pattern in my book, Stuffed Animals and of course I said yes. Sara is a gem. She guest posted here on my blog a few months ago about how she recruits and manages pattern testers, which was pretty fascinating.

Pink Elephant Feet

Pink Elephant

2 Elephants

I don't often sew softies from quilting cotton and this might be first time that I was given fabric to sew them with. Sara sent along blender fabrics to coordinate with her prints and I used those for the ears and the tails. From this experience I realized the purpose of blenders: they contrast with the print just enough to break it up, but without being a distraction. That was neat for me.

Simplicity 1386

And my other fun thing was the release of my second pattern with Simplicity. #1386 is now in stores nationwide, which is really exciting! This pattern is also one of my best sellers in my shop.

Simplicity Patterns

I'm excited to have three Simplicity pattern envelopes out now (#1681 and #1649) with the taxidermy deer, unicorn, elephant, and giraffe coming out next year. So fun!

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Comments

  1. Heather says

    April 23, 2014 at 9:11 am

    Congrats on the patterns, and those elephants are SO cute! I’m going to check out Sara’s blog right now!

  2. Cindy says

    April 23, 2014 at 10:11 am

    How exciting for you!! Congrats:) The elephants you made for Sara are adorable….then again, all your patterns are!
    I am enjoying reading your past posts on pattern drafting,etc. I have been wanting to make a plush squirrel for some time and have been sketching a bit. Thanks for the great information and inspiration !
    Cindy

  3. Katy says

    April 24, 2014 at 6:13 pm

    Love the ellies, can’t wait to meet them at Market :o)

  4. Abby Glassenberg says

    April 24, 2014 at 8:33 pm

    Thank you so much, Heather.

  5. Abby Glassenberg says

    April 24, 2014 at 8:33 pm

    A plush squirrel sounds great, Cindy. So many good tail options.

  6. Abby Glassenberg says

    April 24, 2014 at 8:34 pm

    Take a picture for me!

  7. melinda says

    June 25, 2014 at 12:56 pm

    I tried to pin the elephant to my board…do you have things blocked from Pinterest?

    • Abby says

      June 25, 2014 at 1:47 pm

      Hmmm…No. There’s a Pin It button at the bottom of each post. I hope that helps.

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