Grand Revival Designs

New Pattern and Winner!!

Slowly getting the downloadable patterns up and ready to go. Thank you so much for the warm welcome the Monterey Market Bag has received so far!!! I had a feeling there was a want out there for patterns you could get your hands on immediately. You know, sometimes you just need to make something right now!

Here's the newest, the Metro Bag, ready to go. Easy, reversible, roomy. I love the shape on this one and the way it hangs. It's got cute pleats at the top that give it a nice detailed look. Hope you like it!! Many more downloadable patterns to come, one at a time, slow and steady.

Husband is getting some hardware out of his leg from his freak beach accident last summer that left him with a mangled leg so I wanted to get this up before all extra time is spent waiting on his cute self hand and foot.

Hey, did you go to market?? How was it? Found myself wishing I had attended. So much beauty and inspiration was to be found this time from the pics I've seen. 

And the long awaited winner of the giveaway is.......Sunni Standing  http://www.thecupcakegoddess.com/

Thank you Sunni! Please contact [email protected] to receive your patterns. We'll send out your Fat Quarter Shop fat quarter pack as soon as they get them in November. Thank you so much to all who entered. Over 600 this time which blew me away. You have no idea how much it means to read such incredibly kind things about my work. That sounds like a platitude but trust me, it ain't!!! It makes everything I do worthwhile, truly and it just touches me plain and simple. THANK YOU!!!!!!

xoxo

Tanya

Launch sounds too official...

Well, yeah launch feels like too strong a term to use here but it's a mini launch at least with much more to come. I've been wanting to start an on-line store of sorts with some sewn goods and some and (here comes the launch) some downloadable patterns for sale. I've been busy with the moving to Belgium thing so I figured I'll start small with a really easy, fast and cute pattern. 

It's the Monterey Market Bag, that's the first one now available for immediate gratification, got that creative itch, but don't know what to make download. Why call it the Monterey Market Bag you may ask (you're probably not asking but I'll tell you anyway). When I used to live in Monterey California and Santa Cruz Cali too, they had these weekly farmer's markets filled with all kinds of beautiful produce and handmade goods for sale. There would always be a couple of booths filled with slouchy, simple, pretty, practically sized, bags made from leftover upholstery and other fabric, Indian saris, etc. The bags had a cool hippy vibe, cause they were made by cool, hippie women for the most part. And they always tempted me. This bag reminds me of those, totally simple, slouchy, would look great with leftover scraps, and you can make a bunch of em quickly if you want to make some quick presents.

Well, I hope you like it and we'll have another downloadable bag to introduce real soon and I promise to pick the winner of the giveaway in the next few days, I really promise!!

love,

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