Sonia Rykiel x H&M

 

I have to say, I love a lot of items from this new collection!
It is great how they managed to make fun striped clothings, without looking crazy!
Fun, funcky, girly clothings! Love it!

The full collection will be online 9 feb.

and 20 feb. you can buy it online or in the H&M selected stores.

Check out these videos for more items and info about the collection.
Enjoy!

Nice and Beautiful Interior Designing House

Has it been two weeks? Wow. Feels like about one long day. Phew. N'kay.
Yesterday was my favorite day. I've been waiting for months. We had the first of two planned (prolly needs to be more like ten) sewing days to begin assembling the Rainbow Around the Block quilts for flood victims. That's Brittney up there working away while I imagine the rest of us were either digging through blocks, pressing, squaring, eating, eating, eating or planning the next top. Thank you Brittney for your talented hands! And for taking on the pink flamingo blocks.

You are not going to believe these stats----here we go...maybe you'll believe it. I didn't believe it, but you're probably smarter than me. Actually now that I've sorted through all of the blocks, tops and quilts and begun the sewing I most DEFinitely believe it. Uoops. I derailed, the stats:
we've received 1,746 blocks (enough for 41 full size quilts), 77 finished quilt tops and 22 completely finished quilts. I was stunned, amazed, floored, bewildered, happy, thankful and now very very busy!!!



My dear friend and often cohort in various crimes, Tracy Smith hosted us at her gorgeous, sunny, country home for our first sewing day. I think all the women that joined me there yesterday would agree that light doesn't just stream through the Smith home, but also emanates from it and we had a joyful time together. Thank you kind and funny Tracy.



It was such a lot of work to move all the materials, machines and supplies there, that once set up I wanted to stay for about a week. Seriously. I thought about starting to fold some of Tracy's laundry so that I could bribe her into it, but the I remembered my own laundry at home. And oh yea the family.



This is Mr. Toby with the quality control department. Sweet Kirsty tugged him along and he was a complete babbling happy bowl of baby. Kiss Kiss Toby! Thank you for sewing with me Kirsty, you are a dear.



These are the two Jennys at our porch cutting and "squaring up" table. I know that they will thank me for this back side shot. Thank you Jenny 1 and Jenny 2. You guys are the bestest.



Pierrette spent the whole time eating!!! Just kidding. I love you, Pierrette, thank you.



Every room downstairs looked sorta like this. A beautiful little curated geometry of color gathered from generous souls all over the world. Strewn across the floor, being thought over with conversation, laughs and pie. Thank you generous souls for letting us finish your good thoughts and your beautiful work.



And thank you Alexia, you are a sparkly little jewel and so wonderful to have near in all situations, most especially in sewing. Even if you do try to steal the best blocks. Just kidding. The above quilt was born on the design wall after I accused her of stealing my favorite block which is at the center there. She (sort of) happily conceded it to me after admitting it was the only one that wasn't working in her top composition. I like to be bossy, but then really, really thankful. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

If you want to join us next month for the next sewing day (I will feed you), visit therainbow page for more info, we can use your help! Or email rainbowATannamariahorner.com

Nice interior Decoration house

Nice Decoration Designing

And just like that, winter arrived. I don't remember the last time we got snow before Christmas, but at least its one wish we can now cross off the list.

Booted, gloved, layered, frosted, hot cocoa-ed, Chexmixed, loud kids were not part of yesterday's studio plan. It is now part of today's plan. Yet the word plan for what the day will likely become, is silly. This one always finds her chair though, right under my nose as I work. This studio, with the garage underneath, gets quite cold (9 degrees outside, last check!). Being in the business of fabric and quilts comes pretty lucky. She's nestled under her new favorite, which is another version of the Love Emblem.

A quick word to say thanks to my friends at Delish Magazine for sharing our little Q&A in their lovely Winter edition online mag. I really enjoyed our chat, which likely means the feature may document me rambling, but if you're putting off anything, this should help you do that for about 10 minutes.

Okay, I might pretend like I'm a good mom for a bit and make a batch of loukoumadesto rise while the kids are still konked out on the playroom floor.
Stay warm, xo, Anna

 

Love Emblem

Free Pattern download: Love Emblem Throw + Pillows

More free love. Other images, here and here for this project. Have fun! I think I forgot to add fabric requirement for the heart fabric, but uhh, I'll leave it up to you. How big is your heart anyway? Huge, I'd say.



As for me, I'll be spending some time on this little pillow version for Roman's big boy bed (he's not in it yet, don't go cardiac on me) because we could use a little softness around Mr.Ruff-n-Tumble (-n-adorable).

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Last night I printed out simple melody sheet music for the piano for a bunch of Christmas songs. I never got past learning just the simple chords as a kid, but it was still so satisfying somehow to be able to bang out a little tune and sing along. As a 9-year old I enjoyed the solitude at the old piano downstairs playing to an empty room that absorbed the sound of my tinkering. As a mama, trying to recreate that enjoyment on a kindof broken electric keyboard that shuts itself off every time more than one note is played, along with a living room full of holiday-frenzied children, some practicing with voices right along, one reading, one doing handstands and another (guess which) trying to wedge himself in between me and the thing keeping me from him... well. It wasn't quite the same. Then there was Jeff, who, not being able to even read sheet music, can sleuth the tune out of any song on the piano, whether Coldplay or Bach, in a matter of seconds, helping me peck out O Little Town of Bethlehem. Such a sweetie.

Distractions, memories of former musical aspirations aside, I enjoyed playing for my little town. Just one little note at a time. They enjoyed it too. Little, insignificant moments made better because we have them together. And so many more to come.

Wishing you many little and big moments with those you love, Merry Christmas and see you back here soon, xoxo Anna Maria

Catwalk kitties

I big heartfelt hug to everyone for your overwhelming support of the book house, and the encouragement to be more confident about my work and my designs. It made me feel so much better about everything. As I've said before, y'all are truly the best.

Ahem... now, in honor of fashion week, and with a wink and a nod to Miss Fifi Lapin, I bring you a trio of haughty catwalk kitties I sketched just for fun.

Wearing Betsey Johnson...

Anna Sui...

and Gucci...

You can see pics from all the recent collections here. These were drawn a while ago from prior runway shows... heavy on the pink and polka dots...

I love the whole crazy fashion world. I did a bit of fashion illustration early on in my career. It was fun, but I never could quite take it seriously. But then, looking at some of the outfits designers are putting out there, I'm not so sure they're taking it very seriously either! Ha!

Freshmen -- Ubiq eL Quilted Leather Pack

"My leather so soft my top so soft" that Weezy line definitely describes these sneakers. Love the silhouette of the shoe, they're super stylish yet casual and would go perfectly paired with a nice pair of slim jeans, crisp tee and a leather.

The premium leather kicks come in 4 colour-ways, grey, black, white and brown, and have perforated leather on the sides while the uppers are embroidered in a quilted pattern. My favourite of the four colours is definitely the peanut butter mainly because they look so fresh and are the perfect finishing touch to any look!