So what has Holly Holderman been up to lately?

 Well for starters, Stephanie and I (and our Threaded Pear Studio) got the pleasure—for the second time--to design a few quilts out of several new fabric lines for Holly for Fall Market.

 
It so fun to get handfuls of tasty fabric, months before anyone else sees or touches it, and get a chance to play and to design something with it. 

We felt like spies with top secret fabric—we sewed only at night with the curtains drawn…and we answered questions to no one!  Our quilts (see our pink "Bullseye, Buttons and Yoyo's, Oh My!" quilt tied up to the left of the photo above) were presented at Holly’s booth and received great attention and the requests for our patterns are really starting to roll in now!

Holly and crew “Wows!” all at Market year after year… Check out her recent blogging posts at Hollyblog to see for yourself!

Thanks Holly for the opportunities you presented to us rookie designers (me and steph in photo) in our first year…The exposure and experience has been incredible.  And thanks for the good times at the Strip House. (As in “steak” not “Chippendale”)

 McCall's Comes A Calling!

But, now Holly has something else up her sleeve…when she had time… I do not know…

 
Holly has written her first ever magazine article and it is just about to hit the newsstands.  Her article on "Blogs That I Love" is in the McCall’s Quilting Feb 2008 issue—which is shipping to stores this week.

 
And Holly, being somewhat of a control freak—self admitted, of course,—managed to squeeze in a 1,000 word article into a 750 word allocated space, and convinced the McCall’s Quilting magazine graphics art department that she could design the graphics for the article as well.—a first for McCall’s to “out source” the artwork whether they wanted to or not. 

 And of course, they loved all that she did.  Look for the article about 20 different quilting bloggers—including a little something about QuiltersBuzz.

 Looking forward to reading her debut article.  Congrats woman!

And congrats to those making the cut for the magazine! 

Bloggers in the McCall's Article

• Angela, the Wild Child of Cottage Magpie
• Anna, the Clever One of Thimbleanna
• Anne, the "Silly Rabbit" behind Bunny Hill
• Annie, Queen of the Quilter's Podcast
• Bonnie, the Mayor of Quiltville
• Brenda, the Big Ideas behind Little Acorns
• Cyndi the Whirlwind at Stitchin Studio
• Di-Trying, the World's Best Quilt Fabrics Rep
• Elizabeth, our Favorite Late Bloomer
• Gina, Queen Bee at Quilters Buzz
• Janet Clare, the Empress of Applique'
• Jenny the Cutest Quilting Kitten in Bloggie-Land
• Joanna, Style with a capital "S"
• Kimberly, aka Online Quilt Maven
• Lucy Who Inspires Us All
• Megan: She Quilts, She Quips
• Melanie & Rosalie, Two Peas in a Colorful Pod
• Pam Kitty: She who We Adore
• Tanya the Tastemaker
• Valori: Artist, Quilter, Super Mom