Whimsical and Fun!  That is what these two young designers are!  Their "Lizzie B Cre8ive" booth at Quilt Market was the best…I unofficially crowned it the funnest brightest booth in the place!  They even made the bean bag chair in thier booth...and had lots of requests for them to make a bean bag chair pattern.

They have patterns for quilts, backpacks (I use mine daily) blocks of the month, memory books and more.  I saw this flower quilt in a tiny shop in Colorado and knew it was their pattern!

Here are the two Elizabeth Hawkins' (sisters-in-law with the same name!) from “Lizzie B Cre8ive” to tell you more!

Once upon a time there lived two girls who had an awful lot in common! 

They each had four children, they each learned to quilt when their kids were young (learning that it was much easier to control a quilt crisis than one of a toddler!), they each learned a passion for creating new things (to try to escape the fact that they now have teens!); but of all the things they shared the thing they shared the most was THEIR NAME!  (And coincidentally, in-laws…but that’s another story altogether….). 

They had always thought it would be fun to start a business together, having the same name.  How fun to print ONE business card with ONE name on it for TWO people.  Thus the Lizzie B Cre8ive pattern company was born.  Meet Elizabeth Hawkins....

Lizzie – (Liz) resides in Pennsylvania and loves the conception and design side of Lizzie B.  She has a background in Fine Arts and Watercolor and takes her sketchbook wherever she goes because she never knows when a quilt might pop into her head!

When she’s not sketching, she’s busy stitching. (OR running kids to and fro and implementing her own “quilter fitness routine”; drive, wait, stitch….drive, wait, stitch…repeat ad nauseam.)

B – (Beth) resides in Arizona and is a quilter extraordinaire!  She has a background in business and experience in a quilt shop.  Give her a design, an array of fabrics, a super big gulp of Diet Coke; click the heels three times and a Lizzie B quilt pattern is born!  She does the pattern writing (and thankfully, the math!) so that even right-brained Liz can understand them. 

Cre8ive – Together Liz and Beth are finding their way in the quilting world.  They strive for uniqueness in their designs. 

They look for inspiration in the things that they love and find comfort in (jazz music and umm, chocolate?).  Traditional is not their focus.  Whimsical is!  They both enjoy appliqué (because they can take it with them anywhere!) then like adding detail and texture with embroidery and simple notions.  They have a bright future ahead with talk of fabric design, a book or two, quilts featured in an upcoming issue of Quilter’s Home Magazine and a quilt in a calendar for 2009.  Not to mention many, many more whimsical patterns. 

Fresh and NEW for Spring! 

Ready to see our new handbag???  Here you go!  Wait till you see it in person, it's so darn cute!  Patterns are being printed as we speak and will be posted on www.shoplizzieb.com in May.

And It’s Official They Are Writing a Book!

It's official....we JUST signed on with Kansas City Star to put a home dec book due out next spring! 

Most of all, Liz and Beth hope to inspire quilter’s everywhere to B Cre8ive!   

 
To find their fun patterns, try your local quilt shop, OR the online Lizzie B retail site at www.shoplizzieb.com

I am looking forward to seeing them at the next Market.  They promised I could join their “Mom’s with four kids club”—even though my name is not Elizabeth Hawkins--if I buy them a diet coke--extra large.

 (Photos thanks to Elizabeth Hawkins and Elizbeth Hawkins.)