{"id":225,"date":"2013-01-21T18:19:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/?p=225"},"modified":"2016-04-18T18:41:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T18:41:40","slug":"week-of-january-21-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brickhousefabrics.com\/blog\/week-of-january-21-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of January 21, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well, we had snow… but this last week has been a true roller coaster ride in temperatures.<\/p>\n

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MONDAY- January 21, 2013<\/b><\/p>\n

This last week we have had temperatures that went from 0 degrees F. ( -17.78 C. ) to 40 degrees F. ( 4.4444 C. ) and then back down to 10 degrees F. ( -12.22 C. ) – all within 36 hours. Snow has fallen, melted, turned to ice, and then more has fallen. While a January thaw is normal, this pattern is not!<\/p>\n

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Squirrels dig through the snow
\nto get to the peanuts that are put out for them!
\nOnce full the take them and bury them elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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The other news in Maine
\nis there is a true cold and flu epidemic…
\neveryone around me has it, and it seems to last nearly six weeks.
\nSo far I have been lucky!<\/p>\n

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The last two weeks have been extremely busy
\nhere at Brick House Fabrics.
\nWe were contacted by two different people doing shows-
\none a musical, one a theater production.<\/p>\n

Everything like this involves getting things done NOW.
\nWell, we did it.
\nFor one we imported a fabric for 30 skirts.
\nIt came in, was measured,
\nand was sent out the same day to North Dakota.
\nWhat they did not take we will be listing today.
\nIt is a retro modern graphic fashion design.
\nWatch for it on the Fabric News blog.<\/p>\n

The other fabric is for a production of
\nThe Lion in Winter.
\nThey wanted the Medieval Beast Fabric for tapestries,
\na perfect choice!<\/p>\n

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We have been promised pics,
\nand will let you know when they come in!<\/p>\n

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A lady recently wrote about the Schumacher red bird fabric.<\/p>\n

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She has wallpaper of it in her kitchen, and wants to make pillows to go with it, for another room. We sent samples, they were a match. Her next question was about a design element for the room… was it strange to have different sizes of pillows. She wanted larger pillows on a couch, and smaller ones for chairs. I wrote no, it was not weird… many people layer pillows.<\/p>\n

It seemed like a good time to post Sabina’s pillows that she made last year from the black bird toile fabric.<\/p>\n

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See Sabina’s pillows in
\nPostcards from Away.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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WEDNESDAY- January 23, 2013<\/b><\/p>\n

It is cold. This morning it was 5 below 0 F. and the wind was howling. While the wind has died down, it is still just above 0 F. It is going to be a cold night. I just went out to mail a “Fabric Emergency” off, and the moon was out- very large and pale- floating just up from the horizon. This Saturday it will be full.<\/p>\n

For those of you who are wondering what in heck a Fabric Emergency could be, (you are thinking.. it is only fabric.) It goes something like this.<\/p>\n

Someone emails about a project- do you have such and such, can you get it? Or someone sees a fabric and needs it RIGHT NOW. Things unfold from there.<\/p>\n

We have had quite a few over the years. One involved a stool maker in Germany, a show at a castle, and a quail fabric. She was doing a special show at a castle in Germany, and needed the perfect fabric for it… and needed it fast. I started cutting, and packing, as it was late in the day on a Friday. We got it to the post office with about two minutes to spare.<\/p>\n

Todays Fabric Emergency involved a little girl, a school project, and her father. The little girl’s class was doing a quilting project, and she needed a large seahorse for it. He had been looking locally and not found anything that would work…. and gone on line and found the embroidered seahorses. One of the samples would do, so after many emails to make certain he was getting what he needed, he bought it, and it has gone out. I have asked for pics of the project when done, he says he will oblige!<\/p>\n

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Speaking of projects,
\nKaren in Ohio,
\nsent pics!
\nSee them in the
\nPostcards from Away- Home Decorating.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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Yesterday two new fabrics were listed.
\nOne is a blue and gold toile fabric
\nwith an olde world look.
\nThe other was the reef toile fabic in a new color way- slate blue.<\/p>\n

Today I listed an amazing poppy tulip fabric.
\nI LOVE it!
\nIt has a huge pattern
\nusing cerise, pink, and orange with green
\non a grey background.
\nIt is also available on white,
\nwhich should be listed tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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POPPY TULIP FABRIC
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