Bird Brain Designs

Chickens are a fun feathered thing.  When we were coming home from Denver we had our own "wake up" rooster in the park were we stayed the night.  He was also quite the fearless character and went after Mackenzie and Campbell as they were relaxing outside Lucy, the motor home.  He was very handsome and  began crowing from 4 am until we left! In honor of our beautiful park rooster, stitch up your own chickens with SPECIAL PRICES on tea towel designs and a popular design reprinted just for the summer.  Words we can ALL live by! The Hen Delivers Tea Towel set will brighten up your kitchen.  They will, also, make a quick-to-stitch gift for another chicken lover you know.  Give yourself something to crow about!  Stitch your tea towels in RedWork or in colors of #8 Perle Cotton . Both styles look great!

We are heading off to Southern California and the beach in Long Beach.  This is the second year of the west coast version of the Houston International Quilt Festival and should be even bigger and better than last year.  The convention center is right on the water and you can see the Queen Mary from the show.  Maybe you can treat yourselves and take a room on the famous ship now a unique hotel. Our booth is the first one as you come down the escalators .  Don't miss us in lucky booth number 1313-1317! We have another batch of vintage needlework treasures.  Maybe something will be perfect for you to take home to your own sewing studio and make your space unique and wonderful. Visit www.Quilts.com to see all the classes and events planned.

Its a new season!  You can enjoy all of the 4 Seasons with the Seasonal Patchwork Samplers lap quilt or wall quilt.  Each Sampler block celebrates the best of that season in whimsical blocks of RedWork Embroidery .  You can, also, finish each Sampler by itself to feature in your home changing your display as the year rolls by. We are featuring the fun to do year 'round design at a special price for you.  Have some fun each new time of year!

It is HOT here at the lake - summer is really here big time.  The new Freebie Tea Towel for your summer picnics and parties is ready to print.  The tea towel's silly ant celebrates his own summer party with a flag to remind you of the time of year.  Enjoy a little time for yourself and embroider a towel for you or as a gift. We have the Sage Green Stripe Tea Towel plus ALL the #8 Perle Cotton for you to stitch right away. We have all the other supplies you will need here to purchase if you need them for your project.

When I am traveling or on the road from show to show I enjoy doing RedWork .  There is just the lovely shade of Turkey Red #8 Perle Cotton to worry about - you can't pick up the wrong color to stitch! On a plane trip I cut the Perle Cotton lengths and loop them over a small embroidery hoop or the strap of my stitching tote.  They are ready to use pronto and you only have to trim the completed length as you go. Quick and Easy! Have some traveling fun this summer even if it is just to sit under a nifty tree in your yard to enjoy some quality embroidery time!

We are looking forward to having a great time at the Rocky Mountain Sew Festival in Denver July 9 - 11.....please come and visit if you live near by.  The show is always a success and we love seeing "old" friends and meeting all of you new friends.  Something NEW in the Bird Brain Booth.  Come and see all the vintage needlework treasures we have collected.  Maybe something will be perfect for you to take home to your own sewing studio! Two NEW RedWork Leaflets for Summer Enjoy a little time for yourself this busy summer and embroider one of our RedWork Leaflet designs.  The stitching area is 5" x 7" and stitching with Turkey Red #8 Perle Cotton on our wonderful Muslin won't take long.  We finished our designs as a small wall hanging attached to one of our Vintage Wooden Quills just for fun.  They will make a fun little pillow center too.  Get out your embroidery hoops and needles , find a comfy spot and get to st...

Today we 4 travelers are hitting the road again – Robin, Tina, and 2 furs, Mackenzie and Campbell.  We are going first to Hailey, Idaho to visit our fabulous web designer and web master (Robin’s son) and his terrific family, Brenda, Anika and Zane.  Then we are off to Denver through Salt Lake City and Wyoming.   Mackenzie has her spot picked out on the couch in the motor home.  Back to loading up the refrigerator and driving our 2 lane road to I-80 and into Reno.  It is not so pretty then but we head north after Wells, Nevada into Idaho. See lots of you in Denver we hope! Robin, Tina and the Pooches

It was interesting to see the British policemen , Bobbies, around town.  They do not carry weapons (except 3 that we saw guarding the Houses of Parliament with automatic weapons, one in the back right in this photo) but find it necessary to wear bullet proof vests.  They have the same sad crazies in Europe as we have here! Looking just like toy soldiers we found 2 very young men at one of the entrances to St. James Palace near Buckingham Palace.  They can stand for ages without moving a muscle.  I would have an itch I couldn’t scratch most of time!  As we walked near them they marched in place a couple of times and moved their rifles to the other shoulder.  Milo loves that!  That might keep them awake and upright for another hour or so.  Even the footmen at the House of Parliament look fabulous.  This fellow was at one of the side entrances where the British big wigs enter the building.  He greets them and opens doors etc.  Ve...

We stayed in a bed and breakfast hotel in the Chiswick area of west London.  The Brook Hotel has been in the same family since the 1970’s.  www.TheBrookHotel.co.uk   It was fashioned from 2 adjoining 3 story row houses.  Each had a big garden in the back joined to make a lovely spot to sit.  Milo loved running around and kicking his soccer ball.   The roses in the hotel’s garden were wonderful.  Everyday there was a vase of roses on the entry table and in the lounge.  Wonderfully scented blossoms we enjoyed sniffing.  The French doors to the patio garden from the lounge and breakfast room were something I would love to have at home.   Both doors had window boxes filled with petunias, geraniums and multi-colored Lobelia drooping over the edges of each box.  So nice!  I took lots of photos of flowers all over our city route.  Just so nice to see window boxes of flowers on business building windows and across the balco...