Our friend Tanya's new book! Sew What You Love. How's that for a sweet title? Isn't the cover adorable?! We can't wait to get our hands on a copy. There is something about Tanya's style that just fits us Long ladies to a T. You will probably recognize her name, because we have carried every fabric collection she's ever designed. That's how much we love her. (For all you Darla and Delilah fans, just wait till you see what Tanya's cooked up for the end of the year!)
Anyway, back to her lovely book. It's available for pre-order right now! Check it out at Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com. And dash over to Tanya's blog to find out how to receive a free down-loadable bag pattern.
We have some news of our own to share, too. Awhile back we finally bit the bullet. The sort of overwhelming bullet of sending off our patterns to a new printing company. We couldn't be any happier!! Palmer did such a wonderful job. So now you'll see some new pattern covers up in the shop. They'll come to you in a new glossy package, with professionally folded pages. And all the instructions are now on a single sheet, so it'll be harder to misplace them!
We also wanted to let all of you know that we've made the difficult decision to discontinue a couple of our patterns -- the bianca handbag and the summer shade jumper (sizes 2-10 or sizes 10-18). They will be 50% off till they're gone! And we won't be reprinting. If you had your heart set on one of these patterns, please order it soon!
What do you think of these new covers? (We'll show more later.) Speaking of patterns, our heads are full of plans for new ones. Is there anything in particular you'd like to see?
We're still working on the Joplin Quilt Project, with updates to post soon.
Love from the studio (where it's sunny today)~
XO, the Long ladies
so exciting! it reminds me to get my summer shade jumper put together...and to apolgize for never getting back with you guys about the giveaway! please know it was never my intention to get a free pattern & it was my fault because i dropped the ball with the giveaway. will you ladies forgive me?
Posted by: Sarah-Anne | October 3, 2011 at 04:31 PM
I'd love another nice fitting A-line to slightly flared style skirt. One with a center panel (seams at sides and thighs) with pockets1 Do you ever do inside pockets? Love the invisible zippers though. Is it possible to do both?
Posted by: Linda H. | October 3, 2011 at 07:44 PM
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