Our new Fall collection with Moda, Chateau Rouge, is coming very soon! Our Chateau Rouge collection was inspired by a quilt I found in France last summer, that was loaded with different designs...piece by piece I took the quilt apart to find layers of different fabric hidden underneath. I hope you will enjoy designing with our new line - it is one of my favorite collections we have designed for Moda in the past four years!
To celebrate all of the new Moda lines this Fall, there is a Moda Blog Hop going on and today is Day 6! The theme of this hop is Hometown Visit...so here are some of my favorite things about my hometowns: Rancho Palos Verdes, California, where I grew up; and my current hometown...Silverlake, California, where I live with JZ, Sofia and our two cats, Johnny and Boots; and then a dream hometown, thrown in for good measure!
Rancho Palos Verdes, California 90275
Population of Rancho Palos Verdes: 41,946
My parents moved to RPV in 1970, when I was six years old, and bought Fred Astaires' son's home..there was so much wax on the kitchen floor my mom used to tell us that Fred Astaire must have visited and danced in the kitchen all day long...really mom?? Is this how rumors get started?
My parent's still live in the house - where they have a beautiful view of Catalina Island and the migration of the Pacific gray whales that swim south every December.
Favorite Restaurant in Rancho Palos Verdes: Nelson's at Terranea. I like this place because it sits in the exact same place where I worked growing up...in fact I think it sits where the beluga whale tank was located! I worked in Guest Relations at Marineland - taking tickets, giving tours and working in the guest services office...fun times.
Favorite thing to do in Rancho Palos Verdes: Walk along the cliffs at sunset, or sit around the kitchen table with friends and family. It's a fairly isolated community, so when we gather at my mom and dad's house, nobody leaves for a very long time - I think my mom likes it that way!
Silverlake, California 90039
My parents moved to RPV in 1970, when I was six years old, and bought Fred Astaires' son's home..there was so much wax on the kitchen floor my mom used to tell us that Fred Astaire must have visited and danced in the kitchen all day long...really mom?? Is this how rumors get started?
My parent's still live in the house - where they have a beautiful view of Catalina Island and the migration of the Pacific gray whales that swim south every December.
The most interesting landmark in Rancho Palos Verdes is Wayfarers Chapel, designed by Lloyd Wright and built between 1949 and 1951. Many friends have been married here - it's a beautiful, serene place on the hill overlooking Portugese Bend.
Favorite Restaurant in Rancho Palos Verdes: Nelson's at Terranea. I like this place because it sits in the exact same place where I worked growing up...in fact I think it sits where the beluga whale tank was located! I worked in Guest Relations at Marineland - taking tickets, giving tours and working in the guest services office...fun times.
Favorite thing to do in Rancho Palos Verdes: Walk along the cliffs at sunset, or sit around the kitchen table with friends and family. It's a fairly isolated community, so when we gather at my mom and dad's house, nobody leaves for a very long time - I think my mom likes it that way!Silverlake, California 90039
Population of Silverlake: 30,972
JZ, Sofia and I moved to Silverlake in 2003 when we drove across the country on a road trip from New York City. When we found this beautiful, little gem in Los Angeles we never looked any further - it was the perfect spot for us.
The most interesting landmark in Silverlake is Silvertop. John Lautner's "homage to the curve" is a 7,500 square foot house built at the top of the hill. The house, which has a view from the ocean to the hills was built between 1957 and 1963. I am lucky enough to know the owner, who invites me over for an occasional glass of wine with my friend JC to enjoy the view from her special home.
Favorite Restaurant in Silverlake: Little Dom's
This restaurant feels like a neighborhood eatery in New York City...which is where I lived for almost 20 years after graduating from college. I met JZ in in New York and together we lived and worked in Chelsea, Grandview on Hudson and then Soho. Sofia was born in NYC and we decided to move west when she started first grade.
My favorite thing to do near my house is to ride horses in Griffith Park with anyone who's game!
South of France
Nah...not really...but maybe someday!
Although we do live in the South of France every summer for a few weeks while hosting our
annual Chateau Getaway!
Meanwhile, I am happy to design French-inspired fabric for Moda! For our Blog Hop Pattern, Jody came up with this wonderful necklace project using our Chateau Rouge 2x2 squares - just leave yourself some time if you want to make it nice and long!
And just to make this worth all of your time...how about a fun giveaway with some of our precuts from Chateau Rouge? Leave us a message with your name and let me know where your hometown is! We'll pick out a handful of winners so you can make up your own Chateau Rouge necklace, or quilt or......
Be sure to follow the fabulously talented designers on the Moda Blog Hop for the next week:
BARBARA BRACKMAN
ANEELA HOEY
and
ME & MY SISTER
Sept. 6
BLACKBIRD DESIGNS
BASICGREY
and
Pat Sloan
Sept. 7
BRANNOCK & PATEK
Eric & Julie Comstock
and
Thimbleblossoms
Sept. 8
BUNNY HILL
KATE SPAIN
and
DEB STRAIN
Sept. 9
PIECES FROM MY HEART
LAUREN & JESSE Jung
and
FIG TREE & CO
Sept. 10
PRIMITIVE GATHERINGS
LILY ASHBURY
and
FRENCH GENERAL
Sept. 11
LUCIE SUMMERS
and
COTTON WAY
Sept. 12
KANSAS TROUBLES
MALKA DUBRAWSKY
and
LAUNDRY BASKET QUILTS
Sept. 13
KATHY SCHMITZ
SWEETWATER
and
V AND CO.
Sept. 14
MINICK & SIMPSON
Jenn Ski
and
ZEN CHIC
Merci and bonne chance!
717 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 601 – 717 of 717I live in a bayside suburb (town) called Frankston in Melbourne Australia. A pretty beach town that is still only 42km (26 miles) from the city of Melbourne.
I live in Redwood City, CA (Northern California) about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose. Thanks for the chance!
I live near Sacramento Ca. Thanks for the opportunity to win!=)
My Hometown is Henley Beach South Australia. I just love walking along the beach everynight and watching the sunsets. Just adore your new fabric range. Congratulations it is so inspiring
Love the necklace and love the sneak-peak at the new line! I remember reading the blog about that quilt and thought that it would inspire you! Thank you for this great give-away and I will keep fingers, toes and everything else crossed!
Gorgeous necklace!! I live in Chiba, Japan, but my heart hometown is Adelaide, Australia :)
I grew up in Glastonbury, CT, just outside of Hartford, the insurance capital of the world (and yes, my father worked for an insurance company!)
My hometown is Camarillo, CA before there was an outlet mall...
Flagstaff AZ is my hometown. It is a college town, home of Northern AZ University. We sit at 7,000 feet, so be prepared for "thin Air!" Our home is surrounded by Ponderosa Pines. It's beautiful here.
I love the necklace idea! And love Chateau Rouge!
The necklace is lovely. I live in a small community north of Tyler, Texas called Holly Lake Ranch, Texas. Linda C
I live in the antique capitol of Southern Ca., Old Towne Orange, in a house that's 112 years old Chateau
Orange.
I live on the SE coast of Florida in Stuart. Thank you for the giveaway.
maryellen1304@hotmail.com
I grew up in Pocatello ID, but now live in Franklin TN. High desert to humid south like the green.
I live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I love your fabric lines. Thanks.
My hometown is Brentwood, California (not OJ's suburb) and I love it! Thanks for the great tutorial and beautiful fabric :)
My name is Susan, and my original hometown is Greenville, SC. I have the accent to prove it. My current hometown is Kelowna, BC, Canada, and that accent of mine gets lots of attention around here! ;)
`I live in Tampa, Florida. What a gorgeous chapel. It looks so peaceful there. Your fabric prints look so rich and elegant. Thanks for a chance to win them.
Poughkeepsie, NY, located along the Hudson River and hour north of the Big Apple, NYC is my home. As I am commenting on 9/11, I am reminded of that day 11 years ago. We lost so many friends and family members in our small city. We hosted many volunteers who came to search for survivors in the days that followed. Heros - every one of them
My name is Karen and I live in Lino Lakes, MN - a small suburb on the edge of St. Paul.
My name is Jenniffier and I live in Lincoln, CA it is a small town a bit outside of Sacramento, CA but it met our not to small town qualifications because we do have a target :)
Love the necklace! I live in
Poplar Bluff, Missouri. We are
150 miles south of St. Louis.
Thanks for the chance to win!!
wigglypup2(at)yahoo(dot)com
My names is Roslyn and I live in Milperra which is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. I love the new range of French General fabric and hope they don't take too long to be available here.
Roslyn McGovern
rmconsulting1@optusnet.com.au
Kaari,
I love your blog and your fabrics. I wish my hometown was in the south of France. My hometown a village called Arnos Vale in St. Vincent and the Grenadines but right now I'm living in Sanford Maine trying to make it my new home away from home.
Thanks for the chance to win and for sharing your hometown.
I live in Napoli, Italia ;)
love the precut and thank for a giveaway ;)
ciao Maria
I was born in Málaga a town south of Spain, in Andalusia. In the Sunshine Coast where marbella.
I love my city, no monuments like Seville or Madrid, but has beautiful weather all year, a typical Andalusian villages and precious Arabic architectural heritage.
The collection of fabrics is wonderful in how it goes on sale, I buy.
kisses
I live in Key Largo Florida and love it here.
I'm in San Antonio, Texas. Love your necklace!!!!
I live in Charlotte, NC and I love the colors in the new line.
Gloria
gyates625@bellsouth.net
I live in Charlotte, NC and I love the colors in the new line.
Gloria
gyates625@bellsouth.net
My hometown Bountiful, Utah!
We moved around so much I never had a true "hometown". And, I lived rurally most of my life. But always in south western Indian
I live in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, which is in Lancaster County (Amish Country).
I was born and raised in Sterling, CO, but have called Spokane, WA home for the last 17 years.
I live in a tiny town in the north of tiny Luxemburg in Europe
merci aussi pour ces tissus magnifiqes
live in Grand Forks, ND
My hometown is Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
I'm Lisa from Mountain View, CA. It's right between San Jose and San Francisco. Thanks for the giveaway.
I live in the awesome state of Utah in a town called Farr West located just outside of Ogden. I love it here. I love the people and I love the gorgeous sunsets. P.S. -I really love your new collection. :)
I live in Vaassen. A small village nearby National Park "De Veluwe" in the Netherlands. A wonderful area to live. Although France is great too, ofcourse.
I'm so in love with your Chateau Rouge line! I'm working on a new cross stitch design to combine with your fabrics.
Simone
www.soedidee.nl
I live in Chico, California and it is a lovely place to live. That necklace looks adorable! Thanks for all your lovely French General things.
I think this is one of my favourite lines of yours too! My hometown is now in Maryland, but to me Canada will always be "home".
Cute necklace! I live in a small town called St. Louisville, OH.
I love the chapel and would like to visit sometime. I live in the small town of Goodrich, MI which is a rural community full of good, friendly people. I love your new fabric line. Moda is the BEST!
I'm from Barcelona, Spain. Such a beautiful city! Terrific giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
Love the necklace.
I lived in South Redondo Beach most of my life - 50 or so years. We are in Napa now. Thanks for the giveaway.
We live in Harpswell, Maine. It's a great town on the coast and I just love living here. I also love the colours in your fall collection. Keeping my fingers crossed I might win them and the necklace...what an original idea!
I ended up back in the town where I was raised, Santa Clarita, CA. Not too far from French General! It sure has grown. Would love to win a little prize of beautiful Moda fabric.
Love the colors of your line! I live in Arcanum, Ohio, which is in west central Ohio, not far from the Indiana border. Thanks for the chance to win some goodies!
My family is from the PV area. My grandmother is still there and every visit we walk along the trails and beaches there in RPV. Love it!
I'm in Michigan an hour north of Detroit. Love the weather! Reminds me of California during the summer. :)
I grew up in Neenah, Wisconsin on Lake Winnebago. It was a beautiful place to grow up but those winters were COLD. Now, I'm so very happy to be able to have lived in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, for the last 42 years, and have a glorious view of the Pacific Ocean. Love, Mom
......I forgot to say I can't wait until Kaari gets that house in France, 'cause we're moving in with her!!!
Mom
I live in the very flat cornfield filled area of east central Illinois. Enjoyed your tour..my goal is to live someplace with a view--soon! the necklace looks like a fun project. thanks for the opportunity
Judy heartland stitcher
My hoemtown is Hamden, CT. Thanks for the giveaway!
First of all, I've got to say that anytime I hear the words "French General" in a quilt shop, all the women melt. Who doesn't love your fabric? It is beautiful!!!
So, I don't live anywhere as beautiful as you do, but I do live out in the country just about 3 miles from the village of Lomira in Wisconsin, USA, and it's extremely peaceful and quiet here. My hubby and I love it!
Thanks so much for the giveaway and adorable necklace!
I am a native of Missoula, Montana. We are rather rare. Most everyone has moved here from somewhere else.
My hometown is Huntsville AL
My hometown (and current town) is Galesburg, IL. I don't think we have any spectacular attractions, but it has a small-town feel that I like. Now South of France, I could go for that. Maybe Ireland or Scotland, too. Maybe a different place for every season. Hmm, something to shoot for!
My hometown is New Orleans, Louisiana. Presently, I live in Holly Springs, North Carolina. You have the best of both worlds here with the beaches and the mountains. Thanks for the chance!
I live in Warrensburg which is in the middle of Missouri which is in the middle of the United States. We are the hub of the USA! Thanks for a chance to win.
Love the necklace idea, the fabric has such a different look to it. I am from Prince Rupert, BC, Canada. I will be travelling to France in 2 weeks to spend some time in Paris with my daughter. I am sure to be inspired by all that I see and experience!
I live in the south west of the Netherlands in a town called Roosendaal
Thanks for the giveaway! My hometown is Watertown, MA.
My hometown is a small city in the east of the Netherlands.
Your new fabrics are super!
Congratulations.Marja Voortman
Hometown: difficult o say exactly, but we have been living in Concepcion, Chile, for the past year.
Cal
i live in Vale of Paradise or (Valapraiso)
We live in Reese, Utah. Love it.
What a fun necklace.
My hometown is Cedar City Utah. It's a small town in Southern Utah. I wasn't born there but it is my hometown now ;)
I live on the Florida Gulf Coast,love the necklace, what a fun project to do with my step daughter and grand daughters, i just know the teens are going to love this
I grew up in RPV too! I had my wedding reception at Marineland. LOL. Loved remembering great times through your photos. I'm now in San Diego and I love it here as well. Thanks for the opportunity.
I love the new line. Red is a favorite color or mine. I live in Emory, TX, a small rural east Texas town.
I'm from Newington, CT.
I live in the country, outside of Indianapolis, Indiana! I grew up in Northern California, and have lived all along the Pacific Coast during my adult life. I am now very land locked! I do love the new line, and can't wait to use it!
I live in Elizabethtown, PA.
My hometown is Davenport, Iowa...I now live about 25 miles away in Muscatine. Thanks for a great giveaway and sharing your town!
My name is Amanda and my hometown is Avon, Indiana (where I grew up and still live today!) Thanks for the chance to win.
I love the necklace...and I will make it. I also love everything 'French General' and faithfully read, Warp and Weft.
I live in Ketchikan, Alaska. We have a very active quilt guild here where I learn so much.
I live in a small town on the ohio rive, Marietta, Ohio.
My hometown is in Ontario but I live far far away from there now! We moved away when I was 10 to a town near Toronto but I've moved around a bit since then!! Super fabric collection - I will look forward to it :)
I live in a new city in the UK called Milton Keynes - the city of roundabouts and concrete cows!
Hometown is Bloomfied, NJ-former home of the Charms lollipop factory. Now I live in PA
OH Kaari I adore all of your fabrics and wish I could have them all! My hometown is called Chandler and it is outside of Phoenix. However, my family is originally from northern California (Sebastapol and SF). I do remember going to Catalina Island when I was about 9 and taking the ferry over for the day. I kept looking for the dolphins and ended up getting seasick!
We have lived in Marion Indiana for 35 years...never intended to stay longer than 15 months. But c'es la vie! It was a great place to raise our 5 children.
California is a wonderful place to visit!
I'm Karen Dobbs, and my hometown is Fresno, California. Thank you for all of your beautiful designs!
I'm Karen Dobbs, and my hometown, and where I've lived for most of my life, is Fresno, California. Thank you for all of your beautiful fabric designs!
Currently I live in Marietta GA but soon am moving to Ocala Florida.3 i
I grew up in a town in New York, but now I live close to Princeton, NJ called Hillsborough.
I live in Seaside CA. It's on the Monterey Peninsula. Love the fabrics.
New York City!
Gorgeous necklace -- very creative.
I'm from Ft. Collins CO....
My hometown is a little place on the western edge of Wisconsin called Galesville
i live in merced, ca - known as the gateway to yosemite, one of my favorite places to visit!
I just hopped over from Notes from the Patch. I live in Bakersfield, California. The necklace is beautiful! Thanks for sharing the lovely photos.
My hometown is Huntington Beach, CA. When I was younger, some of my dearest friends lived in RPV; your post brought back lots of happy memories.
I lived in Clinton, CT, growing up with about 9,000 residents -- by the ocean in New England -- couldn't have been better and I never knew it! --------donna
Tacoma, WA is where I live. Great place to be when it's not raining.
nicolesender(at)yahoo(dot)com
I'm Christina from South Bend, IN. Go Irish! christina112358 at gmail dot com
Grew up in Miami, FL and now live in Cooper City, FL (which is basically Ft. Lauderdale). I get to look out over the Everglades on my way home from work each evening and if I time it right, I can see some amazing sunsets.
My hometown is Livermore, CA :)
I live in Sagamore Hills, Ohio...a reesidential community between Cleveland and Akron. Thanks for a chance to win some of your beautiful fabric
HI! I live in Winchester CA. a small town next to Temecula CA. that it's known for it's award winning vineyards, has a serene climate for Hot Air Ballooning, the Old Town District with historic buildings and antique shops, restaurants and more.
A friend of mine invited me and my husband to her wedding at that beautiful chapel in Palos Verdes. Thank you once again for the opportunity to win some of your incredibly beautiful fabrics. Blanca
My Hometown is Bay City Texas. we are 25 minutes from the coast. My childhood home town was Lafayette, La. Love the Fench influences :)) Merci!
Fort Collins Colorado is my lovely town. Your fabric is just lovely!
Thanks for sharing! I claim the Idaho side of the Grand Tetons! Love those mountains!
Hi, I live in Derry in Ireland. I would love to add to my French General collection with your new fabric line.
Sandra
Ireland
www.sandy-quilts.blogspot.co.uk
I live on a farm, Thistle Cove Farm, and the small county seat is 15 miles away. I'm in the southwest part of Virginia, the Appalachian Mountains and it's ***beautiful**!
I am an Iowa girl in the USA .my home town is the place where I grew up Ackley . Thanks for a chance to win some of your lovely fabrics . Janita
Hello ~ we were neighbors growing up, I'm from Redondo Beach! I live in Corvallis, Oregon, now, but still think I'm most at home near the ocean. Oh, how I loved Marineland growing up, my brothers and I loved sitting in the front row so we would get splashed! Thanks for the chance!
I live in Hamilton, New Zealand. I love your latest fabric line and can see many projects I would use it for.
I live in Lebanon, Oregon....love the town.
Thanks for the giveaway,
Jan
jmillerts@hotmail.com
I live in the beautiful UP of Michigan near Lake Superior.I love French General! Chris
Love French General fabric. I live in Brooklyn Park, MN a northwestern suburb of Minneapolis.
My home town is Queen Creek Arizona right up next to the San Tan Mountains with a beautiful view of the Superstition Mountains.
Hometown Ukiah California. Still owns a big part of my heart.
I'm located in upstate NY!
Just relocated from Seoul, Korea to Iowa. Love the fabrics!
Lisa
Hi, thank you for the lovely pattern, but it doesn't say how to put the necklace together? Just how to make the beads. Can you explain?
In fine, this was an extra-ordinary travel and experience (of course so sweet) today. Just looking for commercial concrete service near me and in many search result the title of this post glaring and beckoning me. I could not but hit on and discovered me into your heartwarming giveaway. Rancho Palos Verdes, Wayfarers Chapel, Marineland, Silverlake- oh, all the photos and description felt me better than entering here. Love your lovely project so much.
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