FreeSpirit designer Odile Bailloeul shares her inspiration for her latest collection Language of Flowers – in stores now!

To make sure that our quilts are not only pretty but also carry messages of love and affection, I’ve created fabrics that can be used to show these sentiments.

I was interested in the language of flowers, which was once used by lovers to

My Evolution as a Sewist

They say you’ll never forget the way someone made you feel.  I think the same can be said for experiences; be it the rush you feel after going for a run, the peace you feel while admiring a beautiful sunset, or the feeling of triumph when the points in your quilt match perfectly.

Of course, unlike the

Tell us about yourself.

Hi, I’m Anni Downs, the name behind Hatched and Patched. I’ve been sewing and designing for as long as I can remember, and find these things to be my ‘happy place’ in life.

I live in Australia with my husband Pete, two dogs and one cat, and have two children (hmmm….. definitely adults now!!), one of whom still

Tell us about yourself.

When I was young, I’d bring my sketchbook everywhere. I drew from my imagination, from movies, and from my surroundings. I grew up in a rural part of Virginia, where my parents still live, and was used to the silence and magic of growing things.

Since 2014, I’ve worked as a full-time artist based out of Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Hello readers. I’m Katy, a children’s book illustrator and textile designer. I love research and adventuring to wild places to observe animals and ecosystems. That inspires most of my work.

What inspires you?
My childhood house was filled with patterns and colors. My mom took us to fabric and crafts stores often. She made most of our curtains, pillows,

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Hello, my name is Lily Ford and was born in San Francisco and later moved to Portsmouth, NH at the age of 17. I returned there to call it home after studying art and illustration in Spain for four years. I love all the outdoor activities that New England has to offer and do everything from hiking,

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Hello! My name is Sherri Buck Baldwin, but my fabric collections with Henry Glass Fabrics are under the name of Grace Violet Designs (a combination of my daughter and granddaughter’s names). I am a lifelong artist, having discovered the joy of being creative when I clutched my first Crayola crayons. Eventually, I earned a BFA degree with

Tell us about yourself.

I am Valentina, and I was born and raised in Florence, Italy, a city rich with art and history surrounded by the Florentine hills where poppies regularly dot the hillsides with their vibrant colors.

Since I was a little girl, it was my desire to draw and paint, to create and to gift smiles and unexpected surprises.  I

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My name is Stacy Peterson, and I am a surface pattern designer and artist currently living outside of Austin in the Texas hill country. I began my career as an art director in advertising but moved into illustration as a way to express myself more creatively. Over the years, I have illustrated over 65+ children’s books,

Tell us about yourself.

Originally from Colombia, South America, I have been immersed in the beauty of nature since childhood. Since relocating to Florida in 1999, I’ve carried with me a deep-rooted appreciation for art and design, inherited from my family’s legacy of artistic pursuits spanning architecture, painting, decoration, and interior design.

What inspires you?

My inspiration has always come from the beauty