Artichoke Collection is a new pattern designer to the Fat Quarter Shop. These patterns are so fun, we can't wait to see what they come up with next!
We've been long-time customers and fans of the Fat Quarter Shop, and we're thrilled that our patterns are now available here.
We started out with just a couple of patterns (Urban Chic and Table Chic), which we produced on our home computers, copied at the local copy center, and marketed to quilt shops in the Bay Area. Over the past couple of years we've built our catalog to a total of nine patterns, and our distribution has grown, through word of mouth and the occasional road trip, to include much of the West and even a few shops in other parts of the country.
Our ideas come from our lives and our surroundings. Our newest design, for example, which will be available next month, is a whimsical tribute to giraffes that was inspired by the birth of my first grandchild this past June. Christie and I have a lot of fun working together and over the years, our working styles and creative products have come to complement each other. While each of our patterns has a single principal creator, we each contribute to the other's creations and ideas to give each pattern that distinctive Artichoke Collection feel. Our working styles, however, have remained quite different through the years: I tend to be the type of person who jumps on an idea and comes to a conclusion well in advance of its due date, while Christie does her best work when faced with a deadline (one of her favorite books is "Goddess of the Last Minute")! We are very proud of what we have created, and we have a lot of fun doing what we do.Labels: Guest Quilting Writers, Quilt Patterns