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The living room is as such. And the kitchen counter is a whole lotta this. Because the studio looks like this. But, oh, it is the middle stages of my dreams. Enough about me, I know why you're here! Lets get on with the giveaway! Too bad no one wants to win fabric these days. But we'll just draw from the 1500+ of you who entered through commenting and through email. That should do it. N'kay, here goes the 5 winners: *2:47 PM Bowlby said... Beautiful fabrics! Thanks for sharing. Good to me is laying on the couch, reading books with my son. *5:40 AM Shannon said... Good is how I feel when I think about how much my sweet, departed Italian grandmother taught me about creativity and the satisfaction of sewing things on my own! *6:28 PM Sadie Metter said... Good....Good morning, good coffee, good weather, good kids, good behavior, good bread, good friends, good job, good mama, good God, good night. I LOVE your stuff. It is GOOD! *10:30 AM cee + kell said.....

(So I know its Wednesday, but Tuesday was extremely full, so here it is today.) ~ at my window~ My littlest out of utero turned 5. She watched and waited for snow and it came as she drew the 20th or so heart in her breath canvas on the window. "Wow, it's snowing!" I said. "I know, I wished for it," she answered with no irony. ~in my kitchen~ Eleni's cake ingredients which she hand-picked from the grocery as we sauntered up and down the aisles eating donuts and chatting as a shiny pink balloon on a ribbon followed us around lightly. ~at my feet as I bake~ Of course. You knew this, though. ~in my dining room~ All the contents of our bedroom closets and some things from the walls and the studio too. Why? ~in our bedroom~ Because this is where the closets used to be. My husband has developed a healthy fear of me + graph paper. For good reason. But this is going to be great. My, erhh, our bedroom will get about 3.4 feet bigger along one wall (annexing ...

Where have I been!? And why do I make promises? Anyway, whatever I rambled about showing Good Folks last week, lets pretend that I said this week. All set then. Good Folks was inspired by various sets of things, but all of the notions in my mind had kindness involved. Odd? Perhaps. But can't think of how else to say it. Old European linens. Family. Hand-loomed wool bedspreads. Meals. Fields. Embroidery. Needlepoint kits that I spent summers in Greece as a child occupied with. The icons of the village churches. Layer upon layer of mismatched bed linens piled on top of my floor palette in the upper room of my Yiayia's house to keep me warm even though it was the middle of the summer. Tablecloths drying in the sun. Memories of what my cousin's dowry of linens looked like. All the details. All the work. All the warmth. All the good wishes. Weddings. Wine. Love. Goodness. Shall we get on with the slideshows? Above we have the "byzantine" pale...

Just jumping in here to say hello and wish all of you, my kind and generous readers, all the best in 2009! Mean it! I am so thankful for your visits here, and for all you do and say to continue to inspire me as creator and as a mother. And on both of those fronts, I have a great deal to look forward to in 2009 and am so happy that I have this place to share it with you. We've all been playing, and cooking, and resting, and outing a whole lot around here, and I'm gonna get back to that now, I believe. I can hear giggling and smell good things in the kitchen happening without me. xoxox, Anna (pic above is a favorite of Juliana from the Good Folks shoot for some mag ads. Looking through them this morning, the blur of her jump reminded me of how quickly one year can go before you're already jumping into the next. More images here and here . And detail shots of the new collection next week!)