Lazy Girl Designs made "Claire Handbag" with my Spring Fever collection. Very cool!!!

Dear Joan (Lazy Girl Designs),
Thank you!

Go! Go! Girl.

I wanted to post something about the Quilt Market show in Pittsburgh but I couldn't post any thing because my two computers had problems.
My laptop didn't turn on two days after the show. So I took it to the shop.
The next day, my main computer didn't start up.
Then we had Memorial day weekend.
The shop was waiting for the parts to replace, then he got wrong the parts.
Well....
I was stressed out for a while because of my delayed schedule.

So I did some other work instead of my computer work.
Reorganizing my closets for summer,
putting summer furniture at my backyard,
redecorating my bedroom,
and drawing many ideas for next my projects in my sketchbook.

I'm behind schedule but I realized
It is nice to do something not to using the computer.

My new patterns will be available in two weeks from now.

My new fabric groups
Spring Fever and Sparkling Paris
at the Quilt Market in Pittsburgh.

All of us wore my new aprons at Blank Quilting Booth.
I wore "Besides Full Apron"
Others wore "Besides Half Apron"

Here is the Besides Full Apron
Spring Fever "Dancing Butterfly"


Spring Fever Group Quilt Col/Green group
Fab Talk said
We stopped by the Blank Quilting booth at International Quilt Market last weekend and immediate spotted this beautiful quilt featuring Spring Fever by Hoodie.


Cute Backpack!!!! Spring Fever Group Col/Pink group

My pattern - Reversible Skirt Apron (A side)
Spring Fever Group "Dancing butterfly"

My pattern - Reversible Skirt Apron (B side)
Sparkling Paris Group "Poodles"

My new pattern - Besides Half Apron
Sparkling Paris Group "Eiffel Tower" Col/Aqua group

My new pattern - Besides Full Apron
Sparkling Paris Group "Eiffel Tower" Col/Mauve group

I was Go! Go! Girl wearing Go! Go! Boots for three days!

OK. My new site is UP!

I haven't posted anything for a while.

I'm very sorry if you were here and disappointed,
"There is noting new."

My Dreamweaver classes are done!

So the new site is up.

What do you think ?

I think ...

It is not bad for my first step. Right?

I need to improve the site a lot, but you can still view the site pretty clearly.

I haven't checked if my site is compatible with Internet Explorer (Windows version as well)

If you have any problems with the site, please let me know.

info@hoodiescollection.com

Great things about being a web designer.

• I don't need to contact a Web Designer about changes.
  
• I can change images whenever I want.
  
• I enjoy creating things on my own.

I'm still on my way to be a good web designer.

• I still don't know how to use all of the tools. I still have many questions.
• I need to learn more and more, so I will be back to school for the next semester. I guess.
  

Our Spring Quilt Market is getting closer. May 15 - 17th

I'm going to Pittsburgh on May 14th.

This is my second time going to Pittsburgh.

I liked it there based on last time's trip.

Two groups are released in the beginning of April.

• Sparkling Paris
  
• Spring Fever
  

My new patterns are getting closer to being published.
I introduced them on my new site.

Pictures are not available at this moment.
These patterns will be available on June 1st.

I'm making samples using my new Spring Fever and Sparkling Paris lines.
They are looking really good, well in my opinion.

My two new group's designs are on zazzle products already.

I hope I can upload my new aprons pictures in a couple of days!

Rome wasn't built in a day!

"I'm in the learning process of the digital world!"

I designed and created my own website using Photoshop.
Then a professional web designer transferred my artwork on the cords and maintained my website for four years.
My technical improving on my website were getting more work than our payment arrangement according to my previous web designer in fall last year .

• The monthly charge will be increased double.
• There is no monthly charge. It will be an hourly charge for each project.
  
• Finding new person who can offer a better price than him.
• I'm going to taking care of my website myself.

Time has come!
I was going to spend my money and time for my education.
So I'm taking Web design classes since the Chinese New Year began.

I started a new life again.
It is nice to be a student.

I'm taking Dreamweaver classes every Wednesday and two HTML weekend classes in this springs semester.

So far, my HTML weekend classes were done by last weekend.
At least I'm understanding these new language in my site.
Just like when I started understanding the conversations in English many years ago.
My Dreamweaver classes are still going until April.
According to my Dreamweaver teacher,
"You have to remake your site!!"
and I want to do that, so here I am!

Learning process is not easy but it is great challenge for next step in my life.
My life had changed in many ways in the past couple of years.

I'm learning, learning and learning.
I'm still in the learning process in my life.
... I'm overwhelmed truly in this moment.

I haven't changed my home page on my website yet.
There is New Year's image still.

ROME WASN' T BUILT IN A DAY!
--- I just need a time more than one day!---

When you go to my website, my home page or other pages will be updated.
Please, congratulate me.
I could clear my first step in my digital world.

Apologies : My two new patterns are delay than I announced last year.
We are still in the process of test sewing and fixing instructions.
They are coming with the new Spring breeze!

News : I published new cute products on "Hoodie's Patch"

Cards, Postage, Shoes, Apron and Magnet in "Hana Kats" group
on my Patch.

Chowder's Birthday

Our dog, Chowder became 4 years old on FEB 4th.

When we decided to have one more member in our family, I started to research about dogs.
What kind of dog are good for us...? What is their nature? Where should we get a puppy...? etc...
My son was 9 years old at the time. One more member added to the family was his 10 year old birthday present, up coming in April.

When I was 10, I brought a puppy home from my friend's.
My mother said "No! I'm afraid of touching animals."
I returned the puppy the next day. I still remember that day and how much I wanted to keep him.

I was going to get a DOG this time for sure.
My choice was a Wire Fox Terrier.
I found my dog on Internet. The Puppies were going to be born around FEB.
Perfect! so we could get our puppy around my son's birthday time. The breeder was in Norton, MA. The driving distance from our place was about 4 hours.

We had pictures of the puppies when they were born. They had puppies from two couples.
One group were born on JAN 28th, the other group was born on FEB 4th.
We chose a puppy from the JAN 28th group in their pictures but he was taken already.
We were not sure if we would like our second choice of puppy.
So we decided to go to the breeder and see all other puppies.

At the breeder, our second choice puppy from JAN 28th group was very quiet and didn't move much.
However the other puppy from the FEB 4th group had mischievous behavior on my shoulder.
We saw both mothers. The mischievous puppy's mother was jumping and jumping very high.
The other mother was very quiet and slow, just like her son.
The lady said "She is a Couch Potato and lazy."

It was very hard to decide which puppy should be in our family there because they had completely different personalties.
We decided to go to our lunch before we got cranky!
We went to a diner by the breeder and ate Clam Chowder which is our favorite food besides we were in New England.

I was thinking about the mischievous puppy...
My father's birthday was FEB 5th. Maybe the mischievous one was born FEB 5th in Japan time. (14 hours ahead)
I used to celebrate my family member's birthday every month.
JAN for me, FEB for my Dad, March for my Mom and APR for my son.
So I needed someone was born FEB covering my Dad's Birthday celebration.

My son was thinking the name of our puppy...
He said
I decided our puppy's name."Chowder" The mischievous puppy became our family and he was named "Chowder" since then.
He is my son's brother and my second son.

He became just like his mother now. (This picture - Chowder's Mom and him.)He has skin problems all the time since he became 6 months old. I spent a lot of money for him since then, but nobody ever found the reason for these problems.
Otherwise, he is pretty much a healthy and good dog.
He is always jumping like his mother. He has still mischievous behavior. It is too much sometimes.
But...
We love our Chowder very much.

I bought him a new bowl for his birthday in NY city before visiting one of Blank Quilting's customer (Store).
I put his dinner in his new bowl with 4 candles.
He was scared of candles. Of course.
My son filmed it. It was funny. I believe when I got him, my time was held back when I was 10 years old.
Chowder is a my son and my 10 year old birthday present.

Happy Birthday to you! Chowder!

We love you!

Welcome to Hoodie's Patch!

"Year of the Ox" is beginning on January 26th, 2009 on Chinese calendar.

Japanese New Year is January 1st.
1873 DEC 2nd, Japanese government switched Lunar calendar to AD calendar.
We call "Old calendar" as "Lunar calendar" and it is shown on many Japanese calendars still.
We use Zodiac sign for our counting age.

If you want to know your Zodiac sign, go to this link.
You may find more links to access "Chinese Zodiac"

If you were born in January or February check out these Chinese New Year Dates first to determine which sign you are under as you may find that you actually belong to the previous animal year.

Your sign is coming back every 12 years. When you are 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 year old that year is yours.
A year is not only one Zodiac on Lunar calendar, it is two combination of Zodiac in the year.
These combination are 60 patterns.
You will get same combination of your year 60 years later you were born.
60 year old is your new starting life.

We call "Person of Year" who the same year Suddenly a man born in the Zodiac Year.
Serve God, man, this The original meaning of the "Person of Year"

Guess, who was born year of OX.
I just found it out.
Our American president, Barack H Obama.
He was born 1961, August 4.

I never ever think about he is the "Person of Year" when I started writing this story here.






Hoodie's Patch
(Hoodie's designs on Zazzle products)
My New Year's postcard "OX" & "Moo" (above) are on zazzle products.
Born Year of OX T-shirts for man, woman - Personalized the name.
Born Year of OX baby (Onesie) - Personalized baby's name.
Moo Mug cup - Personalized the name on the cup.
Born Year of Ox Birthday card - Create your own words.
Moo & Good Milk Postage.
Good Milk Kids Apron - Personalized the name on the apron.
Moo Key Chain.

These are great gifts for Birthday and Baby Shower for 2009.

Also, there are many goods using my original fabric design,
"Morning Call" "Medetai" "Casting Cats" Groups and more.

There were many "Brand New Day" in 2009, January.
New year on January 1st, Little new year on 15th, President Inauguration on 20th, my birthday on 23rd (additional "Brand New Day" for me) and Chinese New Year on 26th.

Stand up all you lovers in the world
Stand up and be counted every boy and every girl
Stand up all you lovers in the world
We're starting up a brand new day
--Brand New Day by STING --

To start things, which means a plan is important!

Koshogatsu, ( JAN 15th)
little New Year, started with the first full moon of the year and was also referred to as the second New Year.

Since The New Year began, I have been busy to creating new my fabric group that is for July release.
I bought my new group at Blank Quilting New York office, then I got this magazine "Quilt". (Issue of February / March 2009 #97)
The "Quilt" magazine introduced two designs, two colorways from my Morning Call Group.

I created The Morning Call Group during 2007 - 08 holiday season.
I went to Japan for the first year for the ceremony for my mother's death.
I came back to US around the Chinese New Year (It was FEB 7th).
Then my Morning Call Group had the chance to be on the fabrics. (It was released July 2008)
That happening was a nice start of New Year in 2008.
Now I have seen my designs in a magazine a year after, in 2009.

It is my pleasure that I've been seeing my passed creation in the market in my life.

New Year's day is a big day for the Japanese because a Japanese proverb says,

Here is direct translation from Japanese to English,
" A total of one year in the New Year's Day"
or
"New Year's Day is the key to the year"

This meant is,
"To start things, which means a plan that is important."

I have all of the year's plans, booked and set in my mind, ready for 2009.

Here the US, it is called "New Year's resolution" that is a closer meaning of this Japanese proverb.

I write my resolution on my birthday every year that is coming soon.

I believe a miracle will be created by my attitude and way of thinking.

The Chinese New Year (Year of OX) will start on January 26th around my birthday.
I will talk about my OX on my New Year's card. Resolution will be in the next post.