LONDON (here we come!)

this fall my gramma (89 years old) called me, and said 

"i want to go to europe, and i want you to be

my travel partner." 

"SURE!  let's do it." i said.

i started looking into things, and we settled

on a riverboat cruise.  she said she loved

the waltz and wanted to go on the Danube.

so we started to plan.

Then about a month or so she called, and

said, "i don't think i should do it".  

my knee.  my blood pressure.  my heart.

and i said, "that's okay gramma, i totally understand."

and i did.

honestly i was saddened by this.  my gramma is my

biggest soft spot.  she taught me how to be nice or at least

to try to be nice all of the time.  how to patient

(man was that lady patient).  she taught me all

about family first.  and i love her for always being

my number one fan.  she truly is the best person

i have ever had the pleasure of knowing.

(i wish i had a photo of her to insert here but i

don't right now)

then in november, she passed away.  and i thought

about all the things i never got to say and all the things i had

yet to do (like this trip).

then, as i posted in february of this year i lost another family

member. Jason (my brother in-law) was quite young (43 years old),

and i thought again about all the things i haven't done,

and have wanted to do for a L O N G time.

so... i bought two tickets to London.  this trip will be just

me and my son Henry...

 heading off to see one of my very

best friends and her family, and a little bit of family.  

so this is us jumping off!  and saying farewell for the 

time being.

don't wait too long to do the things you want to do,

because you never know when you might have 

waited just a bit too long.

OOx,

cori

all beautiful photos are by the talented Jeremy Baer-Simon

The Sweet Life (with BLEND fabrics)

I am just tickled to introduce you to

The Sweet Life

 my second fabric collection with BLEND! 

 (available for purchase in July). 

~made for adventure (multi panel)

~small truths 

~field of joy, blue

~field of joy, pink

~tiny seeds, blue

~tiny seeds, pink

~stellar blooms, blue

~stellar blooms, khaki

~pure goodness, blue

~pure goodness, khaki

~pure delight, blue

~pure delight, pink

(a quilt made from the fabrics!)

this makes me so happy!

so very very happy.

OOx, 

cori

patterns patterns and more patterns...

i have come to the conclusion that

i LOVE making patterns out of my

paintings.  i could do it for HOURS

and hours...  perhaps days and days.

here is some proof!

it sort of brings out this really compulsive characteristic

i seem to have, which goes something like this...

ooh, this is pretty.

i wonder what happens if i do this,

and then this...  and if i grab that

and i use it...  and then and then

on and on and on i can go.

and then all of a sudden all my work hours are gone!

oops!

hope you are all busy doing something

you love.

OOx, c.

Somerset March 2013!

I am SO tickled by this!

this is one of those too good to be 

true moments for me.

i have ALWAYS admired the Somerset Studio magazine...

but i had read the submission guidelines...

i knew you had to submit your own

ideas, articles, pictures to be lucky enough to find

your way into one of the beauties, and that

frankly scared the you know what out of me!  

now if you have read my blog you KNOW i don't

consider myself to be a writer (or a teacher).  

and because of that i always assumed i would never

be able to get into the "Vogue of the paper world"

because what would i write about?  how many 

years would it take me not only to formulate an 

idea that was magazine worthy, but to then

turn around and write about it...  

that would take ANOTHER YEAR (at least) !!! 

so i let the dream go...  which was sad, but honestly

knowing how i labor over the words made that okay.

but then i got the stop what your doing and do a little

dance email that made my year!  hi coir, would you be 

interested in....   you can imagine the rest. 

and of course i was absolutely THRILLED TO BITS!

and what you are looking at here is the lovely proof

that it really did happen.  OH!  the joy!

could someone pinch me.  this really does seem

to good to be true.

 thank you Christen Olivarez. 

 thank you Ricë Freeman-Zachery.

thank you Somerset magazine.

thank you for doing what you 

do and doing it, oh so well...

OOx,

cori

Rest in Peace

the waiting is over &

our dear friend has passed on.

OOx c.

red apples and tears...

today is a day not to be forgotten.

it started out as just a day, but it turned 

into a day where i picked

up two people who i love (one of whom i just 

recently discovered that i held love in my heart for),

and i took them to the hospital, where one

was told that how desperately ill he was

(although they already knew this).

 tears have been shed, hugs have been given,

 ideas worried at...  and now it is all tests

and waiting (this is the hard part).

this is not what i thought this day was to be 

about.  I thought today was about studio time
and building patterns for shower curtains and sheets.
but somewhere along the line, this day
 turned into a profound lesson for my heart.

let me tell you what i learned
( and i mean it )

be nice to the people you love.  even when it is hard.

it really is the only important thing that you can 

give to someone.  it is the only thing 

that matters in the end.

i also learned today that shopping for beautiful red apples,
and buying the milk for the people you love... THAT is the good stuff.
that is a real privilege that shouldn't go unnoticed.

OOx,

cori

Joss & Main

I am PLEASED to announce 

that on February 17th (this Saturday),

 Joss & Main will be hosting

 a Cori Dantini/DENY designs

flash sale!!!  How fun is that?

Below you will find a few examples of the 

 products that DENY designs makes...

duvet cover

shower curtains

sheet sets

fleece blankets

&  throw pillows

(in different sizes no less!)

now...

I have absolutely no information as to what

will be on sale- but do hope you find this

information to be helpful.

Happy shopping everyone.

OOx  cori