Shouldn't It Be Patchwork?

When Lori and I were trying to decide on a name for our business, we had a brainstorming session with the two of us and our mom. The first thing we agreed on is that we quilt because it's fun, and we never want to lose the joy we find in quilting. With that in mind, we set about trying to find the perfect name for our business, and it was hard! We didn't want to sound too cutesy, and we didn't want to sound too boring. We wanted it to be short and easy to remember but also have some oomph to it. I still remember the goosebumps when we came up with our name, Patchplay! It says everything you need to know about us. We love quilting. It's never work for us. It's absolutely, 100 percent F-U-N. Plus, we like to think we are two fun girls that you would love to play with.

Once we had the name, Patchplay, the ideas for quilts just flowed. We filled page after page after page with ideas for quilt designs, which we want to be, first and foremost, fun to make. We have no desire to reinvent the quilting world with some new, amazing, never-before-seen pattern. I don't know if that's even possible. What we want is to make quilt patterns that will inspire you to quilt and have fun in the process, and that will hopefully bring a smile to the face of whoever receives the quilt. We want them to be easy enough for beginners to tackle and challenging enough for seasoned quilters looking for a good time. That's a goal that's plenty lofty for us.

I must say that taking our ideas from that first giddy moment where we couldn't write fast enough to actually designing the quilts, then making our designs in fabric, working out the bugs, writing instructions, debugging the instructions, blah, blah, blah, well, that's been a challenge. It's still fun, mind you, but it's a different kind of fun than simply whipping up a quilt from someone else's pattern. And it takes a long time! Even longer because we both still have fulltime jobs and families and other responsibilities.

So, the patterns are coming soon-ish. I can't be more specific than that, but to whet your appetite just a little bit, here's a first draft of our pattern logo. Tell us what you think! And keep on Patchplaying!