Tales Of A Fourth Generation Textile Executive: The People Have Spoken

The people have spoken and so far it looks like Barnacle Bay by Debi Hubbs is leading the pack in sales of the 7 new Studioe July lines. What is not to love about the soft color palette of this line?  How about the adorable sea creatures and birds?  What about the beautiful blender in pattern 3207?  No wonder this line is doing so well.  And check out this panel!  I can’t stop laughing at the whale shooting the water up in to the bird’s bottom.

In close second is the Dream Catchers line by Lucie Crovatto.  The overseas customers that previewed this line at the last Quilt Market absolutely fell in love with this line.  A big reason for the success is the color palette of soft tones of pink and aqua.  In addition, how could you not fall in love with this little Native American girl panel (I hope that is politically correct as I surely don’t want to offend anyone, ever)?  She is so sweet looking.  What young girl wouldn’t love something made out of this fabric?  It kind of reminds me of the Beautiful Garden Girl panel.  Do you see the resemblance?

DREAM CATCHER

BEAUTIFUL GARDEN GIRL

In third place, there is a tie between American Folk by Jennifer Brinley and Culture Shock.  On the one hand, we have American Folk which is an Americana type line. Americana lines are always excellent sellers for Studioe. The only problem with these lines is that we get no help from our international distributors because they want nothing to do with our Americana looks.  You know what I say to them?  BLAH YOU! Anyway, moving on to Culture Shock.  This line to me is one of the coolest that I have seen in some time.  It is just different in an artsy type of way.  I personally cannot wait to see someone make the free project for this line (sorry for the poor photo, but it was the best I could do).  I just love it!

That just about rounds off the list.  The rest of the lines are really just more basics.  Do you think that the order of top lines will change before we print?  Or do you agree with the ranking?  Talk to me!  What do you think?  I want to hear from you.  Enjoy the Summer.

Regards,
Scott