Okay, so I have a funny story. When I was back in my hometown for for my cousin's wedding, my Mom and I made an essential stop at the local fabric shop, Fabrics on Mill Street, which was one of the first retail stores to carry my patterns. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had made a model of the Emmeline Apron for their storefront. But that wasn't all. When I walked in the store, it was bustling with customers. One of them was asking Jenny, the owner, a question about the Emmeline pattern. At that moment, Jenny looked up, saw me, and said "Oh! Well why don't you ask the designer herself!"

The woman buying the pattern was about as surprised as I was. You wouldn't believe what happened next. She asked me to autograph the pattern.

No. Way. Somewhere between mortified and flattered, I pretended like that question wasn't really asked and found what my embarrassed self considered to be the middle ground - I printed my name and blog address on the back of the pattern.

I mean, a signature? I just had to chuckle. Perhaps if I am going to be making fabric store appearances I should spiff it up. Right now, my signature is just about the least artistic thing I do with my hands. Other than wash the dishes. It's just plain doctor-ish, just like my Dad's chicken scratch.

Yes, the entire situation was just so funny. My mom laughed at me for hours afterwards. She told me she was laughing at the look on my face when asked for my signature. I hope it wasn't too hilarious. I'm just an introvert living in the mountains of rural Mexico - and not used to such questions! :)

In other famous Emmeline apron news, did you see that Jennifer of Craft Sanity donned her Emmeline when she went in front of the T.V. camera?  Way to go, Jennifer!

So, although Miss Emmeline loves the spotlight, I will be more than happy to pull, cut, and sew together her strings from behind the scenes, thank you very much!