Hi Everyone

Hi Everyone, This blog has been designed to help keep all our old Daisy Kingdom friends in contact with each other. The only time in the past we have stayed in touch is during a memorial service and a lot of people thought a blog would keep us in touch on a happier basis. So here we go.....

Tim and I have moved to SW Portland up above Portland State University. We enjoy the great view of Mt. Hood, the valley with the river and all the bridges. We have been here three years. But the nicest part of all is that I have my business on the lowest level of the house, so I just have to walk down two flights of stairs to go to work.....yes this is retirement my style !!!

I still design patterns for Simplicity under the name Patty Reed Designs. We design fabric for Fabric Traditions in New York City. And my latest venture has been designing reuseable shopping tote bags for Fred Meyer, Kroger and many small companies around the country. It has been such fun because I have been able to do this with Sandy Askew a long time friend and former Daisy Kingdom employee. She and her husband Wayne handle our warehouse, shipping, and online orders. Also working for me today are three former DK employees Laurie Campbell, Li Mai, and Siukay Wong.

Tim retired for a year and was bored stiff so he started culinary school and loved it, and I have loved the results. But after six months of school he had a call from EE Schenck company, the fabric distributor in Portland, Oregon. They desperately needed him to come to work as their National Sales Manager. When he realized the pay cut he was taking as a chef, he decided working in his own field looked pretty good.

Enough about us. Ada Fessler, our beloved friend passed away on January 3, 2009. A lot of you were able to attend the Memorial service and it was so much fun getting together, even under those circumstances, so let's make an effort to stay in touch and stay connected.

Patty & Tim Reed