Stacy lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children. She has been a textile and product designer for over ten years and has designed for such retailers as Janie and Jack, GapKids, Target, and Tiny Prints among others. Recently she decided to branch out independently to market her own line of original creations. For Stacy it has been a dream come true to work with Moda and she can’t wait to share her exclusively designed collection with the quilt and crafting community.
Stacy approaches designing a collection a lot like telling a story – a skill honed and inspired by many years of reading books to her kids. When she is not designing, Stacy enjoys spending time with her family, going to the beach, and working in her garden and yard.
Creating Joy! - Here’s a feel-good story for the holidays (although it should make you feel good any day of the year)! Last summer Moda designer Stacy Iest Hsu received an email from a stranger (and it wasn’t a Nigerian prince). Jennifer Kwant wrote to say that she’d been to a fabric store and spotted Stacy’s “Best Friends Forever” dolls. Here’s what she wrote: I fell in love with the already-made dolls on display and the wheels starting turning: I could have the […]
A special guest tries Cut. Sew. Create - We talked to Stacy Iest Hsu about her Cut. Sew. Create projects last month. This time around, let’s hear from someone who’s given them a try—Katie Christenson. Katie is 13 years old and in 7th grade and the daughter of Moda designer Vanessa Christenson. While helping her mom at Quilt Market in Kansas City last May, Katie saw the Cut. Sew. Create projects and was eager to sew them. Katie credits her mom with teaching her the basics of sewing, […]
Build Skills and Create Memories with Stacy Iest Hsu’s Cut. Sew. Create - The positive reaction to Stacy Iest Hsu’s beloved cut-and-sew dolls, as well as teaching her own kids to sew got Stacy thinking. How could she help kids build their sewing skills, while creating memories of sewing with friends or family members at the same time? She thought about a project-of-the-month or subscription-based approach but searching out manufacturers was an overwhelming task. And then Moda’s design director Cheryl Freydberg approached Stacy about doing projects for kids. Cut. Sew. Create is the […]
Stacy’s Safari Life… - From Stacy Iest Hsu… I am always amazed how a collection starts and ends, how it goes from just a tiny piece of inspiration, it goes to a sketch, then to a collection of fabric. Jump to Leave us a Comment
Oh, Baby! - Sewing for babies is infinitely satisfying—they’re easy to fit and easy to please. And baby things are small—they take less time to stitch, giving you an opportunity to finish projects quickly and start new ones. And who doesn’t love that? Quilts, of course, are perfect for babies and an excellent way to try new skills, test a pattern you’ve been meaning to try, or stitch something in a not-your-usual color palette. There are myriad patterns that offer multiple sizes from […]
Block Heads 2 – Block 33 - Stacy Iest Hsu is the Block Head for today – Week 26 of Block Heads 2. Jump to Leave us a Comment
Block Heads 2 – Blocks 19 & 20 - Happy Block Heads Wednesday! It’s Betsy and Stacy’s day with Blocks 19 and 20. Jump to Leave us a Comment
Block Heads 2 – Block 7 - Stacy Iest Hsu. She’s lovely, fabulously talented, genuinely nice, funny and… one of our new Block Heads! And she’s spinning! Jump to Leave us a Comment
Block Heads 2 – Block 4 - It’s the last Wednesday in June, and while the year is almost half-over, the Moda Block Heads are just getting started for Round 2. And today we’ve got a block from one of our lovely new faces, Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic. Jump to Leave us a Comment
Spring Quilt Market – Part 1 - Happy Wednesday! It’s not Block Heads Wednesday yet but there’s still plenty to share! The crew from Dallas is home, the crates are being unpacked and we’re getting ready for a lovely long weekend. But first – greetings from Spring Quilt Market! Jump to Leave us a Comment
A Friday Mixed Bag… - It’s Friday. The pre-Market catalog drops on Monday with more than a dozen new collections. Spring Market in Portland is less than two months away. (Ack!) And today is National Puppy Day! Jump to Leave us a Comment
Mini Charm Quilts! - Whether you call them Candy or Mini Charm packs, we do love our little packages of 2.5″ squares. Jump to Leave us a Comment
Thursday plans… - Menu? Check. Grocery list? Check. Guest list? Check. Stretchy pants? Done. Jump to Leave us a Comment
Fall Quilt Market 2017 – Part 2 - You didn’t think that was all of it, did you? There’s more… lots more. Jump to Leave us a Comment
Spring Quilt Market ~ Part 2 - Happy Sunday from Quilt Market in St. Louis! Jump to Leave us a Comment
2016 by the numbers… - Starting with… how many quilts did some folks make? Jump to Leave us a Comment
Super Charlotte! - I don’t know who came up with the idea but it was a good one. Jump to Leave us a Comment
Featured Shop: The Cotton Patch Quilt Shop - “Bright and beachy” is how Laura Flynn describes The Cotton Patch, the University Park, Florida, shop she co-owns with with husband Tim. And it’s true that the shop reflects its coastal location, enticing both locals and visitors to the area with a selection of colorful, cheerful fabrics. But that description omits another important “B” word: bassets. Jump to Leave us a Comment
Just for fun… - I received an e-mail the other day about Coral, Queen of the Sea… Jump to Leave us a Comment
Meet Lil Red and New Moda Designer Stacy Iest Hsu - Stories are at the heart of many fabric collections, but it’s especially true in the case of one of Moda’s newest designers, Stacy Iest Hsu. And it’s not just the stories themselves, but the mood they create. Stacy, who lives in the San Francisco Bay area, reads nightly to her three children. While her two eldest kids could read on their own, they still enjoy gathering evening. “No one’s fighting, everyone’s peaceful, and though they’re sometimes working on projects of […]
- Block 46 Alternate// Hi everyone! Well I still have not conquered my fear of applique so I came up with an alternate block for Jan Padek's Roses, Block 46. It is a 12" block (finished) and 12 1/2" block (unfinished). You can use just one flower to make a 6" block. … Read more »
- Blockhead 38 Fractured RainbowHi Everyone and Happy Blockhead Day! Can you believe we are at block 38. This week is my block and it's called Fractured Rainbow. I live in California and believe me, I could really use a Rainbow : ). The air quality is getting better, but a few weeks back… Read more »
- BLOCK 24 - BE MY NEIGHBORHi Everyone and Happy Blockheads day! Today is my block, Be My Neighbor. This block was inspired by my love of Mr. Rogers. Being raised on a farm, I never experienced the neighborhood life like most. When I watched Mr. Rogers as a child, I loved the beginning when… Read more »
- GHOULS AND GOODIES QUILTS// I know it's so hard to think about Halloween as we are deep in the spring season BUT my Halloween collection, Ghouls and Goodies will be in store starting July. I am so excited to be a part of the Moda series At Home With Moda were I made… Read more »
- The QuiltsTHE QUILTS :: Today is the final product, the quilts. Introducing in order of picture, Baa Baa Baby Sheep, And On The Farm, America O’ America, Country Wave and Country Charm. Make sure to go to my blog to see the quilts in more detail. I hope you have… Read more »
- INPISRATION// INSPIRATION :: Although this collection feels very Americana, it actually was inspired by my trip to Europe last summer. While in Amsterdam, we visited a small farm with huge windmills about 20 minutes outside the city limits. It had all the iconic farm animals as well as some amazing… Read more »
- Blockheads 3 Block #10 Windmill// // Hi Everyone! Today is my turn to share my block Windmills. I am super excited because this block has a little bit of a story behind it’s inspiration. To download the pattern to my block click HERE. You can also download it from the block image below. //www.powr.io/powr.js?external-type=jimdo-integrated… Read more »
- LOVE BLOCK (ALTERNATIVE BLOCK)// Here is my alternate block pattern for the Love block by Brigitte Heitland. You can download by clicking the arrow in the top right corner of the pattern image below or you can DOWNLOAD THE PATTERN HERE. //www.powr.io/powr.js?external-type=jimdo-integrated Read more »
- Birdhouse (Alternate pattern)// I have created an alternate version of Birdhouse and want to share how I made it and the pattern. I really love this square because outside of Blockheads 3 it can be used for many other projects like a pillow or tote. The block takes a little time to… Read more »