Here at the Bead&Button office it’s already 2009. We’re working on the February issue and the items that we will post on our Web site during January.

Watch for a new format for our patterns section. Beginning in January, we will post Bead&Button patterns exclusively online at BeadAndButton.com. We will offer 24 new patterns every year — 12 subscriber-only patterns and 12 patterns for registered users of the Bead&Button Web site.

This expanded coverage means we will be able to feature more designs by more designers. If you’d like to possibly see your pattern on our Web site, submit a chart of your original design to Patterns, Bead&Button, P.O. Box 1612, Waukesha, WI 53187-1612.

The flower pattern was designed by Robin Griffes. You can find it in the October issue of Bead&Button on page 30. It is also posted on our Web site, BeadAndButton.com.

Lynne