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Archives for December 2015
Confessions of an Online Mom: Why Being Plugged In Works For Me
Me in March of 2005 nursing Roxanne. Our oldest daughter, Roxanne, was small at birth. I had pre-eclampsia and was induced at 37 weeks 5 days. Even though the pregnancy was full-term she was only 4 lbs 9 ounces – what they call small for gestational age or small for dates. I remember the first…
2015 Year In Review
2015 is drawing to a close and it’s time to review the year. My business grew this year in a way that I feel good about. I work about 25 hours a week now – 4 hours in the morning while the kids are at school and another hour at night. Some weeks felt awesome…
Podcast Episode #63: Jenny Rushmore of Cashmerette Patterns
On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about the ins and outs of starting an indie sewing pattern business with my guest, Jenny Rushmore. We recorded this episode at Grey’s Fabrics in Boston’s South End. If you don’t know Jenny she’s a body positive sewing blogger, and she recently also become…
Reflections on Two Years of Podcasting
On Monday I’ll publish episode #63 of the While She Naps podcast. It’ll be the 24th episode I’ve produced this year and will mark my second complete year as a podcaster. Last year around this time I reflected on what it was like to produce the show in the first year. These were the things…
An Article in Modern Patchwork About Violet Craft
I’m really excited to have a feature article in the winter edition of Modern Patchwork magazine which is just hitting newsstands now. My piece is on Violet Craft and the story behind her stunning paper pieced lion quilt. Like many of you, I follow Quilt Market carefully on Instagram. As I look at all of…
When the Product is the Problem
Kim McBrien has loved making things with textiles her whole life. She now has a thriving hand dyed yarn business, Indigo Dragonfly, but figuring out how to turn her passion for fiber into a business was challenging. “I first tried to make a living as a contemporary basket maker,” McBrien says. “It became very clear…
Podcast Episode #62: Vivika DeNegre and Cate Prato, Editors at F+W Craft Magazines
On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast I’m visiting the offices of F+W Media in Sudbury, Massachusetts, to talk with two editors who have extensive experiences in the world of craft magazines. My guests are Vivika Hansen DeNegre and Cate Coulacos Prato. Vivika is the Editorial Director and Editor of Quilting Arts Magazine,…
Making a Bird
My local artists group, the Wellesley Women Artisans, is holding our third annual holiday art swap next week. Each of us is making a small piece of original art which we’ll wrap and then swap with someone else. I felt like this was a great opportunity to make a fabric bird again. There were a…
How to Set Up and Manage a Black Friday Sale
My Black Friday sale is just wrapping up as I write this. I’ve spent most of the last three days processing orders and I have 21 more to pack. I’ve been selling crafty things online for 10 years and it’s taken me that long to have a truly successful holiday sale. There were years when I…