My kids absolutely love Halloween. They start brainstorming costume ideas in April and talk about it pretty regularly all summer long. Our neighborhood is a great place to be on Halloween. Families spend a lot of energy decorating their yards with ghouls and gravestones and spider webs. On October 31 the elementary school (which is…
Archives for October 2016
Pinterest Experiment 8 Month Report
Pinterest is an amazing driver of traffic to blogs and online shops. Back in February I decided to conduct a Pinterest experiment. I knew that long, vertical images do best on Pinterest and I wondered whether pinning a long, vertical image of each of my free softie tutorials would drive more traffic to my blog….
Upcoming Classes on Creative Small Business at the Wellesley Free Library
That’s me speaking at Midwest Craft Con last year. Photo by Chris Rutan. I’m excited to be teaching a series of three classes on creative small business at the Wellesley Free Library throughout the month of November. These classes are free and open to the public and people often drive in to take them (they…
Podcast Episode #83: Melissa Averinos
On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about quilting, painting, and living a creative life with my guest Melissa Averinos. Melissa Averinos paints, makes quilts, and writes craft books. She won a Judge’s Choice Award at QuiltCon 2015 for her quilt ‘face #1’ and won Best In Show at QuiltCon 2016…
Patchwork Elephant and Baby Quilt Print Pattern is Here!
After many months of work I’m excited to finally have the Patchwork Elephant pattern available as a print pattern. And I’ve added a coordinating baby quilt that uses up several more of the pre-cut strips used to create the elephant. Together I think this project makes a really lovely baby gift. The print pattern has…
How I Decide Whether to Take on a New Project
I was recently out with a friend and she pulled out her phone to show me something. When I glanced at the screen I noticed that her email app had the number 2,560 glowing in a little red circle. That would drive me crazy. I’m devoted to getting to inbox zero at the end of…
Podcast Episode #82: Mickey Krueger, President of Windham Fabrics
Photo by Christa Watson. On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about fabric with my guest, Mickey Krueger. Mickey is the president of Windham Fabrics, one of the leading manufacturers serving the quilting industry today. I’m especially excited about this episode because we recorded it live at Sew Pro, a convention…