I saw this video on Accuquilt’s Facebook page last week. It was originally released in January of 2016, but the company is featuring it again in a current marketing campaign. Accuquilt manufactures and sells die cutting tools for quilters. You may recognize the concept from the “So God Made a Farmer” commercial for Ram trucks…
Archives for March 2017
Free English Paper Piecing Pattern: Tilly the Turtle
I’d like to introduce you to Tilly the Turtle. She’s super friendly and is a great scrappy project that combines some handwork and some machine sewing. Tilly the Turtle is awesome as a pincushion, but she’s also fun as a softie. I made a pattern so you can make a Tilly, too! Ready to sew?…
Podcast Episode #93: Penny McMorris and Dean Neumann, Co-Founders of Electric Quilt
Listen to a teaser for this episode! Listen to the full interview down below. On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about building a quilting software business with my guest, Dean Neumann and Penny McMorris, co-founders of Electric Quilt. Dean and Penny are both from Wisconsin originally. After the Air Force…
Best Business Biographies For Creative Entrepreneurs
Business biographies are one of my favorite non-fiction genres. What’s a business biography? It’s the story of the life of a business. If you’ve ever listened to an episode of How I Built This on NPR you’re familiar with the idea. (And if you haven’t yet listened to that show go download an episode because…
Introducing Newsletter Classifieds
I’ve been writing a weekly email newsletter now for over three years and I find putting the newsletter together to be incredibly satisfying. All week long I save interesting links to share with subscribers. In particular I look for links to opportunities for paid work in the industry, news about what’s happening in craft and…
Podcast Episode #92: Pokey Bolton
On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about the sewing and quilting industry with my guest, Pokey Bolton. Pokey Bolton was introduced to art quilting and the related needle arts in 1998, and ever since she took her first stitch (a fly) and embroidered her first motif (a spider), she has…