Language is important. The words we use to describe ourselves end up defining us. Last week I saw these photos taken at International Quilt Festival in Houston. Photos courtesy Bill Volckening. I was struck by the function of the word “husband” to describe the lounge and reached out to Bob Ruggiero, Director of Publications &…
Go Tell It at the Quilt Show Records the Oral Histories of Quilts
Karen Duling and her quilt ‘Catnado’ at QuiltCon 2016. Founded in 1993, the Quilt Alliance is dedicated to documenting, preserving, and sharing quilts and quilt stories. The Asheville, North Carolina non-profit has one full time Executive Director, Amy Milne, and a few part time staff members including Emma Parker, 27, who serves as the Oral…
How Instagram Stories Will Redefine the Platform
Yesterday Instagram launched a new feature that adds significant functionality to the platform: Stories. Stories allow users to post images and videos that disappear after 24 hours. Recording a Story is quick and easy, or you can upload images from your camera roll. Like a Snapchat Story, you can add text, handwriting, drawings, and filters….
Facing Shrinking Ad Dollars Craft Magazines Are Rethinking Everything
Last week’s announcement that one of the longest running quilting magazines, Quilters Newsletter, will be shutting down in October hit the quilting world hard. Hundreds of comments poured in on blogs and Facebook from longtime QNM readers expressing sadness that this beloved publication that has been in print for 47 years was to be no…
Quilters Newsletter Shuttered Amidst Cutbacks at F+W
In an email sent on Thursday, July 14 to contributors, Editorial Director Bill Gardner delivered some difficult news about the fate of the magazine Quilters Newsletter. “Quilters Newsletter has held a very special place in the hearts of quilting enthusiasts for 47 years, and has been a source of inspiration and learning for quilters around…
On Learning New Software
On the left, me and Roxanne a few months before I started this blog. On the right, Roxanne sewing in my studio last week. In the late winter of 2005 I spent eight hours learning how to use blogging software. Those were eight precious hours. They were spread out over two weeks and amounted to…
Sewing and Creative Business News of Interest this Week
Always lots going on in the sewing and creative business world. Here are my picks of interesting news and happenings going on right now. Etsy is hosting a creative business conference August 11-12 in New York City. Called Etsy Up, the focus of the event is “empowering Etsy sellers and facilitating connections.” It sounds like…
Who Killed Quilt Your Heart Out?
Fans of quilting personalities Marianne and Mary Fons were thrilled in February of this year when the mother daughter duo launched their own podcast. Called Quilt Your Heart Out the show was an hour-long call-in advice program for quilters. A fan of the public radio show, Car Talk, Marianne Fons envisioned Quilt Your Heart Out…
Is Quilt Market Still Relevant When We See It All On Instagram?
“Market used to be a place to debut your new products to shop owners and pretty much only to shop owners and others in the trade,” says Linda Sullivan, owner of Linderella Quiltworks, an independent quilt shop in Southern Pines, North Carolina. “Excitement would build and then on the first day of Market a frenzy…
Craftsy Launches In-House Fabric Line, Boundless Fabrics – Seeks Designers for Exclusive Kits
Craftsy has launched an in-house fabric line and is now seeking designers to create digital quilt patterns for exclusive kits. Called Boundless Fabrics, the line launched with a collection of solids sold as yardage and pre-cuts in the supplies section on Craftsy.com. In September of 2015 word spread that Craftsy was launching its own yarn…
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