When you write an ebook you have the opportunity to really explore a topic in depth, much more so than in a blog post or tutorial. It’s a satisfyingly fast way to get your ideas out into the world, and you retain complete control over every aspect of the content. Writing an ebook is a…
The Insider’s Guide to Starting an Online Sewing Pattern Business
I love to sew. I used to dream about building a business that allowed me to sew every single day. For years, I worked in my studio sewing handmade soft toys and sold them at craft fairs and online. I made a little money – enough to cover expenses and have a little left over…
Forging a New Path in Craft Book Publishing: Introducing Lucky Spool
Signing the contract to publish a book is one of the most thrilling, and overwhelming, moments in any designer’s professional life. You know it’ll be a lot of work, but you can already imagine the day when you walk into the bookstore and there’s your beautiful book sitting on the shelf. You’ll glow with pride…
Book Review: Sewing Tales to Stitch and Love by Kerry Goulder
Sewing Tales to Stitch and Love, by Kerry Goulder, is a new project book with 18 softie sewing patterns. Kerry lives in Southern Maine and is a mom to two girls. Before writing this book designed five patterns for Anna Griffin, a well-known brand of stationary, home, and gift products. Kerry also sold her handmade…
Safety Testing for Handmade Toys
+++++ January 7, 2016 UPDATE: Neal Cohen, the Ombudsman for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, got in touch with me this week to tell me about a brand new tool created to help small those of us who make toys and other handmade products figure out exactly what kind of safety testing we’ll need before…
Get More Done by Making and Following Your Own Rules
“No dessert until you finish your dinner.” “You can watch a show once you finish your homework.” “20 minutes playing on the computer is enough for tonight.” Sound familiar? I find myself repeating these rules, and a dozen more, to my three children day after day. As I say them I hear the echo of…
Welcome to My New Online Shop
EDITED JULY 2014: My online shop has moved here to my new blog platform! ____ Today is a really big day for me and my business. I’m very proud to show you my new online shop! Come take a look. Here you’ll find all of my PDF sewing patterns for dolls and toys, plus specialty…
Podcast Episode #8: Etsy’s New Definition of Handmade with Vanessa Bertozzi, Program Manager at Etsy
Vanessa Bertozzi Etsy made a pretty groundbreaking announcement last week. Beginning in January of 2014 sellers on the site will be allowed to hire staff, have someone else ship their goods, and sell items they produce with manufacturing partners. After watching the press conference I wrote a blog post explaining the new policies, and questioning…
Book Review: Sew & Stitch Embroidery by Alyssa Thomas
It's rare to find a craft book now that contains projects I haven't already seen somewhere else. We're so surrounded now with projects and tutorials that it's easy to feel like everything has already been done. Every now and then, though, I come across a book that's truly new. Sew & Stitch Embroidery by Alyssa…
Etsy Redefines Handmade: Authorship, Responsibility, and Transparency
*After I published this post Etsy reached out to me and agreed to do a podcast interview. We talked in-depth about the new policies and how they will impact sellers and buyers. You can find that interview here. A few weeks ago we had a great discussion here about the meaning of the word handmade….
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