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How Patterns in Sewing Books Go Untested and Why That Should Change

September 20, 2012

It's Saturday afternoon and you've got a lovely pile of fabric, all washed and pressed, sitting on your work table and a few hours of time to yourself. It's time to crack open that new craft book and sew the adorable tote bag on page 33. As you start cutting and sewing the pieces together… 

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Filed Under: Getting Published, Traditional Print Publishing

Softies For Sale Series: Contributing to Sewing Books

March 22, 2012

For this installment of my series about turning your love of sewing softies into a career I want to talk about contributing projects to sewing books. Over the last few years I have been asked by editors at many different publishing houses to contribute to collective books that feature projects by many different sewists. Just… 

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Filed Under: Selling Your Handmade Softies, Sew With Me, Traditional Print Publishing, Uncategorized

An Interview With a McCall’s Pattern Designer

January 31, 2012

Following up on our discussion of commercial sewing patterns last week I decided to contact the two major pattern companies, McCall's (Butterick, Vogue) and Simplicity (New Look, Burda Style) to see if I could hear about their patterns directly from one of their designers. Simplicity is clearly the more web savvy of the two, with… 

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Filed Under: Featured Soft Toy Designers, Sew With Me, Traditional Print Publishing

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Welcome! I'm Abby Glassenberg and I'm glad you're here. While She Naps is a blog about designing and sewing stuffed animals and running a creative business.
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