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Pattern that Changed My Life Diane

The Pattern that Changed My Life: Diane Gilleland

July 2, 2014

Each Wednesday throughout the summer we’ll hear from a designer about a pattern or book that caused them to head in a new direction and helped form their career. This is the second post in the series. You can read all of them right here. Diane Gilleland is one of my favorite craft bloggers of… 

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Pattern That Changed My Life Sara Lawson

The Pattern that Changed My Life: Sara Lawson

June 25, 2014

On a rainy evening in 2007 I walked into a used bookstore in Waltham, Massachusetts and picked up a dusty craft book. The yellow cover was torn in the corner and nearly all the pictures were black and white. The book was published in 1971, four years before I was born, but to me it… 

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What Should I Blog About Tomorrow?

August 8, 2014

We’re sitting around the dinner table on a Tuesday night. The kids talk about their day at school. Charlie tells us what happened at work. And then I ask, “Anyone have an idea for my blog post tomorrow? Because I’ve got nothing.” This is a pretty typical scene at my house. I firmly believe that… 

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