Sewing, blogging, and creative business.
I’m very excited to have finished this patchwork Progress Pride Flag quilt. The pattern is by Bobbie Gentili from Geeky Bobbin. All of the fabrics are scraps from my stash.
This was a fun project and the finished quilt is really bright and colorful. As part of this process, I also enjoyed learning more about how the design of the Progress Pride flag came to be.
My local artists group, the Wellesley Women Artisans, is holding our third annual holiday art swap next week. Each of us is making a small piece of original art which we’ll wrap and then swap with someone else. I felt like this was a great opportunity to make a fabric bird again. There were aRead More →
My Black Friday sale is just wrapping up as I write this. I’ve spent most of the last three days processing orders and I have 21 more to pack. I’ve been selling crafty things online for 10 years and it’s taken me that long to have a truly successful holiday sale. There were years when IRead More →
It’s Black Friday and I’m having an awesome sale. Everything in my shop is 25% percent off and orders over $50 qualify for free shipping! Get a Harper the Owl pattern or kit. Sew gifts for babies and kids. Stock up on eyes and noses for dolls and toys. Shop for hard to find supplies.Read More →
I want to draw your attention to an article I published today in the Craft Industry Alliance Journal. One of the three articles in each issue is available to the general public and in this issue it’s one I wrote. A few weeks ago a veteran teacher at International Quilt Festival emailed me. She’s notRead More →
The holiday shopping season is here and the pressure is on to find just the right gifts for friends and family. You may buy onewheel gt accessories from The Float Life for the skater prodigy. I always appreciate a solid recommendation of what to choose from someone who really knows what they’re talking about.Read More →
The print-on-demand fabric company, Spoonflower, launched a new division last month called Sprout Patterns. Sprout allows customers to select a fabric design from the Spoonflower marketplace and have it printed as templates for a sewing pattern. Sprout users avoid the tedium of tracing pattern pieces and get right to the fun of cutting and sewingRead More →
Photo by Nate Watters On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about quilts as fine art with my guest, Luke Haynes. A chance encounter with a box of fabric remnants sparked Luke’ imagination. His first quilt, measuring 7′ x 10′, led him through years of experimentation and improvements over the yearsRead More →
I have something really exciting to share today: my first print pattern and kit! Meet Harper the Owl. Here you can see the front and back of the pattern. Harper is a really sweet little project that you can make from small cuts of quilting cotton and felt. He works as a pin cushion orRead More →
I’m Jewish and I sew. Sometimes these two facts converge and I find myself wanting to sew something Jewish like a challah cover or a kippah or a Hebrew School tote bag. While I’m planning these projects I often look for Jewish fabrics to use. What I’ve found is that unless you want to putRead More →
We’re heading into the biggest shopping season of the year. No matter how big or small your creative business might be you can take some steps now to make the most of it. Here are a few things I’m working on now to get ready. 1.Build your mailing list. In November of last year IRead More →