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.
In the spring I hired a designer to create my new WordPress site. Once I’d signed the contract and paid the deposit, she sent me an in-depth survey to help us both drill down to how I really wanted my new website to function. Some parts of the survey were fun, like telling the storyRead More →
Jenny Maj is an artist and plush maker living in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is a member of my private Facebook group for soft toy designers and earlier this month announced that she’d opened a shop on Etsy called Fluffmonger to sell her plush toys. When I saw the images Jenny had created for herRead More →
Today on the podcast I’m talking to renowned rag doll maker, Jess Brown. I first encountered Jess’s dolls in the February 2012 issue of Martha Stewart Living. I poured over this article, carefully examining every photo. Since then I’ve seen Jess Brown dolls everywhere. Jess has built her business over the course 16 years. EachRead More →
I have lots of fun and interesting things to share with you so I figured it was time for a studio update. Turtle progress on Friday morning. Turtle stack on Friday afternoon. Last Tuesday I got an email from the props director of the television show, The Flash. She needed two toy turtles for aRead More →
Stephanie Woodson is a sewing blogger. She moderates a Facebook group for sewing bloggers, she’s guest posted on Sew Mama Sew, and most recently she’s had a tutorial published in Stitch magazine. It’s safe to say she’s an active participant in the online sewing community. This isn’t the first online community that Stephanie hasRead More →
Kristin Link and Kathy Mack This podcast episode began with my desire to know more about Sew Mama Sew. When I think of the nexus of the online sewing world, the site that brings everyone together, I think of Sew Mama Sew. I read it every day and I think many of you do, too.Read More →
My sister, Rachel, and I always send each other something for Halloween. It started when I left for college. She’s six years younger than me and I missed being at home to help her along as she went through junior high and high school. She was the last of us kids at home and IRead More →
Hi there! We’re starting a surf and swimwear line here in Los Angeles. We love the look of your button up shirt and would like to purchase the pattern to use for manufacturing. Would that be okay with you?” If you design and sell home sewing patterns for clothing, this sort of email lands inRead More →
Here we are at the close of the 3rd quarter of 2014. The 3rd quarter includes the months of July, August, and September. At quarter end I do some financial calculations and analysis for my company and this year I’ve been sharing the results here on my blog (see the 1st quarter report and theRead More →
Can a blog serve a significant role in your creative life? Could it help you to launch a new career, connect with a community, keep up your motivation? And how does that blog change once you’ve found success as a designer, author, or teacher? These are the question we’re exploring on today’s episode of theRead More →