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.
When I was a senior in high school we were allowed to take one class pass/fail. I chose math and thank goodness I did. I was really good at school. Straight A’s, Dean’s List, Phi Beta Kappa and all that, but math had started to be my downfall and it was about to get worse.Read More →
I sew in a corner of our bedroom where there’s not much natural light. The windows are small and mostly screened by trees. In addition to the overhead lights, I have all sorts of extra lamps set up – one on my desk, another clamped to the ironing board, and another next to the sewingRead More →
Guess what? Today the pattern for Darcy the Dachshund is just $5! Crafterhours celebrates Fridays by choosing a pattern or indie-made item to be the Friday Fiver and I’m so excited that they’ve chosen Darcy this week. I have a few fun additions to this pattern in celebration. First, I made a template for aRead More →
Allison Hoffman’s tagline sums it up well: “I make weird stuff out of yarn. Anything pop culture goes.” In fact, it would be fair to say that Allison Hoffman’s career as a crochet designer is fueled by pop culture. She recreates celebrities as yarn dolls and fairly often those celebrities find their doll likenesses toRead More →
Ahoy, matey! Meet Roger the Pirate. He’s my new PDF pattern and he’s on sale for $7 through Wednesday, September 3. This pattern includes: step-by-step photos easy to follow instructions full-sized templates you can print again and again links to supplemental blog posts and special videos to guide you through I’ve got a collection ofRead More →
In 2011 I was at a crossroads. I had just turned in the manuscript for Stuffed Animals and I wasn’t sure what to do next. For a year I’d been writing a book which meant I was in the rhythm of creating a new pattern every three weeks. I’d learned a lot in the processRead More →
I pre-ordered Sew Cute to Cuddle by Mariska Vos-Bolman as soon as I saw it on Amazon and was so excited when it arrived last week. Aside from sewing, playing games like judi roulette online is also a great pastime. Mariska is the designer of the popular PDF softie pattern business, DIY Fluffies. She’s DutchRead More →
Making a three-dimensional creature from fabric is a creative challenge, but creating a person from fabric is perhaps even harder. We’re quick to judge the beauty of a doll. You have to get the proportions and the features just right to make an appealing fabric human, don’t you think? When I come across an artistRead More →
Podcasts are a big part of my life. Being able to listen to independently made radio shows about the niche topics I’m most interested in is totally fantastic. Listening to podcasts makes my daily run go by faster, helps me accomplish all sorts of tedious household tasks like folding laundry and doing dishes, and mostRead More →
Each week throughout the summer we’ve heard 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 eighth and final post in the series. You can read all of them right here. Allison Rosen is a quilter and an accountant.Read More →