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.
Kids love secret hiding places. When we were looking for a new house and looking at house kits with prices, our older daughters would always fall in love with the homes we toured that had rooms under the stairs or back halls with mysterious doors. I think all kids (and maybe adults, too) wish forRead More →
This post is part of a 3-person blog hop. Head on over to Tara Swiger’s blog and Stacey Trock’s blog to read their perspectives on this topic, too. One of the best, and worst, aspects of running an online business is that you interact with your customers from behind a computer screen. It’s wonderfulRead More →
Toys are fun! The goal in designing a toy is to make something so appealing that people young and old will want to sit down and play with it. Toys spark our imagination. One of the interesting challenges of being a toy designer is coming up with something that will evoke that emotional response. ARead More →
My new microphone makes a debut in this episode of the While She Naps podcast (hooray for improved sound quality!). I chat with Tara Swiger and Stacey Trock about marketing tools and strategies for small creative businesses. I met Tara a few months ago when she was in Boston teaching some workshops. We went outRead More →
We had a great crowd participating in the Bee Mine Sew-Along this month. It's been really fun to sew with you! Congratulations to Kathy Slaughter, the winner of the sew-along. She made this adorable love bug. Didn't she do a great job? Kathy will get a copy of Never Been Stitched, a new books fromRead More →
Whip up a quick and fun gift for your next baby shower with these soft rattle blocks. Each block includes a variety of colors and textures to engage a baby’s senses and you can make them even more interesting by slipping a rattle insert inside. To choose fabrics that will be pleasing together, start withRead More →
It’s Thursday night at 9:30 and you realize you haven’t posted anything on your blog this week. Quick! Think of a blog post! Sound familiar? It sure does to me. I wrote this blog for seven years that way. It’s not terrible to have to come up with content on the spur of the moment,Read More →
Along with most Americans, my family watched the Super Bowl last weekend. Every time the game coverage paused for commercials my older daughters, who are seven and nine, became totally exasperated. “What is this?!” It was an old school moment for me. I realized that my kids live in a world of a la carteRead More →
How are you doing with your Love Bug? We've got quite a crowd now in the Bee-Mine Sew-Along and this week I'm proud to say that I've finished all three of my Valentine's Day Love Bugs. Whew! (Not sure what the Bee-Mine Sew-Along is all about? Read up on it here!) Three daughters means IRead More →
Sewing skipped a generation in my family. Growing up we didn’t have a sewing machine at home and I never saw my mother sew. The first time I sewed was in Home Economics class in 8th grade. I was terrible at it and got a C- on our final project due to wonky seams onRead More →