So I recently wrote an article about Riley Blake Designs and as a little thank-you, Cindy offered to send me some fat quarters. Super nice of her. Now I have to figure out what exactly to do with them. I’ve looked through a few books specifically for using fat quarters and havent’ fallen in love […]
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This morning I got up a bit early, yet again, to work for a few minutes on my last Quilts for Quake Survivors quilt. I’ve worked on five different quilts–making patchwork squares, quilting the sandwiches and hand-stiching the binding on others. I haven’t been able to do as much as I would like, but it’s
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So what do I get to do all day? I get to cruise around the web searching out cute new products at places like: I search for new fabrics at all sorts of shops, including: I write about new quilting ideas and patterns I find at places like: I get to follow along on the
Is it really a job when it’s so enjoyable? Read More »
Three days in and I’m totally, completely exhausted from the inside out. Everything is tired–my muscles, my brain, my interest in doing anything at all. Really? Who knew it was this difficult to work eight hours a day?! Okay, so it’s not really the workday that is killing me, it’s the drive home, the errands
Working is Hard Work. Duh. Read More »
Despite the fact, that I celebrated my forty-first birthday this year, I have avoided some of the more grown-up expectations. I don’t own a house and never plan to. I don’t have a retirement account. I have never hired a lawyer (or a mover, for that matter). I don’t own my own car. And except
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So after six months of working primarily on Crinkle Dreams, along with few other small-time gigs, I’ve landed a full-time position that melds me love of sewing and writing. How awesome is that?! If you gotta work, it might as well be doing something you love. The time away from the sewing studio means that
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I don’t like either one, in fact. I much prefer steady work and a committed relationship.
Job hunting is like dating. Read More »
Saturday was the annual Whole Foods Hollywood Hootenanny, a conglomeration of Whole Foods market, local crafters and kids’ activities that takes over a street in the Hollywood area of Portland. The woman next to me has done this particular street fair for the past three years, but the woman on the other side was a
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This is my five-year-old nephew’s favorite line this week. The first time Alex said it was last Friday as we left the Oregon Zoo. We’d spent four and a half hours roaming though the zoo, ogling the fruit bats as they devoured broccoli and bananas, meditated on the giraffe’s less-than-graceful gait, rumbled along the train
The Best Day Ever. Read More »
I love summer break and the freedom to go and do as we please, but there are times when that loose scheduling really hampers my own big ideas. I’ve been tossing around a design in my head for little lunch money wallets (and bigger versions for bigger folks) for weeks now. I actually thought about
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