1, 2, 3 Sew Review on CraftyPod

Check out the review of 1, 2, 3 Sew over on CraftyPod. Diane Gilleland of CraftyPod is author of Kanzashi in Bloom, editor of CRAFT, and has published a number of e-books about crafts, blogging, and crafty business. She’s pretty much the queen of the online craft community, I would say. In fact, listening to this podcast that she did on publishing a craft book is how I figured out how to publish my book! So I’m so excited that she’s written a book review. Head on over there and take a look. Thanks, Diane!

Images below from Diane’s book Kanzashi in Bloom.

 

 

Etsy Finds Friday

Guitars fabric from Kokka by Heather Ross, $10 per 1/2 yard from Bloomerie.

Warm Colors Fabric Necklace, $30 from Urban Creatures.

I Am Sewing, Hear Me Roar (cropped), archival print, 8″ x 10″, $20 from Wild Life Prints.

Wood Alphabet from Bookhou at Home, $50.

Kallia Bag, $75 from Milloo.

Felted Acorns, 6 for $12 from feltjar.

Honeycomb Patchwork Pillow Cover, $38 from Namoo.

Wooden Triangles Geometric Puzzle, $19.95 from Timber Green Woods.

Shabby Pair of Painted Children’s Chairs, $39 from estatehound.

Quilt Blocks Fabric Collection

Exciting news! If you listened to my podcast over on Papernstitch this past week, then you may have heard about my new venture into fabric design. I’m thrilled that Moda will be producing my Quilt Blocks fabric collection. I just got the strike-offs and I’m so excited to see my designs on fabric. The collection of quilting-weight cotton will be introduced at Fall Quilt Market and should hit stores some time in early 2012.

The designs are obviously inspired by the patterns of quilts that I love so much, but with a bright, modern feel. And I think many of them will work really well to make quilts! I’ll show you more of the designs soon. I cannot wait to see what you all make with this fabric.

Follow Along

It’s getting hard to track all of the social networking sites these days, isn’t it? And hard to be disciplined enough to avoid constant distraction. Here are some housekeeping notes if you want to keep up with The Long Thread in other places:

I have created a new facebook page for The Long Thread (due to the facebook changes to groups), so if you’re interested in receiving updates through facebook, you’ll need to click here and “like” the page, as I have dissolved the former group. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Also, if you haven’t joined Pinterest, I highly recommend it. You simply add images of things you like, categorize them and share with others. It’s a great way to find, share and keep track of all the inspiration we find online. I get a bit frustrated when I can’t find the original source of an image, but overall I think it’s a great resource. You can follow me on Pinterest by clicking here.

And if you’re not on Twitter, you can join up and follow me over there too.

In addition, I’ve set up two Flickr groups — one for general photos of projects that you’d like to share and one for projects that you’ve made from 1, 2, 3 Sew. So please do share. I love to see what you’re making!

I’m sure I’ll get the hang of Google + soon too and start some sort of group there as well, but this seems like enough for now.