Give Books

This holiday season, you should give books! Chronicle Books is kicking off their #GiveBooks campaign this season with a special reader discount and they also generously offered me some books. I feel so grateful to have worked with Chronicle’s amazing editing and design team on both 1, 2, 3 Sew and 1, 2, 3 Quilt. …

Top 100 Tutorials of 2010

Home PomPom Pillow from Living with Punks. Dip-Dye Lamp and Pillow from Design Sponge. Simple Pillowcases from Made. Lazy Daisy Pillowcases from The Long Thread. Felt Flower Pillows from The Purl Bee. Stenciled and Stitched Pillow from Artsy Crafty Babe.* 5-Minute Pillows from Grosgrain. Floor Pillow from Living with Punks. Cute as a Button Pincushion from Ravenhill. Matryoshka Doll Pincushion from Maximum …

Indie Craft Experience

I’m getting excited about the upcoming Indie Craft Experience Holiday Shopping Spectacular! After procrastinating and staying home with sick kids all week, it does seem that we’ll have a few things to sell this weekend. I hope to share some photos tomorrow. My daughters are the designers and I am the laborer for this project. …

Etsy Finds Friday

It’s all about journals today.  If you’re not familiar with moleskine notebooks, they are made in Italy and apparently pronounced mol-a-skeen’-a (though I fear sounding like a museum curator or Alex Trebek using this pronunciation).  But they are a good size and handy to have around.  Pictured above is a selection of some nice journals …