Page 64 – the long thread

July 28, 2012

Flickr Round-Up

I recently spent some time looking through the photos over in my Flickr groups and I’m so excited to see you making things! The photos above are:

Kids’ Drawing Case by JulieFrick. You can find the tutorial here.

Blockhead Bunny from Sosae Caetano, made from my pattern in 1, 2, 3 Sew.

Little House Pouches, made by Sandrina Kay. The tutorial for these is here.

Little Red Riding Hood from katiemartin1, made from my tutorial found here.

Clothesline Caddy from Dakota Gal, made from this tutorial.

Goose made by Princess Bubblegum. This was one of my first tutorials, found here.

There are also lots of superhero capes, water bottle slings and ribbon wreaths. Seeing people make things from my patterns and tutorials is perhaps the biggest reward for me as a blogger and a reminder that people actually read this blog. This is good to know as I am thinking about making some changes to this site. I’ll still be working on finishing up this book over the next month, but after that I really hope to get back to creating things that I can show you. I know you all love tutorials and I hope to give you a few here and there, but I realize that if making things starts to feel like work, I won’t be able to make anything interesting. Anyway, more on that soon.

July 28, 2012July 28, 2012

Winner of Sew Merry and Bright

Congratulations to Daisey Jayne, #113 and the winner of the Sew Merry and Bright giveaway. I just spent some time on her new blog. If you like old houses, antiques, or DIY, her blog looks like a great spot for it! And a reminder to me that I have a lot of furniture to paint.

July 19, 2012July 19, 2012

Happy Home

Chronicle Books sent me a review copy of Jennifer Paganelli’s new book, Happy Home. Before I could even open it, my seven-year-old grabbed it and ran away with it. She loved the fancy frills of Jennifer’s last book, Girl’s World, so she was excited to get her itty bitty hands on this one. This book brings more of Jennifer’s bright and cheerful patterns to home goods, sewing projects and crafts. From curtains, to pillows, to baskets covered in flowers, this book has the feel of a Fancy Nancy story come to life.

My daughter has been getting some ideas for updating her room from the book. There’s a very pretty box pleated dust ruffle and an idea for a canopy that we may use. And of course, there’s no shortage of hot pink in the book, my daughter’s favorite color. If you are a girly-girl, or if you know one, you must buy this book. And Jennifer’s beautiful fabrics too.