We have some cool stuff coming up in early May for World of Geekcraft! First, I’ll be signing books at Crafty Wonderland, Portland’s biggest and most amazing handmade sale, on May 7th! Would love to see you then… anyone who picks up a book will also get a kit to make your own POW! ZAP!…
Thanks for the great comments so far on my giveaway post! So fun to read them and hear about all the love for log cabin quilting. Yay! Please keep the entries coming! To answer one quick question – yes, I do have a flickr pool for book projects and photos and would LOVE it if…
Just wanted to announce a few things to celebrate the official book release day – thank you to everyone who’s been in touch to say nice things about the book! I really appreciate it! First – I’m giving away a fun prize, thanks to Bolt Fabric Boutique: a set of eight fat quarters I picked…
It’s my book release day today and to celebrate, I wanted to offer up a special giveaway of a signed book plus, courtesy of Bolt Fabric Boutique, a set of eight fat quarters I picked out last week! I’m so excited for spring, and choosing some pretty, spring-y fabrics from the kind of store where…
It’s book release day! I just added all my new content to my resources and corrections pages, and was adding reviews and writing up my blog tour… … when my friend Jen emailed me that Kay Gardiner of Mason-Dixon Knitting had posted an amazing update. Kay not only wrote a lovely review of the book……
My book comes out tomorrow (!) and I had lots of plans for a big round-up post about all kinds of things but the day has flown by! So I will just post a few photos and links to things for now, and will be back tomorrow with a giveaway extraordinaire courtesy of Bolt Fabric…
My friend and collaborator Daniela Caine and I are working on a new project this week – Quilts for Quake Survivors. We are collecting fabric and materials to make log cabin quilts which we’ll send to those in need in Japan after the devastating earthquake and tsunami. This idea is just a few days old…
My friend and collaborator Daniela Caine and I are working on a new project this week – Quilts for Quake Survivors. We are collecting fabric and materials to make log cabin quilts which we’ll both auction off to raise funds for earthquake relief, and send to those in need in Japan at the appropriate time….
My heart is so heavy from the worrying news from Japan, after the devastating earthquake and tsunami have left so many homeless, injured or worse. I just don’t have any words. I spent three weeks in Tokyo as a sixteen-year-old – the first big trip of my life, and the first country I had ever…
Today is two weeks until the book comes out on March 22, so I thought I’d share a few quilt-related updates today in honor of that mini-milestone! First, my publisher, Potter Craft, invited me to write a guest post for this month’s issue of CrafterNews, which came out today. I got to write about my…
Today is two weeks until my new book, Modern Log Cabin Quilting, comes out, so I thought I’d share a few quilt-related updates today in honor of that mini-milestone! First, my publisher, Potter Craft, invited me to write a guest post for this month’s issue of CrafterNews, which came out today. I got to write…
I’ve gone to the magnificent Sew Expo in Puyallup before, but couldn’t pull it off this year… but if you’re going, don’t miss my friend Kathy Monaghan’s Felting for Young Crafters workshop, offered both Friday and Saturday. It’s suitable for anyone 10 and up and you’ll leave with three very cool finished projects – one…