I hardly ever get to use all three of my mighty Oregon, Washington and California tags for a single post, but today is an exciting exception! Here in Portland, we are in for a treat tonight: Linda will be at Powell’s at 7:30, talking crochet and signing copies of Crochet Adorned! You can also check…
My friend Sarah has been organizing a very cool new sewing and quilting resource, Project 95 through the Fabric Shop Network. It’s a fantastic database of independent fabric shops — simply type in a global location and the site shows you the nearest stores, or you can use it to find online retailers, too. And…
My friend Jamin London Tinsel is having a show at Visage tonight — she’s showing work in clay along with photographs from Julie Forward, a really lovely pairing. I helped Jamin set things up yesterday afternoon and I got to install the piece on the postcard, bit by bit! It was so much fun to…
Caitlin alerted me to the ice cream social in Piccolo Park tonight — it’s part of National Night Out so you can get to know your neighbors! The free ice cream cones are up for grabs from 6-9 pm. Sounds awesome. We’re hoping to go right before Diane’s book event at Powell’s tonight — can’t…
I got my copy of Diane Gilleland‘s beautiful new book, Kanzashi In Bloom, recently and I couldn’t wait to try some of her lovely projects! Lucky for me, Diane and I are in the same town, and she offered to come over and kanzashi with me… bringing vintage fabric, buttons, and a little tiny iron…
It’s been a little while — this has been a busy summer! Speaking of, if you’re in Seattle, I’d love to see you at Urban Craft Uprising this weekend… I’ll be signing copies of Button It Up (plus a few copies of Bead Simple for good measure) from 1 to 2 on Saturday afternoon. And…
I’m very excited about heading up to Seattle for Urban Craft Uprising on Saturday! I’ll be signing copies of Button It Up (plus a few copies of Bead Simple for good measure) from 1 to 2 that afternoon. And from 2:30 to 3:30, Kristen Rask and I will be doing a super fun crafty demo…
This week has been so ridiculously hot that I can’t seem to get it together to post much of anything, and I haven’t had the energy to write about the wonderful Denyse Schmidt workshop I took (Amy, who is much more industrious than I am, has a fantastic post about it here with tons of…
Hooray! Diane’s beautiful new book is out today! I have a copy right next to me and I can attest that it is just gorgeous. The array of projects is lovely, and Diane did such a nice job making the techniques and embellishments clear and easy to understand. I made my first kanzashi a few…
I’m so excited that my friend Megan Nicolay is doing an event at Powell’s tonight for her new book, Generation T: Beyond Fashion. I snapped this photo in the window at Powell’s last week… I have to run, this morning is the first day of my class (after an amazing weekend in the same space…
I’m so happy that the Summer of Making is finally here — the craft portion begins tonight, when Denyse Schmidt is giving a lecture at the Museum of Contemporary Craft! She’ll describe her work, her process, and her approach to craft, and share images of new and in-progress projects… including a very special sneak preview…
My three-day whirlwind of quilts wound down on Sunday with our visit to the High Desert Museum south of Bend. I have never been to a museum quite like it — it’s tucked back in its own world, well off the road, at the end of a long and winding drive. The Patterns from the…