October 28, 2008 – 2:47 pm
Hello from Joyce! This is my very first blog entry, but I have loved following Linda’s posts here. Even though we usually know in advance what Linda will be blogging about, I find that I always stop what I’m doing to read a new post. Since I haven’t been able to sew as much in [...]
October 22, 2008 – 11:03 am
This time of year there are often lots of sewing and quilting shows happening. I leave tomorrow for Quilt Market, which is the BIG trade show for the industry–only those with a business can get in to it and this is where shops buy the products and fabrics you see in their stores. Since consumers [...]
October 18, 2008 – 10:12 am
Did you know that today is National Chocolate Cupcake Day? Yes, really. It was a theme for a cooking segment on the Today Show.
October is also National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (hope you all got your mammogram), and it’s National Caramel Month.
Who makes up these things? I don’t know, but I’m suspecting that some council [...]
October 16, 2008 – 12:09 am
Since I’m having company at the end of the month, I’m working on my Halloween decorating…right down to the celebratory scarves for our 3 dogs. I’m making a holiday tablecloth and fabric napkins as well. Today I put up a fall wreath on the front door and a ghoulish goblin to entice my trick-or-treaters. (And it amuses [...]
October 13, 2008 – 11:27 am
This past weekend I had the pleasure of presenting an all-day workshop for the Salem, Oregon American Sewing Guild group–the topics were Inkjet Fabric Printing and Needle Felting by Hand or Machine.
I LOVE teaching (OK, I might have mentioned this in an earlier post)! It’s not just the sharing of the skills, but also the [...]