The great #UNPLUG of 2013
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The great #UNPLUG of 2013

The Great #Unplug of 2013
or The Relative Merits and Discomforts of a Social Media Fast
or The Extrovert’s Dilemma
or I Feel it All (Feist)

I unplugged from all social media for exactly one month, after being inspired by this summer’s article in Fast Company by Baratunde Thurston here. Thurston describes himself as the world’s most connected man. I am so not, but I am managing a family and wearing a lot of hats including social media marketing for my little creativity brand. read more

August 27, 2013
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UNPLUG
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UNPLUG

I am gonna go #UNPLUG now. No social media for a few weeks. No Instagram. No Facebook. No Pinterest. No blogging. No compulsive checking. No dopamine uptake in my brain for a thumb or a like. No public sharing of private moments. No voyeuristic peering into the private moments of everyone else’s not-so-private lives. I’m just going to go be in my life like it was 1999… for at least three weeks. 🙂 Then I’ll be back, because I like social media. read more

July 29, 2013
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Sewing School 2 Giveaway
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Sewing School 2 Giveaway

I LOVE this book. I LOVED their last book. (See a post about the first one here.) In their newest book, Amie Plumley and Andria Lisle walk us through fun and rad projects that your kids can tackle on their own! The images, writing, and projects in this book are amazing. They make your kiddos want to make stuff! They make me want to make stuff!

Leave a  comment below to win a copy of your very own! 

We made the felt guitar on the cover. No matter how young, there is something in this book for your children…I let my wee one do the cutting of the frets. She designed the colors. She stuffed it. And now she plays it! read more

July 20, 2013
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Staple Dress pattern GIVEAWAY
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Staple Dress pattern GIVEAWAY


I just love April Rhodes and I’m so excited she asked me to be a part of the blog hop launching her first printed (and PDF) pattern, the Staple Dress. Surely you must have seen it by now? Every blogger in sew-iverse seems to be sporting this very wearable frock! I posted about it in my Collage blog party here, so I’ll spare you a re-post. This dress sincerely rocks. It is an everyday dress for every body shape. You’re going to make this dress in every fabric (and most especially voile) and wear it all the time. It is super flattering and comfortable. read more

July 12, 2013
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The Nest Quilt digital PDF pattern now available
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The Nest Quilt digital PDF pattern now available

I am so excited to announce that my newest pattern, The Nest Quilt, is finally available in my shopping cart HERE as a downloadable, printable PDF! Come and get it!!!!

Be wild and free like a bird as your create this quilt…gathering scraps and placing them with a washable school glue stick. You’ll create an art quilt you can cuddle under–or a wonderful wall hanging–in just a few simple steps. Break some rules with this fun, fast, and crazy-raw collage quilt. How many eggs does your nest need? read more

May 30, 2013
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Modern baby book and giveaway!
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Modern baby book and giveaway!

So, I just ripped open the box containing my copy of modern Baby–Easy, Fresh, and Fun Quilt Designs. And it looks so pretty. It is my first ever quilt project in a book. Woot! Who doesn’t want to be in a book, right? Right.

modern baby is a lovely, curated book with fun quilts for babies designed by modern quilters/ bloggerssuch as Shea Henderson (of Empty Bobbin) and Carolyn Friedlanderamong so many others.

The book is available now at Amazon, Barnes&Noble, ShopMartingale.com, and your LOCAL SHOP!!! read more

May 1, 2013
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