Monthly Archives: August 2009

48 Hours

We panicked at the beginning August over the realization we’d been chained to our computers for the summer. I called our favorite Cannon Beach hotel to see if they had any cancellations. Yes, two nights at the end of the month. Sold! The stars aligned and the weather dealt blue skies and warm days. 48…

Sewing Calendar 2010

The 2010 Sewing Calendar arrived last week. Megan Smith edited this fabulous collection of sewing projects and I’m very impressed with the final production. Each page in the boxed set has 3 days of the year on it (it is a calendar after all!) along with instructions for a simple sewing project. Over 100 inspiring…

The Claire Handbag

Today’s post is written by Susan, a fabulously talented sewist and part of the Pink Chalk Fabrics creative team. She shares her experience making the Claire Handbag, the newest design by Lazy Girl Designs, using a Joel Dewberry Deer Valley Fat Quarter Pack: If you are anything like me I am always seduced by the…

Reason No. 309 to Make Quilts

Leil has never met a box she didn’t love. pink chalk fabrics ~*~ new arrivals ~*~ free patterns ~*~ on sale

Iraqi Bundles of Love

Kristin La Flamme’s husband has put together the most amazing project, a drive to collect bundles of sewing supplies to be distributed to Iraqi families before his unit departs from Iraq in the near future. Given how long I’ve read Kristin’s blog I know her husband has been deployed for quite some time. For him…

My Summer

I looked up today and realized the imps were at it again, flipping the calendar over to August and 10 days in at that! It’s been a summer of very hard work for me. A time in the life of my business that requires the extra effort needed to push it forward and over the…