Category Archives: The Business of Craft

Sewing Tipsters Follow Up: Q & A

First off, thank you for the fabulous naming ideas. We’ve been throwing them around all morning. Choosing is going to be difficult. Please keep them coming! I’m writing this follow up post to answer a couple of big questions that came up in the comments: 1. Kathy, can the tips be from another source and…

Business Education, Networking and Being Yourself

I’ve always been a firm believer that the business success I have the potential to achieve is up to me. That a colleague or competitor’s success does not and can not negatively effect my own. In fact, if we join together and share our knowledge there are opportunities beyond anything each of us could reach…

WordPress, Threaded Comments & the Headway Theme

Whew! The blog is working again and the upgrade was relatively painless. Like jumping off the high dive for the first time. Just a little bit of water up my nose. I was on WordPress 2.6 and upgraded to 2.9.2. The big incentive was my obsession with getting threaded comments functionality. It’s just so practical…

Future Home of Pink Chalk Fabrics

Susan and I took a little field trip this morning to Sportsman Business Park on Bainbridge Island to visit the future home of Pink Chalk Fabrics. We had a good time and realized we definitely need to get out more during the day! When I first walked into this space I knew it was the…

Indie Banditas Bazaar – Part III

I purchased this necklace for myself from Nancy Hom of Sunlan Designs, an amazingly talented silversmith and jewelry artist. It’s a cuckoo bird and I LOVE it so much. I’ve got to figure out a way to see her work again soon! A Christmas gift for Caitlin. Sam Trout is a very cool looking artist…

Indie Banditas Bazaar – Part I

Exhilarating, inspiring, serendipitous, joyful, and exhausting. I’m feeling thankful that I followed through on participating in the Indie Banditas Bazaar this past weekend on Bainbridge Island. I had that last minute stress of knowing I didn’t have enough finished goods for sale and wondering if I’d be too embarrassed to even set up my table….

Candied Fabrics New Website

Candy Glendening is a fiber artist I met 3 years ago when she volunteered to test the Note Taker, my first sewing pattern. I’ve enjoyed watching Candy’s artistic journey unfold, one of her latest creations are these fabulous 3-d houses titled Home is Where the Art Is. She recently launched a new website and is…

Indie Banditas Bazaar – Coming November 27th & 28th

The Indie Banditas Bazaar is happening here on Bainbridge Island, WA on the Friday and Saturday of Thanksgiving Weekend (November 27th & 28th). It runs from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm both days. The venue is Woodward Middle School located on Sportsman Club Road (yay for lots of space!) I’m very excited to be participating…

The Business of Craft: Online Resources

I devour a wide range of business related media. If it’s available to be read or listened to sign me up. Here are a couple of my online favorites right now: Modish BIZtips – this is a new to me blog that I’ve been following for a couple of months now. It features articles by…

Spring Quilt Market 2009 – Samples for Brewer Quilting & Sewing Supplies

I arrived home last night from Quilt Market in Pittsburgh. Quite the whirlwind trip. I’ll be sharing pictures all week of the fabulous booths and wonderful people I had the opportunity to meet. I also brought back a ton of incredible new patterns and fabric samples which I’ll be giving away. A single drawing next…