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April 2, 2024

New YouTube video up! A peek at some of my vintage sewing notions

I am often asked about my collection of vintage sewing notions when people stop by my studio, so I thought I would start a little video series to document all of my favorite ones. Most of my collection came from either eBay or antique shopping (I have found some amazing pieces in local antique shops).

These days I try really hard to resist impulse shopping because we have downsized so much. Its helped me to have some questions in my mind to ask myself whenever I see a vintage sewing notion that I think I can’t live without…

  • Would it get damaged by the intense sunshine in my studio?
  • What about it do I find inspiring?
  • Would it be enough to just take a photo of it? (Many times it is!)

 

What about you? Do you have some vintage sewing notions that serve as inspiration to you in your creative space? I would love to hear about them!

Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube Channel as I will be adding more content to this channel this year. (Did you know that I get a small amount of compensation from YouTube views as a content creator when you watch, but not when I post to Instagram or Facebook? It’s a great way to support small business artisans like me. In addition to subscribing, clicking the thumbs up button, leaving a comment, and sharing your favorite videos are great ways to help a favorite small channel grow.

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December 6, 2022

My Interview with Tricia Fidler, a KonMari consultant

 

I have a great new interview for you! If you have followed me for any length of time, you may remember than I went through a process of purging and organizing my basement studio in our home in Seattle, Washington a few years ago (I think it was 2019).READ MORE

April 23, 2022

Mindful Making in New Mexico with Quiltfolk

 

I am excited to share with you all about one of the big projects I’ve been working on. Quiltfolk spent some time at my house a couple of months ago and together we created a truly unique online workshop experience!READ MORE

November 14, 2019

New Found and Foraged Handmade Pincushions Coming

sashiko pincushions

 

I have been diligently working on a brand new collection of Found and Foraged Pincushions that will be hitting my shop in a couple of weeks. Many folks were sad to have missed out on the previous groups, so ceramic artist Kristen Ballou and I worked to make as many as possible available for this next collection. Keep reading if you want to know how to snag one of these beauties.READ MORE

July 9, 2018

The Process of Rediscovery

F & F Collection Peek
Being the only one at the helm of this ship called Wise Craft Handmade ⎯ the only one to produce, make things happen, create new products, post online, write patterns ⎯ is both challenging and exciting. There is never a time that I don’t feel I could be doing more- more work, more reaching out, more social media, more product design. There is pressure to work more efficiently, quicker, smarter, and do all the necessary things to make more of a business to my creative world.

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May 14, 2018

No smoke and mirrors here (and a little about me)

I thought it was time to get new photos of myself taken. The last ones were taken by SCB for my book back in 2015, three years ago! So, I asked my friend Marlo to bring her camera to the studio and help me out. Thank goodness she has patience, I’m not an easy subject to be photographed. I make it awkward, but we got through it!

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October 1, 2017

In Defense of the Small Project

mini quilts
Time in my studio and how I use it has always been important in one way or another. When the kids were younger, I felt pressured to use that time to its fullest while I had it. Inevitably, creative time was short and precious, usually last on the list of needs in our days. As the kids got older, I found myself spending more time in my studio, but those were days I spent a lot of time thinking about exactly what I wanted my creative time to be. Writing a book has given structure to my studio time, but in between those books my time in the studio has become more and more my own. With teenagers, and one away at college, my time in the studio is blissfully mine. No more trying to keep kids busy while getting creative things done, or trying to create a project for them so that we could craft side by side. These days, I have lots of time to make what I want, or to create a real body of creative work that I am very excited about. This usually involves quilts, and quilt-related things (like pattern writing). I love every minute of it, but being the sole proprietor in the studio has created a schedule of working on lots of long term things a little bit each day. In some ways I really love that, but in some ways I’d love to see results more often than I do.READ MORE

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