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Hello there! I'm Sister Diane and I have two grand passions: making crafts and making media. That's what I write about here, and sometimes, I get all thoughtful about internet culture and creative small businesses. Thanks for stopping by! Would you like some tea?  
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 Image by lightsight, via Flickr Whew! May 2011 has been quite a ride, and with all the business travel I did, cash was very tight around here. But I managed to keep the Supporting Free project going, albeit in a small way. Both Amy and Carina sent me links to Sandra Juto’s photography blog this month. … Read On! There’s More!  Hoo, boy, this is coming up fast! If you’re interested in indie digital craft publishing, I have another round coming up of my online class, Write, Publish, and Sell Your Crafty Ebook. We start this one on Monday, June 6th, so now’s the time to get signed up! This is a three-week class, designed for … Read On! There’s More!  Here’s what my life looks like these days: I get up at 5:00 am. I go to the computer. I work. Ten minutes later, I notice that it’s 7:00 pm. I move the laundry to tomorrow’s To-Do list again. I fall onto the couch and can’t get up. …Which is why I’m still so remiss … Read On! There’s More!  Image by Jessica Wilson Hey, everyone – if you’re a reader of CRAFT, where I’m now Editor-in-Chief, can you please take a moment and fill our our new Reader Survey? We want to know more about who’s reading us these days. What do you want to see more of on the site? What would you like … Read On! There’s More!  Having just come down from my Quilt Market high, I’m happy to be reviewing Stripped Down Patchwork, by fellow Portlander Erin Gilday. It’s a great introduction to what turns out to be a really simple technique – one that generates impresively complex-looking results. Stripped Down Patchwork is based on Seminole patchwork, a technique invented by … Read On! There’s More!  So, my adoration of 1960′s and 70′s craft books has been well-documented here. To me, that was the best of times in crafting – you can’t beat the exuberant (and sometimes wacky) experimentation of those decades. And I was glad to discover another hardcore fan in Cathy Callahan. (If you’re new around these parts, … Read On! There’s More!  OK, I’ll start with a disclaimer/apology: I saw Quilt Market at pretty high speeds. I snapped as many pictures as I could of the amazing things I saw, but I did a terrible job of getting the pertinent details. Chalk it up to a brain that’s trying to process thousands of new pieces of … Read On! There’s More!  These, my friends, are brand-spanking-new Kanzashi Makers from Clover! They aren’t even in craft stores yet – they’re in the process of launching right now! And lucky me, I get to accompany the Clover team to Spring Quilt Market in Salt Lake City this weekend. I’ll be demonstrating these bad boys throughout the show. If you’ve … Read On! There’s More!  Heh! The Increasingly Inaccurately-Named Blogging Break. :-) I’m happy to be part of the blog tour for my dear friend Susan Beal’s new book, World of Geekcraft: Step-by-Step Instructions for 25 Super-Cool Craft Projects. (And, full disclosure – I was also a project contributor.) This is another fun Chronicle “inspiration book” that covers a wide variety … Read On! There’s More!  Image by Jason McHuff, via Flickr Whew! I’m running at top speed over here, but I realized that I didn’t post the results of my April efforts to support Free in the community. That’s such an important project to me, I decided to break my blogging break (as it were). Image by Kirsty Hall First, I made … Read On! There’s More! |
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