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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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 Some of you (hopefully most of you, actually) are familiar with Nancy Zieman, of Sewing With Nancy fame. (That’s the longest-running craft TV program in the country – it’s been on PBS since 1983.) Nancy has a new line of Tablet Keeper products with Clover, and she offered me a chance to try them … Read On! There’s More!  For the past week, I’ve been in Houston. First, I had a visit with Rachel and Kristin, and then I was working with Clover in their booth, demonstrating the Kanzashi Makers at Fall Quilt Market. Fall Quilt Market (a wholesale show) is unimaginably vast and more than a little overwhelming. Since I’m not a quilter … 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!  So, earlier today I had an email from my Mom. The subject line read: Do me a favor. Sort of an order. Well, you know that when your Mom gives you an order, even “sort of,” you should listen. Here’s what she asked me to do… “Since you just came out of a very intense week of … Read On! There’s More!  While I’m cleaning house and making food ahead today, I’ll just pop in and share this new tutorial I have over on CRAFT. This Potluck Dish Cozy was inspired by my Mom, who always wraps her potluck dishes in old towels so they stay warm in transit. So this is a padded envelope made from … Read On! There’s More!  I teased this tutorial quite a while ago, but then I got an idea that made it a lovely Thanksgiving craft. So I waited. You can make one of these quilted cards for every person at your Thanksgiving table. You can write each of them a personal message (on the back), thanking them for something … Read On! There’s More!  A lot of the garment-sewing coverage in our crafty blogosphere seeks to simplify the process. Which is sometimes too bad, because there’s so much beauty to be had in older, more ornate sewing techniques like pin-tucking, lace mitering, and sewing with entredeux. What’s entredeux? It’s a very fine eyelet trim that’s used to join two … Read On! There’s More!  All images in this post are used with the permission of Interweave. Interweave was kind enough to send me a preview copy of a really interesting digital-publishing adventure they’re launching. It’s called Quilting Arts In Stitches, and they’re calling it an eMag. I’m all about innovations in publishing (I may have mentioned this at some point), … Read On! There’s More!  Yippee! We’re the second stop on the blog tour for Whip Up Mini Quilts, the new book from Kathreen Ricketson of Whipup.net. (Some disclosures: that’s an affiliate link, and Chronicle Books sent me a review copy.) I’ve been really excited to see this book, because I love the art of quilting, but my living space and … Read On! There’s More! |
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