Great New Contest for Those who Love to Sew!

Check out Burdastyle for a brand new, and very top secret, contest. In today's newsletter I found out they are going to send out patterns to a variety of sewers to be altered, and those who do the best job will have their work featured! Sounds pretty exciting to me! I entered my name and now I will cross my fingers in the hopes that I get picked. The lucky entrants will also be sent the fabric they will use. Go to Burdastyle.com for more information, and good luck!

It's a Good Day

Ok, so today is turning out to be a pretty good day. The best news is that I scored awesome seats for the Simon and Garfunkel concert in halifax in May. I am on the floor right in front of the stage, 3 rows back! I can't WAIT!!!!! I know I am showing my age, because when I told my students about my great news their answer was "who"? I supposed there will be very few people there under the age of 35. I'm just really glad I got these tickets, because Simon and Garfunkel aren't getting any younger, and neither am I!

On to more good news, I am almost done sewing my swing skirt done in reverse applique and completely hand sewn. It's from one of my favourite sewing books, "Alabama Stitch Book." Now I am no country girl, but I can't help but love the designs and the fact that you can make everything from recycled t-shirts! You don't get much greener than that. The only draw back is that all this sewing by hand takes a really long time, but maybe it's good to have something that forces you to slow down in this age of everything done at the speed of light. It even gives me something to focus on while all the guys in my family watch sports. I hope to have a picture up in a couple of days. While the picture in the book is made with burgundy and grey t-shirts, I was forced to use grey and white because that was all I could find at the second hand store that day. It still looks great.

A Needle Pulling Thread

Just to let everyone know that one of my pieces will be featured in the Canadian Publication of "A Needle Pulling Thread" magazine, the festive issue. The best place to pick up a copy is Chapters Books in the magazine section. I haven't had a chance to see it yet but have been anxiously anticipating it's arrival. The piece I did is a "how to" of a felted cardinal in a winter scene. I can't wait to get my hands on it, especially since the wheels were put in motion for it back in February! I have been told it was published on October 1st. It's the second time a piece of my work has been published. Several years ago I had an article and a folk art "how to" in Saltscapes magazine. There's just something about getting published, even if you don't get paid, that's very exciting. Perhaps it's because your work is put out to a large audience. It's like a feeling of accomplishment.