Hola! Are you having a good week so far? Things are hot over here - temps & attitudes alike. My fire is fueled in part by the fact that I was contacted by a magazine editor yesterday for a feature about my fabrics. Yes! I'll be sending those off shortly b/c they said they could make a summer issue! Oh so thankful for the opportunity!
Another spark was ignited recently when I rec'd my Sewing Green book by Betz White. I've been making eyes at my sewing machine for months, especially now that I have these yummy new organic fabrics all around me. Betz hand-delivered a copy of her book to me last Friday in Philadelphia, when I met her and the wildly talented Elissa Barbieri of Loop for coffee. We talked business, art, surface design, sewing, life - just nice chit-chat on a sunny afternoon in a city park.
Well, I perused her book back to front and front to back all Friday evening - and my hands are ever-so itchy to get sewing now!! It's brimming with savvy information, useful patterns, fun ideas & intelligent writing! Betz is a supremely crafty & creative sewist [ not a sewlette or a sewista ;) ] with a passion for earth-friendly alternatives for everyday, useful objects. How to repurpose sheets and shirts, where to find pretty organic fabrics, why it's so important to be green anyway - Betz's book covers all these topics. Here's a link to Betz's blog, where you'll find a slew of links to blog giveaways and links to purchase her book and other patterns. Hope it inspires you, too!
