There have been some great discussions out on the interwebs, of late, covering some thoughts on pricing and working for free. These are definitely worth your time! First: Karen McTavish on the Crafty Planner Podcast. At [...]
Don't hate me. Truly. And no... this is not a Pantene commercial! This post is supposed to be about showing you my messy studio, and then showing you the cleaned up version, but here's the thing: [...]
It's exciting to see the topic of selling handcrafted items for decent money rise up in the consciousness of our industry. I believe that the more we talk about it, the better it will be for [...]
Yesterday, I had the good fortune to celebrate my 53rd birthday. I am grateful for and humbled by the wishes, hugs, emails, FB posts, gifts, chocolates, handmade goodies, gifts, and gift cards that made their [...]
Yesterday, Abby Glassenberg of WhileSheNaps delivered an eye-opening post of behind-the-scenes information about the money in fabric design in our industry. Please go read it... I'll be waiting for you when you're done. And a [...]
Thirteen Spools did a fun blog post where she outed some of her guilty-quilty secrets. After a couple of my friends had a go (Hi Molli! Hi Cath!) I thought I'd join in... here's [...]
To make hand-crafted things is to be the target of blunt questions and statements that disparage what it takes to make art, and leave you smarting a bit. I'm not always fast on the draw [...]
I wrote the original We Are $ew Worth It post almost two years ago, and have been thrilled to see it take laps around the world. When it went viral, it reached our cousins in [...]
The conversation about what are quilts are worth has reached one of the big guns, Quilters Newsletter Magazine! The Aug/Sept 2014 issue includes a very sharp article titled "What's Your Quilt Worth?" It begins on [...]
Can I just say it thrills me to no end to see that the We Are $ew Worth It posts continue to be sent all around the world? Thank you! I really think we can [...]
