WASWI – Legs of the same table
If you enjoy this post, I write more posts like this on my Substack, How to Own a Revolutionary Craft Biz. Check it out! We need each other. Every person, in every role in the [...]
WASWI: “But I don’t need the money”
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 [...]
WASWI – Sticking Together
I spoke at the Westside Quilter's Guild last week, in Hillsboro, OR - a fantastic group of ladies and gents. I received many lovely hugs from the members, as well as a treat of chocolates! Thank [...]
WASWI – Please don’t steal my pattern (or any one else’s)
A friend of mine is working on one of my patterns as a gift for her son. Sweet friend, sweet and lucky lad to have a mama that quilts for him. And a friend of [...]
WASWI – Designing Fabric?
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 [...]
WASWI Resources – Snappy and Sassy Comebacks!
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 [...]
WASWI – Molli Breaks it Down
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 [...]
WASWI: Quilters Newsletter Magazine talks about Value
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 [...]
When are you “an artist”?
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 [...]
Making a Quick Buck
Well! It seems that my last post about quilting patterns touched a couple of nerves... it seems that any of us who have designed quilt patterns got a bit prickly about the comment that we [...]