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Link Love: Triangle Log Cabin, Making Design Repeats, And a Quilted Yurt

“I think you should stop working now. RIGHT NOW.” Welcome to your holiday weekend! (Well, if you’re in the U.S., that is, and you don’t happen to be a self-employed workaholic person. Ahem.) Here...

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Which of Your Readers Are the Stickiest?

Image by KyleWiTh, via Flickr I don’t think this is any big secret at this point: in may ways, the act of communicating through blog comments has largely given way to the more nimble conversations...

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Mark Your Calendar for a LIVE conversation with Jennifer Forest

Hey, Gang – mark your calendars, won’t you, for Wednesday, May 29th, 1:00 pm PST. I’ll be broadcasting live right here with Jennifer Forest, author of Jane Austen’s Sewing Box, Crafty Girls Talk,...

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How to Make a Modern Wall Hanging with Plastic Canvas

Yee-Haw! I gotta declare the first Plastic Canvas Blog Hop a smashing success. Every participant came up with something super cool, and I think that collectively, we showed off a lot of things this...

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What Can a Reader Survey Really Tell You?

Image by Pahz, via Flickr So you have this audience, and you want to know more about who they are and what they want. One popular way to find out is to post some kind of survey on your blog....

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English Paper Piecing, Kanzashi Butterflies, You, and Me

This one’s for denizens of PDX… I’m getting ready to teach a couple real, live craft classes, and you’re most welcome to join me. First up, I’ll be at the lovely Modern Domestic on Saturday, May...

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Image-Only Interview: Lorna Watt, of Knits for Life

Welcome to a fresh week, and a fresher collection of images from Lorna Watt (whom you might remember from the plastic canvas blog hop, is all I’m saying.) As always, you can mouse over any of her...

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Link Love: Glitter, Fringe, and Magazine Cut-Outs

“I enjoy a good link.” Wait, it’s Friday already? What the heck did I do all this week? OK, well, it can’t be helped now. Let’s do some Link Love! Today’s links are all of the playful variety. Hama...

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A Little Quilty Update

I’m excited to report that the quilt I’m making for the release of our new book has reached the quilting stage! I’ve never undertaken a hand-quilting project this large, so I disobeyed the...

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How Much Do Your Blog, Facebook, and Twitter Numbers Really Matter?

Image by Judy **, via Flickr Today, I want to talk about your numbers. How many monthly unique visitors do you get on your blog? How many Twitter followers do you have? How many Facebook Likes? How...

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Announcing: The Plastic Canvas Blog Hop!

My friends, today is a momentous day – one I’ve been waiting for eagerly. Today, a group of intrepid and awesome crafters come together to launch a whole blog hop about plastic canvas projects....

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Link Love Continues: Cookie Stamps, Ombre Yarn, Cooked Coasters and More

You know, we all had such a good time doing Link Love on Fridays, Tammy has decided to continue the project. If you’d like to do some Link Loving of your own, just follow that link. It’s easy!...

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Rescuing Old Quilt Blocks with English Paper Piecing

This tote bag represents an alignment of planets. It started with a pile of old quilt blocks I grabbed at a thrift store four years ago, only to get them home and discover that they weren’t in good...

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This month, we’re talking about Your Actual Audience

Image by stijnbokhove, via Flickr Welcome to May! This month, our theme is your actual audience, which is a slightly more complex idea than it appears to be on the surface. Sure, people are reading...

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I Heart Craft Books: Printing On Fabric, by Jen Swearington

Here’s another great example of the kind of “deep technique” craft book I’m really digging lately. Jen Swearington is a talented textile artist, and she’s written a super useful and engaging volume...

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Image-Only Interview: Libby of Truly Myrtle

Welcome to another interview! Today, we have tasty eye-candy from Libby of Truly Myrtle. As always, you can mouse over each image to get a little more detail. Enjoy! What are you thinking about...

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Link Love: Rose Petal Honey, Tin Flowers, Easy Envelopes, and More

Happy Friday! It’s time for another Link Love post. (You can get more details on this little series by, you know, following that link.) (Incidentally, Pushkin feels the love all the time.) Portable...

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Making an Emotional Connection With Your Readers

Image by roboM8, via Flickr Today, I want to talk about an idea that’s actually pretty slippery and challenging to integrate into a blog, but is absolutely necessary to changing the conversation...

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I Heart Craft Books: Paper Blooms, by Jeff Rudell

I first met Jeff Rudell back in 2009, when we were contributors to a website called CraftStylish. Jeff shared some absolutely stunning paper projects there – his ideas always managed to be...

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Link Love: Yarny Lamp Shades, Gelatin Prints, Lotion Bars, and More

It’s already Friday, so it must be time for some Link Love! (If you’re wondering what that’s about, just follow that link.) Rustic Yarn Lampshade, from HollyMann on Instructables I do loves me some...

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I Heart Craft Books: Stuffed Animals, by Abby Glassenberg

I’ve been waiting for this book to come out! Anyone who’s followed Abby Glassenberg’s blog over the years knows that she knows a thing or two about how soft toys are constructed. And Lark Crafts...

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The Problem of Problem-Solving, and how that relates to monetizing a blog

Image by colemama, via Flickr Let’s talk today a very common blog-monetizing pitfall – one I see many craft bloggers hit, and one I’ve hit myself, more than once. We crafters love sharing our...

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Image-Only Interview: Caila of CailaMade

Here’s a tasty eye-candy interview from Caila of CailaMade. Remember, you can mouse over each image to see a little extra insight about why she chose it. Enjoy! What are you thinking about most in...

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Link Love (an April Project): Quilting, Pojagi, and Perlers – Oh, My!

For the remaining Fridays in April, I’ll be participating in a project of Tammy‘s. She’s on a mission to bring a community spirit back to blogging, and that’s a mission I support wholeheartedly. I...

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Project Dissimulation: A Zine About Birds (and Carrying On)

You’ve seen me talk about Su Mwamba‘s work here before. I’m a big fan of Su – I think of her as a publication artist. She’s an avid zine-maker, and her zines tend to celebrate not only their...

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What if You Got On the Phone With Your Blog Readers? A Guest Post by Abby Glassenberg

Image by Flavia_FF, via Flickr When Abby Glassenberg mentioned on Twitter that she’d been scheduling phone conversations with her blog readers, I was intrigued. What a wonderful way to better...

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I Heart Craft Books: New Dress a Day, by Marisa Lynch

You might remember this podcast I did with Marisa Lynch, back when she was in the midst of a one-year project: to create one new dress each day, using a rather unfortunate thrift store garment and...

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Professionalism, Monetization, and the Inside of Your Head

Image by Alx, via Flickr In the last post, we talked about re-training your eyes and skill set to create a more professional online presence. In this post, I want to expand on this idea a bit:...

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The First Step to Monetizing a Blog

Image by Mister Wind-Up Bird, via Flickr I want to kick off this month’s theme by sharing a question people ask me all the time: How do I get people to pay for this blogging I do? That question has...

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Link Love: Triangle Log Cabin, Making Design Repeats, And a Quilted Yurt

Which of Your Readers Are the Stickiest?

Mark Your Calendar for a LIVE conversation with Jennifer Forest

How to Make a Modern Wall Hanging with Plastic Canvas

What Can a Reader Survey Really Tell You?

English Paper Piecing, Kanzashi Butterflies, You, and Me

Image-Only Interview: Lorna Watt, of Knits for Life

Link Love: Glitter, Fringe, and Magazine Cut-Outs

A Little Quilty Update

How Much Do Your Blog, Facebook, and Twitter Numbers Really Matter?

Announcing: The Plastic Canvas Blog Hop!

Link Love Continues: Cookie Stamps, Ombre Yarn, Cooked Coasters and More

Rescuing Old Quilt Blocks with English Paper Piecing

This month, we’re talking about Your Actual Audience

I Heart Craft Books: Printing On Fabric, by Jen Swearington

Image-Only Interview: Libby of Truly Myrtle

Link Love: Rose Petal Honey, Tin Flowers, Easy Envelopes, and More

Making an Emotional Connection With Your Readers

I Heart Craft Books: Paper Blooms, by Jeff Rudell

Link Love: Yarny Lamp Shades, Gelatin Prints, Lotion Bars, and More

I Heart Craft Books: Stuffed Animals, by Abby Glassenberg

The Problem of Problem-Solving, and how that relates to monetizing a blog

Image-Only Interview: Caila of CailaMade

Link Love (an April Project): Quilting, Pojagi, and Perlers – Oh, My!

Project Dissimulation: A Zine About Birds (and Carrying On)

What if You Got On the Phone With Your Blog Readers? A Guest Post by Abby Glassenberg

I Heart Craft Books: New Dress a Day, by Marisa Lynch

Professionalism, Monetization, and the Inside of Your Head

The First Step to Monetizing a Blog

This Month, We’re Talking About Changing the Conversation

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