organic cotton bib

This is project #6, an all organic cotton quilted bib. The organic cottons are really soft to the feel and very pleasant to work with so I think it is a really good choice for any child's clothing or accesssory project, besides that is way cooler for the environment. (I used Graceland, Let It Grow, Sweet Jane and Surrender from Harmonyart for this bib and they can be found here.)

pillowtalk

I wanted to write more about the Dawanda meeting. First of all, I think it was a really great idea to bring all these creative minds together (and out in the open out of their creating hideaways) and I hope this will be the first of many such initiatives. I met some great really great ladies there who I hope I will see again. I think one aspect of blogging that was really stressed is the fact that when you start to blog you enter a very supportive and helpful community but only if you partake and contribute to the community. I guess basically what you sow, you reap.I wish we could have gotten a list of all those who participated along with the links to their blogs or homepages, because of course there were so many people who I didn't get a chance to talk to. The really sweet Diana of lilienstern was one of the few bloggers there I knew. She has a really nice post on the meeting in German on her blog today that you might want to check out.
Another aspect of blogging that was stressed was the marketing potential for your products at a relatively low cost through blogging, you do have the possibility to reach a large community of people who may not only share similiar interests but also be interested in your products. Both Holly and Nicole gave very good talks and the whole Dawanda team proved themselves to be very competent and attentive hosts!
Project#5 of 30 projects in 30 Days: Pillowtalk

make it.......

I went to the Make it! Shop it! Blog it! (not quite sure if that is the right order...)event today and it was alot of fun and very informative. Finally met Holly of decor8 fame, and she is a doll, that gal just oozes charm! She gave a great speech on blogging, it was really interesting. Nicole Hildebrandt of luziapimpanella also gave a very nice and insightful talk on her blogging experience....more on this tomorrow. Just wanted to quickly post today's project, project #4: another apron made with Alexander Henry's Las Senoritas fabric.

pippijoe pouch

day 3: project #3: the pippijoe pouch. This small button pouch was made using "Daisies" from pippjoe. This fabric is a hemp/organic cotton blend that has been silkscreened by hand.

mod daisy apron

This is project #2 on day 2 of "30 projects in 30 days". #2:the mod daisy apron.
I am enjoying this so far.

leopard bag

I made this bag this morning as project #1 in my newest creative resolution 30 projects in 30 days. I plan on doing some creative sewing every day for the next thirty days to see if I can actually make a habit of finding the time to create. I have noticed this has been on the bottom of my list for awhile now, and I would like to see if I can maybe change this mindset. Now if you see anything you would like to make yourself and are not quite sure how I fumbled around until I ended up with this or that, then just drop me a line and I will reveal all secrets. Day One: the leopard bag.

make it! shop it! blog it!

On Saturday the 20th of September, Dawanda and decor8 are offering a workshop geared towards artists, designers and/or small independent business owners on how to utilize a blog professionally and what advantages blogging may have on improving (or helping you to start up)your career and or business. There will be several guest speakers, (one of whom will be Holly Becker of decor8), a silkscreening workshop with smil and bloodbunny and last but not least, there will be cupcakes. I am going and if you are interested, you can read all about it here.