Written Erin on February 28, 2012 in Fiber Arts History | No comments yet
Look at what came in the mail yesterday: See the headline, “Discover the ULTIMATE HELPER Sewing Birds” there on the left?  That’s my article!  The full title?  Sewing Birds: Love Charm, Health Tonic and Lady’s Companion. I always love writing for Piecework, and you already know I like to wax poetic about sewing birds.  It is a pleasure to be in the...
Written Erin on January 05, 2012 in Articles I've Written | No comments yet
I was thrilled to receive the latest issue of Quilt Life in the mail this week! Check it out: My interview with National Parks Quilter-In-Residence, Terry Kramzar got top billing!! See that first heading, “Being a National Park Quilt Ambassador”?  That’s my little interview! Interviewing Terry was a complete honor and a pleasure – she is such a...
Written Erin on August 04, 2011 in Sewing Patterns | No comments yet
A package came in the mail this morning!!!! opening….. …open! It’s my notions pillow set from an article in this Fall’s Quilts and More! Yay. The nice folks over at Quilts and More sent me a copy of the issue along with my samples. Even though Halloween is my all-time favorite holiday, I’m not usually a fan of Halloween quilts – but – I have...
Written Erin on June 24, 2011 in Quilting | 2 Comments
Look at what came in the mail yesterday! It’s the August 2011 issue of Quilt Life, which has my article about the Portland Modern Quilt Guild in it!!!  Yay!  Thanks to all the lovely folks I interviewed – the pleasure was all mine. =) I really just wrote the article as a nice long string of quotes based on the interviews I conducted because I LOVED what you all had to say about...
Written Erin on June 09, 2011 in Sewing Patterns | No comments yet
This ad from my copy of Good Housekeeping Needlecraft Fall-Winter 1968-9 pretty accurately sums up what I was up to yesterday. Just sub the boy for a lionshead rabbit and the girl for my little chihuahua….and shave about 25 pounds and a bit of bone structure off of mama. While I was busy with laundry, I discovered that in addition to my Biker Wrap skirt pattern, two new patterns of mine...
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