The Archives
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08.26.08We have a winner!So, I assigned each of your wonderful comments a number (two numbers if you answered both questions or shared the giveaway on your blog, etc), and plunked all those numbers into Randomizer to get the winner of the Alabama Stitch Book. I must say, I am so glad that I didn't do something ridiculous like pick the best comment, because y'all were amazing! Seriously, I'm going to compile your comments into a blog post or two because I was really touched by your reflections on your sewing heritage and was very inspired by your tips for integrating sustainability into your ...
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08.18.08A Giveaway!(Note: Comments are now closed. We will announce the randomly-drawn winner shortly.) But you gotta work for it a little bit. Remember The Alabama Stitch Book that I reviewed back in June? The one that I used to make the skirt that I wore to that get-together with some old friends? Well, the lovely folks at Stewart, Tabori & Chang sent me a copy to review as well, so I have two copies. So, looks like I need to get rid of one of them... I think that whomever gets the copy of this book will really enjoy it. There are lots of ...
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06.04.08Book Review: Alabama Stitch BookWhile at The Best Bookstore Ever (aka Powell's here in Portland) this spring, Josh spotted the beautiful Alabama Stitch Book, written by Natalie Chanin of Project Alabama fame. (Josh has a real eye for design and aesthetics, so it caught his eye because it's such an attractive book.) This is the book that inspired the purple skirt I wore to a party with some old friends last weekend. To be completely straight with you, I really bought the Alabama Stitch Book because it was "neat looking." Which it is. It is an absolutely beautifully designed book, from beginning to end. ...
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06.01.08Party OnThis weekend I went to a party for an old friend of mine (like, we went to preschool together, old friend) in celebration her graduation from medical school. I actually got to see a bunch of people that I hadn't seen in ages---including a friend of my who (thanks to Facebook) I recently found out lives down the street from me, a gal that I thought I didn't like but who actually seems pretty cool (funny how we get so much less judgmental as we, er, "mature"), my favorite high school teacher (English) and the German teacher I was terrified ...
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05.27.08Book Review PreviewThis is just a quick preview of a book review I've promised I'm going to write---the fascinating Alabama Stitch Book. I buy a lot of sewing books (and more recently lots of print making books, too), but I hate to review them until I've actually made something out of the book. Looks of books are lovely to look at (such as Amy Butler's In Stitches)---which has lots of merit as inspiration, but it takes a special one to be truly useful (such as Sew What! Skirts). In order to really know if a book is useful, I just need to ...
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