Where have I been and a new series?

Hello there, I have been away and I have missed all the fun. Seriously, its just so cool to have my own special corner in the world wide web, where I can talk endlessly about sewing, and have some friends who care enough to lend their ear.

I have been around and I have been sewing, but I haven't been able to blog about it. To much sewing = too little blogging. Actually its sewing = no blogging, because my brain is just not wired for multi-tasking. There, I said it - I CAN'T multitask.

Anyhow, I have been working on some very fun projects and I can't wait to share them with you. In fact, I took pics of some of those just today and I will share them as soon as I'm done uploading those. I have a feeling that you will love them - I certainly do.

I popped in today to tell you about this really cool series that is being hosted by Palak of Make It Handmade. 

If you haven't visited Make It Handmade you should check it out immediately because Palak is the fast rising star of the crafting world. Great pics combined with nifty craft and sewing projects make her blog an endless source of fun, inspiration and eye-candy ( Gosh! the woman knows how to take pics). She has been blogging for less than two years and she has already been featured on UCreate, Craftgawker, Sew Mama Sew - practically all the big names in crafting world. If you have a serger, you have to check out her "Serger Series" posts - a serious lifesaver. I just tried her tips to successfully thread and run my serger after almost 4 months.

So when she asked me to join her for her 'Handmade Confessions" series, I had to say yes. Read the details in the post, but basically every week one blogger shares a dark secret from her sewing adventures. Fun!

More fun blogging series going on in the neighborhood

I had no intention of making this a weekly feature, but there's just so much activity going on in the blogosphere and I wouldn't want anybody to miss all the fun. So here's what I have found this week...

Summer of Skills at Brassy Apple:

Meg at Brassy Apple has been hosting Summer of Skills. I'm one of the guests in the series and my tutorial goes up tomorrow. Please drop by and see what I have been making...hint...it isn't for children ;-)


Sundresses at Melly Sews







Melly Sews is hosting 30 days of sundresses. I have been visiting them and they have some really cool dresses going on there.

While you will be busy looking at all these tutorials and making your favorites, here are some parties that will make sure that the little ones can follow you to the craft room and get busy too. The following series are bringing child friendly crafting tutorials...

Summer Camp for kids at Moda Bake Shop

I'm also working for a tutorial for this series. It will be live some time next week.


Craft Camp at Skip to My Lou

In the meantime, Skirt Week at Crafterhours has reached into its final stages where they are voting for their favorite skirts. Visit them for some serious eye candy..and maybe root for your favorites. I have also entered into the children's skirt category, but the voting for them will start in a couple of  weeks.