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bear bellies

Thanks for all the book love yesterday! I didn't realize how good it would feel to share it finally, even if it is only the sneak peek. One thing I learned while working on the book is that I'm not a big fan of top secret projects. Doing a book is sort of the exact opposite of blogging. I started a blog because I wanted to share my projects, see other people's projects, participate in "a-longs" and swaps, make friends, connect. Working on a book is about holing oneself up for six months and working your butt off all by yourself on something you can't share with anyone. Blogging is in the moment, out there for everyone to see, informal, spontaneous, not afraid of mistakes, organic. I'm happy to be back here full time and I'm very much looking forward to the book becoming part of my online home here. Ok, off to continue my prep for kids clothes sewing week.

Big belly bear hugs to you all!

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supers

**update** The first batch is sold out now. We have a few more projects cued up for the printer but will reprint these again, within a month or so.

The Super X-Stitchettes are now up in the shop. And guess what, they're a printed actual real-life thing! Our delay in getting these out was that we wanted to (finally) try out
the new fancy printer we bought last year. And although it gave us our
share of headaches, as any printing seems to do, we are so pleased with
the postcard sized prints. They look great! Just like actual stitched linen. It's a nice little something something to stick in a frame while you work on the actual cross stitch.

Since we're printing these ourselves we have pretty limited availability. That's the downside to going real over pdf but oh it feels so great to have a smooth pretty postcard in your hands. And to get real mail! Can't beat that.

The pattern includes the postcard, the stitch chart of the 4 heros and a full alphabet so you can personalize them.

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Olle Eksell

I’m trying to find pretty pictures to make me happy today. This new book (Olle Eksell: Swedish Graphic Designer) of mine seems to be doing the trick. Also a little depressing though since I can’t seem to find two spare minutes for a creative thought.

I pretty much want every book PIE books publishes. I need books about food packaging and front doors and vintage fabrics and design collections with limited colors. !!!

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picnic quilt I can’t bear to take outside

Today, another project from the stack… I finished piecing the picnic quilt I was working on (I think I blogged about this, gingham and kokka strawberries). I had two big pieces of vintage chenille bedspread that I sewed together and used as the backing and then I quilted it with little ties on the gingham. Oh, I love it so. It's an awesome heavy weight and the nubby backing is so great. Very satisfying! It's supposed to be for picnics and sit on the dirty ground or damp grass. I don't know if I can do it. I couldn't even take it outside for photos. But it does roll up to be perfect bike basket size so what the heck, it'll look cute with grass stains.