I'm no expert at Sashiko stitching, so it's a little laughable that I'll be teaching the craft this Saturday, but I'm rolling with it. It's a FREE event, Seattle friends, if you want to drop on by the Kinokuniya Bookstore at 2pm on June 11th. I'll be joined by my writer/editor/journalist friend Tamiko. Imagine a cooking demo, but with indigo fabric and Sashiko thread and needles instead of food-- that's the concept we're working with, anyway. We'll be making coasters and I think it'll be sweet ... Read more
A rather big announcement…
It was a jubilant and triumphant weekend. After months and months of preparing, hoping, sketching, querying, refining and negotiating, I received a confirmation: I will be publishing two more books with Sasquatch Books!!! In fact, behind the scenes, I've already been working on book #3 (those pesky deadlines), but until the countersigned contracts and advance check were in my nervous, sweaty palms, it felt like make-believe and not at all truly true. And this past Saturday, I had a very happy ... Read more
Happy Friday + Giveaway [CLOSED]
Happy Friday! I got my translations done in time as well as a few other projects, and now I'm looking at one more big deadline hurdle, then I'm home free for a couple of months. I'm bursting with anticipation. Anyway, while I duck my head down to get just a little bit more done, I wanted to kick off the weekend with another giveaway. We're going full-on Japanese with this one. The little thread snippers are officially called itokiri hasami but every Japanese person I know calls them choki ... Read more
Totally Teepee
Good morning, friends! I hadn't been able to wrap my head around making plans for the long Memorial Day weekend, but by last Thursday evening, my projects were starting to look somewhat manageable so it seemed only fair that I try to add at least a little bit of fun. Luckily, K's got initiative, and she had invited a friend for a Friday sleepover. I was able to get even more work done while K played with her buddy and on a whim, I booked a short Saturday/Sunday getaway for my family. As ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! I'm just popping in with a quick Me-Made-May update. This past week was all about tops in stripes and checks -- then again, it's always about tops with stripes and checks for me. Note that the order of the images doesn't exactly match the order of the days below. The inner OCD in me begged for some sort of symmetry. Day 20: Simplicity 1538 plaid shirt Day 21: Simplicity 6241 pink + grey knit top Day 22: Julia Cardigan in indigo stripes Day 23: New Look 6648 coral ... Read more