Sewing:

 

A creative mess is better than tidy idleness. 

 

~Unknown (but I could have written it!) 

 

I bet you can relate.

Whether it's sewing, painting, knitting or any creative endeavor, you're bound to get in the "zone". When I get there, the mess (and the creative juice) flows. You know how it is, you work on one thing, then start on another and pretty soon it's a disaster of epic proportions. Felt flowers, patterned paper, thread, fabric. What was I making again? It was that bad. In an effort finally curb the clutter, I decided to re-organize my office/creative space, including buying new shelves and containers. I was making pretty good progress (HUGE sized mess) when I started to feel sick. So sick in fact that my creative space/office has been sitting in this messy, disaster state for almost two weeks! And darn! Those magical,cleaning,organizing fairies didn't visit my space and tidy it up!

Where are they anyway?

But something equally wonderful did show up on my doorstep while I was sick…

This DARLING book was delivered and my day was instantly brightened. 

 

Oh the Easter dress I could sew for my Emma …

 

There are 21 FABULOUS sewing projects to make for little girls and for those of us who are little girls at heart! I had a great time marking the things I want to sew for my girl, plus there's even a great idea for a desk cover that I may use for my new craft desk … If I can decide on one!

  If only the magic fairies would PLEASE show up,

I could get right to it~

 

NOW FOR THE GIVEAWAY!!!! 

 

(I am so excited about this one!)

 

Our friends at Virtue Radio Network have a great feature on their site called: 

 

 

And they have BIG news! 

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"Rick Rack: Thread Therapy for Sewers kicks off its new season of affordable online sewing video tutorials with a class featuring the incredibly talented fabric designer, Jennifer Paganelli (Sis Boom).

Jennifer's new book - Girl's World - debuts in April 2011. And, although it was hard to narrow down a favorite from Girl's World's 21 adorable sewing patterns, Rick Rack chose the book's pretty cover dress (Mary's Fancy Sash Dress) as our first online sewing project of the new season.

 

REGISTER TODAY through May 12, 2011 and join Jennifer Paganelli and Girl's World's pattern maker and sewing expert, Dolin O'Shea, on May 15, 2011 for this exciting online sewing video tutorial.

What You Get

• 1 autographed copy of the book, Girl's World: Twenty-One Sewing Projects to Make for Little Girls;
• 1 downloadable Mary's Fancy Sash Dress how to sew video demonstration;
• 1 downloadable project instruction sheet w/step-by-step color photos (PDF);
• Supply list;
• Access to the student-only Fabric.com Jennifer Paganelli/Girl's World Online Class Store where class supplies (and more) will be available for purchase at 25% off Fabric.com's already low prices; and
• 1 hour live chat with Jennifer Paganelli (Dolin O'Shea will join in to answer any sewing questions concerning this project )

What You Will Learn

• How to make a child sized dress with sash
• How to cut, press and use single fold bias tape
• How to gather a skirt into a bodice 

 

Click HERE to register and for more information."

 

Sponsors of this great class are:

 

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Doesn't that sound great? Well …

 

GUESS WHAT? 

Remember when I said there was a GIVEAWAY?

One lucky WWC blog reader will win this class along with all of the goodies that come along with it!

Simply comment to this thread and you're entered!

We'll keep the comments open until Next Wednesday ( April the 6th) at Midnight (MST), so make sure you get yours in by that time.

 

GOOD LUCK!

*I will be announcing the winner of Ashley's FABULOUS FRIDAY later on this morning … 

 

 

 

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