This week I want to share a few thoughts I’ve had from reading other blogs.
The first one is from Erin. Do you follow The Sewing and Life Adventures of Emerald Erin? On her June 11th post Erin made an announcement:
“A Special Summer for the Bra-A-Week Challenge!
Hi All! I said earlier this week that I would announce the summer host for the Bra-A-Week Challenge – and here is the announcement!
I am delighted to announce that the Bra-A-Week Challenge will be hosted by the lovely….
Michelle!
“Michelle is such a wonderful fellow bra-maker, and I’m sure you’ve all admired her work over the last 21 weeks like I have, and she most generously offered to host the challenge for the months of July and August for me!!”
Thanks, Erin! I’m pretty excited about hosting the challenge, and hoping some of my bra-making friends will join me and sew up a bra or two (or more) along with all the other wonderfully creative sewists who have contributed. There’s more information on Erin’s blog if you’ve been participating in the challenge already and want to continue. You’ll still send your submissions to Erin. I’ll just be doing the write-up and posting it.
It’s great that the challenge will continue over the summer months!
This next blog comment I want to make really has nothing whatsoever to do with sewing – or does it? My good friend, Valerie over at Intricate Knits has been blogging about and telling me about her favorite author for years now. She just recently posted some scarves she designed that were inspired by Susanna Kearsley’s novel A Desperate Fortune. You can see Valerie’s designs here. After seeing the scarves, and having heard so much about Susanna, I decided I’d get A Desperate Fortune and read it myself.
This photo is from Valerie’s blog and shows a couple of the designs Susanna’s book has inspired. Valerie does such beautiful work. Check out her blog, and if you see something you love, she sells her beautiful creations on Etsy.
Aren’t these lovely? This morning as I came into my sewing room, I didn’t even want to sew! I wanted to get back into A Desperate Fortune. So far, I have to say, I can recommend Valerie’s favorite author as well.
Happy creating!
This is great news! The Bra A Week Challenge is such an inspiration to anyone even vaguely interested in bra making. Thank you for sharing your time and keeping it going. Disappointing to learn about Sewy. So much interesting news. As always, it’s a treat to read your blog.
Thanks, Naomi! I am excited about hosting the Bra-a-Week Challenge and am already planning out some bras and panties to make. And yes, it is disappointing news about Sewy. I think a lot of people do like their patterns. Switching to PDF patterns would still make them available world-wide.
I will enjoy following along, Michelle, and maybe make some more bras. 😉
Bummer about Sewy, Anne said they had really nice products.
Andrea, I love to see some more bras from you! It is a bummer about Sewy. I hadn’t ordered any materials from them, but from what I saw, they were lovely too. I’m glad I have a few patterns.
I’m so excited for you to take over the challenge this summer 🙂 🙂 !! Thank you so much again!
It’s my pleasure, Erin!
Thanks so much! Your fantastic too you know! Great job on all your sewing items. Love this blog!
Valerie, it’s all your fault! I’m not getting any sewing done. I’m half way through A Desperate Treasure and don’t want to stop reading! 😉
Thanks for all your support and your friendship over the years… we won’t say how long it’s been!
Thanks so much Michelle!! I am currently designing new architectural pieces with Stained Glass as the focus. I love being inspired by architecture. Your the best!! 🙂