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small Adventures | the Well Traveled Sewing Book pattern release

{ Catalina Island }

{ Manhattan Beach. Wife Made Butterfly Wings, get the pattern here. }

{ Harry Potter World, Universal Studios, Hollywood. }

So, before I get into Quilt Market sewing with my new Playground fabrics, I thought it was time to finally release the pattern for my Well Traveled Sewing Book.  Haha, it's been a year and I've had gazillions of requests for the pattern so it really is about time.  Do you remember the original?  I blogged about it here.  

Then I sewed another one, in order to test my own pattern.  And right now I'm sewing another one ~ in my own fabrics ~ and this new one will be made very personal, very pretty, and I'll be sure to share lots of pics when I'm finished.  

My goal at the beginning was to create a very sturdy "book" with lots of little places to store needles, little scissors, thread, floss, and pattern cards for when I travel.  So this handy, fully customizable, organizer was born.  Inside the book there are two "pages" that are sewn into the spine just as you would sew a felt page into my easy and fun needle book tutorial.  The pages in this book are a little more fun though...

For now, I am offering the Well Traveled Sewing Book PDF pattern at a discounted rate in my etsy shop: nanaCompany.  I hope you like it and enjoy adding your own personal touches to the blank pages ~ make them pretty, make them yours!  Happy stitching!

xo amy

Spring North

Good decisions beget good decisions.  I consciously decided last week I no longer want to "burn my candle at both ends" (it will not last the night ~ Millay?)  I just can't any longer.  My family, my health and sanity, and even my work have suffered.  It's time to slow down.  Do less ~ but do it better.  More focus, more intention, less hamster-on-a-wheel action.  Right after that decision, I packed up my entire family in our mondo-van and drove us up north to see Anne (my oldest, she goes to Sonoma State University.)  Road trip!!  We hung out in San Francisco, drove out to Sebastopol and Bodega Bay.  On our way home we hit up Pinnacles National Park, which was my fave family hiking trip ever.  (More than Montana d'Oro, more than Julia Pfeiffer Burns, I loved Pinnacles.  And if you're interested at all, we entered through the East entrance and hiked the Bear Gulch trails.  Don't forget your flashlight for the caves and go soon before it's too hot!) 

p.s.  So good.  But soon I'll have the whole East coast to explore as we're moving to Williamsburg, Virginia this summer.  Know of any great adventures anywhere around Virginia?  I'd love to know.

Now, for the reason you all actually come visit me here... there is so much good stuff coming soon I promise!  A whole gang of amazing makers and I have been sewing with Playground fabrics to get my booth ready for Quilt Market.  I'll be sharing all that next.  Happy Spring, friends! xo

xo amy