Markets/Events

This weekend, I'll be speaking on a panel at the first Conference of Creative Entrepreneurs
in Seattle. Can't blog now -must pack!

CCE Speakers

CCE Schedule

CCE TICKETS!

Next month will be the first Conference of Creative Entrepreneurs in Seattle! This is a great and timely event, especially for those who want to hear experiences and learn from independent, creative professionals who have been DIY'ing it for years. I will be there as a speaker, along with several others from the DIY business and creative community. I'm excited not just because this is a collection of incredibly inspiring and motivated people -but friends I have come to know over the years and will get to see all in one place! Yay! Join our group hug and let us share our wisdom with you!

from the CCE website:

CCE Speakers

CCE Schedule

CCE TICKETS!

The Hello Craft Summit of Awesome begins today! I can't be there this year (read last year's field report), but if YOU are there, you might win a Sublime Stitching Tote Bag that I crammed with tools and patterns and other stuff for some lucky winner. There's also a communal crafting area that will have my patterns available, too. Have fun everyone! Wish I could be there!

When I can't be there in person, I try to be there in Sublime Stitching spirit. This weekend is the Renegade Craft Fair Brooklyn, and if you snag a raffle ticket, you just might end up with one of my stitchable tote bags crammed with lots of good things I put inside. 

And, I don't think I could make it past the red velvet cord of the MTV Movie Awards myself, but I managed to get my patterns through the door, thanks to The Sampler! ♫ I want my M-broid-ry....♫

photo credit: Studio Jeanie

My blogging butt has been dee-ragging on the ground. I completely neglected to tell you about the Got Craft event that happened earlier this May. I was just checking in on the Facebook, minding my own business, when I saw this lovely vision of craft goody bags they gave away with Sublime Stitching patterns peeking out! A vision! A dream! Makes me happy. Hope it made the recipient's happy, too. During my hectic day (hoo boy- you have no idea) I took a moment to just space
out and stare at this. If you're really smart (unlike me) you'll plan ahead and be all nice and ready for their Got Craft? Holiday Show.

 

And, just to give you an idea of how behind I am- here I am, not this past weekend, but the weekend buh-fore, at Renegade Craft Fair Austin! I did a little demo in the Stitch Lab booth and I am desperately trying to remember how to do a complicated, modified open-knot that I....completely forgot how to do. While everyone just stared at me. Sweat formed. But, I came back! Thanks for everyone who came to see me. It was really a fantastic event -I'm already excited about next year! (I also don't know who took this photo~ Let me know and I'll credit you. xo)

Just a few fave friends I saw there:
The Wondercraft ~ Ryan Berkley ~ SuperMaggie ~ Emily Kircher ~ Christine Haynes ~ Public School ~ Mary Ink ~ Kim Sun Designs ~ Chia ~ Moxidoll ~ Model Citizen ~ Modest Ambition ~ Ornamental Things ~ Red Velvet Art ~ Swear Jar Design ~ Too Many Suitors ~ Victrola Studio ~ Harrilu ~ Kersplash (and many more I'm forgetting to include here!)

Oh, and it's too hard to see it here, but in my hair I'm wearing a black rose barrette made from a coiled vintage zipper by Milli Starr.

Yes, I will be back soon with more embroidery-specific stuff. And...maybe some sort of sale this week. Are you paying attention? Mom?

The SXSW music festival officially kicks off today! This is when the world comes to Austin and you can see rock stars on every corner (usually in cowboy boots). A few years ago, just walking around South Congress, I saw in the span of an hour: Peter Buck, Thurston Moore and Neil Young. It's like that around here this time of year. Then there was that Iggy Pop secret show in the Austin City Limits studio that only about a hundred people who were extra-cool-and-in-the-know about it (I tried to call you, mom) got to see. It was 15 minutes of sweaty heaven shared by a group of people who couldn't believe their luck. Sweet SXSW memories. 

I was invited again this year to participate in Standard Recording Co's Day party and Craft Market! Did you come to this event last year? It was really fun. I will be there with patterns, copies of my new book, and a free gift for anyone who discreetly tells me the secret code word "GUMPTION". Yes, if you would like to bring copies of my books, or anything you've already bought I will sign it for you (for $1). Yes, I am kidding about the dollar.

WHAT:
Sublime Stitching @ the Standard Recording Co Day Party and Craft Market!
Complimentary beer, great music,
custom screened t-shirts from Provo Craft and
some hands-on crafty events from the Austin Etsy crew!

WHEN:  ★THURSDAY  3/18  12-6 pm★

WHERE: The Dirty Dog Bar - 505 E. 6th St.

They are asking people to kindly
RSVP due to space limitations, but this event is FREE & Open to the Public!

I'll be at Madewell Jeans this evening embroidering from 7-9pm! It's their "Denim After Dark" event where all jeans are 20% off, drinks and snacks are served, a DJ spins, and I stitch for you at no extra charge. I may make you look at my new book, though. Yes, I will really embroider a) up to 3 initials or b) a coupla flowers. You can pick where! First come first serve! I'll only stitch for as long as the event is going! If you get there late, and I already have a huge pile going, no begging. I implore you.

Are you in Minneapolis? We're sending Sublime Stitching giveaway goodies up North Minnesota-way! Kindly consider braving the cold to go look for free Sublime Stitching stuff at this weekend's:

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I am so on the go I am typing this blog entry post from an airport. I am headed to Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco where I will be doing book signings for Embroidered Effects and *free embroidery workshops* in the Chronicle Books booth! Come say hello to me. I'd like that.

Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco
Sat / Sun Dec 12th & 13th 2009 12pm-6pm
SF County Fair Building Golden Gate Park
$2 adults / 12 & under FREE
50% of admission goes to charity

Then, I scoot on out of there and head down to HomeEc in LA!

The Thursday night workshop is long sold-out, but nothing stops you from coming to the Embroidered Effects Book Release Par-tay Wednesday December 16th 7-9pm! And, mmmaybe I can be persuaded to give you some embroidery tips then, too. If you're nice to me. Oooh! I'm excited about the party at Jenny Ryan's HomeEc! Squeeee! Ahem.