MS Episode #214 – Updates, New Patterns we love, Creativation, Oliso Iron, and so much more

MS Episode #214 – Updates, New Patterns we love, Creativation, Oliso Iron, and so much more

Carolina and I are back with another episode of fun. We update you on how your help is making history with the spot on dot. A listener sent in a clarification about the fires in Australia. We both have so much to chat about so we had to make ourselves stop talking! Hope you enjoy and please check out the links below for more info! Support our sponsors too!

Autralian Fire update from a listener

Alaskan Cruise with Stephanie! Some updates. Want to SEW while we sail the seas to Alaska?!?!? If so come join me in Seattle as we sail away in July 2020!

Cruise Info

Majestic Alaska Flyer

Spot on Dot: https://alwaysexpectmoore.com/2019/12/introducing-the-spot-on-dot.html

Creativation: www.Creativationshow.org

Quilty 5k: https://alwaysexpectmoore.com/quilty5k

Dollhouse Sewing Room: https://www.amazon.com/Rolife-Miniature-Dollhouse-Light-DIY-Sets-Perfect/dp/B079HWXTV7/

Pen and Paper’s New Daisy Pattern https://www.etsy.com/listing/765571337/pdf-fresh-as-a-daisy-quilt-pattern?ref=shop_home_active_1&crt=1

Snapshots Online https://www.ashleyannphotography.com/snapshoponline/welcome/

My favorite Red Sauce for pasta, pizza, pretty much anything https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/bucatini-with-butter-roasted-tomato-sauce

Oliso Iron

Snip Snippets, aka Nicole, has a new book coming out called Playing with Patchwork and Sewing

 

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Modern Sewciety podcast #213 – Spot on Dot, Gallery Wall Quiltalong, Alaskan Cruise with Stephanie, Patterns, Australia Wildfires

Stephanie and Carolina are back with some exciting news about Carolina’s new invention, the Spot on Dot. I am seriously excited for Carolina!

Find out about the Spot on Dot here.

Check out Carolina’s FB page on how we can help her make history.

Spot on Dot image

Gallery Wall Quiltalong

New Patterns

Cruise to Alaska with Stephanie! Everything is provided so you just bring your luggage and a smile! Check out all of the information on booking here.

Majestic Alaska Flyer

Quietplay’s pattern

Mister Domestic’s Auction

Share the podcast with your friends and family! 

Be Creative with Workbox Magazine feature

I always enjoy being asked to be featured in a magazine. It is something I will never get used to and it gives me butterflies every single time. When Mary from Be Creative with Workbox Magazine emailed me I was intrigued. Be Creative with Workbox. I hadn’t heard of the magazine before and Mary was kind enough to send me several copies to look through.
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WOW was it full of inspiration and stories of creatives. I love stories of other creatives. There are such a variety of beautiful styled projects in the magazine. The techniques were so fresh and unexpected with basic materials like fabric and thread. It is really so neat to see the work others creatives have and their process.

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I have two friends featured in the magazine as well. My sweet friend Sandi from Crafty Planner is a featured podcaster. I love Sandi and I feel so honored that I am featured with her. And Nichole of @wildboho has a feature of her amazing embroidery book as well. I love these two creatives and I am so excited to share space in a magazine with them.

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I encourage you to check out Be Creative with Workbox Magazine. I am featured in issue 165, picture above. I really loved the variety of projects and the features are awesome. It is a magazine out of the UK but it is sold in the US as well.

Thank you Mary and the whole Be Creative team.

The Stych – My Weekly Newsletter

The Stych

I thought I would do something different with my weekly newsletter this week. I love sharing my newsletter picks each week – it is my sunshine to my subscribers. So welcome if you are new here and welcome if you are coming over from your weekly email.

This week has been full of wishy washy for me. I have this gut feeling that I am going in the right direction but where I am going is fuzzy. These are the things I know lately and get ready because they are random so hang with me:

  1. I know the book is something that I have to do and I have imposed a deadline on myself to have the proposal ready to send out by Sept. 1. I have asked several close colleagues to look it over before I officially send it out. I have worked on one project for that this week but I think it could have been more.
  2. I know the podcast is something I feel compelled to do. I think it is a gift I really enjoy sending out into the world. I actually wish it was easier to make money with it. That will happen – I feel it. I am not letting go of what I feel in my heart on this.
  3. I know this community is filled with some of the coolest people on the planet. They make the world a better place with their creativity and kindness. It is humbling.
  4. I have the best listeners a girl could ever ask for. I have gotten some of the sweetest comments, messages, and emails this week that made me smile. My heart filled up with happiness. I am truly blessed.

We all have seasons in life and I am in a listening season. I am okay with that and I think being quiet and listening is an important part of the creative process. I wonder how much easier this quiet time was before so many distractions like technology. If only my grandma was around to have a chat with on the screened porch.

One distraction that is welcome around my house is talking about the Total Solar Eclipse. My husband took the day off and the kids were home so we could all watch it. We were in 88% totality and it was really cool. I think my husband and I were the most excited about it, lol. On a completely different note, we visited with friends from England that were in town and now my kids and I are all chatty in our British accents. So, as you can imagine, we are just a crazy crowd this week.

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On to the links:: (I had to include some eclipse stuff but I promise only this one time!)

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