I’m very excited to announce today that I have a new writer here on True Up. I became acquainted with Kim Steckler through our shared love obsession with vintage fabric, which led to me interviewing her as part of last year’s Vintage Fabric Collector Series. Kim has agreed to contribute on a regular basis over [...]
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your comments and emails. They helped me through an extremely difficult week — it was a huge comfort to know that so many of you have my back! I am feeling about 95% human now and will be finishing off the Spring Quilt Market posts [...]
Everyone is gearing up for Spring Quilt Market this week in Minneapolis, Minnesota. If you’re attending, or are a Twin Cities local who just likes fabric and sewing, here are two open-to-the-public events to which you’re invited! 1. The now-traditional Fabric 2.0 party. We don’t even have to call it “2.faux” like last Spring because [...]
Two years ago today I launched True Up. Hooray! Don’t worry, I’m not going to get all introspective on you today — speechifying about how far this blog has come, and where it’s heading — but I just wanted to pause and thank everyone who has made this all possible. Thank you! Here’s hoping for [...]
Damn, I’ve been out-Daily Swatched! Mood Fabrics in New York City has a store dog (a Boston Terrier) named Swatch, and they dress him up and post a picture of him every day on their blog. How can I compete with that cuteness? (via Tom & Lorenzo on Facebook)
I have my first speaking engagement! Austinites, if you’re interested in hearing about fabric trends, blogging for a (semi-) living, or just wish to ridicule my public speaking skills, please come to the Austin Sewing Guild (or rather, the Austin/Capital Area Chapter of the American Sewing Guild) monthly meeting tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 13, 1pm at [...]
Hey! Happy New Year! Thank you SO much for reading and commenting and sponsoring and just being part of this whole crazy ride. Running this site has been a complete blast and I’m so thankful that I get to do it. And special thanks to Mary Beth, who came to my rescue to cover the [...]
Just a quick note to point you here: Sondra of Contemporary Cloth turned the tables and interviewed me. She is also offering a special coupon code for True Up readers: 25% (!) off your order (10-20% off fiber artists) with code trueup now through Friday, October 9. And you can sign up for the CC [...]
One year ago today, on Tax Day, I launched True Up. I can’t believe it’s been a year already and that I’ve managed to write posts nearly six days a week! I’m not doing anything fancy to celebrate, no big giveaways or announcements (though there are plenty of those in store for the future). I [...]
Amy Butler has three great new patterns out and she’s generously contributed two of each for a giveaway here on True Up. The Sun Surf Halter is a followup to her v-neck Cabo Halter top. It’s a great beginner pattern and has sizing for both women’s and girls’ sizes. Materials list here. The Domestic Goddess [...]
Hooray 2009! I hope you had a lovely holiday break, and got to greet the new year in the style that suits you best. Here, it meant PJs and a DVD while the toddler slept and our dogs freaked out over the fireworks. Your standard tired new(ish) parent New Year’s Eve. Over the next week [...]
I got duped by the Hancock Fabrics sales flyer … $1.50/yard “100% cotton first-quality solids from a well-known manufacturer, original $5.99/yard” turns out to be Quilter’s Corner solids (in neutrals and a couple blues), not Robert Kaufman Kona cottons, as I assumed and wrote in the sale alert post earlier today. Too good to be [...]
True Up has been featured in a few places recently. In case you missed it: Sew Mama Sew named True Up a “Site We Love” (I love you back!) and did an interview with me. I knew Sew Mama Sew was big, but I didn’t know HOW big — all my site traffic records were [...]
Quilt Market was a big opportunity for me to increase the True Up audience, so I ordered 500 business cards from Overnightprints.com to help promote the site. I was going to challenge myself to get rid of all of them. Unfortunately, I waited too long to place the order, which forced me to have them [...]
Sale Alert Sunday and The Daily Swatch are on vacation this week so I can concentrate on Quilt Market recaps. I’ll still be putting extra-noteworthy sales up on Twitter, though.
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