Accepted!

Hey, I got three sewing patterns accepted to the upcoming book One Yard Wonders. Very exciting! The patterns are:

• An obi-inspired heating pad and holder
• A shorts pattern customized to your measurements
• My martingale dog collar

I've got about three weeks to make up samples and send them off with complete instructions. Yikes! Better get started...

My fabric

I've designed a couple of fabrics to be printed by Spoonflower, and here's the one I had printed and sent to me as a swatch:

It's an 8-inch repeating tile, so you're not seeing it in all its glory here. From the left, you're seeing my design, the unwashed swatch, then the swatch after it's been washed. The red circles indicate where some of the color chipped off when I washed it.

Initially, I was really disappointed by that, but I contacted Spoonflower, and Stephen promptly replied and gave me a great resolution, so I'll be happily ordering my fabric in confidence.

I can't wait to show you what I make with my full order!