My Work is in a Book!

I received this e-mail last week:

Hi Creative Reuser!

Thank you for contributing to the book! If you're getting this email, it means that you made it to the final, published version! Are you ready for the good news?

The book is ALMOST HERE! It should arrive in the warehouse on Monday.

I got a real, finished copy a few weeks ago, and it looks fantastic. The publisher and book designer did a great job. You're going to be really excited when you see it. You should be getting an email from the publisher very soon letting you know how you can order contributor copies.

The book will be released on November 1st in the United States, followed by other international versions. The publisher sent me a Japanese pressing of the book as well, which is also exciting. Here's a link to Quarry's page for the book:

http://www.quarrybooks.com/description.asp?isbn=9781592535408

I'll be putting together a web page with links to contributor websites. Please let me know if you have a new or updated website so I can add it to the list.

Thanks again for contributing to the book. Let me know if there is ever anything I can do to help you out.

Keep in touch! Let me know what you're working on!

Garth

Garth Johnson - Craft Family, LLC
www.extremecraft.com
www.labsigns.com

I'm so excited! Thank you to Garth and I can't wait to see the book!

I'm in an Etsy Treasury!

Wow! I haven't blogged since February. Well, I'm still here and I'm still sewing. But lately I find myself drawn outside and into the garden. So many exciting plants to divide and re-plant; not to mention the vegetables and herbs we've got going. But Hot Tea Apparel is still here too. ;-)

I have been featured in an Etsy Treasury by ecoLoveOrganics! I'm thrilled - this is my first treasury feature that I know about. Above you can see a patched together screen print of the treasury - my product is the pair of boxer briefs.

Here's the link that will expire on Thursday May 7 at 12:30am (I'm not sure which time zone):

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=56214

If the link has expired, you can still see my listing until it is sold at:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19581077

Instructables Swag

Remember the Halloween contest through Instructables? Well I finally received my prizes! A super cool tee that I'm going to re-vamp, some stickers, and an iron-on. Yay!

FixieStitch

I have created a new blog dedicated to my sports related sewing (ie. race number wallets, inner tube pouches, etc.). Check it out:

http://fixiestitch.blogspot.com

(Don't worry, Hot Tea Apparel isn't going away.)

For the Love of Love

My daughter loves Valentine's Day. I used to scoff at the consumerist holiday. But seen through a child's eyes, I've fallen in love with the day. She finds so much joy in making cards to tell her friends and family how much she loves them. I can't scoff at that!

I've taken it upon myself to make her a Valentine's Day outfit each year. I don't buy new fabrics. Instead I scrounge around in my stash for anything with hearts. Last year I made a dress from scraps that she still wears today. This year, I made her a dress from a different pattern (always from Ottobre - that magazine rocks!). I also made her a shirt to wear under the dress - it's still winter here. The shirt I made using a woman's white jersey shirt, and I added reverse applique hearts to the arm and the hem. I am thrilled with how the dress and shirt turned out!

I did end up buying her some tights to go with the outfit and a package of headbands. I can't wait for her to see these tomorrow morning (the day she will celebrate Valentine's at school).

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

I will be at I Heart Rummage tomorrow

I Made a Rubber Purse

I'm very excited to show off this purse that I made with discarded bike inner tubes! The exterior is all rubber inner tubes and the interior lining is faux snakeskin from a pair of pants I acquired. I added a pink zipper to give the bag a hint of femininity and used a chain ring to stamp an image on the front of the bag.

My sewing machine worked hard, but I'm very happy with the results! You can purchase it through my etsy store.