Wow what a wonderful and amazing surprise... Quilting Arts published my article early! This is my third article with them, the other two appeared in the QA Magazine. This one is called, "Trade Secrets" and is in their Embellishments E-Newsletter. It's all about running an Internet Trading group and the secrets that make it run smoothly. Of course my inspiration for this is my own group Fiber Art Traders, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FiberArtTraders. I'm grateful that Quilting Arts has allowed me to share my enthusiasm about Internet trading with their artistic community. The enrollment at F.A.T. has been incredible in the last 24 hours. Thank goodness I have some terrific helps on the group!

Well, my inner child hasn't had much time to come out and blog because I've been too busy in my other writing endeavours. Quilting Arts magazine has accepted another one of my articles and it will appear in their online e-newsletter version called, Embellishments. I love writing for QA and I seem to have found a real home there. As you know, I've been an avid fan of their magazine for years and to see my name in print with them is such a thrill. :-) Here's the web addy to sign up if you are interested: http://www.quiltingarts.com/qallc/eNewsletter_form.html

Thanks for tuning in. I'll try to be a better blogger this year.

Hugs, Nj

Thought for the day...

Be kind, be generous, be forgiving but before anything else be YOURSELF. I still here my dad's words echo in my ears, BE YOURSELF! But who is myself? We evolve, we grow, we mature. Who we were yesterday is not the person we are today. So my thought for the day is quite simply... be yourself, TODAY. Create a more beautiful world because you are in it TODAY! Don't say to yourself, someday I'll get to it, don't wait for retirement to become a great artist, do what you do best today! Because, quite simply, tomorrow may never come.

I've added the photo taken of me in September 2007 with the beautiful gift that I received from the guild for serving 2 terms as President. It warms me heart and soul. :-)

Quite frankly the name of my blog says it all... Sew Little Time. I seldom post but will once again make an attempt to update this on a more frequent basis.
Today I finished my Christmas gift to the Fiber Art Traders group members. I'm not saying what it is, everyone will just have to wait to see. :-)
Hugs, Nj

Plus Size Inchies are EVERYWHERE in my studio! Here they are on a wall hanging that I created to be in the FiberPlay competition.

Well I guess that you might call me the, Occasional Blogger. I'm not very good at posting as Fiber Art Traders consumes a LOT of my free time. We have been working on many projects including the new craze of inchie art, with the exception of one twist, I made them 1 1/2" square and they are much easier to work with. I'll post a few photos as I make them. They are fun and addictive!
Until next time, Normajean

I've added a few pictures to the blog. Our completed kitchen facelift. (Phew, it's done.) Also one of my Kona coffee quilt winner. :-)

Sew Little Time
Well hello again. As you can see I did not do very well in keeping up with my posts but I promise to try harder in the future. It sure has been a busy summer. As we say good-bye to the warm weather I welcome the cooler nights of Fall and a stepped up pace in my art career. I anxiously await the publication of my first (of many I hope) pattern in an upcoming issue of Quilting Arts Magazine. :-) Very exciting indeed. More about that later.
Nj

Sew little time, sew many things to sew. I've been saying repeatedly that it's time to get a blog spot up and running as an extension to the FiberArtTraders group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FiberArtTraders/messages Will I have time for both? Who knows, only time will tell but it's worth a shot. SEW hello fellow sewing blog readers, let's get stitching!