Okay, I think today is the day to share some big news. I am writing a book. Oh my gosh! I still have a hard time believing it is really true. But I have a December deadline for the manuscript looming so I know in reality it is totally happening.
The book will be about soft sculpture birds... what did you expect? There will be patterns and projects and I will be showing all of my techniques. And there will be some other goodies yet to be revealed.
Not only am I totally excited to write and sew and create this book, I'm even more excited that it is going to be published by Interweave! I know, how great is that! Amazing.
I can see from all the planning that has gone on just until now that writing a craft book like this is a huge, but tremendously exciting project. I would really like to share some of the process here not only because my life is already consumed by it, but also because maybe you'll find it interesting to hear about.
So far one of the best parts has been fabric shopping. Thinking overall about the color scheme and then buying everything I need, gathering all the best fabrics and seeing them together I can just imagine the birds all finished and ready for you to see.
Another amazing part has been preparing to fly out to Colorado for a photoshoot on August 5th. While I'm there we will photograph all of the basic techniques needed to sew a bird from start to finish. I have a lot to prepare before my trip!
All I can say is hooray and I'm so glad to finally share my news with you.
