Many sewing/craft blogs out there seem to be run on the review economy. That is, manufacturers send free stuff to the blog owner who gives a positive review about the free stuff and then the blog owner is then sent more free stuff to review... Amazon.com Widgets When I write about a fabric store or a book in glowing terms, it's because it is something that I love, not something that I have been paid to love. Several weeks ago I received an email from a Dutch sewing pattern magazine company asking me to review their magazine on my blog. Made By oranges produces two magazines, which features patterns for women and which features clothing for kids, from preschool to pre-teen. European pattern magazines, unlike American pattern magazines typically feature a pull out section with all of the patterns for all of the garments in the magazine.You get a whole lot of bang for your buck. There are a fair number of pattern magazines based in Europ...
A blog, mostly about my work making Jewish ritual objects, but with detours into garment making, living in New York City, cooking, and other aspects of domestic life. A note about comments: I love comments from readers, from spammers, not so much. I approve comments before posting them so comments are not cluttered with junk. It may take a few hours before your posts appear. Be patient. If you are a real person with a real comment it will be posted.