Have you heard....

About the Pattern Review book? It is titled 1,000 Clever Sewing Shortcuts and tips, and uses tips submitted by members of PR in the book.

It is a Charity project for the National Breast Cancer Foundation by the founder of PR, Deepika. She is giving away her author's fee to the people on PR who have had their tips chosen and all of her royalties will be donated to her charity.

I have a tip on PR from 2008 and it was chosen to be in the book! Its a blog post here. What a neat thrill :) Of course I will have to get a copy of the book just to see my name (my PR name of course) in print. I have let my PR membership expire, but I've been meaning to re up.

My thread rack :)

My Skirt has been blogged!

Reconstructed Bias Denim Skirt-Chevron
Originally uploaded by Diane Slade Inc

My recycled denim skirt that I'm so proud of was featured in a couple of blog posts by Crafter by Night. I can't tell you how exciting it is for me to have this recognition. Even though there WERE only 7 skirts on Mindt at the time. ;D

I found the Posts when I googled myself "Diane Slade Inc".

Here are the posts here and here. Miriam found it when she created an entirely indie outfit from finds on Mintd.

I have taken the skirt off of Mintd and sent it to NY with a bunch of other things. A friend of a friend is planning to take them to shops in NY and sell them. I'm anxiously awaiting the results of this new endeavor. Wish me luck!