If you know me in person or have been following me for a while, you likely know I am stubborn, I can’t stand not doing something, and I will push myself when I really should be resting. To make a long story short, I fell on my way into work on Wednesday, turning my ankle, smashing my knees, and jamming my hands/wrists. I’ve attempted to ice, elevate, rest, all those things. I find I can not sew, at least not the way I hyper-focus sew. As such, I have a pile of patchwork pincushions waiting for their embroidery, sitting here mocking me.
I decided if I can’t sew them, I can write about sewing them. Thus, a new mini-publication, primarily written and layed out with my left hand and small fingers.
Patchwork Whimsy: A Victorian Stitch Guide pulls from three late nineteenth century fancy work manuals with the intent to inspire your fancy patchwork, what we more commonly call “crazy quilts” now. It is 22 pages, with many illustrations of stitches and sample projects (not directions for doing the projects.) I did include my patchwork cat template because I put it on the cover.
Patchwork Whimsy is in the Digital Whimsy section of my Etsy shop for only $1.58.
I admit, I am hoping to sell a bunch of these because I’ve lost several days of sewing in a season where shop sales are already frighteningly low.
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 
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