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Community Cast Video Day 38

Today is Millinery Monday. This video shares twomwhite bonnets I am working on and the straw I was able to order.

I started the new Facebook group: find it here.

I listed the first bonnet from the video. Find it here.

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Community Cast Video Day 37

Sunday means it’s pajama day. Today’s video shares a long term project to enjoy and how to carry thread at events.

Chestnut Bay Quilt Shop’s Round Robin Sew Along Quilt:

Examples of a box style spool holders (I am double checking “spool wagon” as a name.)

Example 1
Example 2 (sorry for the pinterest link)

Examples of tube style spool holders

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Infringement and Ethics

Today was supposed to be productively focused on a pretty white bonnet, a PowerPoint for next weekend, a new publication, and a really cool collaborative announcement.

Instead, I find I must address something that has been bothering me for a while:

Infringing on Intellectual Property Rights

It is entirly possible the listing I saw today was a one-time mistake from someone who doesn’t know. But the reality is unethical use of other’s work has been a problem for years.

Selling items made from someone’s pattern or directions, whether sold or free, is not ethical.

Selling items made from what one learns in a of one learns in a workshop or class is not ethical.

Taking someone’s research and republishing without credit is not ethical.
From a legal perspective:

Each of my e-publications in my Etsy shop are protected by copyright. Fanciful Utility is protected by copyright. All of my books are registered with the Library of Congress. A copyright statement accompanies each of my project templates and directions on my blogs.

I hate that I find I need to address this at a time like this, but here it is. Please, do your part in understanding Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, and the ethical use of others work. Help those new to this field or hobby understand them as well.

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Community Cast Video Day 36

Today’s video reflects back over the projects we’ve made so far and looks at a few of my favorite foods during isolation. An index of the videos:

Day 36 – today!

Day 34 & 35 Triangle pinwheel pincushion

Day 33 – Heart pincushions

Day 32 – Fichu pattern

Day 31 – Millinery Monday

Day 30 – Making a pin pocket

Day 29 – Pin pocket intro

Day 28 – Chat mostly

Day 27 – migraine

Day 26 – Spool holder

Day 25 – Doll and disruptions

Day 24 – Millinery Monday- anatomy of a bonnet

Day 23 – Patriot doll, cloth eggs

Day 22 – Velvet vegetables – pear

Day 21 – Velvet vegetables – chilis, carrot

Day 20 – Velvet vegetables- apple, tomato, pumpkin

Day 19 – Velvet vegetables intro

Day 18 – Maing straw Millinery

Day 17 – Millinery Monday – 2 hat blocks

Day 16 – Love Lush

Day 15 – Simple workpocket

Day 14 – Penny dolls and frozen Charlotte

Day 12 and 13 – pen wipers

Day 10 – straw millinery

Day 9 – straw motifs

Day 8 – hats stands

Day 7 – chat

Day 6 – woven thread pin balls

Day 5 – chat

Day 4 – some of my pin cushions

Day 3 – chat

Day 2 – sewing boxes

Day 1 – Hello

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Community Cast Video Day 35

This video includes a Clara visit and how the triangle pinwheel cushion turned out.

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Community Cast Video Day 34

Today’s video some chat and a look at inspiration pincushions.

The design for the flag pincushion in Berlin work I showed is here as a pdf.

Here is the pinwheel-esque pincushion progress.

I realized when I got the pieces together, that this could make an awesome patchwork quilt. A bunch of fun spinny stripes? I am also seeing Christmas ornament potential… And stuffed Christmas trees.