The Sewing Mom

We are on to step 5 of 101 in the steps to better blogging. Step 5 is to write a good descriptive About Me page. This is definitely something I am going to work on. I am going to duplicate and follow steps outlined by Marcus.

* Rename the page heading from “About Me” to “About (your name)” in order to promote yourself.

* Include more information about your personal background and talents

* Provide additional details on why a visitor should feel inclined to visit and come back and stay a while

* Link to various posts and pages that demonstrate the type of content a reader can expect to find on my blog.

* Encourage the reader to join your RSS feed in an additional location on your blog

If you’re in need of some linky love, vist Venomous Kate. It’s quite simple, just insert a venomous trackback to bite Kate in one of your posts and you’re done. Not to mention that she has a great site, worth visiting. Take a look and remember, don’t get bit!

Since purchasing my new Viking sewing machine last summer, I’ve made quite a few bags for various people.  Most of the bags have been given as gifts, although I have sold a couple of them and made a couple special orders.  I’ve always visited quilt stores with my mom who is a fabulous quilter, but I’ve never learned how to do that.  I’ve always enjoyed looking at all the beautiful fabrics though when I go with her and had a desire to do something, just didn’t know what.  Once day last summer, we were in a wonderful quilt shop in Lockport, IL and I found a fairly simple pattern for a bag and I was off!  I had finally found a reason for myself to purchase some of that beautiful fabric. 

This is a bag I actually made from fabric my sister purchased in a quilt shop in North Carolina.  She is giving the bag as a gift to a friend suffering from cancer.  Normally the pockets are on the outside of the bag, but I couldn’t bring myself to cover up the fabulous print on this fabric, so I reversed the pattern and put the pockets on the inside.