At Etsy Get a Discount When Buying 3 Patterns

I've never done this and to be honest I can't believe I haven't since I see other pattern designers do it. If you go to my Etsy store you can now buy 3 patterns and get a discount.

This photo shows the patterns for $7 & $8 but there is also one for $9 & $10. I also have them for my tatting patterns!

Speaking of tatting patterns the last Season of Mini Quilts - Summer is being edited. Once it's deemed ok I'll get the e-pattern up.

Happy Thanksgiving at Etsy Store -10%

I want to wish my customers a Happy Thanksgiving by giving you a coupon code to use at my Etsy store for 10% off all purchases $10 or more! It will work thru Nov. 30th.

Here's the code you enter when you pay: THANKSGIVING2015

Been posting at Facebook instead of here

I've been posting at Facebook when I have the time instead of blogging. I just can't seem to find the time for both.

Yesterday I took the cover photo for the next season of tatting pattern. This one is summer. I had way too much trouble with the last pattern for it. I was all set to put the 4 tatted pieces on a fabric banner but couldn't find fabric I liked so I looked for scrap paper that matched. I found the perfect tablet of matching papers and extras stuff for decorations. After cutting out the rectangles and triangles and starting to decorate them I stalled again. It just didn't "talk" to me so I knew it wasn't what I was supposed to be doing with the tatting, I set it aside for 2 months, coming back to it again and again but not moving forward with it. Two weeks agao I knew I had to put it all away and come up with something new. That's when it came to me, another bag. I finished it quickley so now all that needs done is finishing the directions and ordering the cover photos for those who prefer a printed pattern.

Of course saying that's all that needs done doesn't mean I can finish it quickly, not with the puppy. She takes a lot of my time. With so many interuptions I find I can't concentrate on writing for very long.

Here's a peek at one of the patterns from the new Summer Pattern.

Are You a Fan of Alice too?

I LOVE Alice books and read anything based on Wonderland. Right now The Philie library  at  rosenbach.org  is celebrating 150 years of Alice. If you are lucky enough to live in or near Philie the original manuscript is on display Oct 14 - 18. I'm on the other side of the state so it's a no go for me.

If you are looking for free e-books of the Lewis Carroll stories go to http://www.gutenberg.org They even have a file of drawings. LOVE Gutenburg for old books!

The picture above is for an 'Alice in Wonderland' series I recently read. It's set a YA series and is set now. The difference is that it's about Alice's descendants and is a bit dark. That makes it different from any other Alice book I've read. Here's a link to the writer's blog. I love the cover of the first book! I got it at my local library and the colors are beautiful.

Barnes and Noble and Amazon have some free e-books with reference to Alice. I have a nook so I go to B&N. There's the Kingdom series by Marie Hall.  There's a Wonderland story with quite a twist. A crazy mad hatter is searching for an Alice and finds his match in one from Hawaii. Definitely different love story.

I also found a mystery that centers on the main characters love of Alice but has no trips to Wonderland. Murder In Wonderland by Leslie Leigh

I just DL Insanity (Mad in Wonderland) by Cameron Jace so I don't know what it's about yet or if it's any good.

Oh, and if you wonder about the riddle, why is a raven like a writing desk? Here's what I found while researching.
Carroll's answer to why a raven is like a writing desk? "Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in front!" Originally, it was supposed to be a little funnier than that. Carroll spelled 'never,' as 'nevar' — 'raven' spelled backwards — but a proofreader erased the inverted pun before it was published. Personally I prefer puzzle expert Sam Loyd's answer 'Because Poe wrote on both'. Makes the most sense of any I found online but then should anything to do with Wonderland make a lot of sense? :)