We made it through 2021! Hooray! Happy New Year everyone! I am taking a positive approach for 2022…expecting it to be a good year full of light, love, peace, and productivity! So what’s first up for Betty Jo’s Fabric Arts?
I talked a little about this in my last blog post.
- I will soon be presenting the first in a three-part series of videos coupled with the publishing of a workbook with pattern for the Two Birds Project. The first part is completely filmed and being edited, and the workbook is fully written and being edited. The two remaining videos are filmed all but the short openings and I need to record the voice-over scripts for them. It will be a fun set for my followers and I’m excited to get to this point.
- I am working on putting together a wool applique by machine project. Wait until you see what can be done with these techniques and materials! It’s really going to be fun!
- I have worked up a production plan for the first part of the year that includes show quilts (to fit within my architectural, ancient manuscript, and deep space genres), applique projects (both wool and other fabrics), and multiple shorter technique skill project videos that I think you will enjoy. There may be other things too along the way. Plus a little bit of clothes sewing.
I got a fun addition to my studio for Christmas, a Brother Scan and Cut DX. I have been spending the last several days learning all about it and how best to use it. It adds lots of new possibilities and a great help for the applique quilts for sure, but I can also make some quilting stencils and other things I am thinking about. I now have both the Applique Go! with a nice collection of dies to help me cut multiple layers of fabric for snuggle/quick-to-make quilts and the Scan and Cut for cutting digitally created shapes for more complex individual applique designs among other things…how wonderful. Truly, except for wishing I had more space and storage (doesn’t everyone?), I have a marvelous studio for designing, quilting, and stitching adventures complete with the video equipment well set up for filming them. And yes, I also have significant help from my delightful family. Oh, and don’t forget, I have newly improved eyesight to help with all of this! I am totally thankful both to my kids and my Lord for all of this.
Sew I am making a kind of fresh move in my YouTube channel, pattern making, and books now at the beginning of 2022. Last year seems like kind of a rehearsal and learning period for me. So I’m excited. I hope to get a lot of new subscribers/readers and provide significant content you all will enjoy. I love sharing my work with you.
Let me know if there is a particular subject you want me to cover either in comments here or on my videos on YouTube. I will see what can be done.
Sew happy everyone! Have fun in your studio!