S. Denise Hoyle | December 7, 2009
I am honored to have been asked to do the first video interview on Mommies Cafe, the community site where mommies get together online for a coffee break.
The interview goes into detail on how I got started in business and as an author, and includes some advice for other work at home moms. I had [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 3, 2009
Hi I’m Hannah Stevenson from While They Sleep Designs. I am wife to a great guy named Jeff (the handsome man in the green). And I am “Momma” to three little girls all under the age of two: Twin girls Laurel (green skirt) and Maisy (blue skirt, scowl on face) and our [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | November 5, 2009
Lillian Weber says she took a year of sewing in 4H when she was 17 years old, but she forgot all about sewing as she pursued other interests and goals. After her three children were born, Lillian says “the creative side of me was itching to get out and do something.” Since money was tight, [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | October 20, 2009
Erica Leigh of Sweets & Hearts is up to her ears in ears! Erica sells hair accessories such as headbands with kitty or mouse ears, as well as costumes and clothing designs, and she recently sold her 100th pair of ears.
Erica is a college student studying fashion marketing who lives at home with her mom [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | September 8, 2009
Jill Green of the Homemade By Jill Blog says that she’s been sewing for about three years, and although she is mostly self taught, her mom is a great seamstress so Jill calls on her to help out if she runs into trouble. A brief stint at Martha Stewart also helped Jill to improve her [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | August 14, 2009
Ashley Hackshaw’s mother taught her the basics of sewing when she was around six years old. Her mom used to make their clothes, bedding, and curtains, and was always taking on big household projects like re-painting the kitchen cabinets. Ashley has since gone from career woman to stay-at-home mom of Sienna, a precocious 2-year old [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | August 7, 2009
Alexandra Smith started sewing when she was about 11 or 12. She remembers making costumes for herself and a friend on her mother’s Bernina 830, which she still owns. She made her first quilt in the 7th grade and fondly remembers taking sewing classes in junior high. She sewed off and on for years, then [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 31, 2009
Jessica Fediw learned a little bit about sewing from her mom and grandmother when she was little, but didn’t really take to it until she was about to finish college. Then she filled in the gaps in her sewing skills by teaching herself from books and information on the Internet.The stay-at-home mom of a two [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 24, 2009
Jordynn Lucier, or Jordy as she’s known to her many fans, taught herself how to sew about 7 years ago when she took over her mom’s sewing machine. She’s still using that same Kenmore Ultrastitch12 today to make all the wonderful limited edition handbags and fashion accessories that she sells in her online boutique called [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 3, 2009
Janet Perry of Napa Needlepoint started doing needlepoint almost forty years ago. When Janet was 13 years old she saw a kit in a magazine and fell in love with it. Her parents took her to the only needlepoint store around and they happened to have the very same kit. Her grandmother, who was a [...]
