S. Denise Hoyle | July 21, 2011
21st-century quilts sew different from Grandma’s – News-Press Reverse applique: Traditional applique sews a motif (the design piece) on top of a background. Reverse applique quilters sew the motif underside of the background, then cut away and turn under the edge of the top fabric to reveal the motif. Sashiko Related Posts:SEEDS of Entrepreneurial SpiritMother [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | March 26, 2010
I’m really excited about the opportunity to attend the BlogHer convention this year as I’m looking forward to networking with and learning from some of the best and brightest bloggers around! Unfortunately, it will not be a cheap trip since the tickets alone cost $298, so I was ecstatic to learn from Jennifer at Hip [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | January 8, 2010
Tina Schatzberg had left her career as an advertising sales executive to be a stay-at-home mom, however she still had a passion for marketing and wanted a more flexible means of pursuing that passion. When Schatzberg’s mother lost her job as a sewer for an automotive supplier in Detroit, the two decided to go into [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | January 5, 2010
Denise Garlow is an out of work graphic artist from Atlanta who had been spending most of each day at the computer looking for employment and rewriting her resume. Then one day her daughter brought home a plate she had designed in Girl Scouts that had drawings of “colorful, mouse-like creatures with large saucer ears [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 17, 2009
Megan Woods, a stay at home mom with three children from Brookline, Massachusetts, was looking for something to do after her children started school. Then last year her mom sent her a pair of handcrafted mittens for Christmas and Woods convinced her mom to start up a business together. Now Woods spends her time sifting [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | November 24, 2009
Mary Ellen “Mel” Hughes is a successful serial entrepreneur whose previous businesses include a line of specialty food products that were sold across the country and in London. Mel isn’t a scientist, or a beekeeper, she’s just a food lover that wanted to do something about the mysterious disappearance of our honey bees once she [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 6, 2008
Carol Fung is an administrative assistant by day and an eBay PowerSeller by night. While hunting for sewing and handicraft items on the Internet three years ago, Fung realized that there was a shortage of suppliers. She did some research then started selling small quantities of ribbons, laces and threads on eBay, now she’s making [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 4, 2008
Megan Duckett didn’t know how to sew when a co-worker in the theatrical lighting business told her Knott’s Berry theme park needed someone to reupholster some coffins for a Halloween display. Duckett worked up the courage and took the job then rented a sewing machine and reupholstered ten coffins over the next five weeks. “I [...]
