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    Giveaway in Progress

    ByHeather Bailey

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    I'm popping in to let you know about a giveaway that's in the works. Gina from CampClem.com has been posting new projects made from my Lottie Da collection all week, including a fantastic little beret made from theses leftover quilt-block pieces (below).

    In conjunction with her blog series, Gina is giving away a Lottie Da camera-strap cover, two Heather Bailey embroidery patterns and a collection of stationery. The Camp Clem giveaway closes this coming Sunday (9/14/14) at the end of the day, so stop by soon to enter at CampClem.com.

    There are several posts in her Lottie Da series, all of which show her step-by-step process for each project:

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    At the studio, we're working on new patterns for this fall and prepping to share our new fashion-fabric collection, Momentum, which ships out to stores this month. I'm watching Roman Polanski's Tess (of the d'Urbervilles) from 1979 while I work today. Or rather, I'm listening to it. The film is quite good so far—you know, should you be looking for an old Jane-Austen-ish kind of film to keep you company.

  • The Magic of Sleep

    ByHeather Bailey

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    I made it through the Creative Bug
    shoot last week for creativebug.com. It was a close call, with only a few days to complete
    the prep—fabric was late to arrive. Ashley was out sick and Karen had
    other obligations, so I was short-staffed to boot. Mom to the rescue.
    She came over and cut out pillow pieces for hours. (Extra amazing, as my
    dad's in the hospital with a broken hip right now—yikes!) And I called
    in some freelance help as well for yet more cutting—there were lots of
    step-outs to prepare.

    We made it. I even got three hours of sleep. Let's just hope the recording doesn't pick up my puffy, bloodshot eyes.

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    What a delightful film crew Creative Bug has: two camera operators, a
    sound technician, and an artist's coach—to help me stay organized and
    coherrent. If only we could keep her around, right?  I wish I'd had the chance to get to know them all better. I
    did all of the talking for hours straight.

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    Perhaps we will collaborate on future online classes. Next time, with
    more sleep. You'll watch those ones and say, "Wow, Heather just got 5
    years younger in this new video."

    The magic of sleep.