No, not me personally! My website has gotten a fresh face. I have been crazy busy for months designing and making patterns for Craftsy (with a couple for Robert Kaufman sprinkled in) and I’ve decided that I need to find more balance by giving my own personal website and business some love also. I am in the process of adding new patterns and I want to offer more free tutorials, sew-alongs and fun content for you!
Check these out:
• NEWSLETTER•
I am going to be starting a newsletter filled with updates, offers and other fun and informative items. It will be emailed to subscribers twice a month, so don’t worry about your inbox being barraged. You can sign-up on the home page and I will begin the newsletter once I have more than 3 subscribers!
• IN THE SHOP•
You can now purchase PAPER versions of several of my more popular patterns (NY BEAUTY, SPIRAL OF GEESE and RIGHT ROUND.).
Also, check back in April for PDF versions of my Boundless Quilt Patterns.
• KITS•
I have had a few inquiries about offering kits for a few of my flying geese patterns (like Gaggle of Geese), so you don’t have to buy or find 32 or more different solids. The kit would include all the fabric needed for the geese and then you would provide your own background. Is this something that would be of interest to you?
•ON THE BLOG•
Along with website additions, I will be blogging more. I plan add more process posts, quilting tips and tutorials. Let me know what you would like to see. I love the feedback and I want to post items that readers are interested in.
•GLITCHES?•
If you have any issues with links, checking out in the shop, or anything else, let me know (contact@betteroffthread.com). I redid the website all by my lonesome (well, I probably bugged Alyce about 5 times a day with questions.), so there may be kinks to work out.
Have a great rest of the week!
Judi Barnes says
I would definitely be interested in a Gaggle of Geese kit! Perfect for a grad quilt for my granddaughter.
Mary Roberts says
Yes to the Gaggle of Geese kit. Brilliant idea.
Janice Holton says
Good for you for doing your own website! I wanted to alert you to a few things if this helps. When I got your e-mail notification, the pictures in the e-mail are large and easy to see. But when I clicked to go to your actual web page, the pictures are all very small. I can’t see the detail in the fabric like I could in my e-mail. Also, the color you have chosen for your font is very modern, colorwise, but I think for people with vision troubles, it is difficult to see. It is also very small. Your Gaggle of Geese quilt is really striking! How would you categorize the difficulty level?
Janice@Better Off Thread says
Thanks, Janice! I am trying to figure out how to change the font color to black. I did enlarge it, but I agree that it can still be difficult to see. The photos in this post are just thumbnails, since they are all photos I have posted before and I wanted people to focus on the text, but I normally have larger photos. I would categorize the Gaggle of Geese as Advanced Beginner . You probably wouldn’t want to do it as your first quilt(though I did see one that was done as a first quilt!), but the paper-piecing is pretty straight forward and once you do once template, the rest are the same. The curves are also quite large, so they are not difficult.
Jeri Gregory says
I’d love a gaggle of geese kit!