Rae's pattern in a Book and other updates

Some randomness today to prove I'm still here, puttering away...New Book Alert: The folks responsible for "One Yard Wonders", a compilation sewing book due out this October, finally released a cover shot and a peek at some projects on their FB page this week so you can hop over and have a look! I submitted a couple of patterns on a whim last fall, and it looks like at least one got in (the summer nighty, below). YAY! I'm extra pumped because it's got 101 (!) projects in it. SO appealing to the Dutch girl in me. I'm very excited and proud to say I'm going to be "published!"

: : A new pattern by me! In a book! : :

(Image by One Yard Wonders, Storey Publishing)Paint: Thanks for all the Low/Zero VOC paint suggestions! I decided to go with both Aura from Benjamin Moore and Duration from Sherwin Williams (different colors from each). If I hadn't been such a last-minute kind of person I would have tried out Mythic Paint's "Endless Summer." It's so dreamy. I may have to find another room to transform just to try it out. So far I've only used the Aura in the nursery, but I have to say it's totally amazing to only have to do one coat (plus a little extra brush touchup around edges). ONE COAT!