GUEST POST: Bot Camp Tutorials from Stardustshoes
I've been reading Joanna's blog, stardustshoes, longer than any other I can remember (seriously!), so I feel like we go "waaaay back." When I started putting together a roster of guest bloggers for the Month of the Boy I immediately thought of her; she's written so many fantastic tutorials, many of which are boy-friendly as she has three boys of her own, ages 8, 6, and 3.5. She is married to a software engineer and in a former life taught ESL in Taiwan. She's currently obsessed with sewing leather and has an Etsy shop in the works! Joanna just so happens to go to the same church in Bellevue, Washington that my parents attend (it's really such a small world, isn't it?) so she had Elliot in her Little Lambs class (Sunday School for toddlers) a couple weeks ago when we visited. I was so happy to get the chance to meet her briefly and she's every bit as down to earth and funny in real life as she is on her blog! Today she's here to show us a few of her wonderful tutorials using another great line of boy fabrics, Bot Camp by Michael Miller. Here's Joanna:
Hi, readers of Made by Rae! I'm Joanna and am so happy to have been asked to participate in Celebrate the Boy month. I am mom to three rambunctious (and loud) boys, which fits my personality well. As a child, I was a tree-climbing, rope-swinging, straggly-haired tomboy who, when given the choice, would choose jeans over pink and frilly any day. When I first started sewing and needed inspiration to sew boyish things, I was a bit disappointed in the slim pickings, so I started the flickr group Handmade Crafts for Boys. I'm happy to say that the group is over 900 members strong, and the inspiration is plentiful.
From time to time I write tutorials for Making it Fun, Kathy Miller's blog for Michael Miller Fabrics. I recently wrote tutorials using Bot Camp fabric that are perfect for a boy's room. Click on the links for a further description and for access to the tutorials.
Happy sewing to all of you, and thanks again, Rae, for inviting me to the boy celebration! :)
