Home Sweet Home Quilt Along
- Schedule
- Block 1 - My Home
- Block 2 - Lapacek's Orchard
- Block 3 - House by the Bay
- Block 4 - My Tilted House
- Block 5 - Two Trees
- Block 6 - Tree of Life
- Block 7 - Under the Moreton Bay Fig
- Block 8 - A Wonky Modern House
- Block 9 - Scrappy Trees
- Block 10 - A Home for the Birds
- Block 11 - The Happy Tree
- Block 12 - the little house
- Block 13 - Three Trees
- Block 14 - Under the Apple Tree
- Block 15 - A Home for Hoot
- Block 16 - Branch Sweet Branch
- BONUS - accuquilt home
- BONUS - Acid Cottage
- BONUS - Marcia's Crazee Patch House
- BONUS Block - Rippling Pond
- Flickr Group - Post your blocks here!
- BONUS - Acid Cottage
Project QUILTING
Feedback & Features
My Fabric is For Sale!
Kim's Crafty Apple
the Apple
Labels
2009 Summer Dyeing Workshop
apron
art quilt
artist
autumn equinox
award
baby quilt
bags
bangles
Barn Quilts
beer can earrings
block exchange
blog feature
blue hill by hand
boss
bracelets
candy drop earrings
candy drop rings
challenge
cpsia law
DaisyCreek
delivery
earrings
etsy
Etsy in the News
etsy teams
etsybaby
front page
hand dyed fabric
handprint quilts
interview
interviews
jewelry
keywords
kimscraftyapple
lapaceks orchard
magnolia
my life
newspaper
old fashion
organicquiltcompany
owls
paper doll quilt
Park City Girl: Quilt Festival - Spring 2009
Poynette
Poynette Press
Prairie Heritage Quilt Show and Competition
prize
prizes
project Quilting
projects
quilt
quilt retreat
quilts
quiltsbybarb
quiltsy
quiltsyteam
rag quilts
Ricky Tims
rings
Road Trip
season 1
sojournquilts
tagging
Team etsybaby
team quiltsy
team wist
theapple
themed thursday
tote bags
TotToppers
treasury
under the sea
vintage typewriter rings
VOTER
voting
weaving
wholesale
woven quilt
My Flickr Stream!
www.flickr.com
This is a Flickr badge showing public photos and videos from KimsCraftyApple. Make your own badge here.
My Blog List
-
-
-
How to Make a Drawstring Pouch1 week ago
-
Big & Smalls Quilt4 months ago
-
-
H2H Challenge 20231 year ago
-
End of blog2 years ago
-
The Treehouse Hexagon Quilt Project2 years ago
-
Members-only practise23 years ago
-
Quiltsy Cares 2021 - Quilts3 years ago
-
-
-
Quilted Jacket4 years ago
-
Blog Photos4 years ago
-
Shuffling5 years ago
-
a new day dawns5 years ago
-
-
Never Give Up6 years ago
-
-
SAVE THE DATE!!!7 years ago
-
Hand Maker Blog Tour7 years ago
-
Cotton yarn utopia - found!8 years ago
-
The San Salvador Sails By ...8 years ago
-
-
Girl's Weekend to Arizona8 years ago
-
New Updates Coming Soon8 years ago
-
New Design with Lots of Humor!9 years ago
-
-
Challenge #2219 years ago
-
Dianabol9 years ago
-
A Quilty Finish11 years ago
-
A walk in the snow11 years ago
-
-
the harvest begins~12 years ago
-
-
My Blog Has Moved!12 years ago
-
Polka Dotted Dress Envy12 years ago
-
Come visit our new blog!12 years ago
-
Handmade Christmas Recap 212 years ago
-
-
Blech17 years ago
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Favorite Websites
Kim's Crafty Apple has MOVED to www.PersimonDreams.com
I’m re-branding myself from Kim’s Crafty Apple into ‘Persimon Dreams.’
You can now find me at:
www.facebook.com/PersimonDreams
www.twitter.com/PersimonDreams
www.pinterest.com/PersimonDreams
(and my jewelry is still at www.theapple.etsy.com)
Monday, January 5, 2009
A Chat with UniquelyNancy
5:57 AM |
Edit Post
I found UniquelyNancy (http://www.uniquelynancy.etsy.com/) through my Quiltsy team. She makes amazing bags and quilts. I based my G R E E N V I O U S treasury around her bag (shown in the upper left corner). Nancy gracefully agreed to do an interview for me. Here's what she had to say:
I have been doing all kinds of arts and crafts since i was very little. My mother took drawing and painting classes when we were little (around 7 or 8 yo) and then taught us what she learned. We would go for drives and stop to draw a barn or scene to show how we look at things differently. Then I took art in high school. I have been sewing since I turned 8yo because that was the age my mother felt we could handle a machine. I have done craft shows for 20 years selling everything from childrens clothes to folk art. About 20 years ago I made a simple quilt to raffle at our church and have been making them ever since. Purses were a natural progression from there.
I did wood working for years making wooden dolls and merry-go rounds and other fun collectibles. My mother and I opened a dollhouse shop the year I got married and I started making dollhouse furniture. Then DD (Dear Daughter) wanted a doll that was popular at the time so I started making doll clothes. As the kids grew I made most of their clothes. Then DD got into theater and I got hooked on costuming. A designer like my work so much that she hired me to work for her and we do several shows a year. But quilts and purses are my passion.
My artist daughter wanted to sell her artwork so she researched the net and found Etsy. She convinced me to join and open my own shop so I didn't have to do craft shows any more. We now have three shops between us since we opened a vintage shop to sell some of the Stage clothes we collected over the years.
I always wanted my own store but never was able to handle it between kids and taking care of elderly family. Etsy made my dream come true. It took a long time to get my shop up and running but it was worth the wait. My advice to the new members out there, don't give up. Treat your shop like you would if it was a brick and mortar store. Add new inventory, advertise and treat your customers well.
I hope you take a few minutes to check out Nancy's shop!
I have been doing all kinds of arts and crafts since i was very little. My mother took drawing and painting classes when we were little (around 7 or 8 yo) and then taught us what she learned. We would go for drives and stop to draw a barn or scene to show how we look at things differently. Then I took art in high school. I have been sewing since I turned 8yo because that was the age my mother felt we could handle a machine. I have done craft shows for 20 years selling everything from childrens clothes to folk art. About 20 years ago I made a simple quilt to raffle at our church and have been making them ever since. Purses were a natural progression from there.
I did wood working for years making wooden dolls and merry-go rounds and other fun collectibles. My mother and I opened a dollhouse shop the year I got married and I started making dollhouse furniture. Then DD (Dear Daughter) wanted a doll that was popular at the time so I started making doll clothes. As the kids grew I made most of their clothes. Then DD got into theater and I got hooked on costuming. A designer like my work so much that she hired me to work for her and we do several shows a year. But quilts and purses are my passion.
My artist daughter wanted to sell her artwork so she researched the net and found Etsy. She convinced me to join and open my own shop so I didn't have to do craft shows any more. We now have three shops between us since we opened a vintage shop to sell some of the Stage clothes we collected over the years.
I always wanted my own store but never was able to handle it between kids and taking care of elderly family. Etsy made my dream come true. It took a long time to get my shop up and running but it was worth the wait. My advice to the new members out there, don't give up. Treat your shop like you would if it was a brick and mortar store. Add new inventory, advertise and treat your customers well.
I hope you take a few minutes to check out Nancy's shop!
Labels:
interview
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Sign Up for my Newsletter!
Project QUILTING on Facebook
PersimonDreams on Facebook
Blog Archive
-
▼
2009
(302)
-
▼
January
(37)
- Treasury Saturday
- YEAH!
- Meet Kiki from AlltheNumbers
- My Favorite Part about Making a Quilt....
- BLOG IN - SAVE HANDMADE!
- An Interview with Nancy from TuTuCuteandMoore
- An Interview with Hilda from WarmandFuzzyBaby UPDA...
- An Interview with ME! (KimsCraftyApple)
- TREASURY Saturday!
- An Interview with Renee of TadpoleCreations
- Ban on BOOKS for kids under 12 AND BAN kids under ...
- Great Blog Resources for the New CPSIA Law:
- An Interview with AmyRoseDesigns
- An Interview with PammyDawn
- One More Interview Today - Meet GoldtoneDesigns!
- An Interview with BabyCheeks and The Trendy Tot
- An Interview with Stephanie of Artopiary - A Beaut...
- An Interview with Jen from SushiForBaby
- How Can I Stay Warm This Winter?
- Treasuries!
- Let's Go Shopping!
- Block Exchange - TEAM QUILTSY
- An Interview with DirtyDishes
- Our Wedding Quilt
- Oakley's Under the Sea Room
- An Interview with a SpoonfulOfChocolate (yummy!)
- TREASURY FEATURES
- Auntie Nise's Garden of Love
- SAVE HANDMADE
- An Interview with Erin Posey from ErgoDesign
- Welcome to 'The Jungle'
- TREASURIES!
- A Chat with UniquelyNancy
- Under the Sea
- and of course...more treasuries!
- Treasury Madness!
- An Interveiw with CrowsNestMountain
-
▼
January
(37)
Popular Posts
-
This past weekend I attended my best friend’s little sister’s bachelorette party. Now, it’s been two kids and a few years since my last bac...
-
In a previous post I talked about creating a barn quilt to hang at my orchard. Well, the process has begun and I plan to keep you all ‘in...
-
This may be one of my last Themed Thursday’s for awhile. I will try to continue this as often as I can but Apple Season starts up next wee...
3 comments:
What a fantastic shop, great post!
Wonderful interview. It was nice to learn a little more about Nancy, and great of you to post it.
thanks
glad she found etsy :)
Post a Comment