This Week in my Business - Friday April 3rd 2026

Apr 03, 2026

Leading the charge in a kind of Quasimodo motion

Top Three Wins This Week

Booked a Summer load of classes for local Libraries on UV Resin, Block printing and Mending
Global Quilt Connection opened registration for the All Star Sampler Platter
I decided to start living in my apartment properly

Shipped a 44lb box of candles and such off to Ventura for the Craftcation Pop-Up Shop. Will be adding the rest to my website any day now. Any day…just you wait…any day…
Following on from submitting all those Library listings, I got a boat load of bookings afterwards.
I’ve started monthly planning for the second month in a row, and it does seem to be helpful. Who’d have thought it!
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It’s pens over stickers! An impromptu focus group at my quilting retreat last weekend suggests we ditch the free pens (who has ever bought a service based on a pen with a logo) and instead go with a sticker sheet. Don’t need to tell me twice.
Registration is open for the All Star Sampler Event on May 16-17. It’s going to be epic! Details here.
We are trialing a Sampler Box for ASSP attendees, so this week I was buying supplies in bulk. So far I have scissors, fabric, needles, a rotary cutter, a tea towel, a notebook, a mug, and fabric markers all identified if not actually bought. The mug is rather sweet. There will only be 50 available so registrants will need to act fast to grab one!

Catalytic converter theft in the Bay Area is endemic, and last week it was my turn. $3k to get it replaced and not covered by insurance. It’s just not funny. Did I mention that taking out a paid subscription to this newsletter would really help me?

The SF Quilters Guild Retreat was great. Learned some fascinating techniques I am going to start using in the Round Robin quilt I currently have at home.
I returned to my apartment after the Retreat on Sunday and thought “This does not look like a place anyone enjoys living.” I want to change that! Let pictures go up on the walls and let me stop focussing on all the crazy broken stuff around the building.

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