Back from Atlanta with much news to share- however, my photos have gone missing in the ether between my camera and computer. I'm hoping to recover them and blog with photos later this week. Until then here is some better late then never amazing press from the LA Times on Saturday featuring Felt Club.



There is a pretty weird paraphrased quote by me a few paragraphs in (phone interviews will always bite you in the butt.) It is fantastic press for organizer Jenny Ryan and the Los Angeles craft community!!! Read the entire article HERE.

American Craft Magazine blog

Screenshot: American Craft Magazine blog
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American Craft writer Joyce Lovelace who was the first one to write about Handmade Nation in 2006 came out to Reform School in Los Angeles to the book signing!

http://www.americancraftmag.org/zoom-entry.php?id=6160

Find us this week in Georgia & Illinois!
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Thursday November 20th 7:00pm
Book signing with Faythe at Barnes & Noble in Alpharetta, GA
(wish Faythe happy birthday!)


Faythe will be here:


Saturday November 22nd

Faythe will be here:


Cortney will be here:

DIY Trunk Show 10-5pm Pulaski Park Auditorium: 1419 W. Blackhawk, Chicago IL 60622

Monday November 17th in Milwaukee!

Monday November 17th in Milwaukee!
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Speaking at the University of Milwaukee Unition please join! FREE!

West Coast Weekend! Come find us at these spots!

Friday at the new ReForm School!


Saturday at Barns & Noble, Glendale, CA, 3pm
The Americana at Brand, 210 American Way, Glendale

Sunday at Felt Club

Tonight come see us in Chicago! 7pm at Quimby's

1854 W. North Ave. Chicago, IL

Very hyped about the election results here at the Handmade Nation HQ!

Check out the new issue of Design For Mankind out today. It's the Handmade issue and you can read an interview with yours truly on page 10. Buy it in print or download it for free HERE



Also, just in from Jenny over at Craft Magazine, you should check out this contest they are hosting detail are HERE

Read our interview on the Nylon blog today

Some photo links to crafters who voted:

My Paper Crane
Bird Cage Jewelry
Pink Loves Brown
Little Paper Planes
52 Projects

If you are interested Cortney & I will be at the downtown Milwaukee Public Library this Saturday at 4pm. Book signing will follow short talk and screening of a clip of the documentary.

Etsy is so dang supportive of us, thanks Tara! Read their post HERE.

Love it when there are goodies in my PO BOX like this magazine from Japan with some sort of mention of Handmade Nation.... anyone care to translate?

Want to send me something? You should: PO BOX 134, Milwaukee, WI 53201

Pretty hyped about this review in Nylon that just came out. Pretty bummed that I am going to save a copy of a magazine with Paris Hilton on the cover.

Last night was the official book release party in Milwaukee and it was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who came out and picked up a copy. We would also like to say a big thanks to Cafe Lulu and our sponsor Lake Front Brewery for their support as well as Chris Schulist who played an awful lot of sick jams. Thanks to the ladies who drove from Chicago as well!!!!

If you happen to be in our fine city of Milwaukee Cortney and I would love to see you at our book release party Saturday night!

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Today my interview for Milwaukee Public Radio was on Lake Effect. A big thanks A BIG thanks to Paul over at Lake Effect for doing the interview which aired this morning on WUWM, you can listen to it HERE.

I also received my issue of Craft: 09 in the mail that has the very first article I've written for a magazine in it.

 I wrote about Cream City Ribbon, a local (Milwaukee) company that makes cotton ribbon for the "Green Craft" section. Photographer Kevin Miyazaki (who also happens to be the photographer that took my pictures a few weeks back for my feature in Readymade Magazine) took the beautiful photos that accompany the piece. 

Craftcast.com interview LIVE!

Craftcast.com interview LIVE!
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Last week I had the pleasure of speaking with Alison from Craftcast.com and the interview went live this week! Please check it out HERE.

A few creative political tid-bits to check out.....

Nikki Mcclure's Vote For Survival, Limited Edition Print on Wood available over at Buyolympia.com

I'm a huge fan of all of Lisa Anne Auerbach's work and this is a piece that I just discovered on her site today.

Nicolas Lampert's silk screened poster featuring a quote by Emma Goldman available over at Justseeds.org

BOOK GIVEAWAY! indiefixx.com

BOOK GIVEAWAY! indiefixx.com
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Got on over to Indiefixx.com and read Marie’s review and then leave a comment on this post for your chance to win your very own copy of the book! Winner announced on Indiefixx.com on October 17th at 12 noon.
http://indiefixx.com/2008/10/14/guest-blog-its-a-handmade-nation-by-marie-rounsavell/

Today Cris (our film editor) texted me to let me know that they were discussing Handmade Nation on WUWM (Milwaukee Public Radio) for their October book list! You can listen to the review HERE, scroll down to the Regional Reads segment, it's at around the 8 minute mark!

Big News!!!!!

We just found out from our publisher that Handmade Nation the book will be going into its THIRD PRINTING next week! Thanks everyone for the amazing support. More news soon!

This has been in the works all Summer and I am pleased to say we just put them up on our Etsy.com shop HERE.

From the Sublime Stitching website:

LIMITED EDITION sheet! Faythe Levine's Handmade Nation is an upcoming documentary about the DIY movement (a subject we like). This set of desgins by artist Kate Bingaman Burt features movie cameras and her famous, hand-styled typography shouting out all regions of the crafty USofA.





One 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of multi-imprinting, iron-on embroidery patterns. Just iron on to any fabric and stitch along the lines. Each pack comes with complete instructions for getting started in embroidery!

For your viewing pleasure..... this is the intro to the feature length documentary (NOTE: on youtube you have the option of watching it in a better quality which looks tons nicer). I blogged about the process HERE. Go to youtube and rate it!!

Some updates....

I just received my advance copy of Betsy Greer's new book Knitting For Good in the mail this week. It's so awesome. I read it a bit back, but holding your friends finished book in your hands makes you feel so proud, especially when the books message is so empowering and positive. I'm also excited because on the back there is my very first printed endorsement, so very official!

Pre-order it HERE

Yesterday Cortney and I spent the day at the Midwest Express Convention Center at the Fine Furnishings & Fine Craft Show. It was a strange experience since it was a really straight forward show. The organizer Karla had read my article in the NY Times and invited us to be a part of the program which was really nice. Both Cortney and I brought sewing projects and mostly just chatted with each other. We did meet a handful of nice folks and sold a few copies of the book too.

Finally posted a few photos from Renegade Chicago a few weeks ago. It was so rainy that I didn't take that many pictures on Saturday. Sunday we ended up not setting up, just couldn't risk getting all the books damp and moldy.....

Cortney & Bob setting up


We picked up our new patterns from Sublime Stitching!!!! More on this soon....

myloveforyou Handmade Nation Book giveaway!

myloveforyou Handmade Nation Book giveaway!
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You have until Monday to comment on the blog and get picked as a winner of a copy of our book:

http://myloveforyou.typepad.com/my_love_for_you/2008/09/giveaway-handma.html

Make sure to spend some time on this blog, it rules!

This evening Cortney & I finally had a second to put together packages for the contributors to our book that just came out. Here we are signing the first copies!!!!



As we were working I received a text from Jenny Ryan (organizer of Felt Club and blogger for Craft Magazine)in Los Angeles who was at Barns & Noble buying out book. They went into the stock room to pull it out for her and put in on the shelves right then! I texted her back and asked her to take a picture for us for the blog......



Today our good friend Kate Bingaman-Burt who is the illustrator for our book sent over the most lovely set of photos of the book.... here are a few but check out the set HERE.

This is what it looks like when you are trying to make the Sundance final deadline. Almost there.......

This weekend we are Chicago bound!

Guess what.....we are going to have the book for sale for the very first time!!!! AND and and the brand new Handmade Nation pattern that Kate Bingaman-Burt illustrated and Sublime Stitching is releasing!!

Find us at Renegade Craft fair, booth #3!

Somehow, I forgot to post this article from the New York Times last Thursday...... It has been a pretty nutsy week. The link to the article is HERE.





I also launched our new website last week, it only took me a year to cross that one off the to do list. One step at a time.....

Micaela O'Herlihy is the Director of Photography for Handmade Nation. She is an amazing woman; artist, filmmaker, mother of two. Her son Thurman who is 9 recently had his second art opening and Mark Escribano was there to document it. He shot some fantastic footage and recently put a short up on youtube, if you watch it, make sure you get to the end. Stills I shot from the party are HERE.