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You know you want it

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:41:09 +0000

Thanks for all your comments last week. Sorry if we seem delayed on this process that we said would be weekly. Truth be told, we don’t just seem delayed, we actually have been delayed. A case of chicken-pox, a school holiday and non-English speaking houseguests have spun our world a little out of its usual state of grace and order. Instead it was grace and chaos. But always grace in our homes. You should see it.

Our winner of last week’s fabric is Susan from right here in Austin, TX. Congrats Susan! We appreciate your visit and comment on our site. Susan is making baby hats for her dear daughter Asa and is needing some stash for a whole host of other crafty projects. She will no doubt be inspired but the contents of this particular envelope! And if you see her, ask her what her motto for the year is. It’s inspiring!

And, as promised, we’re doing it again. You have no idea how much amazing fabric Kathie has. Really and truly incredible stuff and LOTS of it. So, to make room for more cool patterns and fabrics we’re giving this stuff away. (I feel like Crazy Eddie. Any of you folks from the NY/NJ/CT area surely remember Crazy Eddie’s commercials…Prices so low we’re practically GIVING it all away!)

This week we want to know what you’re reading. And not just what you’re reading but how it’s affecting you. Is it mind-candy? Inspiration? Fodder for growth? We want to know.

And if you’re uncertain whether you want to take the time to leave a comment, here’s a little teaser of the envelopes chock full of fabric-y goodness. All ready to roll out our door and into your waiting craft space…

More free fabric!

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:06:25 +0000

Yes, it’s true. More free fabric coming your way. As Kathie and I work out the details of our upcoming book, and figure out the tone we’ll take and whether or not we’ll have a little bullshit icon for when we get too uppity in that parenting kind of way, we’ll be thinking of all of you. We’re doing our best to keep it real over here and to keep the tone real as well. To prove that we’ll be thinking of you, we’ll be selecting a new name each week to whom we can send a small yet delightful batch of super fine, Kathie selected fabrics from her lifelong stash. Some vintage, some new, some one-of-a-kind, some beyond belief, all super cool you can count on that.

Our winner this week is Heidi with random.org’s lucky number 21 and as soon as we get her mailing address, we’ll be sending a fine fabric stash her way. Thanks to all who left a comment. We love reading your words and knowing you’re out there. Keep coming back because we’re really enjoying the process.

So leave a comment for next week’s drawing. Our question this week is, what project are you working on that fills your proverbial cup?

Something along the lines of the fabric used for this project.

Pre-book signing fabric giveaway

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:17:04 +0000

We are hard at work over here in Ramonsterwear world headquarters putting our book together for Wiley Publishing. Yes that’s right, Our Book which will from here on in be called OUR BOOK!!!. Our book, under the working title Crafting To Connect, should be out sometime in Fall of 2011. Since we can’t invite you to a book signing just yet, we are inviting you to visit our blog where we’ll be hosting weekly fabric giveaways from Kathie’s years long accumulation of some rather amazing vintage and new fabrics.

Just to give you an idea of what might be in store for you if you are the lucky recipient of one of these luscious bundles of fabric here’s a little eye candy for you taken right here, right now as we sit working on…OUR BOOK!!!

So, if you want in on this action, leave us a comment. And let’s see, just to keep it fun, let’s have a question. How about this… Are you as excited about OUR BOOK as we are???

More Ramonsterwear? No way!

admin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:30:05 +0000

Yes way. Though I said we were going to be giving away some of my homeschool designs stitched greeting cards, that is no longer the case -as the cards are at my house and we are at Kathie’s studio and though it’s only 1.25 miles away, I choose to wait to give those away until next week. So, lucky you. More beautiful Ramonsterwear.

This time around it’s one of Kathie’s sweet toddler linen vintage baseball uniforms in a size 6-12 mos.* complete with the team Ramonsterwear insignia on the chest. When your child is sporting this vintage inspired ensemble, including the linen pants with great detailed stitching, you will totally feel a part of the team.

How lucky for all of us that Future Craft Collective is under the same creative umbrella as Ramonsterwear. There is no end to the possibilities.

This time around we want to know how you feel about crafting with your kids. Or friend’s kids. Or some random kids you know or even don’t know. What are the upsides? How about the lows? What have you learned? Share it with us in a comment. And next Tuesday night we’ll draw a lucky winner.

*Keep in mind that my daughter wore her Ramonsterwear wrap dress for 2.5 years because after it stopped fitting as a dress, she wore it as a little tunic top. so, though it’s 6-12 mos. it’s not an absolute!