Blog tour round up

Hi folks.

For those of you who have been following the little blog tour of reviews of my book today is the last day and by me.

I have to tell you that this all feels a bit odd. 

I never set out to write a book and certainly didn't think that I would ever be asked by a publisher to organize a few other sewers to review it on a blog tour (and I am not forgetting here my wonderful friend Carolyn at Diary of a Sewing Fanatic who did the first review on her own on her blog.)

I didn't write this book to be a writer of books. In fact I will tell you something. Since my own copy arrived I haven't even looked through the pages, it is still sitting on my desk untouched. It feels like a garment that you have made and know so well, it's done.

I didn't do this project so I would have a book on my desk.

I wrote this book entirely because I wondered if there were a few tricks that I could pass on to new and returning sewers (sewist is on the book, sewer is still in my head) so they wouldn't be discouraged. Sewing has just been such an anchor and a beacon in my life, such a comfort and just the thing I needed, exactly what I needed, in the times in my life when I needed some picking up, getting up, and dusting off, well I just couldn't stand it if someone couldn't have that resource in her own life too.  I was bothered that maybe somewhere someone else was prevented from getting to that point because they thought maybe the fact the binding rippled was because they were just no good at this making/creative thing- when I had the potential to do a save and say listen just iron it into a curve before you sew it on and you will be fine. And then they would know they were fine.

I felt urgency writing this book because of thoughts, like that. I wanted to facilitate the giving of a gift.

So when I wrote down a bunch of my own handy hints it was because I was thinking of those other sewers who were who I used to be before I ruined a thousand garments working this all out, with my own experiments and with the help of so many sewing friends, both those who had sewed with me in person, and those who have supported me with their own written words.

So to me the blog tour was part of that connection to others like me.

And so a shout out to my wonderful reviewers, all sewing fellow travellers who have inspired me with their own mastery and more important enthusiasm for sewing. 

Thank you to Tany in Portugal:

Dawn in Alaska:

Lara in Australia:

 and Ruthie in England:

Thank you all, my people, for your support and for taking the time to participate in this little tour this week. Thank you.