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- Textillia is 6 months old + we need YOUR help!
Ariane Mon, 04/18/2016 - 13:32
It's hard to believe, but as of this past week Textillia has been live for six months! We're so happy with how far things have come, both with adding new functionality to the site and with our growing community. Thanks so much to everyone who's already gotten involved - we're grateful to have each and every one of you here, taking part in our grassroots effort to build the Ravelry of sewing!
We've had such generous offers of help from many of you, but ironically because my chronic illnesses limit my time online so much, it's been difficult to help you help us - I'm happy to say that as we get more established, that is changing! Some lovely volunteers have already stepped up and taken the time to add loads of fabric and patterns to the database. One member in specific, Ksenia aka. Owl.Laughing deserves special thanks, as she has taken it upon herself to add what must by now be hundreds of patterns to the database! Thanks so much Ksenia, for all the time and effort you've contributed!
Now that we've got lots of the basics established, we are ready for you to dive in and help as we work towards our goal to get out of beta before the end of the summer (hopefully sooner!) The biggest missing piece of functionality we want to get in place by then is Groups. Groups will be a core part of the community focused side of Texillia, and will enable us to create a bunch more tools for the business pages as well. We know how important this will be with the increasing challenges of using social media to stay connected with sewing friends and businesses, so this will be a key step in making the sewing community of our dreams!
Ready to help? Here are 5 ways you can get involved...
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- News from the Sewiverse for Mid-February!
Ariane Mon, 02/15/2016 - 16:28
News from the Sewiverse is all our latest news and finds: indie pattern launches, podcast episodes, interesting articles, and all the goings on in the sewing universe! In this edition:
- Paprika Patterns' versatile Opal Cardigan
- The Grainline Archer Popover pattern add-on
- Sonya Philip's 100 Acts of Sewing Pants no. 1
- Abby Glassenberg's Asleep Awake Doll
- February's Seamwork Magazine: Almada robe and Lisbon night gown
- New fabric collections from Nani Iro and Liesl Gibson
- Sewalongs and Workshops
- Best of the blogs and podcasts
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- News from the Sewiverse for Late-January!
Ariane Tue, 01/26/2016 - 16:50
News from the Sewiverse is all our latest news and finds: indie pattern launches, podcast episodes, interesting articles, and all the goings on in the sewing universe! In this edition:
- Straight Stitch Designs releases the Montlake Tee
- Thread Theory's first women's pattern: the Camas Blouse
- Sarah Watts' super fun Cat Lady collection for Cotton + Steel
- Upcoming events
- Best of the sewing blogs and podcasts
Straight Stitch Designs Montlake Tee
Clearly I'm not the only one who's caught the sewing with knits bug! Who can ever have too many t-shirts? Straight Stitch Designs just released the Montlake Tee! It's a beginner-friendly pattern for a classy t-shirt with a scoop neck and multiple sleeve length options, that will look and feel great no matter where your day takes you.
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- Late-December News from the Sewiverse!
Ariane Sun, 12/27/2015 - 11:44
News from the Sewiverse is all our latest news and finds: indie pattern launches, podcast episodes, interesting articles, and all the goings on in the sewing universe! In this edition:
- Colette's final pattern of the year, the perfect for the holidays Phoebe Dress
- Paprika Patterns releases the funky Zircon Sweater & Dress
- Blueprints for Sewing has a free pattern for the super cute Townhouse tote bag
- Cloud 9 Fabrics is shipping Lisa Congdon's Kindred (and is making organic cotton knits!)
- Highlights from the sewing podcasts and blogs
Colette Phoebe Dress
Colette released their third and final pattern of the year, the Phoebe Dress. It looks like an instant hit to me - so versatile as far as season, style, and fabric - a real classic. The samples for the pattern release were mostly very winter/holiday-friendly, but I'm really enamored with the denim version and could see that being a great year-round staple. And I have to mention Jaime from Fancy Tiger Crafts' Pendleton wool plaid Phoebe, it could not be a more perfect holiday dress!
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- January sew-along: Cal Patch's Creativebug Pattern Drafting with Knits!
Ariane Wed, 12/09/2015 - 11:41
It's official: starting at the beginning of January, we're going to be doing a sew-along with Cal Patch's Creativebug class: Pattern Drafting with Knits!
I did Cal's original Pattern Drafting (for wovens) class when if first came out, and have been itching to do the follow up for knits - but I got just a little distracted with life and launching Textillia! The time has come, and what would be more fun than doing this with a bunch of you? This plan was hatched in the Cal Patch Fan Club forum, which is where we'll also be chatting and checking in when the sew-along starts. If you want to join in on the pre-sew-along excitement or ask questions, feel free to post on the original thread (or start your own!)
- Friending, subscriptions + notifications, action buttons, tags, + more!
Ariane Thu, 12/03/2015 - 18:08
It's time for another big update of new functionality we've added to Textillia over the last week and a bit - Bruno has been busy! But first...
A quick PSA: We've been having some issues with our website hosting provider (says every new website ever), so we're preparing to move to a new one before Bruno heads to visit his friends and family in Belgium for the holidays. This will mean a little service outage when we have to take the site offline briefly, so stay tuned as we'll be sure to announce when the planned downtime will be!
Friending + friend updates on your studio page
Friending is here! You can now friend your friends! (Friend is a verb now, right?) Just look for the red "+ Add friend" button on their Member profile page.
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- News from our first week!
Ariane Fri, 11/20/2015 - 18:10
Hi everyone!
Thanks for an amazing first week! More than
600700 (we passed 700 overnight!) of you already signed up and we have been totally blown away by your support and are so excited to see you all using the site and making yourselves at home. Bruno has been busy this week, adding new functionality and fixing a few things here and there. Here's a quick overview of what's new on the site for anyone who's not subscribed to the newsletter... (If you're not, sign up at the bottom of the page!)My studio
Your "My Studio" pages have come to life and will show more kinds of messages as time goes on! Now when someone favorites your business page, or favorites or comments on one of your projects, you'll see a message there letting you know. Check there regularly to see who's interacting with you, and be sure to show some love to others by clicking the heart icon or leaving a comment when you find projects or businesses you like too!
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Megan Nielsen has been teasing us with peeks at her upcoming children's collection for months now, and they're finally available! It's so nice to see kids clothes for girls that are the perfect balance of cute (but not overly frilly) and modern. Here's the 