Lazy Girl

Lazies, Donna from Littleton, CO, was selected to win a set of the new Lazy Girl Designs ‘Sew-In Labels’ shown on our blog this past Monday. Congrats Donna!

Quilt News Blog

There’s a new quilting blog in town. Check out ‘Quilt News’. This week they covered our new Sew-In Labels. Prior to that, they showcased the ‘Tulip Bag’ by Susan Brubaker Knapp of Blue Moon River. Susan uses one of our Bag-E-Bottom bag supports for her beautiful Tulip Bag. Lazies, Susan is one to watch. And Quilt News is a nice resource to find out about new patterns, notions, and all things quilty.

Beth Ferrier Gets Lazy

Designer Beth Ferrier of Applewood Farm Publications will be introducing her first fabric line with P&B at Market in Portland next week. Along with her introduction, she will be hosting a SchoolHouse session to showcase some great ideas she has to share. One of them is my Miranda Day Bag made in this scrumptious new line. Beth has the beginnings of her Miranda on her blog here. And my new line of products to be announced on Monday - Beth will have a sample of those at her SchoolHouse session.

Handle Tip

Tracy Chapman of Sew Thankful offers a nice handbag hardware tip on her blog. I use lots of fashion handles, and Tracy’s tip for securing the screw-post assembly is invaluable. Thanks for the great tip!

Lazy Monday Reminder

Lazies, just a reminder that I’ll announce the new Lazy Girl Designs product line on the blog this Monday.

Enjoy!
Joan

Lazies, I have a new product to share with you today, and a clue for the ones I’ll announce next week.

New: Sew-In Labels

Brand new to Lazy Girl Designs is our sew-in label. This is the first item to sport our new logo, too! Thank you to all who posted lovely comments about the new logo!

The sew-in label is due to the requests of the Lazies in my Yahoo group. The Lazies wanted a nice, woven, custom label to sew into their Lazy Girl creations.

They asked, and who am I to argue?

We went through a number of design ideas and options including sew-in, iron-on, different lengths, shape, etc. Going with the majority, we settled on a simple label that can be stitched in place. Ideally, the label is designed for use on the lining of a bag creation. But, you could sew it anywhere.

Here’s a close-up of the label

Details

Item #602 ‘Sew-In Labels’
4 labels to a pack with a suggested retail of $3.
Size: 2 1/2″ wide by 1″ high.
Black with periwinkle double-stitched text.

These just came in last week, so they may not be in stock yet at your favorite store.

Here’s a graphic of the packaging front and back, with a label superimposed:

Small and Fun

Compared to the physical size of my patterns and other products, these labels are tiny. They fit inside a 3″ x 3″ zip top plastic bag. Looking at a whole pile of them - they are just about as cute as can be.

Win Some Labels

Post a comment by the end of the day Wednesday May 7, 2008 and I’ll draw a name to win a package of the new Sew-In Labels. And if you have any tips for working with sew-in labels, please put those in your comments. Thanks! I’ll edit this post with the name of the winner later this week.

More News Next Week

Lazies, I’ve been working on a new product line for the last five months and I expect to unveil it next week. If you are heading to the International Quilt Market in Portland, OR, this month, ask your favorite distributor to see samples. While I am not attending the show, the new products are. And be sure to check out the ‘In The Bag’ SchoolHouse session by Susan Fuquay of American Quilt Retailer before the show - she has samples!

You Want Clues?

Well, it’s bag-related, handy, and comes in ten colors. It’s something that I’ve wanted for all of my bag-making years. So I finally decided to have them manufactured. Until next week…

Edit 5/8/08 - Winner for drawing

Lazies, Donna from Littleton, CO, was selected to win the Sew-In Labels. Congrats Donna!

Enjoy!
Joan

Tags: custom sewing labels

Lazies, I’m excited to announce that Lazy Girl Designs is getting a make-over.

Logo Redesign
First up is our logo. This make-over is something I’ve wanted for years, I just hadn’t found the right designer. Until recently. After months of back and forth, trying lots of ideas, I decided on the new look for Lazy Girl Designs.

Here is the new logo below:

Here’s the current logo below:

Try, Try Again
We tried all sorts of things, a few different fonts, a couple of different layouts. I kept coming back to the simple combination of fonts and text layout above.

Want a peek at some of the things we tried? Here are just a few of the mock-ups we considered along the way:

The periwinkle color from these mock-ups didn’t make it to the final logo. But you can expect to see it again in other Lazy things. More on that in the coming weeks.

Website and Blog
Next on the list is the website and blog. They’ll be integrated into one cohesive site with the same look and feel.

The redesign is currently underway and we are probably two months from launching the new redesign. I’ll keep you posted.

In the meantime, you’ll start seeing the new logo pop up here and there as it is integrated into all things Lazy.

Lazies, what do you think? Do you like the new logo?

Enjoy!
Joan

Tags: lazy girl designs

Lazies, Rebecca from Sligo, PA was selected as the winner of the two Taunton magazines featured on my blog this week ‘Quick Stuff To Sew’ and ‘SewStylish Gifts To Make’.

Thank you to everyone for playing along. I love reading everyone’s comments!

Joan

Lazies, Tracey Lenahan at Taunton Press sent me a copy of ‘CraftStylish’, their newest magazine for us sewy, crafty, stylish types.

‘CraftStylish’ is beautiful, offers a diverse range of projects from sewing to crafting in general, and has a nice feel and flavor.

This is the cover of the Spring 2008 ‘Quick Stuff to Sew’ issue. Click on the cover to enlarge.

CraftStylish is beautifully done, as is everything Taunton publishes I’ve been a die hard fan of their ‘Threads’ magazine for as long as I can remember.

The photography is excellent, making the instructions easy to follow. Here is a photo of the ‘Trendsetter’ bag project from the movie The Devil Wears Prada.

This issue happens to be chock full of bag and purse projects and they are as cute and stylish as can be.

‘CraftStylish’ magazine is currently available at newsstands and bookstores, as well as other retail outlets. Taunton is currently offering six issue this year, but CraftStylish is not yet available for subscription.

Tracey also sent a copy of Sew Stylish Gifts To Make, which will now be published under the CraftStylish brand. More fun projects to dive into.

Next time your are out at the book store, wander over to the magazine display and get a copy of CraftStylish. Their next issue is ‘Accessories’ expected June 10th.

In the meantime, surf over to their website at www.CraftStylish.com and spend some time looking around. They offer tons of wonderful projects and information. Also, be sure to sign up for their email newsletter.

Win These Magazines
Make a comment on today’s post and I’ll choose a lucky Lazy Girl to win these two magazines (Gifts To Make and Quick Stuff To Sew). You have until the end of the day Wednesday, April 23, 2008 to make a comment and enter. I’ll draw a name the next day.

Thanks to Tracey and Taunton.

Enjoy!
Joan

Images posted with permission from The Taunton Press.

Tags: taunton press, threads magazines, sewing magazines, quick crafts