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I got a letter a day ago from folks asking for my social. And I gladly send it to them. You know you're going to be published when you get the IRS form. Pretty exciting.

I've rethought a few projects and I'm thinking of a book that I think the grandkids might like reading. Michael and I discussed it last night and he thought it might fly. It goes with my original plan to write about time travel but simplifies it quite a lot. And it has twin heroes. I've done a lot of writing about twins--wonder why? (For those not in the know, I have only two sibs and they are identical twins.) I have not given up on my Louisiana novel though. Those characters are starting to live in my brain.

The pattern? I just had to share. This has got to be the penultimate 80s pattern. It's got almost everything--knit fabric, ruffles, bias, the big hair and Brooke Shields. The only thing it hasn't got is the big shoulder pads but I don't think they'd work with this outfit. This makes it penultimate rather than ultimate. What a hoot! So many patterns I've got are bland and I just shove them in a box not knowing what to do with them. But the wowza patterns like this I have to put out there in the marketplace.

Tomorrow I promise I'll share the story of Michael helping me fit a pattern last night. I hope I can make you laugh because it was truly funny.

Branching Out

I noticed that my little Peach had opened up another Puking Pastilles shop. (The photo is from Christmas visit to the Reading Market in Philly--Maybe there's a puking pastille in there somewhere). I guess great minds think alike. I opened an Ecrater store yesterday. There's not much in it and I have no idea how you get people to visit it, but the price is right (free!). I'll give it a try. If you want to see my really pitiful efforts at creating a banner, you can visit it at Coconut Pie.

In other news, I am making progress on my middle grade novel. My little hero is a real trooper. I've decided to make one of the characters in the book a seamstress. It was a pretty common profession for a single woman in the 50s. They didn't have a lot of options. That way all this time I'm spending with patterns these days isn't wasted.

I mailed off "the dress" to my girl in Czech today. This is the pattern I had made for her when she was a little girl. It had triangle pockets and rickrack trim. Adorable. I made tons of dresses for girls but this one was my favorite. I think it came out well, but no photos today as it might be used as a birthday present. I'll post a photo when I get the go-ahead from the Czech Republic.

Photo copyright: Michael Denney