Interesting Links
- Amy Butler
Stay up to date on Amy's latest designs, patterns and gorgeous photos. She also offers some free patterns here - Angry Chicken
Amy Karol, author of Bend the Rules Sewing, covers food, family and sewing. She has a very appealing retro style to her work. - Anna Maria Horner
Artist and designer of Chocolate Lollipop fabric - design*sponge
Grace has an excellent blog covering home decor and great design. I'm currently obsessed with her "Before & Afters" on Thursdays. She has great DIY projects on Wednesdays. - Etsy
Boutique of hand made items from various artists - Heather Bailey
Artist and designer of Freschcut fabric - How about Orange
Graphic designer with great ideas in paper and other media- loves orange - jcaroline creative!
Of course I think it's the best source for everything creative! - Kathy Miller's Blog
Artist and founder behind Michael Miller fabrics - Pink Lemonade Boutique
Wonderful, creative bag designer - Print and Pattern
A visual delight of designs on paper and fabric - Sommer Designs
Designer of bags- lots of clever sewing and knitting ideas
Biography
I am the owner of the business, jcaroline, which was started in August of 2001 to design and manufacture handbags. That business morphed into jcaroline creative! which sells fabric, ribbon and other creative supplies. jcaroline creative! employs 12 women and operates from a business park in Houston, Texas and of course, on the web.
The "j" is for my first name, Janet. I was named in the days before computers when my parents didn't see a problem calling their child by her middle name. On the upside, I can immediately recognize junk mail or legal notices by the "Janet C." address. Growing up, my father owned his own business and my mother sewed our clothes. It followed that I chose a practical business major (Accounting) and turned it into a creative business. I have absolutely no design training, but hope to be one when I grow up.
