handmade by stefanie

Way back at the start of the year, I announced a few changes to the blog, notably that I'll only be posting once per week on Wednesdays. I also shared a link to a survey so that I could work on writing posts that are of more interest to my readers, and I have finally had a chance to sift through the results! First, thank you to the 36 kind people who took the time to respond to my survey. I got a lot of great answers, and hope to address as many of your questions and suggestions as I can in the year to come (Also, I sent a little thank-you gift to everyone who participated, so be sure to check your inbox today!). As far as blog post topics go, it looks like I'll be mixing in more tutorials and free patterns with my finished project posts, as they were the top 3 most voted-for topics: I'm not statistician, but it seems like there was a fairly even distribution of answers, so I'll definitely be mixing in other themes and topics whenever I'm able. I did g...

In 2018, you'll see some changes on this blog, and one of them is that I'll only be publishing 1 blog per week on average (the plan is to share a new post each Wednesday, if you're wondering - you can follow me on Bloglovin  so you don't miss out!). I want to focus on quality, not quantity of posts, and I'm also hoping this new schedule will give me a little more time to craft each week. I've never done a reader survey, but now seems like a good time to give it a try. Rather than guessing about the kinds of posts you find interesting and/or valuable, I created a quick little survey for you to take. I would be super grateful if you could take a few moments to fill it out! Click here to take the Reader Survey I'll be sharing the results of the survey sometime next month, and of course you will see some of those results inform future posts. Also, since I won't be blogging as frequently, I'll be sharing more of what I'm working on  over on In...