News

Hi team, we hope you had a good week! Are you ready for your weekly dose of sewspiration? It was kids week on the Sewing Bee this week and we have gathered a selection of sewing patterns from independent designers and commercial pattern houses inspired by the show, so you might just find that pattern you were eyeing up! We’re back with another instalment of Find My Sewing Pattern! We have received lots of emails from you all with images of ready to wear clothes that you need in your life, so Kate put her detective hat on and hunted...

On Tour with Prism Book Tours We hope you enjoyed the tour! If you missed any of the stopsyou'll find snippets, as well as the link to each full post, below: Launch - Note from the AuthorIt’s here, book four in my Sweetheart Ranch series, HER COWBOY SWEETHEART! It seems like only yesterday I came up with the series idea while researching venues for my own upcoming wedding (was that really over three years ago?). Just goes to show you how long it can take from conception to completion. I have to say, while I’ve loved all four books, HER...

"Defcon is canceled" meme becomes reality.

Billy Liptrot is making the transition from prison to life on the outside just as one of the nation’s hottest economic streaks has imploded in the face of a global pandemic. But the 38-year-old husband and father is optimistic as he undertakes training for what he hopes will lead to a career as a carpenter in the home-building industry. Although the unemployment rate keeps shooting up across the state and country, home builders say the longtime shortage of skilled workers coupled with years of “under building” means that people such as Liptrot have reason to be hopeful. “The industry as...

David Magee is not so sure how much he should say about running a hostel along the Appalachian Trail this year, the year when the coronavirus pandemic has dashed all but a few thru-hiking dreams.  For three years, Magee—a 52-year-old entrepreneur who owned a traveling nurse company before settling in the Appalachian Mountains with his wife, Karen—has owned The Station at 19E, a compound-like hostel along the Tennessee-North Carolina border. He begins, off the record, with a litany of grievances: how the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) caused a panic when it told hikers to go home without first consulting business owners...