One of My Patterns to Appear in a Book

I was contacted via email by India Flint, a world-renown Australian textile artist. If you search the web for her name you will find exhibits of her work have appeared/been displayed in over 9 museum collections. She's renown for costume design and has displayed in over 100 private or group exhibitions across the world. You can check her out at www.indiaflint.com.

While conducting research for a book she has coming out in 2011, Second Skins, she stumbled upon a set of free directions I have posted online. And she wanted my permission to make the product and display it in her book, along with directions, photos, and a credit line (including website URL) for me as the designer.

Pretty exciting stuff, hu?

Yes, since she's in Australia, I may never get a copy of the book. Who knows if I'll even remember to look for it two years from now. But it is exciting.

And I know, you are dying to find out which design of mine she wishes to duplicate . . . right?

Yeah, well that's sort of funny. She's going to use my instructions for turning old socks into a circular dog rug. If you're just dying to see the instructions in action, check them out at http://www.makethemyourself.com/rug.html. There is a copy of the round design towards the bottom of the page.

Of all the things I've designed, and written, it will be a set of instructions for using up old socks that may serve as the toe-hole into a more profitable future