• Summer Dresses at the Beach!

    We attended a wedding in Florida over the Memorial Day weekend, and I thought, as I was last-minute packing, “What better place to take photos of my Summer Dresses samples?”  So…

  • Getting Started is the Hardest Part

    And I am diving in. Don’t tell my husband, because I totally haven’t touched the drapes yet.   Details: Robert Kaufman Essex linen in natural (NOT the wide, because I wanted…

  • Moving to a Big Boy Bed

    We’ve moved our youngest out of the crib.  It feels a little like the end over here–our baby isn’t really a baby anymore, and as far as we know, we won’t…

  • In Progress

    On my cutting table right now.  I am back from Quilt Market (photos on my Instagram) and working on a sample of the Modern Babydoll Dress for my Summer Dresses e-course.…

  • Crazy for Cross Stitch

    I have been on an insane cross stitch kick lately. It all started with this one, which was a gift to me from a friend. We’d had this conversation on the…

  • Vintage-Style Teddy Bear Pattern & Tutorial

    Hooray!!  FREE pattern today for the vintage-style teddy bear I made based on the bears my mother sewed for me when I was teensy tiny (turns out she made them when…

  • New (Vintage) Teddy Bear

    When my sister and I were very little, we had a bear family, sewn by my mother.  I’m sure they came from some Better Housekeeping freebie pattern–there was a baby and…