• Little Things to Sew Backpacks

    I’m off on another trip this week (the next-to-last of this year, and it can’t end soon enough–what happened to our resolution to travel less in 2011?  Oh, yeah: business travel. …

  • Grandma

    My mother uncovered this photo of my great-grandmother, the maker of this antique quilt.   She actually found two photos, and allowed me to select one; I chose the one where she…

  • Video Interview with Atlanta INtown Newspaper

    During the month of July, students from SCAD Atlanta took over the offices of Atlanta INtown Newspaper and served as their freelance writing staff.  I feel very flattered that Whipstitch was…

  • Fall Wardrobe E-Course Registration OPEN!

    Now open for registration:  the Fall Wardrobe e-course! We’ll be sewing up five really fantastic patterns for fall: a skirt, a dress, a blouse, a jacket, and pants!  Mix-and-match these pieces,…

  • Personalizing a Commemorative Gift

    After I’d finished putting the binding on this quilt for my sister (and taken some photos, naturally), I had planned a craft project for the kids that would personalize the gift…

  • Nautical Quilt

    When I mentioned that this quilt was meant to be a gift, I didn’t say it was for my sister–on the off chance that she reads my blog (I’m pretty sure…

  • Fourth of July in America's Hometown

    Our little family–all six of us–celebrated the Fourth in Boston (and thereabouts).  It was the first non-work-related vacation that my husband and I have taken in six years, and both of…

  • Checking in with the Sewing Buddies

    We’re back from our vacation (I promise to bore you with wayyyyy too many photos later this week), and settling into our new (rental) house.  The studio space is smaller than…