What: Handmade Nation screening Where: Whipstitch Fabrics & Sewing Lounge, 1000 Marietta St, Atlanta When: Friday, May 14th at 7 pm Awesome indie documentary tracking the rise of DIY, craft and…
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I left a semi-stalker comment over on Anna Maria’s blog the day her book came out. The shop copies arrived in the mail, and I whipped right through it, then dashed…
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I know, I know: it’s only been three days. But already I feel as though I want to sew a gazillion things. It’s amazing how catching up on your sleep will…
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When our retail shop moved from a teeny 300ish square feet to our new location of nearly 2000 square feet, we were all wildly enthusiastic–to the point that none of us…
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11:14 am on May 8th. A (very large, for us) 8 lbs, 1 oz & 19.5 inches. Sweet disposition, sweet dimples. Mom doing well, dad proudly tweeting the news. Thanks to…
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Today, a guest tutorial! As I write this, I am envisioning myself recovering from a smooth, happy delivery of our new baby. Recently, Tiffany over at SimplyModernMom dropped me a note…
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If it weren’t for nesting, I’m pretty sure none of our closets would EVER get cleaned. The linen closet itself was…well…atrocious is probably not too strong a word. These last few…
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Last week (which I was SO sure would be my last week pregnant) I received the most thoughtful surprise: a friend who I met when she came through one of my…
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When I was out buying fabric for years and years and years, I would find something I liked and not knowing what I was planning to do with it, simply grab…
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If you primarily quilt or craft, odds are that your fabric collection is overwhelmingly composed of cottons. That might be the case if you mostly sew clothing, too, but apparel sewers…
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Fabric is, by its very nature, addictive: from the moment we enter the world, we experience texture and touch, and are surrounded by woven and knit fibers of various scales and…
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Over the weekend, I tackled The Laundry. It needs those capital letters, y’all: it had practically become another family member, and was threatening to drown us all. I was washing and…
