• What kind of crazy person would want to sew CLOTHES??

    Today, over at one of my very favorite and most creative blogs, Sugar City Journal, there’s a discussion of fabric for sewing clothing.  Among the many comments were complaints that the…

  • Pattern Testers Wanted!

    As I work my way through posting these charm pack pattern ideas, I’ve had requests for paper copies of these patterns. Currently, I’m sending a couple versions in rotation out free…

  • On Its Way–To Me, and Maybe To YOU!

    Coming in March from Moda, the fantastic collection Wonderland from Japanese designer Momo.  Whipstitch is proud to carry over a dozen prints from this line, including an unbelievable twill and quilt-weight…

  • Swatch Thursday: Good Folks

    What’s not to like about Anna Maria Horner? She’s sassy, she’s all about family, she’s crazy talented, and she makes gorgeous fabrics like these: Yumtastic. All from her new Good Folks…

  • March classes

    Whipstitch is my baby. In a lot of ways. Not just the shop, but this blog and all the things growing out of it and planned for it, its whole future.…

  • Why Bother to Sew??

    Great compendium of sewists’ answers to that question over on the blog of Oliver + S pattern designer Liesl. Why do YOU sew?? Happy stitching, everyone!…

  • Westminster MAP policy suspended–for now

    I wrote a while ago that Westminster was planning to institute Minimum Pricing on all its products, making any Westminster print $9.50 a yard. The current buzz is that it’s postponed,…

  • Swatch Thursday: Jay McCarroll

    Yes, that Jay McCarroll. He’s done two fantastic collections of quilter’s weight cottons for Free Spirit since leaving Project Runway, and this is my favorite: Woodland Wonderland. I adore the color…

  • Charm Pack Projects Series: Introduction

    I’ve just discovered charm packs, and to be honest, when I first saw them I thought they had NO value–maybe to a quilter, but not to anyone else. I may have…