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  • Ogden Cami Hack: Tiered Maxi Dress

    It’s Ogden Cami month! And I’ve made…a bunch. Once I completed the first version, it was easy to see why this is such a tried-and-true pattern for so many folks on…

  • Drawstring Shift Maxi Dress

    Drawstring Maxi shift dress pattern by Whipstitch in blue chambray stripe cotton. A classic summer maxi dress with racerback and drawstring waist.…

  • Mission Maxi Dress

    I never got around to posting this dress after I finished it last summer, but with my Sewing Knits without the Serger class coming up next week, I got to thinking…

  • Christmas Sewing Deadline: Handmade Pajamas

    As our kids get older, some traditions we’ve held close to our hearts are changing and growing along with them. I’ve sewn a new pair of pajamas for our kids each…

  • McCall’s 7774: Wearable Muslin in Grey Linen

    I’ve had a copy of McCall’s 7774 for years, and love the shape of it. I found this incredible rayon blend in this funky tie-dye-ikat-nutty fabric and they seemed like a…

  • How To Sew On Patches

    For our children’s Junior Ranger backpacks, I worked hard to plan the design to enable the maximum number of patches to be added over the years.  Every Junior Ranger receives a…

  • The End of the Stash

    I wore my Driftless Cardigan–photograph below from Instagram, and yet another garment I have yet to blog about because I’m too busy wearing it–this morning, and a friend asked if I…

  • TUTORIAL: Applying Piping

    When I was dreaming up the Prayer & Meditation Cushion pattern, one of the first epiphanies I had was that it really needed piping. One of the best parts about piping…

  • Cotton + Steel Frock Rayons

    Oh, rayon.  I DO love you.  I have always loved you.  I am so glad we’re getting back together. I once overheard an older woman at JoAnn saying to her friend…

  • Bits & Pieces

    Summer is here, and we’re still working out what that means for our daily schedule.  Yesterday, I did a smidgen of sewing, followed by four hours at the pool with the…

  • Booking

    Have a guild or sewing group and want to bring in a workshop or speaker?  I am really flattered and fortunate to have been invited to do just that for a…

  • Week In Review. Ish.

    Bits and pieces of what I’m doing this week: I’ve been planning an all-yellow Scrappy Trip-Along since I was about…oh, I don’t know…three blocks into my first Scrappy Trip-Along.  And it…