VISIT THE NEW-AND-IMPROVED LEAGUE SITE FOR 2019 AND BEYOND! When I was in college, I was required by the School of Theatre to do a semester in the costume shop. Most of…
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Hooray, hooray!! A whole bunch of you have already registered for the 2016 Sewing Buddy Project. I am beyond delighted to welcome back some familiar faces and to greet some new…
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The Sewing Buddy Project is BACK!! Registration is open NOW through January 30, 2016. All Buddy pair matches will be emailed out no later than February 1, 2016. The Sewing Buddy…
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Today, on a whim, I searched my own blog to see what I’d posted in past years during Christmas time. If you had asked me, I would have told you there…
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Yesterday, in my newsletter, I sent out two different surveys looking for feedback as I plan for 2016.…
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What is it with this year? December is going SO QUICKLY. Hanukkah is already upon us, you guys! Seems like usually by this point in the Christmas season, I’ve already cut…
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Years ago, I re-created my mother’s Advent calendar and interpreted it as a quilt-as-you-go project, complete with template. The year I finally buckled down to make this for our family, I…
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There is some debate still about whether there is a distinctive division between our right brain and our left. But most experts agree that each half of your brain bears the larger…
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We’ve done a family Halloween costume for the past four years. We did Scooby Doo, Sound of Music, and Harry Potter. This year, we did a little more steering than previously,…
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When I looked at the photos I took of my Halloween dress, I noticed some puckering at the princess seams that made me feel unhappy:…
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I sew, a lot. Way more than normal people–and by normal, I guess I mean the average person, who probably doesn’t even know how to sew, making that an unfair and…
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I have gotten into the habit of sharing finished projects, and hardly ever walking through the steps to getting from fabric selection to final garment. It’s just SO much faster. But…
