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…
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Now live and waiting for you: Halloween projects have been added to the Hand-Sewn Year online class! This class began as a Christmas Camp, and is gradually growing to include all…
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My corduroy tote for this fall is bringing me enormous joy. And if you’ve read about my sewing projects for any length of time, you can guess that the only thing…
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I’ve written about thread before, including my obsession with this microscopic analysis of thread fibers. I love the idea that at the tiniest scale, thread ISN’T the same, and that the…
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I said I was going to make it, and I did. And I LURVE it.…