• Stitch By Stitch Giveaway!

    Head on over to Creative Domestic today and enter to win a signed copy of my first book, Stitch By Stitch!  Charlotte is offering up a copy along with her other…

  • Bias-Bound Pouch: Camp Stitchalot Giveaways

    Before heading off to Camp Stitchalot, I wanted to do something nice for all the campers.  Since this particular camp session didn’t include formal workshops, I wanted to make doubly extra…

  • Handmade Knit Tees for the Girls

    Before we took our recent ten-day family road trip up the Eastern Seaboard, I flew into a wild sewing rage and made a stack of things to take with us. I knew…

  • One Little Word Update: June

    Here’s my monthly video update following this year’s progress with my One Little Word: Margin.  I don’t plan these videos, so this one’s especially stream-of-consciousness, so buckle up.…

  • Oakshott Cotton Challenge

      I agreed to be part of the Oakshott Ruby Mini-Quilt Challenge with Sew, Mama, Sew mostly because I didn’t really know anything about Oakshott cottons.  I think I had a vague…

  • Miette Skirt in Chambray Union Crossweave

    I finally made the time last week to sew up the Miette Skirt by Tilly of Tilly and the Buttons.  I downloaded and printed the pattern ages ago, but you know…

  • Major Destash on Instagram TONIGHT!

    Just a heads-up, y’all: I have been working diligently the past week-plus to sort through my ENTIRE stash of fabrics and separate out the ones I cannot live without and the…

  • Camp Stitchalot

    Oh, Camp Stitchalot.  What can I possibly say that would sum up how glorious this past weekend was? In a red barn, in the middle of the Michigan countryside, in two…

  • One Little Word Update for May

    Uh….anyone notice I totally didn’t manage a One Little Word update for April?  Yeah.  When you word for the year is “margin,” it’s more than a little ironic when your schedule…

  • 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…