Remember my Saturated Stripes quilt?  It was inspired by the Fresh Pack quilt made by Dorie of Tumbling Blocks–and now Dorie has a pattern available for download! In Dorie’s Craftsy pattern shop,…

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…

Have you seen Rae’s new fabric line, Lotus Pond?  All organic, all in luscious colors, and all in the sweetest Scandinavian-inspired prints.  The folks at Cloud9 were sweet enough to send…

Before cutting in to my super amazing pink check silk charmeuse for a Datura blouse, I wanted to do a test run.  This is the result of that test, made in…

Rae has a brand-new sewing pattern out, the Bianca Top & Dress, and it’s just the ticket for the hot, hot summer we’re sure to have this year. I made the…

I spent a solid two weeks this spring hand-stitching a zillion little yo-yos using RJR’s Cotton Supreme Solids.  They were each like little gems, perfectly round and fluffy and dazzling saturated…

You’ll have to forgive me for taking photos of a dress that I clearly have been wearing for a few hours–today was registration day for next school year, which involves some…

Spring has SPRUNG, and it has come so FAST!  I can’t believe how quickly the weather has warmed up, and how March and April have flown past me. There was no…

Winners!! Winner of At Home with Modern June is Veronica, who said: I’m excited to see how many of you are looking to do more sewing with oilcloth!  Be sure to check…

Once upon a time, before Whipstitch existed, I was an archaeologist.  My field of study was prehistoric human/plant interactions, focusing on acorn use as a primary foodstuff in the American Southeast.…

Over the past week+ or so, I have sewn up a gazillion pair of shorts for the children. They all seem to have shot up four inches in the space of…