• 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…

  • Lotus Pond EXTRAVAGANZA!

    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…

  • Datura Blouse: Test Muslin in Double Gauze

    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…

  • Bianca Dress from Made By Rae

    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…

  • Deep Pockets Tunic in Framework Double Gauze

    Ellen Baker of The Long Thread has a new line of fabrics out for Kokka this summer, and I gleefully volunteered to take some yardage off her hands and play with…

  • Saturated Stripes Quilt

    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…

  • Cappuccino Dress

    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…

  • Upcoming Atlanta-Area Sewcials

    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…

  • Giveaway Winners!

    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…

  • Tannic Acid Molecular Quilt + Quilt Lab Blog Hop

    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.…

  • Shorts Season

    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…