So, earlier this month, I chose a One Little Word for 2014. I chose MARGIN, because that’s what I sense I need most this year, a chance to make some space…
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I obviously dislike being cold. Because in the past four weeks or so, I have made nearly ten long-sleeved tee shirts. I started with standard set-in sleeves, and now I’ve moved…
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All done and bound! Like a lot of us, I’ve been wanting a 60-degree triangle quilt for ages. Seems like a lot of us had the same yen around the same…
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I am currently a non-stop long-sleeved tee shirt-making machine. Behold! All these tops are sewn from the same pattern, a long-sleeved tee I drafted as I was making class samples for…
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If you’re planning to join us as a Sewing Buddy in 2014, be sure to register before the deadline THIS SUNDAY at midnight! I’ll be closing out registration at that point,…
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Starting TODAY! The Flat Patternmaking e-course is ready to roll! This class is one of my “live” online classes, which means that unlike some of my other e-courses (including Essential Sewing,…
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When I got the (possibly hare-brained) idea to sew my blue velvet cocktail dress, I had pretty minimal experience sewing with velvet. This was absolutely my first time making something from…
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Wayyyy back in 2010, I launched an idea based on a simple survey: pair up willing volunteers with one another to serve as sewing pen pals and keep each other motivated…
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In an effort to get off on the right foot with my 2014 One Little Word, I’m stitching up a wall hanging for myself. I’m working on mine today as my…
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I love this idea of having a word for the coming year. Ali Edwards has done it for the better part of a decade now, and I must have seen it…
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After all that work planning and sewing and staying up late and drinking coffee, I got exactly THREE photos of me wearing this magnificent dress. Here she is, in all her…
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Each year for the past four years, my husband’s firm has thrown a Christmas party. The first year, it was a lovely and classy affair in a floor-to-ceiling glass penthouse venue,…
