• Run Your Own Race Cross Stitch Pattern

    Have you read Austin Kleon’s book?  I remember when it was first going around as a blog post, which he uploaded after he very first gave it as a commencement address…

  • Lining Cardboard Storage Boxes: Tutorial

    The vintage maps I decoupaged on my empty cardboard diaper boxes turned out really pretty, but the upper edges had a tendency to peel and unroll, and I was concerned that…

  • Vintage Map Toy Storage Boxes

    This is the story of a problem and a solution. And it all starts with house hunting.  Join me, if you will, on a (short-ish) journey all the way back to…

  • New Site is LIVE! Update Your Feed!

    I am delighted this fine Friday to announce that my new site is up and live and fabulous! This is one of those projects that was months in the making, with…

  • Garment Gallery

    Even I didn’t know how many there were. See them now, all in one place.…

  • I’ve got a golden ticket!

    I loved Lush when it came out five years ago.  It was one of the very first collections I ordered for the shop, back when it was all housed in my…

  • Lisette Passport Jacket

    This is the Lisette Passport jacket, one of the patterns put out by Liesl Gibson of Oliver + S for Simplicity.  It’s one of the four patterns featuered in the Fall…

  • Learning to Trace

    I haven’t really been a pattern tracer, up until now.  And possibly I still wouldn’t be, except someone made a comment on a post (I think this one, about notches) saying…

  • Colette Sorbetto Tank

     This is the Colette Sorbetto tank, a simple and flattering sleeveless shell with a front pleat detail and bias-bound neck and armholes.  I stitched this one up last year out of…

  • Mod Built-In Bookcases

    Every time I post an image of the built-in bookcases in our den, I always get a ton of questions and comments. They’re pretty awesome, if I do say so myself–and…