• Craftsy Sale!

    Craftsy has PILES of classes on sale for 75% this weekend only! Have you been putting off taking my Design & Sew an A-Line Skirt class? Or have you your eye…

  • Curtains for the Den

    It is rapidly becoming curtains week around here–first a revised set for our boy’s room, then the temporary curtains for the front living room, and now some for the den.  I…

  • Emergency Curtains

    Remember how I was debating what to do about the drapes in our front living room?  Well…I haven’t done it yet.  These are not The Drapes.  Sorry. These are the emergency…

  • Revised Curtains for the Boy’s Room

    I’m not totally sure if it’s the extra sunlight or the sheer number of hours I’m saving this summer by not driving carpool, but I have been ON FIRE with getting…

  • Run Your Own Race

    I can only think of three phrases that, at this stage in my life, come into my head on a daily basis and remind me where to step next.  This is…

  • Drawstring Shift Maxi Dress

    Drawstring Maxi shift dress pattern by Whipstitch in blue chambray stripe cotton. A classic summer maxi dress with racerback and drawstring waist.…

  • Geranium Pink is the New Black

    Currently, this is our girls’ room.  Our six-year-old and three-year-old share this space, and we’ve only recently moved out the crib and made way for a bigger bed.  It was the…

  • Creamsicle Laurel Dress

    Orange cotton seersucker version of the Colette Patterns Laurel dress with center front trim.…

  • Fall Wardrobe E-Course Now Registering!

    Fall Wardrobe e-course now open for registration--a five-week online class to master sewing with commercial printed garment patterns. Make a top, a skirt, a jacket and a lined dress.…

  • Simple Garden

    It has been a while since we’ve been able to put in a real garden.  Last summer, we lived in a rental house.  The summer before, we were “on the market,”…

  • Super Online Sewing Bee

    Did you guys read today about the Super Online Sewing Bee hosted by Sew, Mama, Sew?  It was just announced today, and I am stoked. image courtesy of Sew, Mama, Sew…