In just a very few weeks, I’ll be teaching the BabyLock Totally Stitchin’ School at the Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion, in Huntsville, Alabama. This dress is one of the…
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Earlier this year, I matched up hundreds of happy folk with one another as Sewing Buddies, and then challenged them to complete a sewing project that would take BOTH of them…
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Last January, I had a conversation about the word “seamstress.” I was lucky enough to be in Palm Springs at the Heather Ross Workshop, and even luckier to be hanging out…
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Projects that are almost finished (but not quite): My new temporary studio, situated in our dining room. I won’t have a “real” studio until the basement gets finished, which we thought…
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There have been a whole mess of new quilt books coming out these past few months, and I seem to have developed a collect-them-all urge. I’ve been bringing them home from…
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I love me some linen, maybe even more than cotton, at least for garments. And every year when the weather warms up, I feel a yen for more flowy, soft, linen…
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To a certain degree, it feels as though we’ve gotten off to a rocky start this summer, maybe because the kids are having a rough time with transitioning to a less…
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The Essential Quilting e-course started today, and I am thrilled! We’re doing so much more than just “learning to quilt.” The class covers all the foundational skills, but also targets a…
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Another slip cover! This one was for the rounded-arm chair my mother gave us for the living room. Before: During (with the slip cover my mother made for it, before it…
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Congratulations to Fern who wins a copy of the Pinafore pattern! Fern, I will contact you via email so you can collect your loot. Fern said: Thanks to everyone for entering,…
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I’m thinking about calling this quilt something like “On a Whim” or “On a Lark,” because it was a total surprise that I put together a quilt top today–not what I…
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After hours of grueling research, I have chosen a fabric and made the first of three slip covers for the bar stools that sit between the kitchen and the den! I…
