• Quiltr

    Have you found Quiltr yet?  Fantastic little time waster.  Import images of your own fabrics to create quilts digitally–either for enjoyment or to audition fabrics for your future projects. The whole…

  • Sewing Clothing for Kids e-course registration OPEN!

    I’m already hearing lots of buzz and excitement about the Sewing Clothing for Kids e-course this spring, and I am delighted to announce that registration is now OPEN!  Woot! Psst!!  This…

  • Tutorial: Manly Travel Power Cord Roll-Up

    Took a little longer than I anticipated, but it turned out super cute!  I’m delighted to share with you:  The Manly Travel Power Cord Roll-Up, just in time for Valentine’s Crafting!…

  • Valentine Gifts for Dudes

    One week remaining until Valentine’s Day.  And even if making a big deal out of the day isn’t your thing, it’s nice to observe it in some way, yes?  We’re going…

  • Denyse Schmidt Improvisational Zipper Pouch

    From my weekend in Palm Springs.  Grab a handful of strips, various widths.  Stitch them improvisationally to the wrong side of a piece of oilcloth.  Add zipper, and voila!  Zip pouch…

  • WIP: Man Woobie

    Thrifted: five men’s dress shirts in various muted shades. Assembled: a quick quilt top, from 11″ squares cut from the larger sections of the shirts. Quilted: with grey perle cotton. In…

  • Valentine Gifts for Man Folks, Update

    You guys had some pretty great ideas.  For my choosing, I had these: garbage bag for car bento-y lunch kit in tweed steering wheel cover leather “bracelets” manly placemats & napkins…

  • Heather Ross Sewing Retreat in Palm Springs

    A weekend at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs with Heather Ross, Anna Maria Horner, Denyse Schmidt, Gretchen Hirsch, and twenty other amazing ladies.  All on sewing machines.  It was heavenly.…

  • Palm Springs

    I am here for the weekend. Two words: Tony Danza.…