• Kindle Cover and Case

    NOW AVAILABLE: A step-by-step video tutorial and printable project guide!  See the post and get the PDF.  I finally got a Kindle.  Years ago, when the second-generation Kindle came out, my…

    March 12, 2012

  • Apple Cores

    Perfect Pants update: pink version made, loved, and worn to school today; retro jeans version muddied and in the laundry as we speak.  Photos soon! In the meantime, I’m working on…

    March 9, 2012

  • Perfect (Retro) Jeans

    I’m gearing up for the start of the Sewing Clothing for Kids e-course on Monday.  Add to that the desperate–and I mean, really DIRE–need my nearly-six-year-old has for pants right now,…

    March 8, 2012

  • Bees!

    This super-sneak preview is of Ryan’s quilt for the Bee bee–I’ve just added my row and shipped it off to Amber so she can add hers for March.  We all began…

    March 6, 2012

  • Glue Batik Wall Hanging: Sewing with Kids

    So, two things: first, I can’t find my back-up camera charger.  I bought it to replace my actual camera charger, which I had misplaced.  Eventually, the original charger showed back up,…

    February 29, 2012

  • Mission Maxi Dress

    I never got around to posting this dress after I finished it last summer, but with my Sewing Knits without the Serger class coming up next week, I got to thinking…

    February 28, 2012

  • Star Quilt for 2012

    This past weekend was the first meeting of our Your Second (Modern) Quilt class for 2012.  Most of these ladies took the Your First (Modern) Quilt class last year (either in…

    February 27, 2012

  • Family Room Drapes, Phase I

    We just got in the new Lizzy House collection, Hello Pilgrim, at the shop.  When I originally placed my order, I did it the way I always do: sight-unseen.  That’s how…

    February 23, 2012

  • Winter Sewing Retreat

    I am BACK from the Whipstitch winter sewing retreat, and have virtually NO photos to show for it.  I was far too busy flapping my gums with these fine ladies to…

    February 22, 2012