Last year, I did an Advent calendar based on the one my mother hung up each December when I was little. Some of the little houses that line the street up…
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It begins: the updates as we make this house our home. Prepare yourself. Naturally, we immediately ripped the kitchen to complete shreds. We got some allowances when we bought the house,…
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It took 90 days. Yes, you read that right. If you follow me on Twitter, you know that we’ve gone back and forth and wondered if this was the right house,…
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I once had a “friend” who said, “Oh, well, Deborah, you don’t cook–you bake!” I could argue that she meant it as a compliment to my skillz with an oven, but…
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I was digging and digging yesterday, worried that I’d lost it: the hands garland I made last year for Thanksgiving. Each of our family’s hands, traced and cut out, then stitched…
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This week, time spent reviewing the past years and laughing at how far I have come. I think maybe it’s an indicator of getting older, but it seems like when you’re…
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I am delighted today to be part of the Colette Sewing Handbook blog tour! I saw a copy early on, shortly before it was released, and not only is it extensively…
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This offer is no longer active. Please see the e-courses page to register for current online sewing classes! This past year, I taught a series of online sewing classes–and loved, loved,…
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This Saturday, from 12-4, a sewing event that you’ll love: LIVE quilting! We’re bringing three quilters into the shop for the afternoon, each of them working on quilting a project from…
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This is the block the Trust Circle of do.Good Stitches made for October. It’s the Greek Cross design, using the tutorial over at Fresh Lemons. And it was so, so hard…
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I was led to this short clip by my friend Dave, by way of our mutual friend Heather, and it encapsulated all that I have been wordlessly feeling lo, these many…
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September was my month to be the quilter for the Trust Circle of do.Good Stitches, and this here’s the finished product. I think it turned out rather well! I asked for…
