• LIVE Quilting Event on Saturday!

    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…

  • The Hardest Sewing I Have Ever Had To Do

    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…

  • Daylight Saving Time is Stupid

    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…

  • September do.Good Stitches Quilt

    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…

  • What's Mom Wearing Today?

    My mom does this thing. She makes lists.  Lots and lots of lists.  Very famously, she used to make lists when in college, and her college roommate would always add to…

  • Store-Bought

    These are not the faces of children who are disappointed with their costumes.  These are the faces of children about to be sickened by surreal volumes of high-fructose corn syrup and…

  • Princesses and Hair Bows

    Our youngest goes to a Mother’s Morning Out program two days a week, and they held their annual fall art fair recently–so I dropped by on the way to pick her…

  • Space Still Open in Modern Quilt E-Course!

    There are still spots left in the Modern Quilt online class starting next Monday!  Read the full description here.  The e-course is primarily video instruction, along with photos, downloads, and some…

  • Sewing with Oilcloth Author Book Signing TONIGHT!

    Join us TONIGHT, Wednesday, October 19 from 6:30 to 9 pm to meet Kelly McCants, author of Sewing with Oilcloth!  She’ll be live at Whipstitch, sharing tips and trade secrets from…