I flew up yesterday, for a week with my publisher. It’s exotic, let me tell you that. A week on my own: no kids, no house to keep, no mini-van to…
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I don’t actually volunteer as often as I’d like. I mean, I don’t say no as often as I’d like, either, and somehow all my time gets committed before I realize…
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It’s the end of September, National Sewing Month, and I’ve been seeing some really cool projects all over the internet in celebration. I ran across an article, though, that made me…
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Y’all. We are having a BIG week this week. Not only do we have obscene amounts of new fabric coming in, but we just learned (thanks to Diana, our uber-manager, who…
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You know how when you have a lot of projects that you’re working on, you say you’ve got some stuff “in the hopper”? I’ve been cranking out deadlines the last few…
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I was minding my own business, really I was, at the shop, teaching my class last night. But then I look down and my hands are full of fabric. A giant…
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I was going to write a post about the fail that is my new dishcloth that I knitted (knit?) while on vacation, which makes it now look as though I wash…
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Conversation with my husband, over freshly washed fabric. Me: So, tell me which one of these you want to have for your pajama pants this Christmas. Him: Wait, are we all…
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Did you love the Ruby Star Spring A-line Skirt? Because I love it. And when I originally envisioned it, I saw it in my mind as two layers, one a simple,…
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Local Atlanta fabric designer Melody Miller is a dreamy lady to know. Her new fabric collection, Ruby Star Spring, is just out in the softest, most luxurious cotton/linen blend, and she…
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So, we’re living in a rental and looking for a new house to buy. Don’t get me wrong, not having a mortgage is pretty hot, but the rental is actually a…
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I have a friend, a British friend, who makes me laugh non-stop. Mostly when she doesn’t intend to make me laugh. She falls down a lot, loses things constantly, once found…