• FamGrab Deal Today: 57% Off!

    Quick!  Now through Sunday, you can get the FamGrab Whipstitch Deal: a six-class card for kids, tweens & teens classes at a 35% savings–amazing!  Plus, get all the classes punched and…

  • Sewing With Kids

    I learned to sew from my mother.  She learned from her mother (with assistance from 4-H, I believe).  And her mother learned from her mother.  There’s something about that consistency that…

  • Sewing Buddy Project 2011 Sign-Ups… CLOSED

    It’s time!!  Today, we open up the list to add names to the Sewing Buddy Project for 2011.  I had SUCH fun hearing all the stories from last year and seeing…

  • New Blog Series in the New Year, and An Epiphany

    2010 has been the most amazing year.  I can’t think of any other year in my life where I’ve had so much excitement and surprise and frustration and expectation and anxiety…

  • Selfish Seamstress Week in Atlanta!

    It’s done, y’all.  The hunting/sewing/crafting the perfect gift, the anticipation, the giving and getting, the exhaustion, the revelry, the overeating, the sheer love that Christmastime brings.  And here we are, in…

  • Holiday Hours In Our Atlanta Shop

    Image via Apartment Therapy Christmas Eve (that’s TOMORROW!): 10-2 Christmas Day: CLOSED December 26: regular hours (12-5) New Year’s Eve: 10-2 New Year’s Day: 12-5 Happy Holidays to all of you!…

  • Sewing Pattern Stockings

    I get so much email these days that it’s novel to get anything in the mailbox other than junk and bills (blech).  So the other day, I was pretty excited to…

  • Advent Calendar: Nearly There!

    Just a few more days until Christmas, and progress is looking very strong on the Advent calendar front.  I’ve fallen a bit behind, but other than the fact that I feel…

  • Vintage Button Giveaway WINNER!

    Congratulations to Sheila, who won the six cards of lovely vintage buttons!  She said: Thanks to all of you for the great comments–full of really inspiring ideas for how to use…

  • Emergency Bow Tie

    Seems like I’m having a lot of last-minute formalwear to sew lately.  Not sure what that’s all about. Yesterday my sweet husband sent me a sweet reminder: “Did you make me…