• Dear Martha: A Mod Podge Tutorial

    Special thanks to Amy over at Mod Podge Rocks for hosting today’s stop on the Stitch by Stitch blog tour! Check out her other amazing ideas for using Mod Podge, the…

  • Anna Maria: Innocent Crush has ARRIVED!

    People: it has ARRIVED.  I was on the phone with the manufacturer and was told just last week that none of this fabulous collection would ship until November, and then yesterday…

  • Machine Applique Tutorial: Sassy Pants

    Special thanks to Kristen of Motherhood Uncensored for hosting today’s stop on the Stitch by Stitch blog tour! In her honor, a sassy twist on one of the techniques I get…

  • Looked So Nice, I Made It Twice

    Another version of the Anna Maria play quilt I made a few weeks ago, this time for our newest little one.  Remind me to tell you about how I’ve–without planning to–made…

  • Tutorial: Bias-Edge Pot Holder

    Huge thanks to Dana for hosting today’s part of the blog tour!  She put in a special request for a bias tape project, like the Picnic Placemat in Stitch by Stitch,…

  • Fabric Design Weekend Was So. Much. Fun.

    For reals.  I admitted it this weekend in person, so I might as well admit it to you here: I host these sorts of events because I want to go to…

  • Stitch By Stitch Blog Tour!

    First, let me start off by telling each and every one of you THANK YOU for the amazingly warm reception my book has received.  I can’t even put into words how…

  • Fabric Design Weekend Friday and Saturday!

    I am delighted to invite you all to join us for a weekend of events celebrating fabric and surface design!  Atlanta is a wonderfully diverse and talented town, and I’m humbled…

  • Scalloped-Edge Baby Blanket

    When our second baby was born, she was gifted with two really amazing swaddling blankets. One of those is now her woobie, and the other was handed on to her younger…

  • The Story of Sandra

    When I was finished writing the book and sitting down to add the little extras, I thought long and hard to search my gut and create a dedication that was fitting…

  • September is National Sewing Month: for Sewing Buddies!

    I learned in college that there’s a “national day/week/month of…” for almost everything.  Did you know there’s a National Celery Month? Yes, there is.  Some of these observances are pretty wacky,…