• Back to School Lunch Bags

    We’ve got three heading to school this year:  our oldest is a sophomore (!!), Miss #2 is heading to all-day pre-K, and Mr. #3 will be at preschool three days a…

  • Stitch by Stitch is Officially Here!

    For those of you following along on Twitter, this is not breaking news, but: my publisher has shipped out the book early, and it’s officially available for purchase!  Woot!  I found…

  • New Beginnings

    Here in the Steamy South, school goes back in August.  I assume that’s because June is lovely and breezy and August is sweltering and intolerably hot, so why waste June in…

  • The 80s Strike Again

    Funny how decades have more than one life.  When I was in high school, we were all abuzz for the 60s and the “hippy” lifestyle.  Or at least, the bowdlerized version…

  • FedEx & Various Minutiae

    What’s that sound?  The doorbell ringing? Oh, my!  A whole mess of boxes from FedEx!  Whatever could be in them?  <Gasp.>  That’s….the title of my book.  Could it be???  It IS! …

  • Teens & Their Sewing Dreams

    Today hasn’t really been my best day.  Our oldest and I selected a pile of patterns a while back, and I’m working on whipping up a vest for her in anticipation…

  • Sewing Quiz: WINNERS

    Fabulous quizzing, everyone!  Answers are below, in red ink.  Must be the former schoolteacher in me seeping out… Tim Gunn, the marvelous man who most of us know through Project Runway,…

  • A Sewing Quiz! CLOSED.

    Originally, I thought this would be a fun activity for Sewing Buddies to do together, but the more I mulled it over, the more I wanted to open it up to…

  • Atlanta Craft Swap!

    Whipstitch Atlanta is hosting our first-ever Craft Swap!  The ladies at the shop have planned a themed event, including afternoon tea.  We’re calling it “Gloves Encouraged,” and will be laying out…

  • Time to Study Up for a Sewing Quiz!

    It’s competition time!  I love a good quiz, sometimes regardless of the subject matter.  But a sewing quiz? Am ready to rock OUT on that bad boy. Whipstitch is proud to…

  • Sewing Projects to Share

    We’re away at the beach this weekend, and it’s GLORIOUS.  I brought some embroidery to do in the car, and some English paper piecing to do in the evenings while the…