• Mod Kid Yoga Skirt

    Thank you, Patty Young! Something soft and flirty for our teen to wear. This was a super quick project–took about 45 minutes to stitch up, and ready to wear right out…

  • All Hail the Forgiveness of Knits

    So I’m at the grocery store yesterday, remembering why I hate to go on the weekends–it was so crowded and the lines were so long. I’m at the back of a…

  • Sew-A-Thon

    Sign up now!  Full details here.…

  • Mending

    I have a bucket of mending.  It sits on a low shelf, just a cardboard Ikea box where I collect the projects that my family need done: a shirt with a…

  • Atlanta Craft Swap THIS Saturday!

    I am a known hoarder of fabric. And trim. And patterns. And buttons. And everything else I can get my hands on that I just know I’ll use someday but I…

  • Six-ish Movies I Could Watch 1000 Times

    As a couple, my husband and I work hard to reserve two nights of the week: Friday for Family Movie Night and Saturday for Date Night.  We’re not always successful, sadly,…

  • Big Butt Baby Pants

    I’m contagious.  At least, I think I’m contagious.  I have at least three friends who have been hoping to get pregnant over the past year or more, and all of them…

  • 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…