• Recycled Tees into Baby Washcloths: Quick & Easy!

    If it weren’t for nesting, I’m pretty sure none of our closets would EVER get cleaned.  The linen closet itself was…well…atrocious is probably not too strong a word.  These last few…

  • Handmade Baby Gifts are the BEST!

    Last week (which I was SO sure would be my last week pregnant) I received the most thoughtful surprise: a friend who I met when she came through one of my…

  • Organizing Your Fabric Stash: By Fabric Type

    If you primarily quilt or craft, odds are that your fabric collection is overwhelmingly composed of cottons.  That might be the case if you mostly sew clothing, too, but apparel sewers…

  • Organizing Your Fabric Stash: By Color

    Fabric is, by its very nature, addictive: from the moment we enter the world, we experience texture and touch, and are surrounded by woven and knit fibers of various scales and…

  • On Organized Pack-Ratting

    Over the weekend, I tackled The Laundry.  It needs those capital letters, y’all: it had practically become another family member, and was threatening to drown us all.  I was washing and…

  • Organizing Your Sewing Space: Unusual Spaces

    Also titled: ideas I wish I’d had. I’m so pleased that so many of you have been inspired by this series of posts!  It has made me both more motivated to…

  • Organizing Your Sewing Space: Small Spaces

    Smaller spaces are more likely for most of us, and even beyond that, SHARED spaces are most common.  Combining functions within one room makes it possible to use space more effectively,…

  • Organizing Your Sewing Space: Large Rooms

    Not all of us are fortunate enough to have an entire room dedicated to sewing and crafts.  In fact, judging by the responses to the survey, the vast majority of us–me…

  • Sewing Goals 2010, Feeling the Sewing Glee

    On Wednesday, I took our teen to see the premiere of the new season of Glee at a charity event to benefit Grammy in the Schools.  It was shown at an…