Alright! Time to get sewing these clothes for school. I’m starting with the toughest to sew for, and working from there–in our house, that’s our tween girl. She’s 8, so just…
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Well, I can cross off two more items from my to-sew list for the kids, thanks to today’s Fanfare Flannel Extravaganza! Plus, I finally got around to sewing up the Sketchbook…
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Amy Barickman of Indygo Junction, one of the kindest and most lovely human beings around, is launching a new book AND a new line of denims. What?!? That’s right: NEW DENIMS.…
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So, OK, this took waaaay longer than I expected. Partly because–duh–I realized that you can’t really do a complete inventory without first doing the LAUNDRY so you know that you’ve really…
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Meet Spice Berry Cottage, a fab modern online shop and my newest sponsor! Spice Berry Cottage carries a wide range of modern cottons and apparel fabrics, mostly focused on quilting. Dina, the…
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So, I bought all the kids new shoes and it made me feel pretty confident about starting off the school year with all the boxes checked and all their clothing organized.…
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This isn’t a real post, so don’t get too excited. It’s just a chance to show off a particularly successful pair of shorts I made for our son before we headed…
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Before our big Summer Road Trip, what really got me started sewing (and sewing and sewing) for myself and the kids was these little hats. With pale skin, I knew at…
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Head on over to Creative Domestic today and enter to win a signed copy of my first book, Stitch By Stitch! Charlotte is offering up a copy along with her other…
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Part of what I’m learning as I explore this idea of margin this year is that we learn our priorities based on what we DO, not on what we say…
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Before heading off to Camp Stitchalot, I wanted to do something nice for all the campers. Since this particular camp session didn’t include formal workshops, I wanted to make doubly extra…
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Before we took our recent ten-day family road trip up the Eastern Seaboard, I flew into a wild sewing rage and made a stack of things to take with us. I knew…
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Here’s my monthly video update following this year’s progress with my One Little Word: Margin. I don’t plan these videos, so this one’s especially stream-of-consciousness, so buckle up.…
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I agreed to be part of the Oakshott Ruby Mini-Quilt Challenge with Sew, Mama, Sew mostly because I didn’t really know anything about Oakshott cottons. I think I had a vague…
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I finally made the time last week to sew up the Miette Skirt by Tilly of Tilly and the Buttons. I downloaded and printed the pattern ages ago, but you know…
