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Starting today! My new online class: Slip Covers. We’re exploring five different versions of slip covers, and ways to expand those skills to cover just about anything in your house–without ever…
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The ladies at Sew, Mama, Sew contacted a group of bloggers and invited us to be part of a Liberty Stile Pillow Challenge. Liberty–the Liberty–would send each of us an assortment…
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Back when we flew to New York and visited Mood Fabrics, I promised my husband I would sew him a linen sport coat for summer. At the time, it seemed like…
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I’ve got new entries up in the Video Sewing Glossary! I’ll be adding new terms weekly for the rest of the year. Check out that snazzy new theme song, too, y’all.…
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It’s finished! I think the idea to make an all-yellow quilt took root about three years ago, and at last my quilt top is complete. It’s twin-sized, measuring 6 blocks by…
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I suspect I haven’t mentioned this previously, but I was actually born in Germany, on an American Air Force base where my father was stationed. My mother, who had (quite coincidentally)…
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I mentioned when I shared my newly-upholstered sofa that sending that sofa out to be done by someone else freed me up to do some sewing on the DIY tip with…
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As we continue the saga of updating our house, I have learned to become less attached to things I love and be a little more honest with myself about them. I…
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Have you read Austin Kleon’s book? I remember when it was first going around as a blog post, which he uploaded after he very first gave it as a commencement address…
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The vintage maps I decoupaged on my empty cardboard diaper boxes turned out really pretty, but the upper edges had a tendency to peel and unroll, and I was concerned that…
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This is the story of a problem and a solution. And it all starts with house hunting. Join me, if you will, on a (short-ish) journey all the way back to…
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I am delighted this fine Friday to announce that my new site is up and live and fabulous! This is one of those projects that was months in the making, with…
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Even I didn’t know how many there were. See them now, all in one place.…
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I loved Lush when it came out five years ago. It was one of the very first collections I ordered for the shop, back when it was all housed in my…
