These are not the faces of children who are disappointed with their costumes. These are the faces of children about to be sickened by surreal volumes of high-fructose corn syrup and…
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I have this vision of myself as a Crafty Mom. The one who sews clothes for her kids, who makes every Halloween costume from scratch. I almost get the feeling that…
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Our youngest goes to a Mother’s Morning Out program two days a week, and they held their annual fall art fair recently–so I dropped by on the way to pick her…
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There are still spots left in the Modern Quilt online class starting next Monday! Read the full description here. The e-course is primarily video instruction, along with photos, downloads, and some…
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Join us TONIGHT, Wednesday, October 19 from 6:30 to 9 pm to meet Kelly McCants, author of Sewing with Oilcloth! She’ll be live at Whipstitch, sharing tips and trade secrets from…
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It might be hard to tell, but this is a new quilt top using Circa 1934 from Cosmo Cricket. I loved this collection at first sight, largely based on my unnatural…
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As host of a new circle over at do.Good Stitches, the Circle of Trust, I had the privilege of planning the September quilt. I asked our circle to create Card Trick…
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Are you ready? Because it is time to rock down to Electric Avenue. Beginning October 24, join the Your First (Modern) Quilt class online, from the comfort of your very own…
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When we moved out of our old house and into the rental where we are currently living, I knew we’d have to move my cutting tables. I built them from Ikea…
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I’m back from fabulous Cincinnati, and my brain is pretty close to fried. Am taking a day of R & R, sorting my scraps. You might recall I did this once…
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I flew up yesterday, for a week with my publisher. It’s exotic, let me tell you that. A week on my own: no kids, no house to keep, no mini-van to…
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I don’t actually volunteer as often as I’d like. I mean, I don’t say no as often as I’d like, either, and somehow all my time gets committed before I realize…
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It’s the end of September, National Sewing Month, and I’ve been seeing some really cool projects all over the internet in celebration. I ran across an article, though, that made me…
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Y’all. We are having a BIG week this week. Not only do we have obscene amounts of new fabric coming in, but we just learned (thanks to Diana, our uber-manager, who…
