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- [2026 Sewing Vision, Part 4: Sewing to Wear Clothes I Actually Love](https://whip-stitch.com/2026-sewing-vision-part-4/) - As I write this series about casting a vision for my sewing, I get the chance to ask myself questions about who I want to be, and how sewing fits into that. Here’s what I really want: For the clothes I love most to be made by me. Part of that desire comes from what
- [2026 Sewing Vision, Part 3: A Fascinating Retrospective Of My 2025 Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/2026-sewing-vision-part-3/) - Looking back at my 2025 sewing, I set three goals: Sew one garment for myself each month that is NOT for a League of Dressmakers lesson Purchase ZERO new fabric for myself & reduce my stash Purchase ZERO garments and donate or upcycle garments that can be replaced with handmade makes I also had three
- [2026 Sewing, Part 2: My Inspired Vision For 2026](https://whip-stitch.com/2026-sewing-vision-part-2/) - What does a sewing life look like when it's successful and WORKING? Part 2 of a 5-part series.
- [2026: Why I’m Not Setting Sewing Goals This Year (And The Powerful Thing I’m Doing Instead)](https://whip-stitch.com/2026-sewing-vision-part-1/) - In both 2024 and 2025, I wrote about my personal sewing goals. I even made a video of all the garments I sewed in 2023 for my YouTube channel. This year, I planned to set goals, too--but now I'm having second thoughts. I don't want resolutions, because they feel like a threat hanging overhead sometimes.
- [2026 Sewing Vision, Part 5: Play Great Games, Win Great Prizes (or, Time to Make the Vision Real)](https://whip-stitch.com/2026-sewing-vision-part-5-play-great-games-win-great-prizes-or-time-to-make-the-vision-real/) - I saw a random post on Instagram: "Your sign to make a 2026 Bingo card instead of a vision board." And a whole world opened up for me. I know my vision. I don’t need to convince myself of it. What I needed was a way to notice it unfolding. It's genius!! I know my
- [Take A Quick Video Tour Of My Treasured Advent Calendar Wall Quilt!](https://whip-stitch.com/quilt-as-you-go-advent-calendar/) - A wall hanging Advent calendar handmade from scrap fabrics to create a family walk through a peaceful village toward the Christmas chapel. Quilt as you go.
- [Join the 2026 Murder Mystery Quilt to solve crime!](https://whip-stitch.com/mmq-2026/) - The 2026 Murder Mystery Quilt is NOW OPEN for registration!! Join us next year for Murder in the Alps and sew the quilt to solve the crime with the nicest quilters on the internet. We are launching the ELEVENTH YEAR of the Murder Mystery Quilt in 2026, and there is SO MUCH for you to discover with us. This warm community
- [More Sustainable Sewing: For The Earth](https://whip-stitch.com/more-sustainable-sewing-for-the-earth/) - We all come to sewing for different reasons. Some of the most common are: we struggle to find clothing that fits our bodies or our taste level in stores we struggle to find good-quality clothing at reasonable prices we want to know more about who makes our clothing and under what conditions we want to
- [McCall's 5764 in boucle wool for winter](https://whip-stitch.com/mccalls-5764-sew-a-cape/) - We had a very brief snow in Atlanta back in January. It lasted just shy of three days, which my informal survey tells me is about 2.5 days longer than we locals wanted it to last. It's BEAUTIFUL but our municipality is grossly ill-prepared to manage the infrastructure requirements of such a weather event, and
- [10 reasons to join a sewing membership](https://whip-stitch.com/10-reasons-to-join-a-sewing-membership/) - LISTEN TO THE PODCAST EPISODE The Whipstitch Podcast is your listening destination for thinking about sewing. It's a place to talk ABOUT sewing even when we aren't sewing. The most recent episode is all about why sometimes, talk isn't enough--and we need community. I share ten reasons why I think a sewing community is right
- [My Sewing Goals for 2025 (and 2024 sewing in review)](https://whip-stitch.com/my-sewing-goals-for-2025-and-2024-sewing-in-review/) - Once again, we are at the start of a new year, and I'm trying to go back through my camera roll and figure out just how many garments I made last year. What things did I make and forget? What things did I make that became such an instant, integral part of my wardrobe that
- [Register NOW For the 2025 Murder Mystery Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/2025-murder-mystery-quilt/) - The 2025 Murder Mystery Quilt is NOW OPEN for registration!! Join us next year for Murder At Machu Picchu and sew the quilt to solve the crime with the nicest quilters on the internet. We are celebrating the TENTH ANNIVERSARY of the Murder Mystery Quilt in 2025, and there is SO MUCH for you to
- [Your 9 Most Important Everyday Sewing Tools](https://whip-stitch.com/your-9-most-important-everyday-sewing-tools/) - I am guilty of collecting all the fun sewing toys. In my defense, I DO use them, and (for the most part) only buy them when I have a specific project I'm dreaming up. But as a result, I am very, very aware of exactly how saturated the sewing market is with gadgets, notions, accessories,
- [Mid-Year Check-In: My Sewing Goals](https://whip-stitch.com/mid-year-check-in-my-sewing-goals/) - Back at the beginning of the year, I set some SEWING GOALS for myself. I wanted to build sewing habits that help me connect WHY I sew with WHAT I sew, in order to move my sewing in a direction that allows me to make garments I love to wear and feel good about. Now
- [The Story of Sandra](https://whip-stitch.com/the-story-of-sandra-2/) - The story of Sandra, the woman who owned my sewing machine before me and who inspires my sewing to this day.
- [Co-Ordinating Sew Together Bag with Corduroy Bias Tape](https://whip-stitch.com/co-ordinating-sew-together-bag-with-corduroy-bias-tape/) - My corduroy tote for this fall is bringing me enormous joy. And if you've read about my sewing projects for any length of time, you can guess that the only thing that could possibly bring me as much joy would be MATCHING ACCESSORIES. I like big bags, I cannot lie. I won't apologize for that.
- [Travel Handmade: Packing For A Trip Someone Else Planned](https://whip-stitch.com/travel-handmade-packing-for-a-trip-someone-else-planned/) - I was born in Germany in the mid-70s. What an awesome time to be a baby duck in Europe, you know? I have this hypothesis that we all imprint on a particular taste level & design aesthetic based on what we see during our earliest years, and for me it was Danish modern and bohemian
- [My Sewing Goals For 2024](https://whip-stitch.com/my-sewing-goals-for-2024/) - I was already thinking about what I MOST want to focus on while sewing this year, but reviewing my 2023 makes really got me thinking. Sewing with a FOCUS rather than a goal has given me a much better selection of finished garments that are my first choice when getting dressed. That satisfaction is motivation
- [How I Sewed More Than 40 Garments For Myself Last Year: 2023 Sewing Year In Review](https://whip-stitch.com/how-i-sewed-more-than-40-garments-for-myself-last-year-2023-sewing-year-in-review/) - Over the course of 2023, I sewed a grand total of FORTY garments for myself. That's INSANE. I can say, with almost total confidence, that I have never done that much sewing in a single year for myself--and also that I didn't fully INTEND to do that much sewing in a single year, not even
- [Watch the MMQ24 Welcome Video!](https://whip-stitch.com/watch-the-mmq24-welcome-video/)
- [Murder Mystery Quilt 2024: Murder in Greece](https://whip-stitch.com/murder-mystery-quilt-2024-murder-in-greece/) - The Murder Mystery Quilt for 2024 is NOW OPEN for registration!! Join us next year for The Murder Of The Greek and sew the quilt to solve the crime with the nicest quilters on the internet. We can't wait to make this beautiful quilt with you, one block at a time, all year long! I
- [Emerson Dress from Style Arc, in floral rayon](https://whip-stitch.com/emerson-dress-from-style-arc-in-floral-rayon/) - This is the Emerson Dress from Style Arc, sewn up in a dreamy soft rayon. I have worn this dress every single time it comes out of the wash, and it's always the right choice. I feel sad that the weather is turning and I won't wear it as often soon--but maybe if I put
- [Montana Dress from Style Arc: When You Want A Super Versatile Dress For Everything](https://whip-stitch.com/montana-dress-from-style-arc-when-you-want-a-super-versatile-dress-for-everything/) - A versatile style for travel that's easy to sew and easy to wear. Sewn up in a graphic linen blend, and styled for a day hiking and exploring Greece.
- [Vintage McCall's Skirt Pattern 4083](https://whip-stitch.com/vintage-mccalls-skirt-pattern-4083/) - I love Agatha Christie movies. There doesn't seem to be any version of Poirot or Miss Marple that I don't enjoy watching (although Branagh wasn't my favorite, TBH). So when I visit ancient sites, I confess that in the back of my mind, I'm almost always fantasizing at least a little of being in an
- [Striped Breton Adrienne Blouse from Friday Pattern Company](https://whip-stitch.com/striped-breton-adrienne-blouse-from-friday-pattern-company/) - I love sewing knit tops, and I'm always excited when I find a pattern that's JUST different enough from a basic tee to give it a place in my wardrobe. Add in a "statement" sleeve and I'm all in. This is the Adrienne Blouse from Friday Pattern Co. I wouldn't call it a "blouse," it's
- [Gilbert Top by Helen's Closet, in white linen](https://whip-stitch.com/gilbert-top-by-helens-closet-in-white-linen/) - I made the Gilbert Top, pattern by Helen's Closet, specifically for a trip to Greece over the summer. I used a sortof windowpane? hemstitch? linen for it, and planned to wear it on a day when we did an epic "urban hike" between Fira and Oia on the Greek island of Santorini. TL;DR: I adore
- [Pietra Pants by Closet Core Patterns: A Sewing Love Story](https://whip-stitch.com/pietra-pants-by-closet-core-patterns-a-sewing-love-story/) - I really, really love this pants pattern. They fit great right out of the package with minimal adjustments, they feel great to wear, and they are adaptable to a huge variety of activities. I made one pair, and I already have another pair cut out and ready to go--which hardly ever happens for me. These
- [Sewing a wardrobe staple: Emerson Pants by True Bias](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-a-wardrobe-staple-emerson-pants-by-true-bias/) - Review of the Emerson Pants sewing pattern from True Bias patterns, with fabric notes and links to a video sewalong. Includes ideas for stying a flat-front pant
- [How To Choose A Sewing Machine](https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-choose-a-sewing-machine/) - Knowing how to choose a sewing machine can be overwhelming! Follow this checklist of tips to narrow down the option and make the most of your shopping time.
- [(How To) Get (Back) Into Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-get-back-into-sewing/) - All The New Stitchers COVID changed the entire world in 2020, in almost exclusively grueling ways--but as a life-long Aggressive Optimist (TM), I have looked for AND FOUND so much to be grateful for over the years since the US first entered lockdown. I see more value placed on healthy relationships, more time invested in
- [How To Preshrink Fabric For Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-preshrink-fabric-for-sewing/) - I took advantage of some Black Friday sales to make purchases for fabric I know I'll need in the New Year. Wanna see? This amazing organic twill is from District Fabric on the Olympic Peninsula. This shop is a woman-owned small business in a GORGEOUS part of the US; my husband and I visited the
- [Holiday Gift Sewing with How To Sew Video Patterns](https://whip-stitch.com/holiday-gift-sewing-with-how-to-sew-video-patterns/) - I love holiday sewing. I love the deadlines, and the planning, and the excitement of thinking through what will make the people I love feel the most loved, and then meeting that need with my own two hands. Bonus points for when I can do that without needing to buy new fabric, and instead sewing
- [Christmas Sewing Deadline: Handmade Pajamas](https://whip-stitch.com/christmas-sewing-deadline-handmade-pajamas/) - A system for making handmade pajamas for the whole family, with step by step guide to organize the project. Includes a video link.
- [Murder Mystery Quilt 2023: Murder of the Viking](https://whip-stitch.com/murder-mystery-quilt-2023-murder-of-the-viking/) - The Murder Mystery Quilt for 2023 is NOW OPEN for registration!! Join us next year for The Murder Of The Viking and sew the quilt to solve the crime with the nicest quilters on the internet. We can't wait to make this beautiful quilt with you, one block at a time, all year long! I
- [How To Sew: Learn To Sew In About An Hour!](https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-sew-learn-to-sew-in-about-an-hour/) - Learn to sew in about an hour with the How To Sew video series. First four episodes are free on YouTube. Fourteen additional episodes are available.
- [Fashion At The Museum](https://whip-stitch.com/fashion-at-the-museum/) - On a recent visit to New York City, I took a trip from JFK airport to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a celebrated exhibit: In America, an installation of American fashion. It was a surprising insight into what I like best about sewing clothing, in ways I didn't anticipate. While I was there, I
- [Whipstitch Podcast: Season 2 Premiere!](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-podcast-season-2-premiere/) - I'm so excited that TODAY is the Season Two premiere of the Whipstitch podcast! Last year, I started a podcast, and thought of it as an extension of this blog. A place where my writing-voice could be my ACTUAL voice, where I could feel a little more like the best part of my blog: that it
- [Design & Sew: Make Your Dream Tee Shirt](https://whip-stitch.com/design-sew-make-your-dream-tee-shirt/) - Photo & video round up of all the tee shirts you can make in the Design & Sew Your Perfect Tee Shirt e-course with the League of Dressmakers!
- [How To Install A Sewing Pattern Projector](https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-install-a-sewing-pattern-projector/) - **This is a sponsored post. I was sent the VANKYO projector, unsolicited, in exchange for an unbiased review. Opinions and experience are all my own!** A few years ago I started hearing rumors of the "next big thing" in sewing, which I gathered to be a technique for direct-projecting the lines of a sewing pattern
- [How To Sew A Linen Sport Coat: Where Guts Meets Glory](https://whip-stitch.com/mens-sport-coat-reveal/) - Author Deborah Moebes reveals how fear of failure in a sewing project can give us space to grow in resilience and tenacity.
- [Men's Jacket Series: Am I Really Doing This?](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-a-mens-sport-coat/) - 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 one of those ambitious-but-not-too-ambitious projects that I could shoot for, maybe stretch my skills and comfort zone, but that I could totally finish. You
- [The Queen's Quilt: New Podcast Episode](https://whip-stitch.com/the-queens-quilt-podcast/) - The Whipstitch Podcast is back! Season Two launches TODAY and a new episode will arrive every other Friday from now until June 2022, ten episodes in total this spring. I have some serious topics, some lighthearted episodes, some behind-the-scenes into what goes on here at Whipstitch Industries, and plenty of coffee chat on the calendar,
- [Birthday Dress: Vogue V9311 in Floral Rayon](https://whip-stitch.com/birthday-dress-vogue-v9311-in-floral-rayon/) - This pattern has been on my to-sew list for...years. So many years. And this rayon has been lurking right behind it. But until recently, I didn't think to put the two together. And even THEN! I didn't make the time to cut out and sew. Luckily for me, I keep getting older, and birthdays are
- [The How To Quilt Start-to-Finish Video Series](https://whip-stitch.com/the-how-to-quilt-start-to-finish-video-series/) - After thousands of hours of work, IT'S FINALLY HERE! My How To Quilt start-to-finish series with 4K video, guiding you to make a gorgeous sampler quilt while AT THE SAME TIME building your quilting and patchwork skills, is ready for you. There's a basic version AND a Premium version AND you can bundle the Premium
- [Sew the Quilt to Solve the Crime with the Murder Mystery Quilt in 2022!](https://whip-stitch.com/murder-mystery-quilt-2022/) - It's the SEVENTH YEAR for the Murder Mystery Quilt, and we just announced the setting for our story: Yellowstone National Park! The Murder Mystery Quilt is a year-long quilting club where members receive a brand-new quilt block pattern PLUS a fresh chapter from an original murder mystery novel each month; clues to solving the crime
- [Adding Tags To Handmade Clothing](https://whip-stitch.com/adding-tags-to-handmade-clothing/) - Years ago, when I was very young, my mother made clothes for me and my sisters, and she had these little embroidered tags from the fabric shop that she'd put in the waistbands of our elasticized shorts so we could tell front from back. They seemed so FANCY, like, they were basically like store-bought, right?
- [The Quilt of Doom: Harry Potter Quilts for Five](https://whip-stitch.com/the-quilt-of-doom-harry-potter-quilts-for-five/) - I've had this project on my list for the past four years, even to the point of printing out the first four patterns, but never launched the ship. Today: we begin. The Project of Doom The Quilt of Doom is somewhat infamous amongst quilters. It's a Harry Potter-themed bookcase quilt, made entirely from foundation paper
- [Knitting In Progress: Picking Up Stitches](https://whip-stitch.com/knitting-in-progress-picking-up-stitches/) - I started this sweater more than three years ago. And I was SO EXCITED about it. And at some point, I set it down. I didn't even remember why. I was having a phone conversation the other day--which was itself a little out-of-time and flashback-y--and I was reminded that I haven't visited Ravelry in a
- [Nautical Stripes Quilt: Pattern Tester Round-Up](https://whip-stitch.com/nautical-stripes-quilt-pattern-tester-round-up/) - When I wrote the Nautical Stripes Quilt pattern, I sent an email asking for pattern testers, and y'all: they really came through. Get a load of these amazing sample quilts they've made! Jane chose the "nautical" layout, which makes me think of semaphore flags and sailboats. She mixed her fabrics and used some solids, some
- [Nautical Stripes Quilt: Free Half-Square Triangle Quilt Pattern!](https://whip-stitch.com/nautical-stripes-quilt-free-half-square-triangle-quilt-pattern/) - A nautical-inspired modern quilt made of striped half-square triangles on a white background, crisp & elegant first quilt. With a free printable quilt pattern.
- [McCall's 7774: Wearable Muslin in Grey Linen](https://whip-stitch.com/mccalls-7774-wearable-muslin-in-grey-linen/) - Details for sewing McCall's pattern 7774, a maxi dress with invisible zipper and lined bodice. Made in gray linen. Tips for altering the pattern to fit.
- [FINISHED! Matching Twin Postage Stamp Quilts](https://whip-stitch.com/finished-matching-twin-postage-stamp-quilts/) - Every time I've worked on these quilts lately, I've joked that they're five years in the making. Today, I looked back at the past posts I've shared of their progress, and reader: THESE TOOK EIGHT POINT FIVE YEARS TO FINISH. Good grief. When I started these, our girls were still both in preschool. They loved
- [Ogden Cami Hack: Tiered Maxi Dress](https://whip-stitch.com/ogden-cami-hack-tiered-maxi-dress/) - It's Ogden Cami month! And I've made...a bunch. Once I completed the first version, it was easy to see why this is such a tried-and-true pattern for so many folks on the internets. I've got three of my own now: one in rayon (my all-time, hands-down favorite fabric to wear); one in an incredible woven
- [So Green Is My Garden: A Metaphor, Of Sorts](https://whip-stitch.com/so-green-is-my-garden/) - Garden writing is the place where metaphors yearn to live their best lives. There is no concept of growth, renewal, regeneration, nourishment, cultivation, encouragement that cannot be communicated beautifully with the garden as comparison and vehicle. For my part, I consider myself a laissez-faire gardener in the extreme. My husband and I spend a never-as-grueling-as-expected
- [Plantain Tee In Stretch Cotton Jersey](https://whip-stitch.com/plantain-tee-in-stretch-cotton-jersey/) - During MeMadeMay2021, I didn't sew anything new--except this tee. At the time, we were living without a closet, since ours was under renovation, and sleeping in our basement surrounded by half a dozen IKEA clothes racks with all our worldly garments making a soft wall that did not at all resemble privacy--but if that's the
- [Rosa Parks: A Great Woman In Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/rosa-parks-a-great-woman-in-sewing/) - I grew up in Montgomery, Alabama. The earliest school memories I have celebrated the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March from Selma, and the Civil Rights movement in a very personal and immediate way. We drove past the sites of these historic events on a daily basis, and it was an ever-present part of my childhood--both
- [Answers to the Three Most Frequent Sewing Machine Questions](https://whip-stitch.com/answers-to-the-three-most-frequent-sewing-machine-questions/) - Answers questions about tension, extra thread when you finish a seam, and how often you should change your needle.
- [Ann Lowe: A Great Woman of Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/ann-lowe-a-great-woman-of-sewing/) - Ann Lowe designed Jackie Kennedy's wedding gown and should get credit for her contributions to fashion history.
- [Survey: What Thread Do You Use?](https://whip-stitch.com/survey-what-thread-do-you-use/) - I've written about thread before, including my obsession with this microscopic analysis of thread fibers. I love the idea that at the tiniest scale, thread ISN'T the same, and that the threads we use when we sew can make a difference in the quality of our results. The longer I make clothing (and the more
- [Carolyn Pajamas with Ric-Rac Trim](https://whip-stitch.com/carolyn-pajamas-with-ric-rac-trim/) - I admired the Carolyn Pajamas pattern for ages before sewing them up, like a lot of us did. The style is classic and classy, and the shape seems like it would lend itself equally to silky rayons for summer and to cozy flannels for winter. I made my first pair out of double gauze as
- [Flashback 70s Archer Shirt in Cotton Lawn](https://whip-stitch.com/flashback-70s-archer-shirt-in-cotton-lawn/) - I am (forever, it would seem) on the hunt for the very most perfect button-up shirt with a stand collar that I can find. This one is ALMOST it, not exactly, but super close. And in this fabric, it has this amazing vintage 70s vibe that I am DIGGING. This is the Archer Shirt pattern
- [Video Tutorial: Kindle E-Reader Cover](https://whip-stitch.com/kindle-cover/) - A video tutorial with PDF printable instructions for cutting and sewing a fabric cover for Kindle e-readers.
- [Sewing A Men's Bathrobe: Vintage Kwik Sew 1366](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-a-mens-bathrobe-vintage-kwik-sew-1366/) - Each year for Christmas, I make our children a new pair of pajamas. Over time, they've needed them less and less, because they grow less and less from year to year--but a pair of pajama pants nearly always makes its way into wrapping paper for Christmas Eve (and Christmas morning photos). This last Christmas, my
- [Kindle Cover and Case](https://whip-stitch.com/kindle-cover-and-case/) - A kindle cover and case made of home dec-weight cotton that's interfaced and has a single layer of cotton batting for shock absorption.
- [Kindle Cover Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/kindle-cover-tutorial/) - A tutorial for a kindle cover and case using one fat quarter of fabric.
- [Kindle Cover Tutorial: Updated!](https://whip-stitch.com/kindle-cover-tutorial-updated/) - NOW AVAILABLE: A step-by-step video tutorial and printable project guide! See the post and get the PDF. One of the most popular tutorials I have ever published here on the blog is my Kindle Cover Tutorial. I'm back today with an update to the measurements and construction of that cover! My daughter saved up for
- [Introducing the Whipstitch Podcast! Episode One: 9 WAYS to Instantly Improve Your Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-podcast-episode-one-9-ways-to-instantly-improve-your-sewing/) - Whipstitch Podcast host Deborah Moebes shares nine ways to immediately improve your sewing results. Listen, read show notes, and download the PDF guide.
- [Tutorial: Easy, No-Sew Fleece Scarf](https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-easy-no-sew-fleece-scarf/) - step by step guide to making a simple winter scarf from poly fleece
- [Get Dressed To Stay Home](https://whip-stitch.com/my-4-rules-for-getting-the-most-from-a-handmade-wardrobe/) - Handsewn wardrobe inspiration for styling your stay-at-home attire. A reminder that feeling good is good for you, and your handmade wardrobe makes it possible.
- [Whole-Cloth Quilts: National Park Junior Ranger Camping Blankets](https://whip-stitch.com/whole-cloth-quilts-national-park-junior-ranger-camping-blankets/) - How to design and sew a whole-cloth quilted blanket for camping, with junior ranger patches sewn on. Great for National Park enthusiasts!
- [Mushroom Shirtdress: Simplicity 8014](https://whip-stitch.com/mushroom-shirtdress-simplicity-8014/) - This dress tells a story: any project can be salvaged and re-imagined, any project can be resurrected, no matter how long it's been a Work-In-Progress. These mushrooms started their journey to dresshood a full SEVEN YEARS ago, and have finally arrived!! Soon after I closed the Whipstitch shop in Atlanta, I went on a wild
- [Knit Tees For Older Kids](https://whip-stitch.com/knit-tees-for-older-kids/) - These tees are from weeks and weeks ago, and I've sat down to write about them maybe six or seven times/. Each time, I ended up with a whole lot of philosophical ideas about how kids dress, and what's in the stores, and Why We Sew For Older Kids, and I was never really happy
- [Easy Neck Warmer Sewing Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/neck-warmer/) - I love, love, love a good scarf. I have a pretty substantial collection, and wear one daily once the weather drops below, say, 68 degrees. However, for really active days--like when we're playing in the snow, or headed out to ski, or even doing a cold-weather hike--I don't like the bulk of a long scarf.
- [Interview with Author Tara Moss](https://whip-stitch.com/interview-with-author-tara-moss/) - The intersection between sewing and fiction can be wonderfully rewarding. With the Murder Mystery Quilt, I've been indulging my love of mysteries and crime novels for the past six years, which means any time I'm reading, I can call it "research," because I am a professional. That is how that works. It's also led me
- [Quilted Reversible Placemats: Video Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/quilted-reversible-placemats-video-tutorial/) - A sstep-by-step video tutorial to sew a quilted placemat that includes a free PDF downloadable pattern with instructions
- [Pirates! Caribbean Colors! And Quilts!! Solve Crime with the Murder Mystery Quilt in 2021](https://whip-stitch.com/pirates-caribbean-colors-and-quilts-solve-crime-with-the-murder-mystery-quilt-in-2021/) - The Murder Mystery Quilt is the original sew the quilt to solve the crime murder mystery block of the month subscription quilting club
- [Handmade Napkins with Mitered Corners](https://whip-stitch.com/handmade-napkins-with-mitered-corners/) - We use cloth napkins at our house--I'm pretty sure I've written about that before, but I can't find it now. Suffice to say, we have piles and piles of cloth napkins that always get neatly folded after the wash, but rarely get properly put away. I can't remember a single time in my entire adult
- [Nested Fabric Buckets Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/nested-fabric-buckets-tutorial/) - A tutorial for three graduated sizes of fabric buckets.
- [Nested Fabric Buckets: Video Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/nested-buckets/) - A video sewing tutorial that demonstrates step by step how to sew nested fabric buckets for storage. Learn as you sew (tm) these sweet nested baskets!
- [Rest & Digest: HOW SEWING HELPS US COPE WITH STRESS AND AMBIGUITY](https://whip-stitch.com/rest-digest-how-sewing-helps-us-cope-with-stress-and-ambiguity/) - When our brains are triggered to fight or flee, sewing can help us rest and digest to reset our system for better mental health.
- [Emery Dress in Japanese Cotton](https://whip-stitch.com/emery-dress-in-japanese-cotton/) - Review of the Emery Dress Pattern from Christine Haynes Patterns, with a conversation about how adding dresses to your wardrobe can fight depression and improve your mood.
- [Ola Hudson: A Great Woman Of Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/ola-hudson-a-great-woman-of-sewing/) - Ola Hudson is not a household name but her fashion designs are recognizable all over the world.
- [Great Women in Sewing: The Seamstresses of Manzanar](https://whip-stitch.com/great-women-in-sewing-the-seamstresses-of-manzanar/) - I taught tenth grade for a long time. Part of the curriculum for that level in the state of Georgia is to cover the Holocaust, a tough topic no matter where you live. Here in the South, discussion of any type of racial or cultural discrimination inevitably leads to discussion of the legacy human slavery
- [Instructions for Sewing: Doorway Puppet Playhouse](https://whip-stitch.com/instructions-for-sewing-doorway-puppet-playhouse/) - Easy instructions for a doorway puppet theater using a few tension rods and some velveteen.
- [The Sewing Buddy Project: A Sewing Pen Pal Program](https://whip-stitch.com/the-sewing-buddy-project-a-sewing-pen-pal-program/) - The Sewing Buddy Project matches sewists with pen pals around the world for fun and inspiration.
- [Lost Project: Travel backpacks for children who fly](https://whip-stitch.com/lost-project-travel-backpacks-for-children-who-fly/) - We took our first really serious trip as a family back in 2016: my husband volunteered to walk across the breadth of England as part of Dads4Kesem, a charity walk to raise funds to launch a chapter of Camp Kesem at the alma mater of a dear friend who lost his life to lung cancer.
- [Family Halloween Costumes: EIGHT Years of Memories](https://whip-stitch.com/family-halloween-costumes-eight-years-of-memories/) - Family wears matching hand-sewn Halloween costumes for eight years and counting!
- [Sewing A Men's Linen Sport Coat, Part 412: Sleeve LINING](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-a-mens-linen-sport-coat-part-412-sleeve-lining/) - There are setbacks when sewing for men, but we can learn more about ourselves in the process.
- [Deliberate Transitions](https://whip-stitch.com/deliberate-transitions/) - There was an article in the LA Times in the past week about getting dressed to stay home, and the author is experiencing this HUGE backlash where people (mostly on Twitter) are saying that the idea of “enough with the sweatpants” is (1) insulting to people who are really struggling right now, and (2) shouldn’t
- [Lost Project: Vacation Tova Top](https://whip-stitch.com/vacation-tova-top/) - Make a staple garment for yourself that will get worn over and over again from this tried and true womens sewing pattern
- [Quilt and Solve Crime in 2019!](https://whip-stitch.com/quilt-and-solve-crime-in-2019/) - Try something more interesting than your usual block of the month club. This quilting club lifts sewing goals to new heights! Make a quilt and be a detective
- [Sewing and Self-Compassion](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-and-self-compassion/) - Sew up a but of self-kindness through mindful sewing. Need help understanding self-compassion and sewing? You've come to the right place.
- [Lost Project: Beatrix Top in Liberty Cotton](https://whip-stitch.com/lost-project-beatrix-top-in-liberty-cotton/) - This is the Beatrix Top from Made By Rae, which I made up in Liberty lawn before ever making a muslin, and learned a valuable lesson. The pattern itself is really excellent—I love the sleeve styling and length, and the buttons up the back (mine are faux, see below). The pattern also includes adjustments for
- [Emerson Shorts in moss linen](https://whip-stitch.com/emerson-shorts-in-moss-linen/) - When our family took a trip to Maui this spring, I started packing pretty late in the game, for me: only a week ahead. Because, for real, I get SO EXCITED when we travel that I am honestly thinking about packing weeks in advance, and have to hold myself back to only start putting things
- [Solve Crime in the Ancient Pyramids in 2020!](https://whip-stitch.com/solve-crime-in-the-ancient-pyramids-in-2020/) - Unique creative quilting community. Christmas gift for quilters that builds confidence and skills. Join the Make a quilt and friends as you solve the crime.
- [Christmas Pajamas: the Ultimate in Deadline Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/christmas-pajamas/) - Christmas Pajamas: The Ultimate In Deadline Sewing. Last minute Christmas gifts are worth the time investment. Look ahead to opportunities in 2020 for making!
- [Wear ALL the Things!](https://whip-stitch.com/wear-all-the-things/) - Design a wardrobe to look and feel your best as a creative exercise and learning experience, even if your commute is from the living room to your home office
- [Stop With The Jeans Every Day. Stop.](https://whip-stitch.com/stop-with-the-jeans-every-day-stop/) - Get out of the habit of ignoring your hand made wardrobe by limiting your dependency on jeans. Explore your closet and see yourself in a fuller way.
- [Get Dressed On Purpose and With Purpose](https://whip-stitch.com/wear-what-you-have-to-change-how-you-feel/) - be laser-focused on what new things to make as hand-sewn garments, as you look closely at your personal fashion style. Intentional sewing and mindful curation can build an effective professional wardrobe.
- [Men's Pocket Square in Liberty of London Lawn](https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-sew-a-mens-pocket-square/) - Save money on men's fashion by sewing your own pocket square to wear with suits and sportcoats
- [Sewing Is Political](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-is-political/) - Sewing can be an act of political statement and social change, and we are making a statement with every garment we make.
- [Toaster Sweater #2](https://whip-stitch.com/toaster-sweater-2/) - This is easily the most aggressive sweater I own. I bought this fleece when Hancock Fabrics was shutting down (RIP, messiest fabric stores evar, but let's be honest: in the face of social distancing we would take that messy shop with the sticky floors in a HEARTBEAT), because they were basically paying you to carry
- [Pants Are For Every OTHER Day](https://whip-stitch.com/pants-are-for-every-other-day/) - Prepared and invested in my workday, the amount of intentionality in a professional work from home wardrobe converted to motivation and more accomplished.
- [Lost Project: Liberty Lawn Tuxedo Tank Top](https://whip-stitch.com/lost-project-liberty-lawn-tuxedo-tank-top/) - This particular project was sewn in Liberty Lawn Fabric and created especially for The League of Dressmakers, but you can learn from it too!
- [Sewing with Kids, Lesson 7: Gratitude](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-with-kids-lesson-6/) - Teach your child to make a thoughtful gift for Mother's Day and encourage them to have fun with the sewing machine in the process.
- [Recursive Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/recursive-sewing/) - Feelings of fear and frustration happen in sewing. Let's make some mistakes and grow...
- [Registration Open: The Murder Mystery Quilt 2018](https://whip-stitch.com/registration-open-murder-mystery-quilt/) - It's back! The Murder Mystery Quilt is now open for registration for next year. I am so, so excited--will you come play with us? For the past two years, I have had the honor and the pleasure of sewing alongside over 1500 quilters who love to read, and who have made new friends while sewing
- [The Get Up & Go Skirt Pattern is HERE!](https://whip-stitch.com/the-get-up-go-skirt-pattern-is-here/) - A tablet-friendly digital sewing pattern with embedded video guidance. Makes a flat-front, elastic waist women's skirt that's great for any season!
- [The Murder Mystery Quilt: Sew It to Solve It](https://whip-stitch.com/the-murder-mystery-quilt-sew-it-to-solve-it/) - FOR THE 2020 PROJECT, VISIT The Murder Mystery Quilt SITE! In the first grade, when I was six years old, my class did a unit on Ancient Egypt. I was, as most children are, completely mesmerized. The story of Howard Carter and his tenacious pursuit of discovery was--and remains, nearly 100 years later--absolutely captivating. I adored hearing my
- [The League of Adventurous Dressmakers: Superheroes Who Make Clothes](https://whip-stitch.com/the-league-of-adventurous-dressmakers/) - VISIT THE NEW-AND-IMPROVED LEAGUE SITE FOR 2019 AND BEYOND! When I was in college, I was required by the School of Theatre to do a semester in the costume shop. Most of the other kids groaned and whined and did whatever they could to get around the requirement. My reaction was more along the lines of,
- [Polish Your Quilting Skills and Make Something Beautiful](https://whip-stitch.com/488/) - The Essential Quilting e-course is about so much more than just "learning to quilt." The class covers all the foundational skills, but also targets a lot of quilting concepts that I think get overlooked and that we would all benefit from thinking about more analytically--like how to choose fabric and put them together, how to
- [Garment Gallery](https://whip-stitch.com/garment-gallery/) - Showcase of hand-sewn original garments made by Deborah Moebes of Whipstitch. Categories include women's, men's, and children's garments.
- [All-Yellow Scrappy Trips Around the World: Counting Blocks](https://whip-stitch.com/all-yellow-scrappy-trips-around-the-world-counting-blocks/) - Progress report on an all-yellow scrappy Trip Around the World quilt using the tutorial from Quiltville. Includes a printable PDF cutting list to accompany the original tutorial and make getting started easier!
- [See the All-New Whipstitch Online Class Site!](https://whip-stitch.com/see-the-all-new-whipstitch-online-class-site/)
- [Sewing Buddy Project Now OPEN for 2016!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddy-project-now-open-for-2016/) - The Sewing Buddy Project is BACK!! Registration is open NOW through January 30, 2016. All Buddy pair matches will be emailed out no later than February 1, 2016. The Sewing Buddy Project is a pen pal program. People from all over the world register, and are matched with a personal pen pal who will communicate
- [Personalizing with Patches](https://whip-stitch.com/personalizing-with-patches/) - I have self-diagnosed as having a massive patch problem. I am a patch addict. I've written about the satchel-style backpacks I made for our children who vigorously pursue the Junior Ranger program at every National Park we visit. They love these backpacks, and so do I (especially now we've upgraded them with an interior zipper
- [Hand-Knitted Socks](https://whip-stitch.com/hand-knitted-socks/) - Hand-knitted? Hand knit? Whichever. I thought at one point I would never, ever, ever knit socks. The stitches are just soooooo tiny, you guys. But my friend Alexia assured me that once I got going they were really fast, and the appeal of knitting something that was so eminently practical was pretty strong. Like when
- [How to Store Wool Yarn & Fabric](https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-store-wool-yarn-and-fabric/) - When I started knitting, I realized I needed to think about storing my textiles differently. For one good reason: MOTHS. Moths are the enemy of long-term textile storage, which we learned the hard way at our house from one vintage jacket purchased at a second-hand store that worked its way through three prized sweaters before
- [Organizational Tools for Creative Folks: On My Desk](https://whip-stitch.com/organizational-tools-for-creative-folks-on-my-desk/) - Over the years as I have grown Whipstitch and altered focus or direction, I have developed an ad hoc system for keeping organized through both short-range and long-range projects. This isn't a "system" so much as the means I use each day to keep myself on-task, to keep ideas in order so that they don't
- [Junior Ranger Backpacks with Patches and Pins](https://whip-stitch.com/junior-ranger-backpacks-with-patches-and-pins/) - I make a lot of things for my children. I don't often make things for them that I want to get out and play with when they're not home. This time? Yes, I totally do. These are one of my very favorite projects I have made for my children: their Junior Ranger backpacks. We love,
- [How To Sew On Patches](https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-sew-on-patches/) - For our children's Junior Ranger backpacks, I worked hard to plan the design to enable the maximum number of patches to be added over the years. Every Junior Ranger receives a pin when they are sworn in, and I've seen some children at various national parks with dozens of these on vests and jackets. Some
- [Knitting Fail: the Top-Down Turtleneck Cardigan](https://whip-stitch.com/knitting-fail-the-top-down-turtleneck-cardigan/) - This is the first knitting project I've done where I finished and said, Huh. I don't really like this. And that's a little sad. Let's start by saying that this post is NOT about: this post is not about my out-of-focus cell phone photos, or my frowny face (mostly cropped) from the sun being in
- [Destash for Charity: Selling What We Can't Use to Give to Those Who Need](https://whip-stitch.com/destash-for-charity-selling-what-we-cant-use-to-give-to-those-who-need/) - I'm getting ready to do a huge de-stash. When we finished our basement this summer and I moved out of my office space and into the new basement studio, I packed up box after box, and even though I was sure that I had eliminated every item I could POSSIBLY bear to live without, when
- [Florence Kimono in rayon--with cherries!](https://whip-stitch.com/florence-kimono-in-rayon-with-cherries/) - I have a truly absurd number of garments hiding in my closet. Things that I've made, for myself, over the past few years that have never been shared or blogged about. Or more accurately, have made it on to my Instagram feed, but have never been written about at length in a format where I
- [Great Women in Sewing: A List of Incredible Seamstresses](https://whip-stitch.com/great-women-in-sewing/) - When you think of the word "seamstress," what image springs to mind? When you think of the phrase "famous seamstress," whose image pops into your head? Would you be surprised to learn that there are far more famous seamstresses than you may realize? And that a lot of them are not only household names, but
- [Stephanie Kwolek: A Great Woman In Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/stephanie-kwolek-a-great-woman-in-sewing/) - Stephanie Kwolek isn't the first name that springs to mind when you think "famous seamstress." But her scientific contributions have made more impact on our world that you might think--and it all started with a sewing machine. Born in 1923, Stephanie Kwolek was the daughter of a scientist father and a seamstress mother. While her
- [Fiesta Fun Fabrics Romper for Summer](https://whip-stitch.com/fiesta-fun-fabrics-romper-for-summer/) - I first met Dana through a benefit auction online. I offered up one of the dresses I used to design, and she was the second bidder--outbid by a dollar. And we bonded over how, in a benefit/charity situation, maybe our goal shouldn't be winning the auction by the least amount possible, because maybe the goal
- [The End of the Stash](https://whip-stitch.com/the-end-of-the-stash/) - I wore my Driftless Cardigan--photograph below from Instagram, and yet another garment I have yet to blog about because I'm too busy wearing it--this morning, and a friend asked if I had made it. And what I told her is this weird revelation that I've been having over and over, and that feels so obvious
- [The Murder Mystery Quilt and The League of Adventurous Dressmakers: BACK FOR 2017!](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-2017-sewing-clubs/) - This past year has been one of the happiest, most rewarding years I have ever spent sewing, and that is down to a single factor: the people I spent it with. I made the decision almost exactly one year ago that I was going to focus on two groups in 2016: The Murder Mystery Quilt
- [Make This The Year You Sew Your Own Wardrobe: The League of Adventurous Dressmakers](https://whip-stitch.com/make-this-the-year-you-sew-your-own-wardrobe-the-league-of-adventurous-dressmakers/) - Years ago, before I started Whipstitch, I was a schoolteacher. Schoolteachers are not, as a cultural group, widely known for their fashion sense. For the most part, I suspect I dressed like a sad librarian. I know this because the most common days on which I received compliments from my students for looking "nice" were
- [Find Your Best Sewing Friend: The Sewing Buddy Project](https://whip-stitch.com/find-your-best-sewing-friend-the-sewing-buddy-project/) - At the beginning of 2010, I sent out a quick survey to see what it is that most of us see as the reason we aren’t able to successfully get our sewing goals met each year. Is it time? Or how much space we have to work in? Is it lack of accountability? Or something
- [Last Chance to Find Your Sewing Buddy for 2017!](https://whip-stitch.com/last-chance-to-find-your-sewing-buddy-for-2017/) - TODAY is the final day to register for the 2017 Sewing Buddy Project! After nearly a decade and over 1000 sewing friends matched, the Project is here to find you your perfect sewing pen pal! A one-time fee gets you hand-matched to another sewing enthusiast for a year of sewing prompts, chances to connect, and
- [Jen Aniston tailors her tees: Fit is Fabulous](https://whip-stitch.com/jen-aniston-tailors-her-tees-fit-is-fabulous/) - One of the most revolutionary “Hollywood secrets of the stars” I’ve ever read (well, maybe the ONLY one) was the interview where Jennifer Aniston was asked where she gets such flattering tee shirts. Instead of directing people to a $300 tee (like Gwyneth, bless her heart), probably made by an 8yo in China who wasn’t
- [Supertote Backpack with Leather Handles](https://whip-stitch.com/supertote-backpack-with-leather-handles/) - I have never made a bag I liked nearly as much as this bag. It is possible I have never OWNED a bag I like nearly as much as this bag--and I am deeply emotionally attached to my yellow full-grain pebbled leather Ralph Lauren satchel with brass hardware, so that's saying something. This is the
- [#aggressivelyambitious and the Handmade Wardrobe](https://whip-stitch.com/aggressivelyambitious/) - I did a personality profile recently. Not like an online quiz kind of thing, but like a detailed personality assessment with a 39-page analysis and a person-to-person de-brief with the consultant. It was so, so fun. I mean that completely un-ironically. I LOVE test-taking. LOVE IT. Always have. I would get all a-twitter on days
- [Do I Really HAVE to Block My Knitting?](https://whip-stitch.com/do-i-really-have-to-block-my-knitting/) - It is finished! My amazing yellow yellow merino-and-silk sweater is all done. Well, finished depending on whom you ask. Seems like nearly all the knitting sites I've seen say it isn't really finished until I block it. Which appears to involve soaking it and laying it out to dry, and if I understand it right,
- [When Making Your Own Clothes Becomes the New Normal](https://whip-stitch.com/when-making-your-own-clothes-becomes-the-new-normal/) - And then one day you catch yourself thinking, "Well, sure. Of course I'm going to make my own underwear. I mean, why didn't I think of that sooner??" But let's back up a bit. I came to sewing as someone who makes clothing. I didn't start out making quilts or bags or even really home
- [Come Sew With Me at QuiltCon in Savannah!](https://whip-stitch.com/come-sew-with-me-at-quiltcon-in-savannah/) - Hooray!! Yesterday, the schedule for next spring's QuiltCon was finally released. Yay, yay!! I can hardly believe how fast it's coming at us, and that it's already time to register! I was so excited to attend the first QuiltCon, in Austin. I took wall-to-wall classes and walked the show floor and shopped the marketplace and
- [Knitted Ballet Legwarmers and the Magic Loop](https://whip-stitch.com/knitted-ballet-legwarmers-and-the-magic-loop/) - I finished my first sweater and cast on stitches for a second sweater. I know! Not only that, but this second one is TO GIVE AWAY. So the standard is a little higher. I really, really want this second sweater to be gift-worthy. When I made the Agnes Sweater, I flew to Pasadena and knitted
- [In the Ring: Rowenta vs the Gravity Feed Iron](https://whip-stitch.com/in-the-ring-rowenta-vs-the-gravity-feed-iron/) - For nearly ten years, I have used and strongly endorsed Rowenta irons. They're heavy, which is a good thing when you're sewing and seeking to press rather than iron. They have a steel sole plate, which heats quickly and evenly for good results on the fabric. And they have a solid steam function that really
- [The Rope Basket Craze](https://whip-stitch.com/the-rope-basket-craze/) - So, not too long ago, I made my very first rope bowl. One minute, the words "rope bowl" were some vague 70s-era shady memory and POOF! the next minute, it seemed like all the cool kids were making them. This one is made from a hank of clothesline purchased on Amazon, plus the thread of every
- [The Only Reason The Internet Works](https://whip-stitch.com/the-only-reason-the-internet-works/) - I was watching an old Hepburn & Tracy movie over the holidays, Desk Set, all about replacing a crack reference librarian with a computer, back in the 50s. And it occurred to me: she was right to worry for her job. Because the computer couldn't do her job, but the internet certainly does. Need to know
- [Knitting for Humility](https://whip-stitch.com/knitting-for-humility/) - On the first night of Intro to Sewing class, a young woman walked in with a brand-new sewing machine still in the original box and set it on the classroom table. This was certainly not the first time that a student had arrived with their first sewing machine to their first sewing class, by any
- [The Murder Mystery Quilt and The League of Adventurous Dressmakers: Last Day to Join!](https://whip-stitch.com/the-murder-mystery-quilt-and-the-league-of-adventurous-dressmakers-last-day-to-join/) - The League of Adventurous Dressmakers It's only February, and I'm deeply immersed in the League of Adventurous Dressmakers. I feel so inspired and motivated and excited about the garments I have in my queue. Part of what slows me down, looking back on past years and the to-sew lists that never get completed, is that I
- [Finished: First Sweater!](https://whip-stitch.com/finished-first-sweater/) - I finished!!! My very first knitted sweater is all done. Well, mostly done. There are two pockets in the pattern, but I only made one. So far? I think so far, I think I'll go back and make the other. But I just really, really wanted to be finished. So I only made one. I
- [Giveaway on Sew, Mama, Sew for the League of Adventurous Dressmakers!](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-on-sew-mama-sew-for-the-league-of-adventurous-dressmakers/) - Were you hoping to join the League of Adventurous Dressmakers this year? Today could be your lucky day! Over on Sew, Mama, Sew you can enter to win THE ENTIRE YEAR of League membership for free! There are very few entries at the moment, and your odds are so, so good. Hop on over
- [LAST CALL for a 2016 Sewing Buddy!](https://whip-stitch.com/last-call-for-a-2016-sewing-buddy/) - I am deep in the trenches of hand-matching our Sewing Buddies for 2016!! If you haven't signed up yet but would like to join us, TODAY is the very last day to do so--get in under the wire and find yourself a sewing pen pal for the year! If you ARE registered, please be certain
- [Button Sorting](https://whip-stitch.com/button-sorting/) - The other day I walked into our kitchen and found this on the counter. The children had taken the giant trifle bowl filled with random buttons that I keep in my sewing room, and were sorting them by type. It's like when you give your kids a gift and they want to play with the
- [Now OPEN for Registration: The Murder Mystery Quilt & the League of Adventurous Dressmakers!](https://whip-stitch.com/now-open-for-registration-the-murder-mystery-quilt-the-league-of-adventurous-dressmakers/) - Now open for registration! Both the Murder Mystery Quilt AND the League of Adventurous Dressmakers are now ready for you to join! The League of Adventurous Dressmakers is a monthly subscription club that focuses on in-depth technique lessons for better garment sewing. As more and more of us seek to sew our own clothes, we want to be
- [New Clubs for 2016: The League of Adventurous Dressmakers and the Murder Mystery Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/new-clubs-for-2016/) - The League of Adventurous Seamstresses is a monthly subscription club for sewing better garments. The Murder Mystery Quilt is a REAL mystery to solve!
- [Posts of Christmases Past](https://whip-stitch.com/posts-of-christmases-past/) - Today, on a whim, I searched my own blog to see what I'd posted in past years during Christmas time. If you had asked me, I would have told you there were two or three posts, four max. But I've been writing for a long time, and it turns out there are a TON of
- [Holiday Gifts: Tutorials to Get Them Done](https://whip-stitch.com/holiday-gifts-tutorials-to-get-them-done/) - What is it with this year? December is going SO QUICKLY. Hanukkah is already upon us, you guys! Seems like usually by this point in the Christmas season, I've already cut out most of my projects and have set aside night after night for stitching them up--but this year, I've struggled to get my feet
- [Take the Surveys!](https://whip-stitch.com/take-the-surveys/) - Yesterday, in my newsletter, I sent out two different surveys looking for feedback as I plan for 2016. I know!! Just a few weeks left and it's 2016 already! But since I have my new planner, I'm already thinking about the long-range, and how I want to make the most of it. I have a
- [Advent Calendar Sew-A-Long](https://whip-stitch.com/advent-calendar-sew-a-long/) - Years ago, I re-created my mother's Advent calendar and interpreted it as a quilt-as-you-go project, complete with template. The year I finally buckled down to make this for our family, I worked on one house a day each day in December, and had a completed calendar by Christmas Eve! Every year since, I have taken
- [Right Brain, Meet Left Brain: Sewing Feeds Them Both](https://whip-stitch.com/right-brain-meet-left-brain-sewing-feeds-them-both/) - There is some debate still about whether there is a distinctive division between our right brain and our left. But most experts agree that each half of your brain bears the larger portion for certain mental tasks. And sewing? Sewing allows you to tackle both. It's basically the perfect activity for long-term brain health. Most of
- [Family Halloween Costume 2015](https://whip-stitch.com/family-halloween-costume-2015/) - We've done a family Halloween costume for the past four years. We did Scooby Doo, Sound of Music, and Harry Potter. This year, we did a little more steering than previously, where the kids had a heavy hand in picking the costumes--this year, we convinced them to join us in Back to the Future costumes.
- [How To Get Smooth, Professional Princess Seams](https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-sew-princess-seams/) - When I looked at the photos I took of my Halloween dress, I noticed some puckering at the princess seams that made me feel unhappy: I didn't notice it when I was wearing the dress--probably distracted by the gaping neckline--but in the images, it seems to GLARE at you. I assumed that I had neglected
- [I Wonder Why I Do This, Any Of It](https://whip-stitch.com/i-wonder-why-i-do-this-a-lot/) - I sew, a lot. Way more than normal people--and by normal, I guess I mean the average person, who probably doesn't even know how to sew, making that an unfair and inaccurate comparison. So maybe I just sew way more than most people who sew--which would be a massive amount, because sewing seems to attract
- [Results of a Dress Muslin](https://whip-stitch.com/results-of-a-dress-muslin/) - I have gotten into the habit of sharing finished projects, and hardly ever walking through the steps to getting from fabric selection to final garment. It's just SO much faster. But this dress was an exception--I tried it on during construction, but with a center back zip, all those fittings (alone in your sewing room
- [Corduroy Côte d'Azur Tote](https://whip-stitch.com/corduroy-cote-dazur-tote/) - I said I was going to make it, and I did. And I LURVE it. This is the same pattern as my summer beachy Côte d'Azur Tote, but done up in a wide-wale corduroy cotton for autumn dressing. And it is every bit as delicious as I hoped it might be. The outer shell is
- [Halloween Projects Now LIVE!](https://whip-stitch.com/halloween-projects-now-live/) - Now live and waiting for you: Halloween projects have been added to the Hand-Sewn Year online class! This class began as a Christmas Camp, and is gradually growing to include all the holidays in the calendar. With Halloween, harvest, Thanksgiving, holiday and Christmas projects now included, there are over 45 lessons waiting for you! Each
- [Friday Fiver: The Flip Flop Dress is Just $5 Today Only!](https://whip-stitch.com/friday-fiver-the-flip-flop-dress-is-just-5-today-only/) - Today only! I am tickled to be featured on Crafterhours as today's FRIDAY FIVER featured pattern with the Flip Flop Dress! You can read all the posts about the Flip Flop Dress here, about how the pattern gives options for button front or button back with a fun pattern piece design; how the Peter Pan
- [The Sew Together Bag](https://whip-stitch.com/the-sew-together-bag/) - This is my fourth version of the Sew Together Bag. Previously this year, I made THREE of these puppies as pencil pouches for my children for school. Act of motherly loving self-sacrifice, it was. I don't think this fourth version will be my last, but I'm not sure yet--the Sew Together Bag is a
- [The Côte d'Azur Tote is Here! For Labor Day & All Autumn Long.](https://whip-stitch.com/the-cote-dazur-tote-is-here-for-labor-day-all-autumn-long/) - Introducing: The perfect large tote for summer, fall, and all your on-the-go and around-town needs! The Côte d'Azur Tote is now available in my shop--and you can totally sew it up in time for the Labor Day weekend (and the autumn days ahead). This bag is big enough to accommodate a trip to the beach or
- [Tutorial for a Lined Bodice on Sew, Mama, Sew!](https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-for-a-lined-bodice-on-sew-mama-sew/) - Today over on Sew, Mama, Sew I'm sharing a tutorial for making the Flip Flop Dress with a variation in the waistline seam. When I was manufacturing children's clothing for a local design boutique, I made my garments in bulk--which required me to dip into the toolkit manufacturers use to reduce both fabric bulk and
- [I Can't Be Stopped: Matching Family Easter](https://whip-stitch.com/i-cant-be-stopped-matching-family-easter/) - I am over the edge. It's official. After many holidays and events where I insisted on dressing all the children in matching outfits, we have now celebrated our second? third? Easter where I made the entire FAMILY dress in matching outfits. I am a monster. Two dresses, two tops, two bow ties, one headband, one
- [Lemon Drop Love: Small World Fabric](https://whip-stitch.com/lemon-drop-love-small-world-fabric/) - Hello, Lemon Drop! When Rae's new collection for Cloud9 was very first announced, I lost my mind a little bit over this print. I have some citrus obsession, I admit, but also: gah!! How great is THIS?? The color combination, the lemony shapes, the sheer deliciousness of it all. This fabric is from Rae's Small
- [Spring Bloom Blog Hop & Giveaway](https://whip-stitch.com/spring-bloom-blog-hop-giveaway/) - My dear friend Dana emailed me recently and asked if she could introduce me to her friend Amanda, a member of the LAMQG, who is releasing her first fabric collection with Windham this spring. I love Dana and think she has flawless taste, and when I emailed back and forth with Amanda, I could see
- [The Flip Flop Dress Pattern NOW AVAILABLE!](https://whip-stitch.com/the-flip-flop-dress-pattern-now-available/) - It's here, it's here!! The Flip Flop Dress pattern is available for purchase and download NOW in my shop! Huge thanks to all of you who have been so patient and have been anticipating the release of this dress. I think it's a DREAM for back-to-school, and am delighted to have it ready and available
- [At Last! Pre-Release: The Flip Flop Dress](https://whip-stitch.com/at-last-pre-release-the-flip-flop-dress/) - I'll be going on and on about this pattern for a few days, just be warned. I've made about a zillion of them, and my daughter wears them all. the. time. So I've got photos to share and lots to say--because I love the pattern, and I know you will, too! I'm not big on
- [The Flip Flop Dress: The Basic Pattern](https://whip-stitch.com/the-flip-flop-dress-the-basic-pattern/) - Independent sewing pattern by Whipstitch. This classic design for girls sizes 2T-6 features neckline variations, optional collar and sleeve, and a full skirt.
- [The Flip Flop Dress: What Makes It Special](https://whip-stitch.com/the-flip-flop-dress-what-makes-it-special/) - A dress pattern that easily allows you to move the button opening from the front to the back: The Flip Flop Dress is a marvel! Learn to simply alter patterns.
- [The Flip Flop Dress: Variations](https://whip-stitch.com/the-flip-flop-dress-variations/) - In addition to the core Flip Flop Dress pattern, I'm also sharing some of the variations for the dress! Initially, ALL of these pieces and techniques were included in the full pattern, but my testers reported back to me that it made the pattern bulky and unwieldy to work with. I envisioned it as a
- [Back to School Wardrobes: Younger Girls](https://whip-stitch.com/back-to-school-wardrobes-younger-girls/) - At last! The final installment in my Back to School Wardrobes series: younger girls. This encompasses everything from toddlers (around size 2) up to school-age (around size 6 or 7). Because there are SO many options out there, this might have been the very hardest list to put together (and look! it only took me a
- [Making the Flip Flop Dress with an Unlined Bodice](https://whip-stitch.com/making-the-flip-flop-dress-with-an-unlined-bodice/) - The Flip Flop Dress is a classic girl's dress with a fully lined bodice. One of the features I love about this dress is that all the interior seams are completely enclosed: the shoulder seams, armhole seams, side seams and even waistline seam are all tucked inside the bodice lining, so that only the skirt
- [Planning My Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/planning-my-sewing/) - I love the planning part of sewing. Love, love, love it. Choosing the pattern, seeking out the perfect fabric--or finding a fabric, and tracking down the perfect pattern--is the STUFF. I always have eyes bigger than my stomach, and tend to make piles and PILES of folded, prewashed fabrics stacked with the pattern I'd like
- [Antique Quilt Sections in Shadowboxes](https://whip-stitch.com/antique-quilt-sections-in-shadowboxes/) - When my mother went away to college, her grandmother made her this quilt for her dorm room bed. When I went away to college, my mother gave it to me for the same purpose. After so many years and so much use, it isn't holding together as well as it used to, but now (thanks
- [Flip Flop Dress Coloring Pages: Free Download!](https://whip-stitch.com/flip-flop-dress-coloring-pages-free-download/) - Who loves to color? YOU love to color! The Flip Flop Dress is a fun pattern in part because it gives you so many options: buttons on the front or back, sleeves or no sleeves, lined or unlined... You get to plan and choose! These sweet coloring pages give you the chance to play to
- [My Favorite Notions: The Chaco Liner](https://whip-stitch.com/my-favorite-notions-the-chaco-liner/) - I learned a lot of my sewing through osmosis. Watching my mother and grandmother work their magic was part of my childhood landscape. So the tools that I used when I began to sew myself were largely the tools that I had seen around our home for years and years. When I got to college and
- [4th of July Flashback](https://whip-stitch.com/4th-of-july-flashback/) - A week before the Fourth, my kids were all looking for their Stars and Stripes outfits. Our neighborhood hosts a kids' parade--complete with bike/wagon decorating competition and bake-off--and they wanted to be appropriately dressed. This year, I didn't need to do any sewing, because everything we needed was already in the closet. For my 8yo,
- [TUTORIAL: Applying Piping](https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-applying-piping/) - When I was dreaming up the Prayer & Meditation Cushion pattern, one of the first epiphanies I had was that it really needed piping. One of the best parts about piping is the way it really defines a seam and makes it POP. I love it on almost everything--children's clothes, women's dresses and tops, pockets
- [Adventures at the Atlanta Food and Craft Swap](https://whip-stitch.com/adventures-at-the-atlanta-food-and-craft-swap/) - This past weekend, we ventured out to an event we've never attended before: the Atlanta Food (and Craft) Swap. Hosted by Homestead Atlanta, this is usually "just" a food swap, but this month, they opened it up to anything handmade--and we jumped on it. I sent my husband the details and we set aside an
- [Pencil & iPad Cases for Travel](https://whip-stitch.com/pencil-ipad-cases-for-travel/) - The night before we left for our recent epic trip to New York and Boston, I (quite naturally, in my opinion) stitched up some cute little cases for my goodies along the way. It's not totally crazy. Granted, night-before sewing can be frantic. But who among us is immune to the allure? I ask you.
- [Why Sewing People Are the BEST People](https://whip-stitch.com/why-sewing-people-are-the-best-people/) - Sewing people are the best people. I had this thought the other day, not for the first time, but clearly, like a lance through my skull, reminding me that sewing people are the BEST people. Because they are MY people, in so many ways, in ways that are multilayered and complex and interesting and reflective
- [Seedlings!](https://whip-stitch.com/seedlings/) - THIS year! Is finally The Year! After ages and ages and ages of planning a Real Garden, we've finally tilled the soil and sprouted seeds. Back in graduate school, I studied prehistoric human/plant interactions, focusing on uses of the acorn as a primary food source in the ancient Southeastern United States (true story). While I
- [TUTORIAL: Exposed Enclosed Zipper](https://whip-stitch.com/exposed-enclosed-zipper/) - Ever since I learned to install the "exposed enclosed zipper," I have been minorly obsessed with them. They seem to work on, like, a zillion different projects, perfectly. I used one on the Prayer & Meditation Cushion, and in my Pockets e-Book I wrote about how to install one with a pocket on the back. These puppies
- [Handmade Linen Wedding Napkins](https://whip-stitch.com/handmade-linen-wedding-napkins/) - I must really, really, really like my sister. She's getting married in two weeks (eek!!), and I agreed to sew up the table linens for her reception. She's having a "rustic" barn wedding with a food truck for the reception. "Rustic" is totally in quotation marks, because my sister isn't a rustic girl. She has
- [Prayer & Meditation Cushion Pattern](https://whip-stitch.com/prayer-meditation-cushion-pattern/) - Introducing a new super fast and useful sewing pattern: the Prayer & Meditation Cushion! Whether you currently have a spiritual practice of any kind, there has been a ton published in the media recently about how meditation is becoming widely used by successful professionals to allow them to balance their work with their personal lives.
- [Relaxing Herbal Pillow Fill: 10 Recipes](https://whip-stitch.com/relaxing-herbal-pillow-fill/) - When I planned my prayer and meditation cushions, I knew I wanted to use buckwheat hulls for the filling. I'd used hulls previously for pin cushions, and I loved the weight of them, and the way they create a really stable base. I'd also read about sleeping with a buckwheat hull pillow, and thought the
- [Handmade Teacher Gift Round-Up](https://whip-stitch.com/handmade-teacher-gift-round-up/) - Alright, team players! A bunch of you had some really great suggestions for end-of-year gifts for teachers, and I loved what you had to share. I loved that some of you are teachers or are married to teachers, and you totally get where I'm coming from on the cookie plate thing--and I loved that you
- [In Search of the Perfect Teacher Gift](https://whip-stitch.com/in-search-of-the-perfect-teacher-gift/) - The end of the school year is, once again, upon us. On the one hand: oh, thank goodness, I am SO relieved to not have to get up at the crack of whenever. On the other: so much less time to get stuff done! It seems a cruel trade-off, that we have to get up
- [Now Available: The Overmost Pattern is Here!](https://whip-stitch.com/now-available-the-overmost-pattern-is-here/) - [btn type="default or primary or success or info or warning or danger or link" link="https://whip-stitch.com/ecourses/product/the-overmost/"]Click to Buy The Overmost Now![/btn] At last, at last!! The Overmost pattern is BACK! I originally released this pattern back in 2010, and it has been one of my best-selling styles. Over the years, I have loved and used and
- [The Flip Flop Dress in Citrus Checks](https://whip-stitch.com/the-flip-flop-dress-in-citrus-checks/) - Yep. More Flip Flop Dress previews. Sometimes I'm astonished at how long it can take to develop a pattern, even one that seems really simple. Not just the pattern pieces, but the technical writing to get the instructions JUST RIGHT, and the images and graphics to communicate each step in the construction process, and then
- [Tweens Can Sew! The Girl's Guide to DIY Fashion](https://whip-stitch.com/tweens-can-sew-the-girls-guide-to-diy-fashion/) - My little girl is going to be nine this year. NINE. It's an awesome and icky age for any kid, and I can't believe how quickly it happened. When did my little girl get to be NINE?!? Like my sisters and me with my mom when we were little, my kids see me sewing. Like,
- [Tutorial: Quick & Classic Fabric Headbands](https://whip-stitch.com/quick-classic-fabric-headbands/) - When our oldest was still living at home (before moving off to college), it made my plans for matching family outfit world domination a challenge. As a high schooler, the patterns I used for the younger girls not only didn't fit, they weren't appropriate for an older girl--and things that were appropriate were more time-consuming
- [Sew Together, Grow Together](https://whip-stitch.com/sew-together-grow-together/) - Ever since my Sewing With Kids series yeeeaaars ago, I'm always on the lookout for sewing projects I can do along with my children. They went to Montessori school as little ones, so scenes like this are not uncommon at our house: I stretch a piece of unbleached muslin in an embroidery hoop and we
- [Happy Campers: Coming Soon!](https://whip-stitch.com/happy-campers-coming-soon/) - The new Happy Campers collection by American Jane for Moda is on its way to Whipstitch!
- [Sew Much Comfort: stitches for wounded vets](https://whip-stitch.com/sew-much-comfort-stitches-for-wounded-vets/) - Help wounded vets by sewing adaptive garments.
- [Sign Up NOW for the Whipstitch Sew-A-Thon!](https://whip-stitch.com/sign-up-now-for-the-whipstitch-sew-a-thon/) - Sign up to compete in the first ever Whipstitch Sew-A-Thon!
- [SALE this weekend: Deer Valley from Joel Dewberry](https://whip-stitch.com/sale-this-weekend-deer-valley-from-joel-dewberry/) - Stock up and save on the Deer Valley collection from Joel Dewberry.
- [Patchwork Distractions](https://whip-stitch.com/patchwork-distractions/) - Even the best laid plans can get waylaid by good fabric.
- [New in the Shop: Panache by Japanese fabric designer Sanae](https://whip-stitch.com/new-in-the-shop-panache-by-japanese-fabric-designer-sanae/) - Check out this new fabric collection by Japanese designer Sanae.
- [20-minute skirt tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/20-minute-skirt-tutorial/) - Great tutorial for a quick girl's skirt.
- [Bolts in the Shop TONIGHT 6 to midnight!](https://whip-stitch.com/bolts-in-the-shop-tonight-6-to-midnight/) - For one night only, come mingle and shop Whipstitch's entire fabric inventory.
- [Coast-to-Coast III: One Down, Two to Go!](https://whip-stitch.com/coast-to-coast-iii-one-down-two-to-go/) - Check out the swimwear I made for my three year old girl.
- [Vintage Thread Cards](https://whip-stitch.com/vintage-thread-cards/) - Check out these lovely vintage thread cards.
- [Autumn Sewing Retreat Registration Available Online!](https://whip-stitch.com/autumn-sewing-retreat-registration-available-online/) - Join us this Fall at Glen-Ella Springs Inn for our first ever sewing retreat.
- [Coast-to-Coast: A Swimwear Sew-along](https://whip-stitch.com/coast-to-coast-a-swimwear-sew-along/) - I am taking the plunge into sewing swimwear, wish me luck!
- [Coast-to-Coast: Sewing Swimwear, Part II](https://whip-stitch.com/coast-to-coast-sewing-swimwear-part-ii/) - I chose my pattern and cut my fabric - now I am ready to sew my first swimsuit.
- [Double Gauze Surprise!](https://whip-stitch.com/double-gauze-surprise/) - Want a quick project? Check out this elastic waist girl's skirt
- [Series: The Anthropology of Sewing; Part I: The Craft Gap](https://whip-stitch.com/series-the-anthropology-of-sewing-part-i-the-craft-gap/) - Join me as we try to answer the question of why sewing and crafting is becoming cool again.
- [Autumn Sewing Retreat in the North Georgia Mountains](https://whip-stitch.com/autumn-sewing-retreat-in-the-north-georgia-mountains/) - Whipstitch hosts its first ever sewing retreat in the North Georgia mountains!
- [WEEKEND SALE: Amy Butler Fabrics 10% off!](https://whip-stitch.com/weekend-sale-amy-butler-fabrics-10-off/) - Big sale on Amy Butler fabric!
- [Invisible Zipper Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/invisible-zipper-tutorial/) - Learn how to install an invisible zipper.
- [June Thread Contest](https://whip-stitch.com/june-thread-contest/) - Drop off a spool of thread and get a chance to win a gift certificate.
- [Giveaway: Design A Fat Quarter Bundle!](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-design-a-fat-quarter-bundle/) - Enter to win a fat quarter bundle designed by you!
- [Vintage Pattern Giveaway with MOMSPatterns!](https://whip-stitch.com/vintage-pattern-giveaway-with-momspatterns/) - Enter to win a vintage pattern and fabric to make it with.
- [Whipstitch Lounge at Beehive GRAND OPENING WEEKEND!](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-lounge-at-beehive-grand-opening-weekend/) - Come check out the Whipstitch grand opening!
- [Giveaway Winners!](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-winners/) - Check out the winner's of last week's giveaways of fabric, patterns, and gift certificates!
- [Last-Minute Mother's Day Project Ideas](https://whip-stitch.com/last-minute-mothers-day-project-ideas/) - Tutorials and ideas for last minute Mother's Day gifts.
- [Heather Ross' Far Far Away Collection for Kokka: IT'S BACK!](https://whip-stitch.com/heather-ross-far-far-away-collection-for-kokka-its-back/) - Whiptstitch just got its second shipment of this great collection!
- [Whipstitch Hip Fabrics and Sewing Lounge OPENS in the heart of Atlanta!](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-hip-fabrics-and-sewing-lounge-opens-in-the-heart-of-atlanta/) - Whipstitch opens in Atlanta!
- [Quilt Market!](https://whip-stitch.com/quilt-market/) - Highlights of the 2009 quilt market!
- [2009 Quilt Market, Pittsburgh: Part I (A First-Timer's Confessions)](https://whip-stitch.com/2009-quilt-market-pittsburgh-part-i-a-first-timers-confessions/) - Experience International Quilt Market through a first-timer's eyes.
- [2009 Quilt Market, Pittsburgh: Part II (Mom Weighs In)](https://whip-stitch.com/2009-quilt-market-pittsburgh-part-ii-mom-weighs-in/) - My mom guest posts about her trip to Quilt Market.
- [SALE ALERT: Anna Maria's Good Folks 15% off!](https://whip-stitch.com/sale-alert-anna-marias-good-folks-15-off/) - In celebration of summer, Whipstitch is offering a great deal on Anna Maria Horner's Good Folks collection!
- [Featured this Week on CleverNesting!](https://whip-stitch.com/featured-this-week-on-clevernesting/) - Check out these cool tutorials for home decor.
- [Heather Ross' Far Far Away Collection for Kokka: IT'S GONE!](https://whip-stitch.com/heather-ross-far-far-away-collection-for-kokka-its-gone/) - This fabulous collection sold out in one day! Never fear, more is on the way!
- [Heather Ross' Far Far Away GIVEAWAY!](https://whip-stitch.com/heather-ross-far-far-away-giveaway/) - An old-fashioned snail race (sort of) to determine who will win some of this awesome fabric.
- [Tutorial: Girls' Shirt Dress from Daddy's Dress Shirt](https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-girls-shirt-dress-from-daddys-dress-shirt/) - Learn how to turn a men's button-down shirt into a sweet summer dress.
- [Tutorial: Underarm Bias Binding](https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-underarm-bias-binding/) - Learn how to apply underarm bias binding.
- [Heather Ross' Far Far Away Giveaway WINNER!](https://whip-stitch.com/heather-ross-far-far-away-giveaway-winner/) - Heather Ross' Far, Far Away Collection for Kokka - winner announced!
- [Made By Rae Spring Top Sew-A-Long](https://whip-stitch.com/made-by-rae-spring-top-sew-a-long/) - The perfect inspiration to sew up some cute tops for Spring!
- [8 Great Bias Tape Project Ideas](https://whip-stitch.com/8-great-bias-tape-project-ideas/) - Be inspired to make some great projects with bias tape.
- [What I MUST make next](https://whip-stitch.com/what-i-must-make-next/) - Amazing dresses to sew for the little girls in your life.
- [Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have a Winner!](https://whip-stitch.com/ladies-and-gentlemen-we-have-a-winner/) - Winner of the Wonderland collection fat quarter bundle! Also, save on this collection in the shop.
- [Charm Pack Pattern Series, Pt. 3: Charming Necklace](https://whip-stitch.com/charm-pack-pattern-series-pt-3-charming-necklace/) - Another fabulous project with a charm pack - make a cool necklace!
- [Charm Pack Pattern Series, Pt 4: Anna Maria Sets the Table](https://whip-stitch.com/charm-pack-pattern-series-pt-4-anna-maria-sets-the-table/) - Learn how to make a fabulous table runner out of your favorite charm pack with this easy tutorial.
- [Continuous Bias Tape Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/continuous-bias-tape-tutorial/) - Learn how to make continuous bias tape and use it to bind curves and seams, wrap piping, and more!
- [Charm Pack Pattern Series, Pt 5: Skirts for Girls](https://whip-stitch.com/charm-pack-pattern-series-pt-5-skirts-for-girls/) - Here is an easy project for a girl's skirt you can make out of a charm pack.
- [Even Better In Person](https://whip-stitch.com/even-better-in-person/) - Get a peek at this awesome collection from Heather Ross and help design our next giveaway!
- [Feelin' Flattered](https://whip-stitch.com/feelin-flattered/) - Check out my interview over at True Up!
- [Twitteriffic](https://whip-stitch.com/twitteriffic/) - Follow Whipstitch on Twitter and get special Twitter-only deals and promos!
- [Glorious Heather Ross Time-Suck](https://whip-stitch.com/glorious-heather-ross-time-suck/) - Dream up a great design and submit it to the Heather Ross design contest!
- [Giveaway at The Long Thread](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-at-the-long-thread/) - Win fat quarters from Whipstitch!
- [Great Spring Cleaning Tute!](https://whip-stitch.com/great-spring-cleaning-tute/) - Learn to make a dust mitt using recycled fabrics.
- [Heather Ross' Far Far Away is On Its Way!](https://whip-stitch.com/heather-ross-far-far-away-is-on-its-way/) - Get ready for this new collection to arrive at Whipstitch!
- [Heather Ross' Far Far Away Collection for Kokka: IT'S HERE!](https://whip-stitch.com/heather-ross-far-far-away-collection-for-kokka-its-here/) - Get it now before it's all gone!
- [Swatch Thursday: Jay McCarroll](https://whip-stitch.com/swatch-thursday-jay-mccarroll/) - Check out the new fabric from Project Runway alum Jay McCarroll. The woodland theme is edgy and cool and it's in the shop now!
- [Swatch Thursday: Good Folks](https://whip-stitch.com/swatch-thursday-good-folks/) - Check out this fantastic collection from Anna Maria Horner and enjoy a coupon for 10% off in the shop!
- [Just My Luck! Charm Pack Pattern Series, Pt. 1](https://whip-stitch.com/just-my-luck-charm-pack-pattern-series-pt-1/) - An easy, satisfying project for charm packs! Learn how to make these baby blocks.
- [On Its Way--To Me, and Maybe To YOU!](https://whip-stitch.com/on-its-way-to-me-and-maybe-to-you/) - Grab some of this wonderful collection and get a chance to win a fat quarter!
- [Charm Pack Pattern Series, Pt. 2: Variations on a Theme](https://whip-stitch.com/charm-pack-pattern-series-pt-2-variations-on-a-theme/) - Another tutorial for soft toys made of pre-cut fabrics - check it out!
- [March Classes: Online Registration is OPEN!](https://whip-stitch.com/march-classes-online-registration-is-open/) - Learn to sew everything from home decorating projects to sophisticated apparel by taking a class at Whipstitch.
- [Swatch Thursday: Rustic Guitars](https://whip-stitch.com/swatch-thursday-rustic-guitars/) - More fabulous Michael Miller guitar fabric, this time with a rustic feel. Available in the Whipstitch Etsy shop!
- [Swatch Thursday: Something Completely Different](https://whip-stitch.com/swatch-thursday-something-completely-different/) - New Amy Butler Daisy Chain fabric in the Whipstitch shop. Come and get it!
- [Tutorial: Rolled Hem Presser Foot](https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-rolled-hem-presser-foot/) - Learn how to easily make a perfect rolled hem.
- [Swatch Thursday: I must be hungry.](https://whip-stitch.com/swatch-thursday-i-must-be-hungry/) - Check out these sweet cupcake prints from Robert Kaufman, available now in the Whipstitch shop.
- [Poor Man's Silk Screen](https://whip-stitch.com/poor-mans-silk-screen/) - Ever wondered how to apply a professional looking design to a t-shirt? Check out our screen print tutorial to learn how!
- [Swatch Thursday: Mendocino](https://whip-stitch.com/swatch-thursday-mendocino/) - This fabric is all beach with mermaids and seahorses in aqua. Pick some up from the shop!
- [Wow, Etsy, Thanks!](https://whip-stitch.com/wow-etsy-thanks/) - Whipstitch is now open on Etsy for all your fabric needs - check it out!
- [Swatchtastic](https://whip-stitch.com/swatchtastic/) - Look for some great fabric in Whipstitch's online Etsy shop.
- [Swatch Thursday: Groovy Guitars](https://whip-stitch.com/swatch-thursday-groovy-guitars/) - New Michael Miller fabric with guitars in vibrant colors.
- [Online Fabric Shop Now OPEN!](https://whip-stitch.com/online-fabric-shop-now-open/) - Order fabulous fabric from Whipstitch online!
- [Treadles for Progress](https://whip-stitch.com/treadles-for-progress/) - Ready to get a new sewing machine? Donate your old machine to Pedals for Progress and help a woman start a small business!
- [Swatch Wednesday](https://whip-stitch.com/swatch-wednesday/) - This Michael Miller fabric harkens back to American Gothic, 50's style. Sweet colors and paper dolls make this the perfect fabric for your end of summer projects. Don't you want some?
- [Vintage Patterns Delivered to Your Door!](https://whip-stitch.com/vintage-patterns-delivered-to-your-door/) - Can't find that vintage pattern you've been stalking for some time now? Want to recreate a dress mom made for you way back when? Here is where to find it!
- [Handmade For ALL!](https://whip-stitch.com/handmade-for-all/) - Sewing for family and home can put "going green" on a seriously new level. Take the handmade pledge and join the growing trend toward handmade living.
- [Let's just call it Swatch Thursday](https://whip-stitch.com/lets-just-call-it-swatch-thursday/) - Michael Miller does it again with this precious frog fabric, complete with big eyes, spiders, and flies a buzzing.
- [Grandma](https://whip-stitch.com/grandma/) - Examines the family ties manifested in sewing.
- [2015 Sewing Buddy Project: Sign-Ups OPEN!](https://whip-stitch.com/2015-sewing-buddy-project/) - Short version: The Sewing Buddies are BACK!! Sign up here for 2015. Long(er) version: I started the Sewing Buddy Project six (!!) years ago in response to a survey I conducted here on the blog that seemed to indicate that one of the biggest things that would help most of us get more of our
- [The #2015SewingList & A Sewing Buddy Welcome!](https://whip-stitch.com/the-2015sewinglist-a-sewing-buddy-welcome/) - Back in January, I put together a list: I called it the #2015SewingList and shared it on Instagram. (For the record, I don't really like the term "bucket list," but for the purposes of easily communicating my goals for making a list of all these projects, it's a good handle, so we're gonna roll with it.)
- [UPDATED: Last Day for Sewing Buddies 2015!](https://whip-stitch.com/last-day-for-sewing-buddies-2015/) - ***Registration extended!! I've had a special request from a dear friend who wants to spread the word about the Sewing Buddies! I'm extending registration until April 1 at noon Eastern to allow folks to get all signed up and ready to go. Matches will go out on the same schedule as previously announced. If you
- [Days for Girls: A Sewing Charity to Embrace](https://whip-stitch.com/days-for-girls/) - One of the things Sewing Buddies have done over the years of which I am most proud is sewing for charity. There are some really amazing organizations around the world and right here in the US that do incredible work and make a lasting impact in people's lives through simple sewing projects. I recently learned
- [Coming to a Screen Near You!](https://whip-stitch.com/coming-to-a-screen-near-you/) - I've got a couple projects up and coming to share with you! A great power session class covering details and finishes; and an episode on PBS with collars and collar techniques. Click through for more details and links to each, and come play with me!! Starting today, I'm teaching Advanced Finishes Every Sewer Needs to Know
- [Cotton + Steel Frock Rayons](https://whip-stitch.com/cotton-steel-frock-rayons/) - Oh, rayon. I DO love you. I have always loved you. I am so glad we're getting back together. I once overheard an older woman at JoAnn saying to her friend how much she hated rayon ever since The War. She seemed very sure of her opinion, but I think I made a noise under
- [Vintage Barbie Clothes Made by Someone Else's Grandma](https://whip-stitch.com/vintage-barbie-clothes-made-by-someone-elses-grandma/) - Two years ago, I went on a mission at Christmas: a vintage Barbie holiday for our 7-year-old. I was especially focused on the carrying cases, honestly. When I was little and we'd go visit my grandmother, she would permit us to play with the Barbie clothes HER mother had sewed for MY mother (and her
- [Intimidation Factor](https://whip-stitch.com/intimidation-factor/) - I really love a challenge. I do. Sometimes I like to see if I can do something JUST to see if I can do it, whether I'm especially interested in the final product or not. But other times...man, I just get too intimidated. I'll be all super excited about making something I've never made before
- [QuiltCon 2015: I Hate What I Made. And I Learned So Much.](https://whip-stitch.com/quilt-con-2015/) - QuiltCon, QuiltCon, QuiltCon! WHEN will everyone STOP talking about QuiltCon?!? Not today, I'm afraid. I was there in Austin when 10,000 modern quilters gathered from all over the world--as far away as India, over 9500 miles--to learn and be inspired and meet up and hug a LOT. It was, honestly, everything everyone has said it
- [Printable: Bias Tape Makers & Measurements](https://whip-stitch.com/printable-bias-tape-makers-measurements/) - While I was at QuiltCon, I had the privilege of teaching a quick demonstration at the invitation of the ladies from Cotton + Steel. Naturally, the first idea that popped into my head was to share my on-going passion for continuous bias tape. Yes! More CBT converts! More bias tape projects! BIAS TAPE FOR EVERYONE!!
- [One Little Word 2015: STEWARDSHIP](https://whip-stitch.com/one-little-word-2015-stewardship/) - Aaahhh!! Only MARCH and I'm posting my first One Little Word video update for the year. You can see my 2014 updates here, or on my YouTube channel. The Maya Angelou quote I mentioned is actually a Zora Neale Hurston quote (oops), and is from Their Eyes Were Watching God: "There are years that ask
- [One Little Word: MARGIN](https://whip-stitch.com/one-little-word-margin/) - A single word to strive for and incorporate throughout the coming year. Mine is MARGIN, as I seek more breathing room in every area of my life.
- [One Little Word Wall Hanging: Resources](https://whip-stitch.com/one-little-word-wall-hanging-resources/) - Did you choose a One Little Word? Stitch that word into a piece of art to keep it in front of you all year! Ideas for cross stitch, embroidery & patchwork.
- [One Little Word: January Check-In](https://whip-stitch.com/one-little-word-january-check-in/) - So, earlier this month, I chose a One Little Word for 2014. I chose MARGIN, because that's what I sense I need most this year, a chance to make some space in my days and in my heart to have a little extra room for the unexpected and the unplanned and the hoped for and
- [One Little Word: February 2014](https://whip-stitch.com/one-little-word-february-2014/) - I don't really know what happened with the sound here--all was going well, and then suddenly it wasn't. Maybe it's the battery in my mic? I thought about shooting the whole video over again, but I feel really strongly about making it as un-scripted as possible, and keeping my notes-to-self as the year progresses as
- [One Little Word Update for March](https://whip-stitch.com/one-little-word-update-for-march/) - In which I laugh, cry, and make the bed.
- [One Little Word Update for May](https://whip-stitch.com/one-little-word-update-for-may/) - Uh....anyone notice I totally didn't manage a One Little Word update for April? Yeah. When you word for the year is "margin," it's more than a little ironic when your schedule gets so far away from you that you literally cannot spare 15 minutes to sit down and talk to the camera about your month.
- [One Little Word Update: June](https://whip-stitch.com/one-little-word-update-june/) - 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.
- [One Little Word Update for July/August](https://whip-stitch.com/one-little-word-update-for-julyaugust/) - See more of my monthly updates from this year on my YouTube channel!
- [One Little Word 2014 Wrap-Up: MARGIN](https://whip-stitch.com/olw-2014-wrap-up-margin/) - Well, now that it's 2015, it's time to wrap up my One Little Word project from 2014! Last year, I invited in the word MARGIN. (Or it invited itself. Whatever.) It was a long year of saying NO and learning that you have to nest before you can lay an egg. Which is not to
- [Taking Back Seamstress](https://whip-stitch.com/taking-back-seamstress/) - I am a seamstress - not a sewer, sewist, or stitcher. I put in seams that bind not just fabric but family and friends, ideas and desires, hope and dream and play.
- [Why I (Still) Sew: The Story of a Sewing Evangelist](https://whip-stitch.com/why-i-still-sew-the-story-of-a-sewing-evangelist/) - September is National Sewing Month. Which sneaks up on me every year, in the same way that Grandparents' Day sneaks up on me every year, because I wasn't really looking for it, and because it's not one of those huge holidays you plan for. Unlike Grandparents' Day, though, I want to make a really big
- [I Thought It Might Be Instagram, but Looks Like It's Your Phone's Fault](https://whip-stitch.com/i-thought-it-might-be-instagram-but-looks-like-its-your-phones-fault/) - So, I asked the question about Google Reader killing blog comments, and not intending to do an experiment, also posted a quick screen shot of the blog post title on Instagram: Really I was posting on IG because I wanted to alert people that I had blogged--I suspect because, deep down, I figured no
- [Giveaway with Kids Clothes Week!](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-with-kids-clothes-week/) - Today, I'm excited to be part of a giveaway over at Kids Clothes Week! Enter for your chance to win THREE new kids' patterns PLUS a spot in the Sewing Knits without the Serger class. The Overmost and Pinafore are in the final phases of testing and will be available for presale in a matter
- [Join my Sewing Knits Without the Serger Master Class on BurdaStyle!](https://whip-stitch.com/join-my-sewing-knits-without-the-serger-master-class-on-burdastyle/) - I have a new online class available! I've teamed up with BurdaStyle to offer my Sewing Knits without the Serger course as a four-week, interactive online class in their Master Class series. This course has ALL NEW content, including seven new video segments that were shot specifically for BurdaStyle. I'm seriously excited to share it all
- [Kwik Sew 1672: Men's Boxer Shorts](https://whip-stitch.com/kwik-sew-1672-mens-boxer-shorts/) - I made my husband underwear. Yep. UNDERWEAR. And as one of my sweet IG friends asked, "Do you always make your husband's underwear?", no, I never have before. But I uncovered Kwik Sew 1672 when I was digging through the (alarming number of) accumulated pajama patterns in my sewing area, looking for just the right
- [2015 Sewing Bucket List: 17 Projects to Tackle This Year](https://whip-stitch.com/2015-sewing-bucket-list/) - OK, I won't bore you with too many of the background details, but this list came from an amalgamation of factors: my desire to sew as much as I can ONLY from my stash of on-hand fabrics in the coming months; the inspiration provided by Erin with her "26BOOKS" list for the coming year; my
- [Rainy Fall Get Up & Go Skirt](https://whip-stitch.com/rainy-fall-get-up-go-skirt/) - Seems like in most of the US today, it's rainy and windy and a little bit cold. Starting to feel like fall! And while those of us in the Deep South don't believe for a second that it'll stick--we regularly find ourselves in short sleeves on Halloween--it's nice to start to look at our autumn
- [Get Up & Go Skirt for Oktoberfest](https://whip-stitch.com/get-up-go-skirt-for-oktoberfest/) - OK, so this wasn't REALLY made for Oktoberfest, but it's that time of year, right? Sorta? And doesn't this skirt totally make you think of the Black Forest? It's obviously the vintage trim that makes it feel so German... To a certain degree, this particular version of the Get Up & Go Skirt was a
- [How To Finish Your Christmas Shopping Before Thanksgiving (or: How We Keep It Christmas)](https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-finish-your-christmas-shopping-before-thanksgiving-or-how-we-keep-it-christmas/) - About seven years ago, we had an AMAZING Christmas. Amazing in the sense that there were a LOT of presents. Like, SO many. It was an embarrassment of riches. And I couldn't quite explain it, but it really did feel like...an embarrassment. There was something about the sheer VOLUME of gifts that made me feel
- [Overmost Workshop this Sunday at Fancy Tiger Crafts!](https://whip-stitch.com/overmost-workshop-this-sunday-at-fancy-tiger-crafts/) - Sunday at 1 pm, I'll be at Fancy Tiger Crafts in Denver to teach a workshop, sewing up the Overmost! I may also be suffering from extreme hypothermia, since it is FREEZING in Denver right now. Good thing the Overmost is fully lined--babywale corduroy! fleece! flannel! It's perfect for cold weather. I just wish it
- [Did Losing Google Reader Kill Sewing Blogs?](https://whip-stitch.com/did-losing-google-reader-kill-sewing-blogs/) - Remember Google Reader? Remember how much we all loved it? This was totally the way I organized my sewing blogs. This was how I kept up with friends. And when Reader went away, I had a tough time getting back on the horse. There are some blogs I know and love and type the URL
- [Tula Pink's Bumble: Peached Poplin for the Whole Gang](https://whip-stitch.com/tula-pinks-bumble-peached-poplin-for-the-whole-gang/) - I already shared how awesome I think Tula Pink's mini-collection, Bumble, is. It's PEACHED POPLIN, you guys. It is this incredibly super-soft cotton base cloth that feels not-quite-fuzzy to the touch. Imagine the softest sheets in the nicest hotel you've ever stayed in, put them on steroids and multiply by five. And that's what peached
- [Win the NEW Overmost and Pinafore Patterns OR Any Whipstitch Online Class with Kids Clothes Week!](https://whip-stitch.com/win-the-new-overmost-and-pinafore-patterns-or-any-whipstitch-online-class-with-kids-clothes-week/) - In the wake of all the fun of sharing the new Learn As You Sew series and introducing the Get Up & Go Skirt with you, I have even more exciting stuff to share! The Overmost and Pinafore, my very first two patterns that I ever released in PDF form to the general public, are
- [Introducing: Learn As You Sew Patterns](https://whip-stitch.com/introducing-learn-as-you-sew-patterns/) - Learn As You Sew Patterns are tablet-friendly digital sewing patterns with embedded video that guide you through every step of the construction process while teaching core skills.
- [Join My Patternmaking Master Class on BurdaStyle!](https://whip-stitch.com/join-my-patternmaking-master-class-on-burdastyle/) - Learn the basics of drafting sewing patterns from your body measurements in this four-week class from Whipstitch and BurdaStyle.
- [Tula Pink Bumble: the Return of Peached Poplin](https://whip-stitch.com/tula-pink-bumble-the-return-of-peached-poplin/) - If you've been sewing for more than six years or so, you remember the old Heather Ross fabrics--Mendocino and Lightning Bugs, all those incredible hard-to-find collections that were SO SOFT. That particular fabric substrate, the actual cloth the fabrics were printed on, is called peached poplin. And it is BACK. DID YOU HEAR ME?!?! IT'S
- [Back to School Wardrobes: Clothing for Boys](https://whip-stitch.com/back-to-school-wardrobes-clothing-for-boys/) - No, I haven't forgotten about sewing for back-to-school. I am just milking the fortunate climate here in the South that allows me to continue to dress my children in their summer clothes while I polish up a new pattern release (woot!! next week, you guys!!). The past few days have given us a peek into
- [Now Available: The Pockets E-Book!](https://whip-stitch.com/now-available-the-pockets-e-book/) - This digital workbook guides you through sewing seven styles of pockets for garments, handbags & crafts. Step-by-step instructions & full-color photos.
- [8 Things I Have Learned Now That I'm 40](https://whip-stitch.com/8-things-i-have-learned-now-that-im-40/) - Last week, I turned 40. FORTY. It has been a long road, y'all. And I'll tell you the truth: these past five years have probably been the hardest since my 20s. (And you couldn't pay me cash money to go back to my 20s--not a chance, people.) I have learned a ton, and most of
- [Sneak Peek: New Patterns Coming Soon!](https://whip-stitch.com/sneak-peek-new-patterns-coming-soon/) - I have been working like a busy little bee for weeks and weeks and weeks--and it's almost ready to share! I have THREE new patterns coming out this fall, and I am about to burst, I'm so excited. You'll have to be patient and wait a bit longer for more details--they're in the final stages,
- [Girls' Skirt Measurements: A Handy Reference Chart](https://whip-stitch.com/girls-skirt-measurements-a-handy-reference-chart/) - So many of you were pumped about the 20-minute skirt I included in my post detailing my tween girl sewing list that I put together a quick printable for cutting! The 20-minute skirt is a quick and easy dirndl style, which means the skirt itself is a giant rectangle with no shaping. That means no
- [Sewing Buddy Challenge WINNERS, plus Challenge #2!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddy-challenge-winners-plus-challenge-2/) - Challenge #1 winners announced, as well as the details of challenge #2!
- [Come to Whipstitch for a Book Signing with Dana of MADE!](https://whip-stitch.com/book-signing-with-dana-of-made/) - Dana of MADE is coming to Whipstitch for a book signing! Buy your copy of Fabrics A to Z at the event or bring your own!
- [Organic Acorns Quilt Finished!](https://whip-stitch.com/organic-acorns-quilt-finished/) - My spontaneous, unplanned quilt using some acorn and squirrel fabric is complete!
- [Fall Wardrobe and Pants e-courses now registering!](https://whip-stitch.com/fall-wardrobe-and-pants-e-courses-now-registering/) - Register now for these online classes which focus on the foundations of sewing clothing with a pattern.
- [Skirting the Issue: Sewing for Foster Girls this Saturday at Whipstitch!](https://whip-stitch.com/skirting-the-issue-sewing-for-foster-girls-this-saturday-at-whipstitch/) - Join us this Saturday for a sew-in to benefit local foster girls.
- [Laundry Room Reveal!](https://whip-stitch.com/laundry-room-reveal/) - Our laundry room makeover is complete!
- [Smokin Red Pants!](https://whip-stitch.com/smokin-red-pants/) - Check out these hot red pants made from Vogue sewing pattern 1051.
- [Boys Pattern and Fabric Pairs: Making Selections](https://whip-stitch.com/5686/) - A round up of patterns for sewing boys' clothing, along with some suggestion for what fabrics to use.
- [Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion 2012](https://whip-stitch.com/martha-pulen-school-of-art-fashion-2012/) - A recap of my week teaching at the Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion.
- [Still Room in the Fall Wardrobe and Pants ecourses!](https://whip-stitch.com/still-room-in-the-fall-wardrobe-and-pants-ecourses/) - There are still a few spots left in these online classes! Sign up now and learn all the basics of sewing clothing from a pattern.
- [Sheer Shirtwaist Dress: Preparation](https://whip-stitch.com/sheer-shirtwaist-dress-preparation/) - An impulse buy of 100% linen in a lovely shade of linen leads to plans of a sheer shirtwaist dress with an underdress.
- [Living Room Drapes](https://whip-stitch.com/living-room-drapes/) - Help me resolve this home decoration dilemma - one curtain panel or two?
- [When to Handstitch or When Not to Handstitch, That is the Question](https://whip-stitch.com/when-to-handstitch-or-when-not-to-handstitch-that-is-the-question/) - I've been making a ton of skirts lately--with waistbands, with facings, with lined yokes. They're in quilting cottons, in wools, in linen. Lots and lots of skirts. As I get to the finishing stage with each one, I get to decide whether I'll put in the hem and finish out the waistline by machine or
- [Football Season Has Officially Begun!](https://whip-stitch.com/football-season-has-officially-begun/) - Last night, after Parents' Night at the local elementary school, my husband and I snuck away for a quick bite to eat. Which makes it sound much more exotic than it was--the event started at 6, and in order to get there in time, since supper at our house usually goes on the table at
- [Your Thread Has a Shelf Life](https://whip-stitch.com/your-thread-has-a-shelf-life/) - Last night, I started a new Intro to Sewing class, and as with all my classes, we got to talking about tools and supplies--and like many of my students, some of the folks in my class this month have sources for great supplies from other seamsters in their families. One mother and daughter, who are
- [Pockets! at Sewing Summit](https://whip-stitch.com/pockets-at-sewing-summit/) - Image from The Workbasket (1952), via TipNut Today, the registration for workshops at Sewing Summit is LIVE and open! Woot! For those of you who will be there with me, don't forget about my Pockets workshop--because, seriously, everything is better when it has a pocket. We're doing SEVEN kinds of pockets, two of them sewn
- [Linen & Double-Gauze Mini-Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/6272/) - Recently, the do.Good Stitches circle hosts did a swap, the first we've done. Actually, this is the first Flickr swap I've EVER done, which seems odd for me to admit, because I count myself lucky to have a goodly number of online friends, so you'd think by now that I would have done a swap,
- [Metallic Painted Drop-Leaf Table](https://whip-stitch.com/metallic-painted-drop-leaf-table/) - When we moved into our rental house last year--almost exactly a year ago, actually--we didn't take our dining room table with us. It was too big for the rental, and we didn't know if it would fit into whatever house we bought, and since it had been a hand-me-down from my mother-in-law that my husband
- [Sewing Buddy Challenge #2](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddy-challenge-2/) - It's nearly time, Sewing Buddies! If you're part of the 2012 Sewing Buddy Project, then we're heading into the final days of Challenge #2: COLOR. The original deadline for entries was tomorrow, Sept 20, but we've extended it until Monday, October 1 to give you TWO more weekends to sew and work with your Buddy
- [T-Minus 9 Weeks to Tony Danza](https://whip-stitch.com/t-minus-9-weeks-to-tony-danza/) - I have been malingering over my Tony Danza quilt for quilt a while now. The ladies at the shop never did fully believe that it would ever see the light of day, but I was sure it could happen. I took my fabrics to Palm Springs earlier this year and cut out all my teensy
- [Travel Handmade: Elastic Waist Skirt for Grown-Ups(ish)](https://whip-stitch.com/travel-handmade-elastic-waist-skirt-for-grown-upsish/) - In exactly two weeks, I'm heading to Salt Lake City for Sewing Summit, and get to meet a bunch of folks I only know from online and hang out with friends who I only get to see once or twice a year. And stay up late hand sewing, and listen to other geeky sewing types
- [Tidying and Repairs](https://whip-stitch.com/tidying-and-repairs/) - Sewing Buddies: don't forget that today is the final day to upload entries for Sewing Buddy Challenge #2: Color! You have until midnight tonight to get your images added to our Flickr group. Take care to label them "Challenge #2" and best wishes to all of you--the field is still wide open, and I can't
- [Organizing My Fabric, or How to Move In Eight Months Later](https://whip-stitch.com/organizing-my-fabric-or-how-to-move-in-eight-months-later/) - On the subject of tidying, I moved a whole mess of fabric up from where it was being "temporarily" stored in the basement. Um, it was kind of like this: we bought this house, and we figured we'd finish the basement right away, but then we needed new windows and a new furnace and we
- [Sewing Buddy Challenge #2 WINNERS!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddy-challenge-2-winners/) - The second Sewing Buddy Challenge for 2012 was COLOR: both Buddies take the concept of color and interpret that by making partner projects to reflect the theme. The winning entry went way above and beyond, and really rocked out the idea of color by making two sets of themed projects using the same color palette--a
- [Project Run & Play Week 4: Fall-Inspired Holiday Wear](https://whip-stitch.com/project-run-play-week-4-fall-inspired-holiday-wear/) - This week, I'm serving as guest judge over at Project Run & Play. If you haven't been following along, Project Run & Play is an elimination competition whose contestants design children's clothing each week according to a theme, with the winners heading to the next round the following week until finally there is a winner!
- [Prepping for Sewing Summit!](https://whip-stitch.com/prepping-for-sewing-summit/) - I leave tomorrow to fly out to Salt Lake City for Sewing Summit, where I'll be teaching a class on POCKETS. Oh, yes. So I'm pulling together all the samples and photos and projects I've put together to share during class, and putting the final touches on the handouts I'll be taking along for everyone.
- [It's Time to Start Thinking About Holiday Sewing!](https://whip-stitch.com/its-time-to-start-thinking-about-holiday-sewing/) - I know, I feel the same way a lot of you do: it's ghastly and rude to even mention Christmas when we haven't had so much as Halloween yet. I have always resisted the decorations and gift pushing in shops and online this early in the year. But the short truth is that if we
- [Diamond Star Block](https://whip-stitch.com/diamond-star-block/) - I'm finishing up the blocks for my Your (Second) Modern Quilt class--Y2MQ for short--and thought today I'd put together the quilt top. Naturally, that's when I realized I had run out of my Kona corn background fabric. That seems pretty close to impossible, since I could have sworn I had four yards of the stuff
- [Tony Danza is Getting Bigger](https://whip-stitch.com/tony-danza-is-getting-bigger/) - Well, we're making progress on Tony Danza, but it is slooooooow. And I'm a little worried about his eyes. The biggest issue is that postage stamp quilts, by their nature, are time-consuming to sew. They just take a minute to put together, that's all. And I haven't exactly been devoting the kind of time that
- [Two Big Projects Heading Your Way](https://whip-stitch.com/two-big-projects-heading-your-way/) - I'm heading to Houston today for Quilt Market, where I'll be doing a presentation to shop owners and national retailers about my brand new book, which is set to arrive in just a few weeks! I have spent a major chunk of 2011 and the first half of 2012 working on this puppy, and I
- [Meddling Kids!](https://whip-stitch.com/meddling-kids/) - Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!
- [Voting Day](https://whip-stitch.com/voting-day/) - It's voting day. Again. Or I should say, at last. Does anyone else feel as though this has been the LONGEST election campaign in the history of this nation? I am thrilled to have the privilege and luxury of voting, but man, I wish they would put limits on how long the campaign could be.
- [Seventh Anniversary](https://whip-stitch.com/seventh-anniversary/) - Today is my seventh wedding anniversary. And I am wearing a really great dress: If you asked me what my husband and I do to celebrate milestones, I would tell you we go to a nice dinner--without the kids. If you followed us with a camera, I think you would tell ME that what we
- [Tony Danza Needs Some Work](https://whip-stitch.com/tony-danza-needs-some-work/) - Well, Tony Danza, I have mixed feelings about you right now. While I am delighted that the quilt top is essentially done, I am realizing now exactly how much of the brunt of the work is going to fall on the quilting stitches to make this look like YOU in the face, and that's making
- [I am waiting for my Hipster Membership card to arrive](https://whip-stitch.com/i-am-waiting-for-my-hipster-membership-card-to-arrive/) - About a year ago, I gave in and joined Pinterest. I had resisted, since everyone else was doing it. But then I joined and it was love and magic and stuff. I have so far successfully avoided Instagram, certain I would never give in. But then I got a new phone, and suddenly Instagram downloaded
- [Painted Stripes in the Hallway](https://whip-stitch.com/painted-stripes-in-the-hallway/) - When we first moved into this house, we had done most of the painting (thanks to my mother, who operated one of those rollers very bravely, if you ask me). Originally, this hall was rose pink from top to bottom, with glossy pink trim, and a horrific navy blue paisley wallpaper border. Heaven help us
- [Modern Designs for Classic Quilts Giveaway!](https://whip-stitch.com/modern-designs-for-classic-quilts-giveaway/) - When I was working on Stitch Savvy, there were a few hairy moments. The book has 25 projects, and I had one week to shoot ALL the step-by-step photos for the lessons. At one point, we simply had to call in reinforcements to prep some of the pieces behind the scenes before bringing them into
- [Tony Danza Meets His Quilt!](https://whip-stitch.com/tony-danza-meets-his-quilt/) - On Saturday night, the internet brought me and Tony Danza together. And it was magic. If you've been following along, you know that around the time we moved into the shop in West Midtown, I had the nutty idea that we ought to have a Tony Danza wall quilt. In our Intro to Sewing classes,
- [My A-Line Skirt Patternmaking Class is ON SALE This Weekend!](https://whip-stitch.com/my-a-line-skirt-patternmaking-class-is-on-sale-this-weekend/) - This weekend only, Craftsy is running a crazy great sale: all their classes are just $19.99! That includes my Design and Sew an A-Line Skirt class, which covers basic patternmaking skills, like how to measure yourself properly, how to draft a basic pattern, how to make a muslin and fit it to your figure, and
- [Floor Cushions for the Den](https://whip-stitch.com/floor-cushions-for-the-den/) - Well, OK, floor cushion, singular. For now! But there will be floor cushionS, plural, honest. In our den, we've got a small-ish sofa (about 5.5 feet) that we bought vintage from Craig's List. There's the small chair you see in the back of this photo (along with a matching ottoman, which we also found on
- [Pajama Patterns ](https://whip-stitch.com/pajama-patterns/) - It's flannel season. More than that, it's Christmas season. I steadfastly refuse to put out Christmas things before the Thanksgiving turkey is fully digested, but after that, I do love me some Christmas. Who's with me? Also: Christmas fabric. Turns out I have quite a lot of Christmas fabric: Some of these are random fabric
- [do.Good Stitches Trust Circle Herringbone Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/do-good-stitches-trust-circle-herringbone-quilt/) - Another finish for the Circle of Trust! This is the herringbone block from Alisa's Modern Block of the Month for Sew, Mama, Sew this past year, and it is spectacular. The ladies of the Trust Circle really did it up on this one. I asked for bold colors along with Kona white, and they more
- [First of the Christmas Dresses](https://whip-stitch.com/first-of-the-christmas-dresses/) - So, I've mentioned before that I'm a little obsessed with the brother/sister outfit. Which is weird, because in the past, I have ranted about how much I DISLIKED the Southern tradition of making clothes so that brothers and sisters can "match" for holiday events. But I had outfits to match my sisters--and our mom--when I
- [Book Winner!](https://whip-stitch.com/book-winner/) - Whoops! I completely neglected to post the winner of Modern Designs for Classic Quilts! Yeesh! Our random winner is #29, LJ, who said: Congratulations, LJ! I have an email on its way to you right now, and will see if we can't get this puppy in your hands by Christmas. Thanks, everyone, and thanks again
- [Signed Copies of Stitch Savvy Now Shipping!](https://whip-stitch.com/signed-copies-of-stitch-savvy-now-shipping/) - This arrived on my doorstep this morning: That's FOUR cases of Stitch Savvy, newly from the printers. Woot!! If you pre-ordered on Amazon, it should be shipping out in the next couple of days--BUT if you want to order a signed copy from me, I'll ship out in the next 24 hours, in the hopes
- [The Great Closet Clean-Out](https://whip-stitch.com/the-great-closet-clean-out/) - I cannot believe I am about to show you what I am about to show you. I feel an extraordinary sense of shame over what these photos reveal, but I also know that I don't want to live a lie any longer, and the best way to rip off the band-aid is fast and firm.
- [Closet Clean-Out Project #1: the Master Bedroom](https://whip-stitch.com/closet-clean-out-project-1-the-master-bedroom/) - Well, we're only one day into this thing, but so far, so good! Some before-and-afters for y'all: The small closet in the master, which houses my dresser along with less-frequently-used items like dressy clothes and my husband's uniforms. The larger master closet, which needed a great deal more work and planning than the small one.
- [Closet Clean-Out Project #1.5: The Master Bedroom](https://whip-stitch.com/closet-clean-out-project-1-5-the-master-bedroom/) - Alright, picking up where we left off! This is Day 1.5, because I pulled a double on the first day and it nearly killed me, so I'm pacing myself in an effort to make it through these five spaces--the master closets (2), the girls' closet, the boy's closet, the linen closet and the coat closet
- [Closet Clean Out Project #2 and #3: Boy's and Girls' Closets](https://whip-stitch.com/closet-clean-out-project-2-and-3-boys-and-girls-closets/) - I've got TWO for you today, because I was on a roll....and because I didn't think either of these seemed that impressive on its own, so I figured I'd pump up the closet cleaning excitement by doing BOTH today, here at the end of the year. It's basically the opposite of what I did last
- [Thanks, 2012! Whipstitch Named Best of Atlanta](https://whip-stitch.com/thanks-2012-whipstitch-named-best-of-atlanta/) - Here's to a great start to a new year, everyone!
- [Closet Clean Out Project #4: Linen Closet](https://whip-stitch.com/closet-clean-out-project-4-linen-closet/) - OK, for those of you who haven't fallen asleep while I chronicle the scintillating closet cleaning project upon which I've embarked, another project complete! I didn't think I'd be this excited about getting this task done, but I honestly spent part of our New Year's Eve celebration telling friends about it. Which is completely lame.
- [2013 Sewing E-courses!](https://whip-stitch.com/2013-sewing-e-courses/) - Hooray!! A whole new year has begun. And I have an overwhelming sense of optimism this year. I'm excited to see what comes and where it goes, and how I will fit into that picture. Are you feeling it, too? Because I keep hearing, from people close to me and from strangers, that we're all
- [Sewing Buddies OPEN for 2013!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddies-open-for-2013/) - Can you believe it?? The FOURTH year we have done Sewing Buddies. That's crazy town! I can hardly even think about how much has happened in those four years, and I am so excited to see another round of Sewing Buddies get paired up. I very clearly remember sitting on a sofa we no longer
- [#scrappytripalong](https://whip-stitch.com/scrappytripalong/) - Good heavens. That Instagram. It's a breeding ground for quilt viruses. And this one was a treasure to suffer through. Thanks to Katy, Rita and Brenda, the #scrappytripalong sprang up between Christmas and New Year's, and within three days of watching everyone's photos roll past, I was sunk. I'm may be a sucker, but I'm
- [Stitch Savvy Blog Tour](https://whip-stitch.com/stitch-savvy-blog-tour/) - Hooray! My second book, Stitch Savvy, is out in the world and available. It was two years in the making, and quite honestly, a ton of work--but I think it's just beautiful, and couldn't be more grateful to my publishing and editorial team at F+W for making it such a joy to hold! I've asked
- [Wherever Jacket](https://whip-stitch.com/wherever-jacket/) - Today's the first official day of the Stitch Savvy blog tour! I am delighted to let me friends take over most of the reveals and inside peeks on the book, and while they do, I'm going to take the chance to share with you some of the garments that didn't make the pages! As I
- [Envelope Pillow with Ribbon](https://whip-stitch.com/envelope-pillow-with-ribbon/) - Day Two of the Stitch Savvy blog tour! I asked the lovely ladies who are taking part of the tour to follow one "path" through the book and share it with you, and today Kathy Mack of Pink Chalk Fabrics and Pink Chalk Studio is doing just that. Stitch Savvy is meant to be an
- [Quilted Sewing Machine Cover](https://whip-stitch.com/quilted-sewing-machine-cover/) - Day 3 of the Stitch Savvy blog tour! Today, Anna from Noodlehead is showing off the clutch she made using the instructions in the book--and I'm so excited to read her post and see that the book led her to want to make a project she might not have tried otherwise! Can't wait to see
- [How About Orange](https://whip-stitch.com/how-about-orange/) - As an unscheduled stop on the blog tour, hop over to How About Orange and see Jessica Jones' impression of Stitch Savvy! The clutch on the cover features one of Jessica's Outside Oslo fabrics, and people have not been able to push each other out of the way fast enough to tell me how awesome
- [Reversible Quilted Satchel](https://whip-stitch.com/reversible-quilted-satchel/) - Another day for the Stitch Savvy blog tour! I'm seriously delighted today that Faith from Fresh Lemons is sharing her favorite projects from the book--she writes some of the best quilt block tutorials on the web, and I have made the most lovely star quilt using her guidance. So to have her flipping through the
- [Fuzzy Lovie Blanket](https://whip-stitch.com/fuzzy-lovie-blanket/) - Could you absolutely DIE from how cute these bunnies are?? These were made by Carrie of This Mama Makes Stuff as part of her post during the Stitch Savvy blog tour. And they're amazing. LOVE. The Lovie Blanket was designed to be part dolly and part blankie--as the mom of three kids who love their
- [Paving Stones Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/paving-stones-quilt/) - Another exciting day on the Stitch Savvy blog tour! Today, Katy from Monkey Do (you might know her by her Twitter/Instagram handle I'm A Ginger Monkey) is sharing her fave projects from the new book. Hers might also be my favorite reaction on seeing the book for the first time--she said, "It's beautiful! And HUGE!"
- [Flattering Knit Top for Women](https://whip-stitch.com/flattering-knit-top-for-women/) - Today on the blog tour, I'm excited that my friend Dana from MADE is taking part and reviewing Stitch Savvy! Dana was one of the very first internet friends I ever made, more than five years ago, and her style and color sense and exceedingly good taste have made her one of the real vanguard
- [Reversible Girls Jumper](https://whip-stitch.com/reversible-girls-jumper/) - Hooray!! Stitch Savvy blog tour, day...not sure what day, but everything has been so pretty and so fun that I could totally do this forever, so let's not spoil it by counting, OK? Today, I am so excited to have Rachel from Stitched in Color as part of the tour with her Reversible Girls Dress:
- [Piped Footstool Slip Cover](https://whip-stitch.com/piped-footstool-slip-cover/) - Today, in the next-to-last post on the Stitch Savvy blog tour, I'm so pleased to have Ellen Luckett Baker of The Long Thread giving her review of the book! Ellen is such a talented lady, with such a keen eye for clean, modern design. I'm so excited to see what she thinks of the book--and
- [Enchantment Under the Sea Dress](https://whip-stitch.com/enchantment-under-the-sea-dress/) - The final day of the Stitch Savvy blog tour! I'm so pleased to have my dear friend Marisa of Creative Thursday writing about the book today--she and I met through Lizzy House at Quilt Market years ago, and I think she is just smart, and funny, and open and kind. I always enjoy spending time
- [Stitch Savvy Sample Giveaway!](https://whip-stitch.com/stitch-savvy-sample-giveaway/) - OK, I've been promising all along throughout the Stitch Savvy blog tour, and here it is: I'm giving away TWO samples of projects from the book! These are the actual samples, made by me and photographed here on the blog or within the pages of the book, using the patterns and projects included in Stitch
- [Sewing Knits without the Serger e-course begins today!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-knits-without-the-serger-e-course-begins-today/) - It's not too late to join the Sewing Knits e-course! If you loved the knit tee from Stitch Savvy, but you're not quite sure you're feeling confident enough to work with the jersey or interlock fabrics you're seeing around, this is the perfect chance to join a five-week class mastering those techniques. And even if
- [Valentine's Day Manly Gift Tutorial 2013](https://whip-stitch.com/valentines-day-manly-gift-tutorial-2013/) - Remember last year, when you guys gave me suggestions for a manly Valentine's Day gift, and I made up a tutorial for all of us (plus a round-up of other tutes around the web)? Yeah, that was totally fun. Who's up for another round? I'm looking for suggestions for a great hand-made gift
- [#scrappytripalong Finish!](https://whip-stitch.com/scrappytripalong-finish/) - It is finished! My #scrappytripalong quilt is all done--and I could not be more in love, seriously. What's really funny (although I totally should not admit this here, because I'm sure I'll be un-invited to parties from now on if I do) is that just a few months ago, I remember telling my friend Elle
- [Valentine Silhouette Wall Hanging](https://whip-stitch.com/valentine-silhouette-wall-hanging/) - This quilt was made well over two years ago for a book proposal, but the project ended up not being included in Stitch Savvy. When we moved into our new house, I re-discovered this piece, and I have fallen in love with it all over again. And now that it's February, month of the Valentine,
- [Fabric Basket for the Desk](https://whip-stitch.com/fabric-basket-for-the-desk/) - Anna over at Noodlehead has a fantastic tutorial for making a fabric tray for storage that I've been meaning to try for ages. I tend to take papers and pattern pages that have been printed on one side and tear them in half to use as scrap paper--mostly for making lists of things to do
- [Sewing Clothing for Kids e-course registration now open!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-clothing-for-kids-e-course-registration-now-open/) - I can't believe how quickly the year is flying by! It's already time to start registration for my Sewing Clothing for Kids e-course, because spring is on the way and we've got sweet little babies to dress. This class has been both very popular and incredibly fun for me to teach--it includes eight
- [Artist Trading Cards for the Sewing Buddies!](https://whip-stitch.com/artist-trading-cards-for-the-sewing-buddies/) - So, at this point, the vast majority of Sewing Buddies have been matched. I've sent out one. last. invite. to those aspiring Buddies to make sure they're not missing something in the junk folder, but with over 200 folks joining the Sewing Buddies this year, I've officially CLOSED Sewing Buddy sign-ups until 2014. Whew! In
- [A-Line Skirt Giveaway from my Craftsy Class!](https://whip-stitch.com/a-line-skirt-giveaway-from-my-craftsy-class/) - When I was sewing for my Craftsy class, Design and Sew an A-Line Skirt, I might have gotten a little carried away--I was enjoying the patternmaking so much, and refining the lessons before shooting the video that I got this idea into my head that I should make as many variations as possible. At one
- [Day 2: A-Line Skirt Giveaway!](https://whip-stitch.com/day-2-a-line-skirt-giveaway/) - Another day, and TWO more skirts! These are both samples from my Design and Sew an A-Line Skirt class on Craftsy. A couple folks have asked whether the pattern for these skirts is also available, and it is--when you make it! This online class covers the basic skills of patternmaking using an a-line skirt as
- [Day 3: A-Line Skirt Giveaway!](https://whip-stitch.com/day-3-a-line-skirt-giveaway/) - For the past two days, I've been giving away skirts I made as samples from my Craftsy class, Design and Sew an A-Line Skirt. And today and tomorrow, I have FOUR more! Happy Valentine's Day, y'all. These two are some of my favorites of all the samples I made, one in an incredible wool plaid
- [Day 4: A-Line Skirt Giveaway!](https://whip-stitch.com/day-4-a-line-skirt-giveaway/) - OK, y'all! The last day of these skirt giveaways. If you're just tuning in, I made a bunch of really lovely skirts as samples for my Craftsy class, Design and Sew an A-Line Skirt, but can't wear them all because there just aren't enough hours in the day or days in the week. Yada yada,
- [A-Line Skirt Winners!](https://whip-stitch.com/a-line-skirt-winners/) - Announcing the winners of the A-Line Skirts from Design and Sew an A-Line Skirt! In no particular order, the winners are: For the green Hideaway skirt, #14 Melanie C., who said: For the herringbone yoked skirt, #41 Kelly E, who said: For the ruffled grey-and-citron skirt, #24 Megan, who said: For the swingy plum
- [Postage Stamp Quilt Progress](https://whip-stitch.com/postage-stamp-quilt-progress/) - I'm in Austin for QuiltCon the rest of this week, so it seems appropriate that I share the progress I've been making on the matching postage stamp quilts I'm putting together for my two younger girls--that is, with those of you who haven't been following along reluctantly eagerly on Instagram. I started these quilts--really just
- [Jack-and-Jill Bathroom Renovation](https://whip-stitch.com/jack-and-jill-bathroom-renovation/) - Full disclaimer: this was not a DIY project. But we did gut this bathroom down to the studs and make it our own. Which, in its own way, is pretty exciting. This is the Jack-and-Jill bath that the children share. The two younger girls are in one room, our boy in the other, with the
- [Sewing Clothing for Kids e-course starts today!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-clothing-for-kids-e-course-starts-today/) - It's here!! The Sewing Clothing for Kids e-course starts today and I am seriously excited. The class includes EIGHT patterns for boys AND girls (including the always popular Overmost!), with lots of options and variations to play with. Plenty of video lessons, lots of basic techniques, and a ton of cute fabric to look at
- [Twin Postage Stamp Quilts for the Little Girls](https://whip-stitch.com/twin-postage-stamp-quilts-for-the-little-girls/) - About a zillion years ago, I roped myself into a postage stamp quilt project. It was when our littlest was really little; in about two months, she turns three, and there is the slimmest chance this project will be done by then, God willing. It has been tremendously time-consuming, I won't lie. By the same
- [Building an Audrey Wardrobe](https://whip-stitch.com/building-an-audrey-wardrobe/) - Very few individuals in recent memory can compare with the class and beauty of Audrey Hepburn. Her grace, her loveliness, her charm and her kind nature permeate every image, every foot of film we have of her. Something about Audrey--like Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Grace Kelly--has the power to capture our attention and hold it.
- [Building an Audrey Wardrobe: Separates](https://whip-stitch.com/building-an-audrey-wardrobe-separates/) - In looking to create an Audrey Wardrobe, I started out by taking an inventory of what I already have. While Sarai calculated next what number she feels she ought to have in each category, I thought my needs would be better served if I worked in terms of what "looks" or occasions I needed clothing
- [Building an Audrey Wardrobe: Dresses](https://whip-stitch.com/building-an-audrey-wardrobe-dresses/) - I love dresses, especially in the spring and summer. I don't always make as much effort as I should to get up and get dressed every morning (or even most mornings)--a lot of the time, it's the jeans from the evening before along with whatever clean tee was on top (of the drawer or the
- [Everyday Handbags E-Course Registration Now Open!](https://whip-stitch.com/everyday-handbags-e-course-registration-now-open/) - Registration is officially open for my next online class, Everyday Handbags! We all know that the RIGHT handbag makes all the difference, and finding it feels like the Holy Grail. When I was in high school (and I won't say how long ago that was, but when you hear the rest of this story, you'll
- [Handbags E-Course Showcase: The Asymmetrical Clutch](https://whip-stitch.com/handbags-e-course-showcase-the-asymmetrical-clutch/) - This second bag from the Everyday Handbags e-course goes the other way from the Poolside Tote. Where that one's huge, this one is small. Where that one has a large opening, this one zips shut. Where that one is perfectly symmetrical, this one dips and curves for an interesting shape. And somehow, I love them
- [Handbags E-course Showcase: The Circular Pocket Bag](https://whip-stitch.com/circular-pocket-bag/) - I heart piping. And I adore linen, for just about any sewing project. AND I love circles and rounded edges and adding those to my designs. This bag brings them all together--it's the third of four original patterns included in the Everyday Handbags e-course starting on April 29. This one has both interior and
- [Micro Mod His and Hers Sew-Along: A Grand Day Out!](https://whip-stitch.com/micro-mod-his-and-hers-sew-along-a-grand-day-out/) - The last few days, I've been playing with microMod from Rob Bancroft of Green Bee Patterns & Design! Alexia and Rob have such a cool thing going over there: husband and wife, along with her mom, all running their own design company and putting out not just a whole mess of great sewing patterns, but
- [New (Vintage) Teddy Bear](https://whip-stitch.com/new-vintage-teddy-bear/) - When my sister and I were very little, we had a bear family, sewn by my mother. I'm sure they came from some Better Housekeeping freebie pattern--there was a baby and a Mommy and this one, the Daddy bear: I love that he's gingham, and that he's got a sweet little applique and embroidery face.
- [Still Spots Left in the Everyday Handbags E-Course!](https://whip-stitch.com/still-spots-left-in-the-everyday-handbags-e-course/) - It starts today! There are still spots open in the Everyday Handbags e-course, and I'd love to have you join us! We're spending a little time every day over the next four weeks sewing four fabulous bags: the Poolside Tote, the Asymmetrical Clutch, the Circular Pocket Bag, and the Audrey Classic Shoulder Bag. I adore
- [In Which I May Have Gone Slightly Overboard at Mood NYC](https://whip-stitch.com/in-which-i-may-have-gone-slightly-overboard-at-mood-nyc/) - Short version, AKA I'm planning to look at the eye candy and then get out of here because I really don't need to know that much about someone else's fabric purchases: We recently took a family trip to New York City, and while I was there, I managed to squeeze in a visit to Mood
- [Crazy for Cross Stitch](https://whip-stitch.com/crazy-for-cross-stitch/) - I have been on an insane cross stitch kick lately. It all started with this one, which was a gift to me from a friend. We'd had this conversation on the Twitters, and she tweeted the quote above, and I replied, "I'm going to need that on a cross stitch." And she said she'd make
- [Registration now OPEN for the Summer Dresses e-course!](https://whip-stitch.com/registration-now-open-for-the-summer-dress-e-course/) - Hooray!! Registration is finally OPEN for the Summer Dresses online class. I am beside myself, I am so digging on these dresses and everything I have planned. These are three original patterns that I have been working on for months now--and I can't wait to sew them with you! Three very different shapes: a babydoll
- [In Progress](https://whip-stitch.com/in-progress/) - On my cutting table right now. I am back from Quilt Market (photos on my Instagram) and working on a sample of the Modern Babydoll Dress for my Summer Dresses e-course. I'm working my way through all the variations I've dreamed up so I can share them with my class, and it's giving me an
- [Moving to a Big Boy Bed](https://whip-stitch.com/moving-to-a-big-boy-bed/) - We've moved our youngest out of the crib. It feels a little like the end over here--our baby isn't really a baby anymore, and as far as we know, we won't be having any more--but it also feels like we've lost our minds--now they can all roam at will, and we're vastly outnumbered. We're playing
- [Getting Started is the Hardest Part](https://whip-stitch.com/getting-started-is-the-hardest-part/) - And I am diving in. Don't tell my husband, because I totally haven't touched the drapes yet. Details: Robert Kaufman Essex linen in natural (NOT the wide, because I wanted a seam in this one). Seams set off asymmetrically, one low down the quilt, the other off to the right. Twin-size bed quilt for
- [Summer Dresses at the Beach!](https://whip-stitch.com/summer-dresses-at-the-beach/) - We attended a wedding in Florida over the Memorial Day weekend, and I thought, as I was last-minute packing, "What better place to take photos of my Summer Dresses samples?" So in the suitcase went a stack of dresses, most of which I had already worn. One evening, after supper and while the children hunted
- [The New Normal](https://whip-stitch.com/the-new-normal/) - This past Friday was the very last day that I will have to drive a 90-minute car pool school run. And I cannot tell you in words how that makes me feel. Dude. It makes me feel like this photo, that's how: Peaceful and relaxed. That driving was insane, so many hours and so much
- [White Thread](https://whip-stitch.com/white-thread/) - A little randomly, at some point over the past year I decided to challenge myself and see how long I could go sewing with only white thread. I know: that really goes beyond nerdy and gets into "slightly weird" territory. Still, I was curious and thought it would be a funny goal to set for
- [Week In Review. Ish.](https://whip-stitch.com/week-in-review-ish/) - Bits and pieces of what I'm doing this week: I've been planning an all-yellow Scrappy Trip-Along since I was about...oh, I don't know...three blocks into my first Scrappy Trip-Along. And it has begun! I'm doing as little editing as my controlling brain will permit, and am hoping for a lovely outcome. It's hard for me
- [This one might have been a mis-fire.](https://whip-stitch.com/this-one-might-have-been-a-mis-fire/) - Sometimes, it looks good in your head, and then when it's up and on the wall, it's not what you'd hoped, you know? This is our living room, which hasn't made much progress since I finally got all the boxes out and the wall unit installed. The sofa still isn't re-covered, although the upholsterer is
- [What I'm Working On Now](https://whip-stitch.com/what-im-working-on-now/) - A fabulous orange stripe seersucker Laurel dress with a center front trim detail and in-seam pockets: I got the idea for this one right around the time the Laurel pattern was released. That pattern coincided with a (very rare) trip to the mall, where I tried on this dress: It was my size, but a
- [Super Online Sewing Bee](https://whip-stitch.com/super-online-sewing-bee/) - Did you guys read today about the Super Online Sewing Bee hosted by Sew, Mama, Sew? It was just announced today, and I am stoked. image courtesy of Sew, Mama, Sew It's modeled after the Great British Sewing Bee, which I adored. I shared over on Facebook that I watched all four episodes on YouTube
- [Creamsicle Laurel Dress](https://whip-stitch.com/creamsicle-laurel-dress/) - Orange cotton seersucker version of the Colette Patterns Laurel dress with center front trim.
- [Geranium Pink is the New Black](https://whip-stitch.com/geranium-pink-is-the-new-black/) - Currently, this is our girls' room. Our six-year-old and three-year-old share this space, and we've only recently moved out the crib and made way for a bigger bed. It was the start of a whole host of changes. First, let's go back in time. When we first bought this house, here's how this room looked:
- [Drawstring Shift Maxi Dress](https://whip-stitch.com/drawstring-shift-maxi-dress/) - Drawstring Maxi shift dress pattern by Whipstitch in blue chambray stripe cotton. A classic summer maxi dress with racerback and drawstring waist.
- [Run Your Own Race](https://whip-stitch.com/run-your-own-race/) - I can only think of three phrases that, at this stage in my life, come into my head on a daily basis and remind me where to step next. This is one of them. I read it about three or four years ago for the first time. In my memory, it was a Carrie Fisher
- [Revised Curtains for the Boy's Room](https://whip-stitch.com/revised-curtains-for-the-boys-room/) - I'm not totally sure if it's the extra sunlight or the sheer number of hours I'm saving this summer by not driving carpool, but I have been ON FIRE with getting things checked off my to-do-around-the-house list. I am a MACHINE, y'all. These are the curtains in our boy's room. There used to be two
- [Emergency Curtains](https://whip-stitch.com/emergency-curtains/) - Remember how I was debating what to do about the drapes in our front living room? Well...I haven't done it yet. These are not The Drapes. Sorry. These are the emergency drapes that I whipped up a couple weeks ago when I knew we had 25+ people coming over for a cookout for my husband's
- [Curtains for the Den](https://whip-stitch.com/curtains-for-the-den/) - It is rapidly becoming curtains week around here--first a revised set for our boy's room, then the temporary curtains for the front living room, and now some for the den. I guess it goes to show the power that imminent house guests can have! Our little late-mid-century ranch has a pretty standard floor plan: you
- [Craftsy Sale!](https://whip-stitch.com/craftsy-sale/) - Craftsy has PILES of classes on sale for 75% this weekend only! Have you been putting off taking my Design & Sew an A-Line Skirt class? Or have you your eye on another of their really delicious options, from sewing to quilting to cake decorating to gardening to artisanal cheese-making but just haven't pulled the
- [Mod Built-In Bookcases](https://whip-stitch.com/mod-built-in-bookcases/) - Every time I post an image of the built-in bookcases in our den, I always get a ton of questions and comments. They're pretty awesome, if I do say so myself--and they totally make the room. When we first bought this house, the entire den was wall-to-wall wood paneling: dark, shadowy, brown, brown, brown. It
- [Colette Sorbetto Tank](https://whip-stitch.com/colette-sorbetto-tank/) - Summery version of the Colette Sorbetto tank in Amy Butler voile. With self-bias tape on armholes and neckline.
- [Learning to Trace](https://whip-stitch.com/learning-to-trace/) - How to transition from cutting into sewing pattern tissue to tracing patterns on to Swedish tracing paper. With links to sources.
- [Lisette Passport Jacket](https://whip-stitch.com/lisette-passport-jacket/) - Green tweedy plaid version of the Lisette Passport jacket from Simplicity 2209, by Liesl Gibson of Oliver + S. With ruffled collar. Tutorial on matching plaids included.
- [Nothing Says "College" Like Harry Potter Pajamas](https://whip-stitch.com/nothing-says-college-like-harry-potter-pajamas/) - Teen version of McCall's 3854 in stash Harry Potter sparkly Quidditch fabric
- [I've got a golden ticket!](https://whip-stitch.com/ive-got-a-golden-ticket/) - 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 basement, and it was the paint-by-numbers prints that I thought were so brilliant and had to have. I still adore them, and saved and
- [New Site is LIVE! Update Your Feed!](https://whip-stitch.com/new-site-is-live-update-your-feed/) - 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 lots of in-the-car-drive-time daydreaming about what elements would work best, how the site would work as a whole, where different parts belonged, what things
- [Lining Cardboard Storage Boxes: Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/lining-cardboard-storage-boxes-tutorial/) - 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 lots of tiny hands would make short work of flaking off all that hard work. As I was glueing, I was mentally calculating what
- [All-Yellow Scrappy Trip Around The World Quilt Top](https://whip-stitch.com/all-yellow-scrappy-trip-around-the-world-quilt-top/) - 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 7, or roughly 72" x 84" or so. I chose to use a "barn raising" setting on this one, with a God's Eye effect
- [Slip Covers e-course starts today!](https://whip-stitch.com/slip-covers-e-course-starts-today/) - 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 needing an upholsterer. See all the details on the Slip Covers e-course page, and I'll hope to "see" you in class!
- [Winner: Liberty Bordered Star Pillow](https://whip-stitch.com/winner-liberty-bordered-star-pillow/) - And our winner is: Christa, who said Congratulations, Christa, and many thanks to ALL the entries!
- [Men's Jacket Series: The Pattern Envelope](https://whip-stitch.com/mens-jacket-series-the-pattern-envelope/) - I am ready to sew a men's jacket. I am ready. READY. Well, not completely ready, but I think if I keep saying it, I'll get readier. REA-DY. Ready. This is the pattern I'll be using: Vogue 8719. I bought it when Vogue was having their last online sale--I think I paid $3.99 rather than
- [Be a Better Craft Teacher Series at Sew, Mama, Sew PLUS New Video Sewing Glossary Entries are up!](https://whip-stitch.com/be-a-better-craft-teacher-series-at-sew-mama-sew-plus-new-video-sewing-glossary-entries-are-up/) - I am currently writing a series over at Sew, Mama, Sew about teaching sewing and craft. We're calling it the Be a Better Craft Teacher series, and I'm drilling down on how to develop, plan and build a craft class from the ground up. Have you seen it? The new installment is up today: Know
- [Men's Jacket Series: The Pattern Pieces](https://whip-stitch.com/mens-jacket-series-the-pattern-pieces/) - Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I'm still plugging away at this jacket. I've cut all the pieces for the muslin, and I'm starting to read through the instructions and mentally prepare myself for the construction. Part of that was an extensive (OK, 20 minutes, but still) review of the pattern pieces. Like most printed patterns,
- [Next Installment of My Become A Better Craft Teacher Series is Up!](https://whip-stitch.com/next-installment-of-my-become-a-better-craft-teacher-series-is-up/) - Over at Sew, Mama, Sew the next installment of my six-part series, Become a Better Craft Teacher, is up! This week, we're taking a closer look at the lesson objectives, and working toward ensuring that every project and every part of your class is built to encourage your students to work toward greater skill and
- [Popping Up On Pinterest](https://whip-stitch.com/popping-up-on-pinterest/) - So, there's this neat little trick you can do on Pinterest, to see if anyone has pinned images from your site. You type the URL for Pinterest into your nav bar, but then add "/source" and "/YOURURLHERE" and it brings up all the images that have been pinned from your page, like this: I learned
- [Quick Release Scarf in Fanfare by Rae Hoekstra](https://whip-stitch.com/quick-release-scarf-in-fanfare-by-rae-hoekstra/) - Ever since Rae announced that she had a fabric line coming out, I think all of us have been buzzing about her beautiful organic flannels. Cloud9 does such great work, with so many lovely designs, and knowing it's organic and produced by such kind people makes it even easier to feel good about buying it.
- [Contrast-Cuff Lounge Pants in Fanfare Flannel](https://whip-stitch.com/contrast-cuff-lounge-pants-in-fanfare-flannel/) - In addition to the Quick Release Scarf, I made a tiny little pair of lounge pants for the littlest member of our family! I used the same elephants as the scarf, plus some of the delicious pennants in a coordinating color (thanks, Cloud9!). She looooves them, and insisted on going all Super Model on me
- [New Installment in the Become a Better Craft Teacher Series is up!](https://whip-stitch.com/new-installment-in-the-become-a-better-craft-teacher-series-is-up/) - The next installment of my Be a Better Craft Teacher series is up over at Sew, Mama, Sew! This week, I'm talking about how much fun it is to plan HOW you'll teach a class, and what format that will take--and why one format might be better than another depending on your topic and the
- [Yellow Sofa is in the House!](https://whip-stitch.com/yellow-sofa-is-in-the-house/) - Remember when I was working through my living room curtain uncertainty, and mentioned that I'd be re-covering my sofa? Well, it's done. And it's home. And it's AMAZING. If you'll recall, this was the original sofa (along with a mock-up of what white curtains would look like in this space). And this was the projected
- [New Be A Better Craft Teacher Post, and You Can Vote For Me!](https://whip-stitch.com/new-be-a-better-craft-teacher-post-and-you-can-vote-for-me/) - So, I got an email yesterday that I'd been nominated for the Best Craftsy Instructor Blog in the Sewing category--you guys are so nice! Final voting is taking place now through Oct 29--hop on over and you can see all the nominees (including MADE and Sew, Mama, Sew). Click on the "Sewing" category and
- [Getting Out of a Dinner Rut](https://whip-stitch.com/getting-out-of-a-dinner-rut/) - I don't really cook. I mean, I don't suck at it, necessarily, but I don't relish it, either. I know that these days, it seems like every mom is supposed to have infinite patience and DIY fancy decor and parties for the kids, plus look smokin' hot in a pair of yoga pants while whipping
- [Thanks to my Slip Covers Class, No More Eyesore!](https://whip-stitch.com/thanks-to-my-slip-covers-class-no-more-eyesore/) - This chair is in my oldest child's room. She has since gone off to college (sniff!), and now when we have guests, they get to sleep in her room--surrounded by her books and her hot pink four-poster bed. Years and years ago, when her whole room was done in lilac and pink (so, like, twelve
- [The (Secret) Toy Society](https://whip-stitch.com/the-secret-toy-society/) - Have you heard of The (Secret) Toy Society? I just stumbled across them the other day, and honestly, I teared up when I read what they're doing over there. Volunteers make snuggly, hand-sewn toys and package them up to leave anonymously in parks, on benches, in grocery carts, or anywhere else they might be found,
- [Conclusion to the Be A Better Craft Teacher Series Up at Sew, Mama, Sew](https://whip-stitch.com/conclusion-to-the-be-a-better-craft-teacher-series-up-at-sew-mama-sew/) - Up NOW over at Sew, Mama, Sew: the conclusion to my Be A Better Craft Teacher Series. You can also read all the other installments of the series, from introduction through wrap-up: Introduction Know Your Stuff Know Your Student Know Your Goal Know Your Medium Know Your Limits Know Your Effectiveness I have really, really
- [Halloweens Past and Present](https://whip-stitch.com/halloweens-past-and-present/) - Not too many years ago, these were our costumes: Since then, the post I wrote about NOT sewing our Halloween costumes that year has been one of my most popular. I think most of us feel caught up in that sewing pressure a lot of the time, and there are so many instances where we
- [A Successful (Bavarian) Halloween!](https://whip-stitch.com/a-successful-bavarian-halloween/) - Long story short: we were a hit. The kids loved it, every single adult we saw loved it, and the whole adventure was a marvelous family memory. My husband bought his Lederhosen in Munich, I ordered our boy's from Amazon, and I sewed the girls' and my own from scratch. We presented quite the Halloween
- [Thread Catcher and Pin Cushion](https://whip-stitch.com/thread-catcher-and-pin-cushion/) - I've always been more than a bit messy when I sew. You can always tell when I've been on a late-night sewing binge, because generally I wake up to something that looks an awful lot like this: There are bits of thread and snippets of fabric and trim all over the floor, and a general
- [Only Took 15 Minutes! Well, Two Years and 15 Minutes.](https://whip-stitch.com/only-took-15-minutes-well-two-years-and-15-minutes/) - When I made the quilted sewing machine cover included in Stitch Savvy, I went ahead and made a matching serger cover at the same time. I wanted to demonstrated how to adjust the design to fit a less rectangular machine, and I also knew that I would be keeping the samples for my very own
- [November Sewcial is today!](https://whip-stitch.com/november-sewcial-is-today/) - Join me Tuesday, November 12 from 10 am to 12 noon for the monthly Whipstitch Sewcial! We'll be meeting down by the Chattahoochee just before the bitter cold weather blows in for the rest of the week--meet inside the Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee shop (now called the Chattahoochee Coffee Company, but still in
- [In Progress: Matching Flannel Jammies for the Kids](https://whip-stitch.com/in-progress-matching-flannel-jammies-for-the-kids/) - The cutting-out step is often the slowest part. Three sets of flannel pajamas, all a size up from last year. All of them in the absurdly cute Fanfare from Cloud 9 by Rae Hoekstra. Love.
- [Using Tracing Paper on a Sewing Pattern](https://whip-stitch.com/using-tracing-paper-on-a-sewing-pattern/) - Most of my students in my Intro to Sewing class over the years have asked me about the various supplies I demonstrate or share with them, and inevitably we get around to talking about the tracing wheel. Honestly, for ages I just told them they'd never use it, because so few people ever really do.
- [Goo Gone on Gum](https://whip-stitch.com/goo-gone-on-gum/) - Step-by-step tutorial for removing sticky gum and residue from your clothing. Various techniques covered, focusing on Goo Gone. It works like a charm!
- [Men's Jacket Series: The Muslin](https://whip-stitch.com/mens-jacket-series-the-muslin/) - The muslin stage to check the fit of a home-sewn jacket for men. Using Vogue 8719 and Roc-Lon muslin. Unlined single-breasted jacket with lapels.
- [Men's Jacket Series: Fitting a Men's Coat](https://whip-stitch.com/mens-jacket-series-fitting-a-mens-coat/) - The fitting stage of sewing a men's coat, using Vogue 8719 as the pattern. Unlined single-breasted jacket with lapels.
- [Sugarplum Dreams for All](https://whip-stitch.com/sugarplum-dreams-for-all/) - This year, we finally sent out Christmas cards. We have never, in point of fact, successfully mailed Christmas cards, ever in our entire married lives (or, for that matter, before we were married). Every year since our wedding, I have purchased Christmas cards (usually I get them at the end of the previous season at
- [Sewing a Velvet Cocktail Dress](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-a-velvet-cocktail-dress/) - Tips and techniques for sewing a velvet cocktail dress from a vintage pattern.
- [Blue Velvet Cocktail Dress: World Prom](https://whip-stitch.com/blue-velvet-cocktail-dress-world-prom/) - Taking a world tour in my blue velvet cocktail dress--thanks to some "prom" pictures from this year's Christmas party!
- [Sewing Buddies 2014 NOW OPEN!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddies-2014-now-open/) - Find your Sewing Buddy! In its fifth year, the Sewing Buddy Project matches stitchers from around the globe as pen pals, this year with on-going video & prizes!
- [Tips for Working with Velvet](https://whip-stitch.com/tips-for-working-with-velvet/) - Techniques for sewing with velvets, including how to use a press board and why you might want your walking foot.
- [Patternmaking E-Course Begins Today!](https://whip-stitch.com/patternmaking-e-course-begins-today/) - Starting TODAY! The Flat Patternmaking e-course is ready to roll! This class is one of my "live" online classes, which means that unlike some of my other e-courses (including Essential Sewing, Sewing Knits and Crafty Business Basics), this class meets daily for four weeks. Each day, a new lesson is revealed, we get the chance
- [Sewing Buddies 2014: Deadline Approaching!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddies-2014-deadline-approaching/) - If you're planning to join us as a Sewing Buddy in 2014, be sure to register before the deadline THIS SUNDAY at midnight! I'll be closing out registration at that point, and we won't add any more Sewing Buddies this year. I have a whole year of monthly video, secret codes, meet-ups, freebies and interviews
- [Four Shirts, One Pattern: Class Samples from Flat Patternmaking](https://whip-stitch.com/flat-patternmaking-ecourse-class-samples/) - I am currently a non-stop long-sleeved tee shirt-making machine. Behold! All these tops are sewn from the same pattern, a long-sleeved tee I drafted as I was making class samples for my Flat Patternmaking e-course. I wanted a chance to play around with sleeve length and hem finishes, and it turned into a little bit
- [60-Degree Triangle Quilt ](https://whip-stitch.com/60-degree-triangle-quilt/) - All done and bound! Like a lot of us, I've been wanting a 60-degree triangle quilt for ages. Seems like a lot of us had the same yen around the same time, because I have seen a zillion quilts popping up all over the interwebs. But I love mine BEST. Yes, I do. I started
- [Aaaaaand...Now I'm Crazy for Raglan Tees. You Should Be, Too.](https://whip-stitch.com/aaaaaand-now-im-crazy-for-raglan-tees-you-should-be-too/) - I obviously dislike being cold. Because in the past four weeks or so, I have made nearly ten long-sleeved tee shirts. I started with standard set-in sleeves, and now I've moved up to raglans. I might need a twelve-step program. First it was the basic long-sleeved tee, and now it's these raglan tees. They're ridiculously
- [Imagine Gnats Goes to Print! Pattern Giveaway](https://whip-stitch.com/imagine-gnats-goes-to-print-pattern-giveaway/) - Rachel of Imagine Gnats designs super cute patterns. Let's just start there. And she has two super darling girls to model them for her--and for us! Rachel has been releasing her patterns as downloadable PDFs for a while now, which is such great instant gratification. For those of us who like to trace, PDF patterns
- [Gifts for Guys: Framed Maps for Valentine's Day (with mini-tutorial)](https://whip-stitch.com/gifts-for-guys-sweetly-framed-maps-for-valentines-day/) - Need a quick idea for a gift this Valentine's Day? This one is sweet and romantic and quick to do--inexpensive supplies, images from the printer, and about 45 minutes of your time. I think I spent less than $21 total for the whole thing. Plus! It's a gift for him, but you'll love hanging it
- [Choosing Plants and Choosing Plots](https://whip-stitch.com/choosing-plants-and-choosing-plots/) - My seed catalog from Baker Creek arrived today, which is pretty exciting. I'm still eagerly awaiting the arrival of my Seed Savers Exchange and Seeds of Change catalogs, so I'm not quite ready to make my selections, but I'm already dreaming of what I'll choose. I sat outside with a view of the back yard
- [All-Yellow Scrappy Trips Around the World Quilt Finished!](https://whip-stitch.com/all-yellow-scrappy-trips-around-the-world-quilt-finished/) - All finished! I have been steadily working my way through my pile of incomplete projects, and wanted to get both this and the triangle quilt all done--and here it is. Jubilee! This could very easily be my favorite quilt I have ever made. Oh, alright, it IS my favorite quilt I've ever made--there, I said
- [February Sewcial is TODAY!](https://whip-stitch.com/february-sewcial-is-today/) - Come on down to the Chattahoochee Coffee Company this morning and sew along with us! Today is the monthly Sewcial meet-up, and we'll be hand sewing and sharing coffee and some friendly sewing chat, all for free. RSVP or just get the details here, and see you at 10 am!
- [Modern InstaBee, Hive 6: Block 1](https://whip-stitch.com/modern-instabee-hive-6-block-1/) - I love how Instagram brings people together. It really is true micro-blogging, in the sense that you can use the platform to shoot a photo, write a few words, and update the world on your every action. For those of us who craft and sew and DIY, there are whole projects that we share only
- [Updating a Dining Room Chair with Fabric & Paint](https://whip-stitch.com/updating-a-dining-room-chair-with-fabric-paint/) - In my workroom, I have two tables (well, I do now, anyway): one for my sewing machine, and one for my serger, with my computer monitor on the angle where the two meet in an L-shape. For over two years now, I've been using a hand-me-down bentwood dining chair as my sewing chair, one that
- [Handmade Birthday Club: February](https://whip-stitch.com/handmade-birthday-club-february/) - This year, thanks to Instagram, I'm taking part in the Handmade Birthday Club that Susanna Kate has got going. Here's the deal: we all are partnered with 11 other people, to make a crew of 12. Each month, we sew a handmade birthday gift for one of the folks in the group, and when it's
- [The Complete Photo Guide to Clothing Construction](https://whip-stitch.com/christinehaynes/) - As an unapologetic collector of sewing books, I am always excited when a new, beautiful and truly useful sewing reference is published. When that book is also written by a friend, and that friend is someone whose taste and skill level I trust and admire deeply, I order the book so fast that when it
- [Sewing Studio Tour](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-studio-tour/) - Maybe it's my intense desire for spring to go ahead and spring already, but I've been sprucing up my studio the past couple of weeks--got a bee in my bonnet, so to speak, and between a trip to Ikea and a couple cans of spray paint, have overhauled the room and made it tidy and
- [Camp Aloha Friends!](https://whip-stitch.com/camp-aloha-friends/) - I am super, super, super excited to share with all of you a project I have been working on the past few weeks. My sweet friend Mel from Single Handed Knits invited me to join her this summer for her crafty camp, Camp Aloha Friends! Mel does an incredible job of bringing people together, designing
- [Tutorial: Sewing a Knit Tee-Shirt Cuff](https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-sewing-a-knit-tee-shirt-cuff/) - After my love affair with long-sleeved and raglan tees recently, I've made more than my share of cuffs from knits. Using photos from those sewing sessions, I put together a quick tutorial for making simple, no-serger knit cuffs--I'll be using this same technique all summer to make striped tops for my kids. Here's hoping you
- [Silk Charmeuse and a French Pattern](https://whip-stitch.com/silk-charmeuse-and-a-french-pattern/) - Waiting on my cutting table for me to dive in: This is an incredible silk charmeuse that I bought from Emma One Sock back when I was working on the projects for Stitch Savvy. I think I had this idea that I would make a version of the Enchantment Under the Sea Dress from this
- [Oilcloth Make-up Tray + A GIVEAWAY!](https://whip-stitch.com/oilcloth-make-up-tray-a-giveaway/) - For the two+ years since we moved into this house, I have kept my make-up on the bathroom counter in the travel bag that I got at TJMaxx the week I first moved to Atlanta from college, almost (coughcough) sixteen years ago. The bathroom--and this is the master bath, now, I don't want to mislead
- [My Rag Doll + GIVEAWAY](https://whip-stitch.com/my-rag-doll-giveaway/) - Review of My Rag Doll, a European-style doll making book, including patterns for sewing dolls and their doll clothing.
- [Dollar Store Academy](https://whip-stitch.com/dollar-store-academy/) - There are days where it would be so, so, so much easier to let the kids come home from school, turn on the TV, and let it roll. We try pretty hard at our house, though, to limit TV watching--or game playing or Netflix or movies or videos--to days that aren't "school days." Which is
- [Shorts Season](https://whip-stitch.com/shorts-season/) - Over the past week+ or so, I have sewn up a gazillion pair of shorts for the children. They all seem to have shot up four inches in the space of time it took for us to have a week or warm weather followed by a cold snap. These are a mix of patterns--a lot
- [Tannic Acid Molecular Quilt + Quilt Lab Blog Hop](https://whip-stitch.com/tannic-acid-molecular-quilt-quilt-lab-blog-hop/) - Once upon a time, before Whipstitch existed, I was an archaeologist. My field of study was prehistoric human/plant interactions, focusing on acorn use as a primary foodstuff in the American Southeast. (This is a true story, y'all. Some folks really do study this kind of thing.) You can imagine what spending two years grinding acorns
- [Giveaway Winners!](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-winners-2/) - Winners!! Winner of At Home with Modern June is Veronica, who said: I'm excited to see how many of you are looking to do more sewing with oilcloth! Be sure to check out Kelly's shop for more supplies and her first book! Winner of My Rag Doll is Evelyn, who said: Both winners have been
- [Upcoming Atlanta-Area Sewcials](https://whip-stitch.com/upcoming-atlanta-area-sewcials/) - Spring has SPRUNG, and it has come so FAST! I can't believe how quickly the weather has warmed up, and how March and April have flown past me. There was no Whipstitch Sewcial in March, but I didn't want April to get away without a get-together! So on Monday, April 28 at 10 am we'll
- [Cappuccino Dress](https://whip-stitch.com/cappuccino-dress/) - You'll have to forgive me for taking photos of a dress that I clearly have been wearing for a few hours--today was registration day for next school year, which involves some sitting and turn-taking and waiting (kinda like school), and it left me with wrinkles. Plus, my dress got mussed (ba-dump-dump-ching). Can you see that
- [Saturated Stripes Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/what-shade-are-you/) - I spent a solid two weeks this spring hand-stitching a zillion little yo-yos using RJR's Cotton Supreme Solids. They were each like little gems, perfectly round and fluffy and dazzling saturated in color. Problem was, when I went to put them together for the What Shade Are You blog hop RJR has organized, I was
- [Deep Pockets Tunic in Framework Double Gauze](https://whip-stitch.com/deep-pockets-tunic-in-framework-double-gauze/) - Prototype sewing pattern for a tween girls tunic for summer
- [Datura Blouse: Test Muslin in Double Gauze](https://whip-stitch.com/datura-blouse-test-muslin-in-double-gauze/) - Before cutting in to my super amazing pink check silk charmeuse for a Datura blouse, I wanted to do a test run. This is the result of that test, made in a cotton double gauze I've been hoarding for...oh, probably around five years now (or more). On the whole, I like this pattern a lot.
- [Lotus Pond EXTRAVAGANZA!](https://whip-stitch.com/lotus-pond-extravaganza/) - Have you seen Rae's new fabric line, Lotus Pond? All organic, all in luscious colors, and all in the sweetest Scandinavian-inspired prints. The folks at Cloud9 were sweet enough to send over some yardage, and I couldn't be more tickled with the clothes I made for the kids! I actually made not-quite-matching outfits for my
- [Bits & Pieces](https://whip-stitch.com/bits-pieces/) - Summer is here, and we're still working out what that means for our daily schedule. Yesterday, I did a smidgen of sewing, followed by four hours at the pool with the children. I took a cross stitch project, but no actual hand sewing, and feel my time could have been better maximized. Having said that,
- [Fresh Pack Quilt Pattern Now Available from Tumbling Blocks](https://whip-stitch.com/fresh-pack-quilt-pattern-now-available-from-tumbling-blocks/) - Remember my Saturated Stripes quilt? It was inspired by the Fresh Pack quilt made by Dorie of Tumbling Blocks--and now Dorie has a pattern available for download! In Dorie's Craftsy pattern shop, you can download the Fresh Pack Quilt pattern for FREE and make your own version of this super versatile design--and you can read more
- [Camp Stitchalot](https://whip-stitch.com/camp-stitchalot/) - Oh, Camp Stitchalot. What can I possibly say that would sum up how glorious this past weekend was? In a red barn, in the middle of the Michigan countryside, in two sewing rooms filled to bursting with folks who love to sew, we all hung out and made stuff and drank a bit (maybe a
- [Stitch By Stitch Giveaway!](https://whip-stitch.com/stitch-by-stitch-giveaway/) - 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 favorite sewing books in coming weeks--a great chance to build your sewing library!
- [Back to School Wardrobes: Tween Girl (and why it's so hard to dress them)](https://whip-stitch.com/back-to-school-wardrobes-tween-girl-and-why-its-so-hard-to-dress-them/) - 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 barely a tween, but old enough that a lot of the available sewing patterns on the market either don't go up far enough in
- [Join me today at the Daily Sew!](https://whip-stitch.com/join-me-today-at-the-daily-sew/) - I'm guest posting all day today over on Facebook with The Daily Sew--articles and blog links and ideas and questions about your current sewing. I'd love to hear your answers and inspiration! I'm posting every couple of hours all day today on their page--can't wait to see what you have to say.
- [Sketchbook Shirts in Fanfare Flannel](https://whip-stitch.com/sketchbook-shirts-in-fanfare-flannel/) - 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 Shirt from Oliver + S roughly five years after purchasing it, so today's sewing is a gigantic WIN at our house. I made one
- [Dimensional Denim from Amy Barickman](https://whip-stitch.com/dimensional-denim-from-amy-barickman/) - 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. Back when I very first started selling fabric retail, I had the worst, worst, worst time finding denim on the bolt to sell to
- [Meet Spice Berry Cottage!](https://whip-stitch.com/meet-spice-berry-cottage/) - 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 owner, created the shop specifically to inspire sewing and creativity with the amazing fabrics that keep coming out year after year. Dina loves color
- [Back to School Wardrobe: Inventory Results, and Analyzing WHEN to Sew & When to Buy](https://whip-stitch.com/back-to-school-wardrobe-inventory-results-and-analyzing-when-to-sew-when-to-buy/) - 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 counted everything. Fortunately, I didn't wait to start the inventory until after the laundry was done (because WILL IT EVER, EVER BE DONE????); I
- [Miette Skirt in Chambray Union Crossweave](https://whip-stitch.com/miette-skirt-in-chambray-union-crossweave/) - 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 how it goes with PDFs--you kinda forget you have them, and then you'll think about them and wonder where on earth on your hard
- [Oakshott Cotton Challenge](https://whip-stitch.com/oakshott-cotton-challenge/) - 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 idea that they were crossweaves, meaning that the warp and weft fibers of the fabrics are different colored threads, which can lead to some
- [Handmade Knit Tees for the Girls](https://whip-stitch.com/handmade-knit-tees-for-the-girls/) - 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 I wanted some very specific things for our kids' suitcases: our boy needed more shorts, our girls needed tee shirt dresses that would feel
- [Bias-Bound Pouch: Camp Stitchalot Giveaways](https://whip-stitch.com/bias-bound-pouch-camp-stitchalot-giveaways/) - 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 sure that every camper there was remembered and felt special, and that I'd made an effort to get to know them all individually--it matters
- [It Begins!](https://whip-stitch.com/it-begins/) - Get ready for a hip, new fabric and sewing store in the heart of Atlanta! Not your grandma's sewing store, this will be the gathering place for all hip chicks who love modern sewing. See there soon!
- [Catching Up with the Modern Instabee (and learning more about margin)](https://whip-stitch.com/catching-up-with-the-modern-instabee-and-learning-more-about-margin/) - 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 we WANT to do. Money where your mouth is, and all that. And this year, I deliberately made very few commitments, knowing that I
- [Three Little Beach Hats](https://whip-stitch.com/three-little-beach-hats/) - 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 least that our two littlest would need more protection from the sun--their older sister is brown, like her dad, but even she would benefit
- [Lobster Shorts for the Boy, and the Myth of Flat Piping](https://whip-stitch.com/lobster-shorts-for-the-boy-and-the-myth-of-flat-piping/) - 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 out of town on our mega-road trip. Remember this photo? Our girls are wearing their handmade jersey tees, and our boy is wearing his
- [Back to School Wardrobes: Inventory](https://whip-stitch.com/back-to-school-wardrobes-inventory/) - Sorting through the clothes your children have and determining what they need is the ideal first step before sewing new clothes. With a printable checklist!
- [Flannel Handwarmers: A Simple Sewing Project](https://whip-stitch.com/flannel-handwarmers-a-simple-sewing-project/) - It has been Simple Sewing craziness out on the internets the past couple weeks, y'all. So many posts about Katie Lewis' new book, Simple Sewing, which has just been released, and is chock full of quick and basic projects that will help you hone your sewing skills and master the basics--or whip up some lovely
- [Major Destash on Instagram TONIGHT!](https://whip-stitch.com/major-destash-on-instagram-tonight/) - Just a heads-up, y'all: I have been working diligently the past week-plus to sort through my ENTIRE stash of fabrics and separate out the ones I cannot live without and the ones that I think would be better used if sent along to a loving home. The result of all this harrowing and heart-wrenching decision-making
- [Bianca Dress from Made By Rae](https://whip-stitch.com/bianca-dress-from-made-by-rae/) - Rae has a brand-new sewing pattern out, the Bianca Top & Dress, and it's just the ticket for the hot, hot summer we're sure to have this year. I made the dress length, because the more I wear my Cappuccino dress, the more I want to live in lightweight, easy-wear dresses all summer long. The
- [Yo-Yos Got My Temperature Rising](https://whip-stitch.com/yo-yos-got-my-temperature-rising/) - Camp Aloha Friends, June 15 2014, includes projects for sewing quilt yo-yos from scrap fabrics to make a shadow box project
- [The Best People I Have Ever Known](https://whip-stitch.com/miriam-and-arthur/) - These are my grandparents, and without question, they are the best people I have ever known. They did more to influence my worldview and my behavior than I ever could have realized while they were alive. And as of this month, both of them are gone. This is Miriam. If you took a class from
- [Updating a Vintage Metal Find](https://whip-stitch.com/updating-a-vintage-metal-find/) - I work on an Ikea table top, which holds my sewing machine, my laptop, an external monitor, and all my papers: calendar, notebook for ideas, sketch book, catalogs, printer paper. I also keep a small desk lamp and a Bluetooth speaker, which makes listening to Pandora (or Netflix, let's be honest) much more pleasurable for
- [Fabric-Covered Mat for Framing](https://whip-stitch.com/fabric-covered-mat-for-framing/) - My margin cross stitch has long since been completed, but is not yet hanging on my wall. And I even went out and bought a frame for it. It's just that the frame was...boring. See what I mean? Totally dullsville. It's a lovely deep shadow-box frame (from Ikea), but the white mat with the white
- [Have You Ordered Your 2014 Seed Catalogs Yet?](https://whip-stitch.com/have-you-ordered-your-2014-seed-catalogs-yet/) - It's all happening!! Almost time to watch the temps begin to rise--as hard as that seems when we're all hunkered down waiting for snow to hit Atlanta one. more. time this year (and people on the streets/in the grocery stores acting like fools who have clearly seen more than their share of ice this season).
- [Slip Covers e-Course Registration Now OPEN!](https://whip-stitch.com/slip-covers-e-course-registration-now-open/) - 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 the extra time. My new online class explores all the skills and techniques I used in order to do that, by tackling five different
- [Liberty Pillow Challenge: Bordered Star Pillow--CLOSED](https://whip-stitch.com/liberty-pillow-challenge-bordered-star-pillow/) - 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 of their quilting cottons, and we'd sew up a pillow in any style to showcase the prints. I mean, seriously: who would say no
- [Run Your Own Race Cross Stitch Pattern](https://whip-stitch.com/run-your-own-race-cross-stitch-pattern/) - 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 at a small community college. And now it's a New York Times best seller, and available for your Kindle. I just re-read it while
- [New Sewing Glossary Videos Up!](https://whip-stitch.com/new-sewing-glossary-videos-up/) - 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. Meee-ow. Suggestions for new terms to include? Leave 'em in the comments, and keep your eyes peeled for a fun Video Sewing Glossary activity
- [New (Vintage) Kindergarten Pillow Doll](https://whip-stitch.com/new-vintage-kindergarten-pillow-doll/) - 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) taken German as a foreign language in college in the 60s, was delighted. We lived off-base, in the then-tiny town of Bittburg, in then-West
- [Fall Wardrobe E-Course Now Registering!](https://whip-stitch.com/fall-wardrobe-e-course-now-registering/) - Fall Wardrobe e-course now open--a five-week online class to master sewing with commercial garment patterns. Make a top, a skirt, a jacket and a lined dress.
- [Old Sofa, New Sofa](https://whip-stitch.com/old-sofa-new-sofa/) - 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 have also learned that no matter how DIY talented you are, there are times when it's best to just throw some money at a
- [Vintage Map Toy Storage Boxes](https://whip-stitch.com/vintage-map-toy-storage-boxes/) - How to make storage boxes attractive by adding decoupage maps
- [Toddler Top Sheet: Quick & Easy, with Fabric for Later!](https://whip-stitch.com/toddler-top-sheet-quick-easy-with-fabric-for-later/) - We're getting ready to transition our son from his toddler bed to a big boy bed, and our youngest from her crib to the toddler bed. Well, OK, "getting ready" might be a bit strong: we're waiting until the absolute last possible minute to take the baby out of the crib. I know most of
- [Making Notches](https://whip-stitch.com/making-notches/) - With all the garments I've been sewing in the past few weeks, I've had plenty of time to think about notches. Those little doo-hickies on the pattern that exist to either confuse you or slow you down, a lot of the time. And it seemed like a good time to snap a few pictures and
- [Snack Bandolier Pattern for Cottage Makers](https://whip-stitch.com/snack-bandolier-pattern-for-cottage-makers/) - I have gotten emails on a regular basis for years, literally, from folks who would like to make the Snack Bandolier from my tutorial for sale at craft shows and street fairs, or through their online shop. I've had notes from folks who are Occupational Therapists who say this design is great for their clients,
- [Vintage-Style Teddy Bear Pattern & Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/vintage-style-teddy-bear-pattern-tutorial/) - Hooray!! FREE pattern today for the vintage-style teddy bear I made based on the bears my mother sewed for me when I was teensy tiny (turns out she made them when I was a baby in Germany just after I was born, which makes this gingham bear older than I generally talk about in polite
- [Continuous Bias Tape Tutorial--Now On Video!](https://whip-stitch.com/continuous-bias-tape-tutorial-now-on-video/) - For a while now, folks have been asking me to make a video version of my continuous bias tape tutorial from a few years ago. I teach this technique both in my in-person classes and my online Essential Sewing class, and it's even included in Stitch by Stitch, but I have been putting off and
- [Mission Maxi Dress](https://whip-stitch.com/mission-maxi-dress/) - A maxi dress made of soft cotton jersey that falls just above the ankles using the Mission Maxi Dress pattern by Jamie Christina.
- [Vogue 1152 in Tula Pink Voile](https://whip-stitch.com/vogue-1152-in-tula-pink-voile/) - A comfortable and easy wearing dress from a well-drafted pattern - win! I will be teaching this dress pattern at Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion.
- [Tova Top in Heirloom Linen](https://whip-stitch.com/tova-top-in-heirloom-linen/) - This pattern is clean and straight-forward to assemble, with a great fitting sleeve and nice details that make it look high end without a lot of extra effort.
- [Sewing Machine Maintenance: Cleaning a Front-Load](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-machine-maintenance-cleaning-a-front-load/) - Simple maintenance will make your machine last longer and sew better. This post shows you how to clean a machine with a bobbin case.
- [Sewing Machine Maintenance: Cleaning a Top-Load](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-machine-maintenance-cleaning-a-top-load/) - Next in our series on sewing machine maintenance, this post shows you to clean a top loading sewing machine.
- [Sewing Machine Maintenance: Cleaning Your Serger](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-machine-maintenance-cleaning-your-serger/) - Cleaning a serger isn't hard but it does need to be done. Learn how in this post.
- [Sewing Machine Maintenance: A Sample Schedule](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-machine-maintenance-a-sample-schedule/) - A sample schedule for maintaining and servicing your sewing machine and serger.
- [Volunteer Tomato](https://whip-stitch.com/volunteer-tomato/) - We never did get around to putting in a garden this year. When we moved into our house, the backyard was a disaster, random baby trees dotted everywhere and no actual grass, just weeds and sad lumps of cast-off...stuff. It needed an overhaul, and while my eyes are generally on the interior of the house,
- [The Margin of 10000 Hours](https://whip-stitch.com/the-margin-of-10000-hours/) - I remember sewing before the internet. For me, and for most of the folks I knew who were sewing, it was primarily about achieving a goal--usually a finished garment. Sewing wasn't, for us in the pre-blog, pre-Pinstagram age, about ALL THE PROJECTS WE HAVEN'T DONE YET. But doesn't it seem as though sometimes, now, it
- [Sewing to Learn](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-to-learn/) - So many of us came to sewing wanting to know more. OK, once I write that out I realize how ridiculous it sounds--I think what I mean is that no one comes to sewing thinking that we already have the knowledge and skills to accomplish the task. More so than lots of occupations or endeavors,
- [Simple Garden](https://whip-stitch.com/simple-garden/) - It has been a while since we've been able to put in a real garden. Last summer, we lived in a rental house. The summer before, we were "on the market," and didn't think it was wise to dig up part of the yard for a garden that a potential homeowner might not want. And
- [Nantucket Weekend GIVEAWAY!!!!](https://whip-stitch.com/nantucket-weekend-giveaway/) - Need a new outfit for that little 2T-3T girl in your life? This is a giveaway for a shirt and shorts that are sure to please.
- [Useful Sewing Books & Progress Report](https://whip-stitch.com/useful-sewing-books-progress-report/) - The Whipstitch website will be up and running before you know it with great fabric as well as book recommendations. Keep coming back!
- [Changes to the Westminster Fabrics Pricing Policy](https://whip-stitch.com/changes-to-the-westminster-fabrics-pricing-policy/) - Whipstitch will continue to offer Westminster fabrics lines such as Jay McCarroll, Joel Dewberry, Amy Butler, and Heather Bailey.
- [Wardrobe Refashion](https://whip-stitch.com/wardrobe-refashion/) - Take the pledge to repurpose or otherwise make you and your family's wardrobe. Be inspired and challenge yourself to learn new techniques along the way!
- [Charm Pack Projects Series: Introduction](https://whip-stitch.com/charm-pack-projects-series-introduction/) - Wondering what to make with your favorite charm pack? Check out these ideas!
- [NEW! Sale from the Fabulous Jen at MOMSPatterns](https://whip-stitch.com/new-sale-from-the-fabulous-jen-at-momspatterns/) - Check out this coupon code for a great deal on MOMs vintage patterns.
- [Westminster MAP policy suspended--for now](https://whip-stitch.com/westminster-map-policy-suspended-for-now/) - Love Heather Ross, Amy Butler, Jay McCarroll, Heather Bailey, and Anna Maria Horner? Get the 411 on pricing for these fabrics.
- [Why Bother to Sew??](https://whip-stitch.com/why-bother-to-sew/) - Check out the many answers to this question!
- [March classes](https://whip-stitch.com/march-classes/) - Whipstitch is here to serve your fabric and learning needs! Shop here for great fabrics and learn here through our classes.
- [Pattern Testers Wanted!](https://whip-stitch.com/pattern-testers-wanted/) - Help us test patterns and get all the finished patterns for free! A win-win for everyone!
- [What kind of crazy person would want to sew CLOTHES??](https://whip-stitch.com/what-kind-of-crazy-person-would-want-to-sew-clothes/) - Need great fabric for apparel? Look no further, Whipstitch has it!
- [Class Listings Online!](https://whip-stitch.com/class-listings-online/) - Come learn how to sew at Whipstitch! Class listings now online.
- [Daily Candy Love!](https://whip-stitch.com/daily-candy-love/) - Check out the blurb about Whipstitch in Daily Candy.
- [TWO giveaways this week!](https://whip-stitch.com/two-giveaways-this-week/) - Enter two giveaways this week to win a vintage pattern, fabric, and a gift certificate to Whipstitch!
- [Whipstitch Featured on FOX5 Atlanta Tomorrow!](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-featured-on-fox5-atlanta-tomorrow/) - Whipstitch grand opening covered by Fox5 Atlanta morning news team.
- [Whipstitch Lounge Featured on Good Day Atlanta](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-lounge-featured-on-good-day-atlanta/) - Whipstitch grand opening featured on morning news program Good Day Atlanta. Check out the video!
- [A Philosophical Moment, or Thanks for all the Bolt Love!](https://whip-stitch.com/a-philosophical-moment-or-thanks-for-all-the-bolt-love/) - Whipstitch customers are the best, thank you for all your support!
- [Giveaway and Sale Code: Enjoy Your Day Off!](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-and-sale-code-enjoy-your-day-off/) - Enter to win a starter set of hand embroidery supplies. Also, Be a Man fabrics on sale at Whipstitch!
- [Embroidery Obsession](https://whip-stitch.com/embroidery-obsession/) - Learn hand embroidery and enjoy a super-cool, portable stitching project.
- [Sew-A-Thon this Friday!](https://whip-stitch.com/sew-a-thon-this-friday/) - Come sew all night with Whipstitch this Friday for a chance to win a spot at the Fall Sewing Retreat!
- [Flood Management](https://whip-stitch.com/flood-management/) - Whipstitch studio has suffered some flood damage but never fear, we will be back!
- [FLOOD SALE](https://whip-stitch.com/flood-sale/) - Whipstitch has a deal for you - pre-washed, folded fabric ready at a great price!
- [WOW!](https://whip-stitch.com/wow/) - Take advantage of our sale on pre-washed fabrics ready to cut and sew!
- [Fall Sewing Retreat](https://whip-stitch.com/fall-sewing-retreat/) - Grab a spot for the Whipstitch Fall Sewing Retreat!
- [Sincerely](https://whip-stitch.com/sincerely/) - Construction is almost complete on the new Whipstitch studio!
- [December Intro to Sewing (Among Other Things)](https://whip-stitch.com/december-intro-to-sewing-among-other-things/) - Look for updates to the Whipstitch shop and blog coming soon!
- [Hemming and Alterations Workshop!](https://whip-stitch.com/hemming-and-alterations-workshop/) - Attend the hemming, repairs, and alterations workshop and say goodbye to expensive alterations!
- [Countdown to the Holidays: New Workshops!](https://whip-stitch.com/countdown-to-the-holidays-new-workshops/) - Sign up for a December workshop at Whipstitch and have a hand-made holiday!
- [FINAL Flood Sale!](https://whip-stitch.com/final-flood-sale/) - Take advantage of great prices on designer fabric while it lasts!
- [FINAL Flood Sale, and a chance to SAVE](https://whip-stitch.com/final-flood-sale-and-a-chance-to-save/) - Last chance for great deals on designer fabric!
- [Advent Calendar](https://whip-stitch.com/advent-calendar/) - Memories of my family's handcrafted advent calendar.
- [Modern Home Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/modern-home-sewing/) - Check out this vintage sewing book.
- [Little Folks voile: It's here, it's here, it's finally here!!](https://whip-stitch.com/little-folks-voile-its-here-its-here-its-finally-here/) - Anna Maria Horner's Little Folks Voile fabric collection is in the shop!
- [Couldn't wait to dig in...](https://whip-stitch.com/couldnt-wait-to-dig-in/) - Anna Maria Horner's Little Folks collection is even better in person and it is in the shop ready for you to take some home!
- [Progress is Being Made](https://whip-stitch.com/progress-is-being-made/) - Look what we're making with Anna Maria Horner's Little Folks collection.
- [Whipstitch: One of the 100 Atlanta Businesses to Know!](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-one-of-the-100-atlanta-businesses-to-know/) - Whipstitch named one of the 100 Atlanta businesses to know by CRAVE!
- [Tomato Pincushions and the Lowly Pin](https://whip-stitch.com/tomato-pincushions-and-the-lowly-pin/) - Check out this book about the archaeology of sewing tools.
- [Convo w my husband](https://whip-stitch.com/convo-w-my-husband/) - My husband's encouraging words about training to run a 5k.
- [Gift Certificates Still Available!](https://whip-stitch.com/gift-certificates-still-available/) - Learn to sew or embroider at Whipstitch!
- [Stockings, Coming Down (plus one!)](https://whip-stitch.com/stockings-coming-down-plus-one/) - Handmade Christmas stockings for the family.
- [Use Code NEW YEAR and Take 20% Off!](https://whip-stitch.com/use-code-new-year-and-take-20-off/) - Everything is 20% off through New Year's Eve at Whipstitch!
- [Welcome, 2010! I've set some goals.](https://whip-stitch.com/welcome-2010-ive-set-some-goals/) - Welcome the New Year with new sewing goals!
- [We've Added More Space in our Intro Sewing January Classes!](https://whip-stitch.com/weve-added-more-space-in-our-intro-sewing-january-classes/) - We've added another intro to sewing class at Whipstitch!
- [Pardon Our Progress](https://whip-stitch.com/pardon-our-progress/) - We are doing some maintenance on the blog but in the meantime please tell us your sewing goals!
- [Tidying Up!](https://whip-stitch.com/tidying-up/) - The Whipstitch blog is up and running again!
- [Back in Stock: Wonderland by Momo for Moda](https://whip-stitch.com/back-in-stock-wonderland-by-momo-for-moda/) - Whipstitch now has more of the fabulous Wonderland collection by Momo for Moda!
- [February Sewing Classes at Whipstitch](https://whip-stitch.com/february-sewing-classes-at-whipstitch/) - Sign up for a class at Whipstitch and learn to sew or improve your skills!
- [Survey: Setting Our 2010 Sewing Goals!](https://whip-stitch.com/survey-setting-our-2010-sewing-goals/) - Take our survey about sewing goals for 2010.
- [Charm Packs, Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes, oh my!](https://whip-stitch.com/charm-packs-jelly-rolls-layer-cakes-oh-my-2/) - What are charm packs, jelly rolls, and other pre-cuts?
- [Celebrate the Boy Month](https://whip-stitch.com/celebrate-the-boy-month/) - Celebrate the boy month will be chock full of great tutorials and ideas for boys.
- [French Seams and Flat Fell Seams](https://whip-stitch.com/french-seams-and-flat-fell-seams/) - Learn to sew French fell seams and flat fell seams with this tutorial.
- [Survey--There's Still Time!](https://whip-stitch.com/survey-theres-still-time/) - Take our survey of sewing goals for 2010 and get a chance to win a fat quarter!
- [Saturday Family Brunch. Scratch Pancakes!](https://whip-stitch.com/saturday-family-brunch-scratch-pancakes/) - Enjoy this recipe for pancakes made from scratch.
- [Sew Liberated Trunk Show!](https://whip-stitch.com/sew-liberated-trunk-show/) - Mark your calendars now for this great event with Sew Liberated!
- [Breaking News--Little Folks Dobby Dots Discontinued!](https://whip-stitch.com/breaking-news-little-folks-dobby-dots-discontinued/) - Due to cost, Free Spirit has decided not to reissue Anna Maria Horner's Little Folks Dobby Dots.
- [Thrift Store Shopping--Cousin to Stitching?](https://whip-stitch.com/thrift-store-shopping-cousin-to-stitching/) - Thrift store shopping has more in common with sewing than you might think.
- [NEW--BariJ Sewing Patterns!](https://whip-stitch.com/new-barij-sewing-patterns/) - Discover Bari J.'s great new line of patterns, soon to be available at Whipstitch.
- [Saturday Family Day--Snow Day!](https://whip-stitch.com/saturday-family-day-snow-day/) - An unusual second snowfall in Atlanta leads to a fun family day.
- [Tim Gunn Speaks at Georgia State University](https://whip-stitch.com/tim-gunn-speaks-at-georgia-state-university/) - Catch Tim Gunn speaking at Georgia State University.
- [NEW! Whipstitch Patterns--the OverMost. GIVEAWAY on MADE!](https://whip-stitch.com/new-whipstitch-patterns-the-overmost-giveaway-on-made/) - Check out this super versatile pattern for boys and girls.
- [WINNERS of the OverMost pattern and free fabric: FOUR of you!](https://whip-stitch.com/winners-of-the-overmost-pattern-and-free-fabric-four-of-you/) - Winners of the Overmost (overall) pattern and gift certificate to Whipstitch.
- [2010 Sewing Goals--Let's Get Started!](https://whip-stitch.com/2010-sewing-goals-lets-get-started/) - Join Whipstitch in trying to achieve our sewing goals for 2010!
- [Our Big Move, and Sew Liberated Trunk Show Details](https://whip-stitch.com/our-big-move-and-sew-liberated-trunk-show-details/) - Whipstitch is moving to a great new space in West midtown! Come check it out and enjoy the Sew Liberated trunk show.
- [Demo is Done, Baby!](https://whip-stitch.com/demo-is-done-baby/) - We are making progress on Whipstitch's awesome new space in West Midtown.
- [Sewing and Quilt Expo This Weekend!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-and-quilt-expo-this-weekend/) - Come check us out at the sewing and quilt expo this weekend!
- [Thank You, Sewing Expo! (and, Requiem for a Gumball Machine)](https://whip-stitch.com/thank-you-sewing-expo-and-requiem-for-a-gumball-machine-2/) - Many thanks to those who stopped by the Whipstitch booth at the sewing and quilt expo this weekend.
- [Super Big Announcement](https://whip-stitch.com/super-big-announcement/) - New sewing book that teaches foundational skills as the reader works through a series of projects, taking you from beginner to advanced in 224 pages.
- [Sewing Circle is ON!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-circle-is-on/) - Check out the new Whipstitch space while enjoying the monthly sewing circle.
- [Inside the New Shop](https://whip-stitch.com/inside-the-new-shop/) - Check out the new Whipstitch shop, now open in West Midtown.
- [Spring Top Week Over at Made By Rae!](https://whip-stitch.com/spring-top-week-over-at-made-by-rae/) - Spring top week over at Made by Rae is sure to inspire all of us to make some beautiful tops.
- [Working on my Yellows](https://whip-stitch.com/working-on-my-yellows/) - We are celebrating Spring with great yellow fabrics in the window at Whipstitch.
- [Easter Sewing--Something for Each of Us](https://whip-stitch.com/easter-sewing-something-for-each-of-us/) - Handmade outfits made this Easter worthy of a photo shoot.
- [Sewing Goals 2010, Feeling the Sewing Glee](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-goals-2010-feeling-the-sewing-glee/) - Time to update those 2010 sewing goals, what's on your list?
- [Organizing Your Sewing Space: Designer Studios](https://whip-stitch.com/organizing-your-sewing-space-designer-studios/) - Get some inspiration for your own sewing space by checking out these designer studios.
- [Organizing Your Sewing Space: Large Rooms](https://whip-stitch.com/organizing-your-sewing-space-large-rooms/) - Lucky enough to have a large sewing space? Here is some inspiration for getting that space organized.
- [Organizing Your Sewing Space: Small Spaces](https://whip-stitch.com/organizing-your-sewing-space-small-spaces/) - If you have a small or shared space to sew or craft, a little sweat equity and creativity can make it work for you.
- [Organizing Your Sewing Space: Unusual Spaces](https://whip-stitch.com/organizing-your-sewing-space-unusual-spaces/) - If you have an unusual space to sew or craft, a little imagination and creativity can make that space work for you.
- [Whipstitch Heads to Inman Park (and LONGER Friday Hours!)](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-heads-to-inman-park-and-longer-friday-hours/) - Whipstitch will once again be at the Inman Park Festival! Come see us at the festival or during our extended Friday shopping hours.
- [On Organized Pack-Ratting](https://whip-stitch.com/on-organized-pack-ratting/) - Have a stash of fabric in less than organized condition? Let's work on getting it organized as part of our sewing goals 2010.
- [Organizing Your Fabric Stash: By Color](https://whip-stitch.com/organizing-your-fabric-stash-by-color/) - A look at several different ways of organizing your fabric stash by color.
- [Organizing Your Fabric Stash: By Fabric Type](https://whip-stitch.com/organizing-your-fabric-stash-by-fabric-type/) - Organizing your fabric stash by fabric type can help you balance out your collection.
- [Organizing Your Fabric Stash: By Size (with a sidebar discussion of the fat quarter)](https://whip-stitch.com/organizing-your-fabric-stash-by-size-with-a-sidebar-discussion-of-the-fat-quarter/) - Tips on getting a fabric stash tidy and organized based size of each piece of fabric. Looks at fat quarters, half yards, full yards, & continuous yardage.
- [Handmade Baby Gifts are the BEST!](https://whip-stitch.com/handmade-baby-gifts-are-the-best/) - A baby blanket stitched by a former sewing student demonstrates the power of handmade.
- [Recycled Tees into Baby Washcloths: Quick & Easy!](https://whip-stitch.com/recycled-tees-into-baby-washcloths-quick-easy/) - A quick project that transforms old t-shirts into sweet and useful baby washcloths.
- [Girls' Ruffled Pillowcase Dress by SimplyModernMom](https://whip-stitch.com/girls-ruffled-pillowcase-dress-by-simplymodernmom/) - Tutorial by SimplyModernMom to make a sweet ruffled pillowcase dress.
- [Happy Mother's Day: It's a Girl!](https://whip-stitch.com/happy-mothers-dayl-its-a-girl/) - Our new baby girl is born!
- [Grand Opening Weekend!](https://whip-stitch.com/grand-opening-weekend/) - Check out all the happenings at our grand opening including: screening of Handmade Nation, sneak peeks of our workshops, scissor sharpening and much more!
- [Making a Comeback](https://whip-stitch.com/making-a-comeback/) - Working on several inspiring projects while enjoying the new baby.
- [Anna Maria's New Book, and Sewing for Baby](https://whip-stitch.com/anna-marias-new-book-and-sewing-for-baby/) - A review of this wonderful new book by Anna Maria Horner.
- [Handmade Nation Screening This Friday!](https://whip-stitch.com/handmade-nation-screening-this-friday/) - Screening of Handmade Nation at Whipstitch, DVD and book available for purchase.
- [Grand Opening Recap, and Quick Projects for Tight Schedules](https://whip-stitch.com/grand-opening-recap-and-quick-projects-for-tight-schedules/) - Recap of Whipstitch grand opening weekend and some quick, portable hand embroidery projects.
- [Making Time to Sew: Small Sewing Projects](https://whip-stitch.com/making-time-to-sew-small-sewing-projects/) - Sewing is important to fulfill the needs of your creative side, so put aside some time to sew.
- [Guest Post: Debunking Five Sewing Myths](https://whip-stitch.com/guest-post-debunking-five-sewing-myths/) - Guest post at Simply Modern Mom discusses why sewing is important and relevant in today's world.
- [Dear French Knot: I Take Back All Those Things I Said About You.](https://whip-stitch.com/dear-french-knot-i-take-back-all-those-things-i-said-about-you/) - I finally master the French Knot and learn to love it.
- [Embroidery Attack: Late. Again.](https://whip-stitch.com/embroidery-attack-late-again/) - Hand embroidered apron and dish towel for Mother's Day.
- [Open Sew Hours at Whipstitch Atlanta Begin June 1!](https://whip-stitch.com/open-sew-hours-at-whipstitch-atlanta-begin-june-1/) - Enjoy the space and sewing supplies at Whipstitch while you work on your sewing projects.
- [Making Time To Sew: Doing It Bit-By-Bit](https://whip-stitch.com/making-time-to-sew-doing-it-bit-by-bit/) - Break your sewing projects into manageable chunks and feel more productive.
- [Tutorial Round-Up: Crib Sheets PLUS Toddler Top Sheet Tutorial ](https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-round-up-crib-sheets-plus-toddler-top-sheet-tutorial/) - Great collection of tutorials for crib sheets and toddler fitted flat sheets.
- [Video Tutorial: Recycled Hand Puppets](https://whip-stitch.com/video-tutorial-recycled-hand-puppets/) - Make fabulous hand puppets for the little people in your life using stuffed animals.
- [Next Friday: Dana from MADE comes to Whipstitch!](https://whip-stitch.com/next-friday-dana-from-made-comes-to-whipstitch/) - Meet Dana from MADE at Whipstitch and enjoy a free demonstration and a Mystery Workshop!
- [Embroidered Appliqued Quilted Logo Wall Hanging.  Oh, Yeah.](https://whip-stitch.com/embroidered-appliqued-quilted-logo-wall-hanging-oh-yeah/) - Handmade Whipstitch logo includes embroidery, applique, patchwork.
- [On the Benefits of Planning](https://whip-stitch.com/on-the-benefits-of-planning/) - Discusses the different approaches to sewing and planning sewing projects.
- [Car Seat Cover](https://whip-stitch.com/car-seat-cover/) - Tutorial to make your own car seat cover or order one to be made to your specifications.
- [Dana's Greatest Hits: MADE at the Shop this Weekend!](https://whip-stitch.com/danas-greatest-hits-made-at-the-shop-this-weekend/) - A look at Dana from MADE's best tutorials plus the schedule for Dana's visit.
- [Amazing Weekend with Dana at Whipstitch!](https://whip-stitch.com/amazing-weekend-with-dana-at-whipstitch/) - Wrap up of a great time with Dana and all the awesome people who joined us at Whipstitch this weekend.
- [Rainbow Around the Block Project, with Anna Maria Horner](https://whip-stitch.com/rainbow-around-the-block-project-with-anna-maria-horner/) - Help flood victims in Nashville recover by sewing a quilt block at Whipstitch.
- [Anthropology of Sewing II: Handmade and the Economy ](https://whip-stitch.com/anthropology-of-sewing-ii-handmade-and-the-economy/) - Discussion of why handmade goods are making a comeback and whether the comeback is triggered by the economy.
- [Consider it a PRE Sneak Preview](https://whip-stitch.com/consider-it-a-pre-sneak-preview/) - A sneak peek at Stitch by Stitch, a sewing book by Deborah Moebes.
- [Summer Kickoff Coupons & FIVE Chances to Win!](https://whip-stitch.com/summer-kickoff-coupons-five-chances-to-win/) - Join us at our Modern Sewing Circle at a new time! Also, great new giveaways and coupons!
- [Family Day: Canning Pickles](https://whip-stitch.com/family-day-canning-pickles/) - An abundance of cucumbers results in a happy pickle experiment.
- [Sewing Goals 2010: Summer of the Teen](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-goals-2010-summer-of-the-teen/) - A collection of different ideas and patterns to sew for teens.
- [The OverMost Pattern Now Available](https://whip-stitch.com/the-overmost-pattern-now-available/) - This great pattern for unisex shorts overalls is finally here and ready for you to order!
- [Today: Honey Did List](https://whip-stitch.com/today-honey-did-list/) - Sometimes it pays to focus on what you did do instead of what is on your to do list.
- [Humbling Generosity in Coordinating Fabrics](https://whip-stitch.com/humbling-generosity-in-coordinating-fabrics/) - The Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild's baby gift of a handmade quilt. Also, new quilt classes offered at Whipstitch.
- [Only ONE DAY LEFT to Win One of Five Prize Packs!](https://whip-stitch.com/only-one-day-left-to-win-one-of-five-prize-packs/) - Giveaway of five great prizes, including Anna Maria Horner's book, Amy Butler's Kimberly Bag pattern, and more!
- [Independence Day, and Giveaway Winners!](https://whip-stitch.com/independence-day-and-giveaway-winners/) - A wonderful Fourth of July at the lake and announcement of our five giveaway winners.
- [Patty Young is Taking Over](https://whip-stitch.com/patty-young-is-taking-over/) - Patty Young stopped by Whipstitch on her way through Atlanta.
- [Showdown: Bias Tape vs Cross-Cut Binding](https://whip-stitch.com/showdown-bias-tape-vs-cross-cut-fabric/) - Discusses the unique properties of continuous bias tape and why it is so useful.
- [On Domesticity](https://whip-stitch.com/on-domesticity/) - Taking care of home and family can be incredibly fulfilling and can lead to greater creativity.
- [Sewing Goals 2010, Summer of the Teen: Measuring](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-goals-2010-summer-of-the-teen-measuring/) - Celebrate your children through taking their measurements - for clothing and for who they are becoming.
- [Building a Sewing Reference Library](https://whip-stitch.com/building-a-sewing-reference-library/) - Provides recommendations for a wide variety of sewing books.
- [Quick and Easy A-Line Skirt](https://whip-stitch.com/quick-and-easy-a-line-skirt/) - Learn to make a skirt that fits your unique measurements.
- [Overmost Giveaway: CLOSED](https://whip-stitch.com/overmost-giveaway/) - Enter to win one of four finished versions of the Overmost, in one of four sizes.
- [Overmost Giveaway WINNERS](https://whip-stitch.com/overmost-giveaway-winners/) - Announcement of the winners of the four custom Overmost overalls. Also, an update on sewing buddies.
- [Castle Peeps Travel Play Set](https://whip-stitch.com/castle-peeps-travel-play-set/) - Learn how to make this versatile travel play set, complete with castle and action figures.
- [Teens & Their Sewing Dreams](https://whip-stitch.com/teens-their-sewing-dreams/) - Lessons learned by sewing for a fickle teenager and in sewing clothing in general.
- [Stitch by Stitch is Officially Here!](https://whip-stitch.com/stitch-by-stitch-is-officially-here/) - Get your copy of Stitch by Stitch by Deborah Moebes!
- [Back to School Lunch Bags](https://whip-stitch.com/back-to-school-lunch-bags/) - Make your own back to school lunch bags out of fabulous laminated fabric.
- [Big Butt Baby Pants](https://whip-stitch.com/big-butt-baby-pants/) - Quick and easy pattern for baby pants.
- [Stitch Identification, or What Does This One Do?](https://whip-stitch.com/stitch-identification-or-whats-this-one-do/) - A handy reference for all the stitches your sewing machine is capable of and the potential uses for each.
- [Another Day, Another Baby Shower](https://whip-stitch.com/another-day-another-baby-shower/) - Another handmade baby gift for a friend, this time a project out of Anna Maria Horner's Handmade Beginnings.
- [Announcing NEW Whipstitch e-Courses!](https://whip-stitch.com/announcing-new-whipstitch-e-courses/) - Learn to sew with knits and how to run and grow a crafty business, all from the comfort of your own computer!
- [Peek-A-Boo Play Quilt a la Anna Maria](https://whip-stitch.com/peek-a-boo-play-quilt-a-la-anna-maria/) - Peek-A-Boo Play Quilt using a pattern from Anna Maria Horner's book Handmade Beginnings.
- [September is National Sewing Month: for Sewing Buddies!](https://whip-stitch.com/september-is-national-sewing-month-for-sewing-buddies/) - Celebrate National Sewing Month by sharing your ideas of how we can all promote and celebrate the practice of sewing.
- [Scalloped-Edge Baby Blanket](https://whip-stitch.com/scalloped-edge-baby-blanket/) - How to make a sweet, professional looking scalloped-edge baby blanket.
- [Tutorial: Bias-Edge Pot Holder](https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-bias-edge-pot-holder/) - Tutorial for a pot holder made with bias tape.
- [Last Day for Discounted Registration in the Sewing Knits E-Course!](https://whip-stitch.com/last-day-for-discounted-registration-in-the-sewing-knits-e-course/) - The Sewing Knits e-course is almost here and this is the last chance to sign up and receive discounted registration.
- [Looked So Nice, I Made It Twice](https://whip-stitch.com/looked-so-nice-i-made-it-twice/) - Another Peek-A-Boo baby quilt from Anna Maria Horner's book Handmade Beginnings - this time for my own baby!
- [Machine Applique Tutorial: Sassy Pants](https://whip-stitch.com/machine-applique-tutorial-sassy-pants/) - Learn how to machine appliqué and make your little one some sassy (under)pants.
- [Buttonholes are NOT hard: a headband project](https://whip-stitch.com/buttonholes-are-not-hard-a-headband-project/) - Make a headband with fabric of your choice and learn to sew buttonholes in the process.
- [Time for a Change of Season](https://whip-stitch.com/time-for-a-change-of-season/) - A reflection on the end of Summer and the comfort of the season ahead. Also, sewing knits e-course begins today.
- [Striped Tank Top](https://whip-stitch.com/striped-tank-top/) - A knit striped tank top made from one of the patterns in the Sewing Knits e-course going on now at Whipstitch.
- [Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild Display](https://whip-stitch.com/atlanta-modern-quilt-guild-display/) - Amazing mini-quilts made by the Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild on display now at Whipstitch.
- [Quilt Cemetery](https://whip-stitch.com/quilt-cemetery/) - Headstone rubbings on muslin are quilted into wall hangings.
- [Crafty Business Basics E-Course is Coming Up!](https://whip-stitch.com/crafty-business-basics-e-course-is-coming-up/) - Learn to start or grow your sewing into a crafty business empire with this e-course offered by Whipstitch.
- [Quilt Market Recovery](https://whip-stitch.com/quilt-market-recovery/) - A recap of my amazing experience at Quilt Market in Houston.
- [Autumn Sewing Retreat: One Spot Left!](https://whip-stitch.com/autumn-sewing-retreat-one-spot-left/) - Sign up now for this annual Whipstitch event in the North Georgia mountains.
- [Crafty Business Basics E-Course Still Has Space!](https://whip-stitch.com/crafty-business-basics-e-course-still-has-space/) - Sign up now for the Crafty Business e-course and see how to take your craft from hobby to career.
- [I Feel *SO* Refreshed: Sewing Retreat Recap](https://whip-stitch.com/i-feel-so-refreshed-sewing-retreat-recap/) - A recap of the Whipstitch Sewing Retreat in the North Georgia mountains.
- [Having Said That...](https://whip-stitch.com/having-said-that/) - A bento box quilt made with the Sherbet Pips fabric collection from Moda.
- [Advent Calendar Sew-Along](https://whip-stitch.com/advent-calendar-sew-along/) - Announcing the Whipstitch Advent Calendar Sew-A-Long, complete with tutorials, templates, and links to other advent calendars!
- [A Dream Has Died](https://whip-stitch.com/a-dream-has-died/) - Turns out some fabrics are not meant to be made into a complicated English paper pieced quilt.
- [Emergency Dress](https://whip-stitch.com/emergency-dress/) - An imperfect sewing project is not a failure - it is a success to celebrate!
- [Advent Calendar: Nearly There!](https://whip-stitch.com/advent-calendar-nearly-there/) - Just a few more days until Christmas and the Advent calendar is nearly done!
- [Selfish Seamstress Week in Atlanta!](https://whip-stitch.com/selfish-seamstress-week-in-atlanta/) - Come pamper yourself at Whipstitch with workshops and giveaways just for you.
- [New Blog Series in the New Year, and An Epiphany](https://whip-stitch.com/new-blog-series-in-the-new-year-and-an-epiphany/) - Discusses the need to pare down and focus more fully on fewer topics; announces the 5 blog series planned for 2011.
- [Essential Sewing E-Course: Last Day for the Early Bird Discount!](https://whip-stitch.com/essential-sewing-e-course-last-day-for-the-early-bird-discount/) - Sign up now for this online class and get a discount!
- [Far Far Away II Storytime Squares Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/far-far-away-ii-storytime-squares-quilt/) - Storytime Squares quilt out of Far Far Away II using the Made by Rae pattern.
- [Essential Sewing E-Course Starts Monday!](https://whip-stitch.com/p8899/) - The intro to sewing online course starts Monday, sign up now to reserve your spot!
- [Central Park Sudoku Quilt Top Finished!](https://whip-stitch.com/central-park-sudoku-quilt-top-finished/) - Check out this sweet and simple nine patch quilt top made from the Sudoku quilt kits Moda put together for the Central Park collection.
- [Cure For Wintry Weather (And A Sewing Buddy Update)](https://whip-stitch.com/p6260/) - These warm color fabrics are perfect for a wintry day. Sewing buddies, your matches are coming!
- [The Dog Made Me Do It](https://whip-stitch.com/the-dog-made-me-do-it/) - A new slipcover for an upholstered bench hides the dog's misdeeds.
- [Giveaway: Inspired to Sew by Bari J](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-inspired-to-sew-by-bari-j/) - One of you has the chance to win a copy of this lovely book of inspiring sewing projects.
- [Sewing Kids Clothing E-Course Registration Now Open!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-kids-clothing-e-course-registration-now-open/) - Sign up now for this 5 week online course and create a spring wardrobe for your children.
- [Simple Slip Cover Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/simple-slip-cover-tutorial/) - A tutorial for a slip covered bench.
- [Sewing Buddy Powers, Activate! And: Inspired to Sew Winner](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddy-powers-activate-and-inspired-to-sew-winner/) - Over 200 people were matched up in the latest round of the sewing buddy project. Also, the winner of Inspired to Sew is announced.
- [Project In The Works](https://whip-stitch.com/project-in-the-works/) - I have a project in the works that I can't yet reveal. In the meantime, here are a few current things of interest in the sewing world.
- [The Queen's Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/the-queens-quilt/) - A trip to see the Queen of Hawaii's handmade quilt.
- [Warm and Cool: Completed Quilt Tops](https://whip-stitch.com/warm-and-cool-completed-quilt-tops/) - Finished quilt tops in warm and cool colors for the Your First Modern Quilt series.
- [Spring Swap: Calling All Sewing Buddies!](https://whip-stitch.com/spring-swap-calling-all-sewing-buddies/) - A Spring challenge for all Sewing Buddies - even if you don't have a Sewing Buddy!
- [Snack Bandolier: Celebrate the Boy Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/snack-bandolier/) - A quick sewing project designed to give the little man in your life easy access to toys and snacks whenever the need arises!
- [Curses! And hooray! But also: curses!](https://whip-stitch.com/curses-and-hooray-but-also-curses/) - A quilt comes to a screeching halt. But some other fun things are a-happening.
- [Bundles on Parade](https://whip-stitch.com/bundles-on-parade/) - Even just a little time sewing brings everything into perspective.
- [Super Cute Boy Quilt Kit](https://whip-stitch.com/super-cute-boy-quilt-kit/) - Just arrived: a quilt kit for our boy's new room in our new house. Must get sewing!
- [Sudoku Quilt Complete!](https://whip-stitch.com/sudoku-quilt-complete/) - Just finished the free-motion quilting of the Sudoku quilt.
- [Downtime](https://whip-stitch.com/downtime/) - During some downtime, I am working on some soothing piecing for the Chain Reaction quilt.
- [Infinite Variety](https://whip-stitch.com/infinite-variety/) - An awe-inspiring collection of 650 red and white quilts from the collection of Joanna S. Rose, on display in New York.
- [Sorting My Scraps](https://whip-stitch.com/sorting-my-scraps/) - I dove in and mastered my stash of fabric scraps by organizing them into project bins.
- [Scrap Project Bucket #1: Postage Stamp Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/scrap-project-bucket-1-postage-stamp-quilt/) - The project in fabric bucket #1 is a postage stamp quilt made up of a Dream On charm pack.
- [Scrap Project Bucket #2: Hexies and Yo-yos](https://whip-stitch.com/scrap-bucket-project-2-hexies-and-yo-yos/) - A peek inside scrap project bucket #2 which holds my handwork projects. Plus, a bonus yo-yo tutorial.
- [Scrap Project Bucket #3: Ticker Tape](https://whip-stitch.com/scrap-project-bucket-3-ticker-tape/) - This scrap project bucket holds tons of tiny scraps, too small to be used for other projects but perfect for a ticker tape quilt.
- [Sewing with Knits E-Course Registration OPEN!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-with-knits-e-course-registration-open/) - Register now for this online class that covers all the basics of sewing knit fabrics.
- [Labels are a GOOD Thing: Adding Info to Your Handmade Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/labels-are-a-good-thing-adding-info-to-your-handmade-sewing/) - A roundup of resources and techniques to add a personal label to your handmade sewing.
- [You. Can. Sew.](https://whip-stitch.com/you-can-sew/) - Do not be intimidated by sewing and crafting blogs. You can sew - as long as you are not limited by your own idea of perfection.
- [If You Sew, You ARE An Artist](https://whip-stitch.com/if-you-sew-you-are-an-artist/) - Here's to making art and making friends!
- [Animal Alphabet Quilt ](https://whip-stitch.com/animal-alphabet-quilt/) - Just finished the Chain Reaction quilt (pattern from Cluck, Cluck, Sew) for my little boy and free motion quilted it with a stipple stitch.
- [What You Bring To The Table](https://whip-stitch.com/what-you-bring-to-the-table/) - Thoughts on the sewing community and how we can better care for ourselves and others within that community.
- [Log Cabin Settings: Making Tough Choices](https://whip-stitch.com/log-cabin-settings-making-tough-choices/) - Gives examples of how different layouts of log cabin blocks can entirely change the look of a quilt.
- [Let 'Er Rip](https://whip-stitch.com/let-er-rip/) - Musings on the therapeutic value of the seam ripper.
- [The Best Part About Quilt Market is the People](https://whip-stitch.com/the-best-part-about-quilt-market-is-the-people/) - Details of my trip to Salt Lake City for Spring Quilt Market 2011.
- [The Best Part About Quilt Market is the People (Part 3: New Discoveries)](https://whip-stitch.com/the-best-part-about-quilt-market-is-the-people-part-3-new-discoveries/) - International Quilt Market is a trade show for independent fabric shops and quilters. Review of the booths, events, and people who attended.
- [Giveaway Day: Overmost and Pinafore Sewing Patterns! CLOSED](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-day-overmost-and-pinafore-sewing-patterns/) - Two winners will win copies of the Overmost and Pinafore digital sewing patterns!
- [Beginning Patternmaking E-Course: Registration Now Open!](https://whip-stitch.com/beginning-patternmaking-e-course-registration-now-open/) - Learn to draft paper sewing patterns from scratch in this three-week online e-course with Whipstitch!
- [Last Chance for Pinafore and Overmost Giveaway!](https://whip-stitch.com/last-chance-for-pinafore-and-overmost-giveaway/) - Enter now to win digital copies of the Pinafore and Overmost sewing patterns!
- [Winners! Overmost and Pinafore Pattern Giveaway](https://whip-stitch.com/winner-overmost-and-pinafore-pattern-giveaway/) - Winners of the Overmost and Pinafore patterns giveaway announced.
- [HST Fever](https://whip-stitch.com/hst-fever/) - I am making endless half-square triangles that will be pieced together into a quilt as a gift.
- [Quilt Renovation?](https://whip-stitch.com/quilt-renovation/) - A quilt passed down through generations needs repair.
- [Don't Be Late for Patternmaking, Early Birds!](https://whip-stitch.com/patternmaking-early-birds/) - Learn how to make paper sewing patterns from scratch in this three week online course.
- [Introducing the Pinafore!](https://whip-stitch.com/introducing-the-pinafore/) - The pinafore pattern is now available! This pattern is for a super cute, very classic dress that is perfect for any season.
- [Do You Own an Antique Quilt? Call for Submissions!](https://whip-stitch.com/do-you-own-an-antique-quilt-call-for-submissions/) - Send me a photo of your antique or vintage quilt along with a brief note of background and you may be invited to share it here on the blog.
- [Nautical Quilt Top](https://whip-stitch.com/nautical-quilt-top/) - Alternating striped and solid white half-square triangles make up this nautical quilt top.
- [Turns Out I Can Sew While Standing Up. Who Knew?](https://whip-stitch.com/turns-out-i-can-sew-while-standing-up-who-knew/) - I've made great progress on the yo-yos for my planned yo-yo quilt.
- [Vintage Quilts: Guest Post from Camille](https://whip-stitch.com/vintage-quilts-guest-post-from-camille/) - Camille discusses the history behind a 60 year old quilt she inherited from her great-grandmother.
- [Antique Quilts: Guest Post from Lesly](https://whip-stitch.com/antique-quilts-guest-post-from-lesly/) - Lesly of Pickle Dish shares her lovely great-aunt's string-pieced quilt, which represents the ties between generations of her family.
- [Antique Quilts: Guest Post from mommymae](https://whip-stitch.com/antique-quilts-guest-post-from-mommymae/) - Jenny of Mommymae shares her great-grandmother's double-wedding ring quilt, which she inherited.
- [Antique Quilts: Guest Post from Amy](https://whip-stitch.com/antique-quilts-guest-post-from-amy/) - Amy of Pick-n-Stitch shares her family's "sick quilt," made with blue and white solids, and used to comfort the children when sick.
- [Antique Quilts: Guest Post from Jennifer ](https://whip-stitch.com/3558/) - Jennifer of Ellison Lane Quilts shares her postage stamp quilt.
- [Antique Quilts: Guest Post from Eliza](https://whip-stitch.com/antique-quilts-guest-post-from-eliza/) - Eliza of Dear 'Liza writes about her inherited quilt.
- [Last of the Antique Quilts: Guest Post from Mary Beth](https://whip-stitch.com/last-of-the-antique-quilts-guest-post-from-mary-beth/) - Mary Beth shares a beautiful quilt, complete with hand-embroidered blocks, made for her grandmother when she was born.
- [Come Meet Local Fabric Designer and Author Rashida Coleman-Hale!](https://whip-stitch.com/come-meet-local-fabric-designer-and-author-rashida-coleman-hale/) - Local fabric designer Rashida Coleman-Hale will be at Whipstitch tomorrow afternoon for a meet and greet.
- [Checking in with the Sewing Buddies](https://whip-stitch.com/checking-in-with-the-sewing-buddies/) - Calling all sewing buddies: let me know what you've been up to so I can get some inspiration!
- [Fourth of July in America's Hometown](https://whip-stitch.com/fourth-of-july-in-americas-hometown/) - Our family vacation to Boston and Cape Cod.
- [Nautical Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/nautical-quilt/) - Photos of the nautical quilt I made for my sister out of half square triangles.
- [Personalizing a Commemorative Gift](https://whip-stitch.com/personalizing-a-commemorative-gift/) - We added handprints with fabric paint to the nautical quilt I made for sister.
- [Fall Wardrobe E-Course Registration OPEN!](https://whip-stitch.com/fall-wardrobe-e-course-registration-open/) - Register now for this online course and make five fantastic mix and match pieces for fall.
- [Fall Wardrobe ecourse: Mastering Sewing with Patterns! Some Questions: Answered.](https://whip-stitch.com/fall-wardrobe-ecourse-mastering-sewing-with-patterns-some-questions-answered/) - Answers questions posed in emails about this online sewing class.
- [Last Days to Get Early Bird Discount on the Fall Wardrobe Online Class!](https://whip-stitch.com/last-days-to-get-early-bird-discount-on-the-fall-wardrobe-online-class/) - Sign up now for this online class and stock your wardrobe for fall!
- [Quick & Simple Reversible Quilted Placemat Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/quick-simple-reversible-quilted-placemat-tutorial/) - A tutorial to make these simple placemats that are batted, quilted, and reversible.
- [1001 Peeps Summer Camp: Magical Story Puppet Pouch](https://whip-stitch.com/1001-peeps-summer-camp-magical-story-puppet-pouch/) - A tutorial to make these sweet soft puppets that travel in their own bag and are attached with ribbon so they don't get lost.
- [Registration OPEN for the Essential Sewing e-course!](https://whip-stitch.com/registration-open-for-the-essential-sewing-e-course/) - Register now for this 6 week online intro to sewing course.
- [On Sewing with Plaid Fabrics](https://whip-stitch.com/on-sewing-with-plaid-fabrics/) - How to match the repeat in plaid fabrics when sewing garments for a professional looking finish.
- [Binge](https://whip-stitch.com/binge/) - I have been on a binge of fabric shopping lately. Also, there is still time to register for the Intro to Sewing Online Course!
- [FREE Pattern Download: Ruby Star Spring Bee Skirt!](https://whip-stitch.com/free-pattern-download-ruby-star-spring-bee-skirt/) - A free pattern for a great skirt featuring Melody Miller's Ruby Star Spring collection.
- [BONUS! Ruby Star Spring Apron Over-Skirt Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/bonus-ruby-star-spring-apron-over-skirt-tutorial/) - A bonus tutorial for an apron over-skirt to wear over the Bee Skirt or pair with dress, pants or jeans every season of the year!
- [Essential Sewing](https://whip-stitch.com/essential-sewing/) - Sign up now for the Intro to Sewing Online Course and learn to sew in just 6 weeks.
- [Out of the Hopper](https://whip-stitch.com/out-of-the-hopper/) - My blog post about the price of fabric is published as an article in Fabric Trends.
- [National Sewing Month: Sewing Connects Us](https://whip-stitch.com/national-sewing-month-sewing-connects-us/) - A look at how one woman transformed her life through sewing.
- [Sewing that Gives Back: do.Good Stitches](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-that-gives-back-do-good-stitches/) - Discusses a modern charity quilting bee that makes quilts for those in need.
- [Your First (Modern) Quilt E-Course Registration OPEN!](https://whip-stitch.com/your-first-modern-quilt-e-course-registration-open/) - Register now for Your First (Modern) Quilt e-course and learn the fundamentals of modern quilting in just 5 weeks!
- [September do.Good Stitches, Trust Circle: Progress](https://whip-stitch.com/september-do-good-stitches-trust-circle-progress/) - An update on the progress of the quilt blocks sewn by the Trust Circle of do.Good Stitches.
- [Circa 1934, Subtle Announcement, and a Shameless Plug](https://whip-stitch.com/circa-1934-subtle-announcement-and-a-shameless-plug/) - A peek at a new quilt using Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 fabric collection.
- [Space Still Open in Modern Quilt E-Course!](https://whip-stitch.com/space-still-open-in-modern-quilt-e-course/) - There is still space in Your First (Modern) Quilt online class, register now and learn all about modern quilting in 5 short weeks!
- [September do.Good Stitches Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/september-do-good-stitches-quilt/) - A quilt for do.Good Stitches made up of card trick blocks.
- [The Hardest Sewing I Have Ever Had To Do](https://whip-stitch.com/the-hardest-sewing-i-have-ever-had-to-do/) - The October block for do.Good Stitches is a Greek Cross design, using the tutorial at Fresh Lemons.
- [LIVE Quilting Event on Saturday!](https://whip-stitch.com/live-quilting-event-on-saturday/) - Join us at Whipstitch while we demonstrate the different methods of quilting.
- [Um, I LOVE Me a 45% Discount, Yo.](https://whip-stitch.com/2012-ecourses/) - Take any e-course in 2012 for $99!
- [I Am Thankful For Sandra](https://whip-stitch.com/i-am-thankful-for-sandra/) - Giving thanks for a woman who helped inspire my sewing journey even though we never actually met.
- [We Bought A House](https://whip-stitch.com/we-bought-a-house/) - We finally closed on our new house! It took awhile but it will be worth the wait!
- [You Thought I Was Joking](https://whip-stitch.com/you-thought-i-was-joking/) - We embark on our journey of updating the house we recently purchased.
- [Advent Calendar](https://whip-stitch.com/advent-calendar-2/) - Remember this advent calendar from last year? Revisit the posts and find some inspiration to make your own!
- [Progress On Many Fronts](https://whip-stitch.com/progress-on-many-fronts/) - An update on the renovation of our newly purchased house.
- [Kitchen Update](https://whip-stitch.com/kitchen-update/) - An update (complete with before and after pictures) of our kitchen remodel in our newly purchased house.
- [Packing to Move. Again.](https://whip-stitch.com/packing-to-move-again/) - Packing my sewing studio for another move has me wondering: what should I let the movers pack and what are the essentials I need to leave out?
- [The Bullet Version](https://whip-stitch.com/the-bullet-version/) - An update on our move into the new house.
- [Daily Dose of Sewing in 2012](https://whip-stitch.com/daily-dose-of-sewing-in-2012/) - Want daily sewing inspiration from me delivered to your inbox? Check out the details here.
- [Current State of the Studio](https://whip-stitch.com/current-state-of-the-studio/) - A look at the space for my future sewing studio and the state of my current, unpacked studio.
- [Essential Sewing e-course now registering!](https://whip-stitch.com/essential-sewing-e-course-now-registering/) - Register now for this online class that offers a wide range of skills for both beginning sewers and those with more experience.
- [Kitchen Cabinets and Backsplash Tile](https://whip-stitch.com/kitchen-cabinets-and-backsplash-tile/) - An update on our kitchen and a call for votes on backsplash tile.
- [Tony Danza at the Victoria & Albert Museum](https://whip-stitch.com/tony-danza-at-the-victoria-albert-museum/) - The thought process behind the Tony Danza quilt and how I constructed the pattern.
- [Too Fat to Fly South](https://whip-stitch.com/too-fat-to-fly-south/) - Pictures of a cardinal in the window as I experiment with the special effects on my camera.
- [Giveaway at True Up--One Spot in the Essential Sewing E-Course!](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-at-true-up-one-spot-in-the-essential-sewing-e-course/) - The Essential Sewing E-course starts Monday! You could win a spot in the class from True Up!
- [Palm Springs](https://whip-stitch.com/palm-springs/) - I am in Palm Springs for the Heather Ross sewing retreat.
- [Heather Ross Sewing Retreat in Palm Springs](https://whip-stitch.com/heather-ross-sewing-retreat-in-palm-springs/) - A wonderful weekend spent sewing and quilting with Heather Ross, Anna Maria Horner, Denyse Schmidt, Gretchen Hirsch, and 20 other amazing ladies.
- [Valentine Gifts for Man Folks, Update](https://whip-stitch.com/valentine-gifts-for-man-folks-update/) - Great ideas for handmade Valentine's Day gifts for men.
- [WIP: Man Woobie](https://whip-stitch.com/wip-man-woobie/) - A quilt in progress made entirely from thrifted men's shirts.
- [Denyse Schmidt Improvisational Zipper Pouch](https://whip-stitch.com/denyse-schmidt-improvisational-zipper-pouch/) - A super quick, cute little zipper pouch using fabric scraps and oilcloth.
- [Valentine Gifts for Dudes](https://whip-stitch.com/valentine-gifts-for-dudes/) - Round-up of tutorials for handmade gifts for men this Valentine's Day.
- [Tutorial: Manly Travel Power Cord Roll-Up](https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-manly-travel-power-cord-roll-up/) - Just in time for Valentine's Day, a tutorial for a roll-up to carry all those chargers and power cords in style.
- [Sewing Clothing for Kids e-course registration OPEN!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-clothing-for-kids-e-course-registration-open/) - Register now for this online class and get step by step instruction on eight patterns with modern style for boys and girls.
- [Quiltr](https://whip-stitch.com/quiltr/) - Check out this new program that lets you digitally plan your next quilt using Flickr photos of your fabric.
- [Kitchen Sorta Update, Because What I Really Need Is Another Half-Finished Project](https://whip-stitch.com/kitchen-sorta-update-because-what-i-really-need-is-another-half-finished-project/) - The kitchen cabinets may not be painted yet but the kitchen table is well on its way to perfect.
- [Whipstitch Sewing Retreat at the Glen-Ella Springs Inn](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-sewing-retreat-at-the-glen-ella-springs-inn/) - Sixteen friends sewing round the clock for the weekend.
- [Winter Sewing Retreat ](https://whip-stitch.com/winter-sewing-retreat/) - A recap of the winter sewing retreat - great sewing friends, inspiring projects, and a good time had by all.
- [Family Room Drapes, Phase I](https://whip-stitch.com/family-room-drapes-phase-i/) - Hello Pilgrim, the new Lizzy House fabric collection, is perfect for my family room drapes.
- [Star Quilt for 2012](https://whip-stitch.com/star-quilt-for-2012/) - For the Your Second (Modern) Quilt class, we will be doing a series of star blocks.
- [Glue Batik Wall Hanging: Sewing with Kids](https://whip-stitch.com/glue-batik-wall-hanging-sewing-with-kids/) - A school project featuring a quilt block made by each child using glue "painted" onto each block, giving the look of batik.
- [Bees!](https://whip-stitch.com/bees/) - A sneak peek at the blocks for a quilt made round-robin style with other members of this quilting bee.
- [Perfect (Retro) Jeans](https://whip-stitch.com/perfect-retro-jeans/) - The perfect retro-style jeans for my 5 year old girl. Learn how to make them in the sewing clothing for kids e-course!
- [Apple Cores](https://whip-stitch.com/apple-cores/) - A review of quilts I am working on, including an apple core quilt using templates.
- [Hot Pink Four-Poster](https://whip-stitch.com/hot-pink-four-poster/) - A hot pink makeover of a well-used four poster bed for my sixteen-year old.
- [Domestic Bliss Quilt Top for the Meetup!](https://whip-stitch.com/domestic-bliss-quilt-top-for-the-meetup/) - Here is the Domestic Bliss jelly roll quilt top ready for quilting and then binding.
- [Last Call for a 2012 Sewing Buddy!](https://whip-stitch.com/last-call-for-a-2012-sewing-buddy/) - This is your last chance to sign up for a Sewing Buddy in 2012. First of the quarterly Sewing Buddy challenges begins tomorrow!
- [Domestic Bliss Quilt ](https://whip-stitch.com/domestic-bliss-quilt/) - FInished Domestic Bliss jelly roll quilt, complete with wishbone pattern free-motion quilting.
- [House Update](https://whip-stitch.com/house-update/) - An update on the progress of our house, including a reveal of our living room.
- [Chain Stitching on Garments](https://whip-stitch.com/chain-stitching-on-garments/) - Just like chain piecing in quilting, you can chain stitch garments to use less thread, less time, and maintain accuracy.
- [Sewing for Your Home E-Course Now Registering!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-for-your-home-e-course-now-registering/) - Register now for the Sewing for Your Home e-course and learn to make a bolster pillow, bed skirt, slip cover, duvet, roman shades, and simple curtains.
- [Circular Placemat and Mitered Napkin](https://whip-stitch.com/circular-placemat-and-mitered-napkin/) - An example of two projects from the upcoming Sewing for Your Home e-course.
- [Pile of Pillows!](https://whip-stitch.com/pile-of-pillows/) - Check out the pile of pillows you will learn to make in the Sewing for Your Home e-course!
- [Bed Skirt, Duvet and Curtains. Sort Of.](https://whip-stitch.com/bed-skirt-duvet-and-curtains-sort-of/) - A sneak peek at the bed skirt, pillows, curtains, and duvet cover made for my 16-year old's room.
- [Sewing for Your Home E-Course Begins Today!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-for-your-home-e-course-begins-today/) - SIgn up now and make some lovely things for the home while you strengthen your sewing skills.
- [Teen Room: Progress](https://whip-stitch.com/teen-room-progress/) - A reveal of the progress on my 16-year old's bedroom, including painted four-poster bed, bed skirt, pillows, and chalk board paint.
- [Why I Sew](https://whip-stitch.com/why-i-sew/) - An overview of the many reasons why I sew: stress relief, the joy of creating something, to carry on the tradition of women who sew.
- [An Embarassment of HSTs](https://whip-stitch.com/an-embarassment-of-hsts/) - Not one but three quilts are in the works using half square triangles. Does anyone see a theme here?
- [Spiky and Black](https://whip-stitch.com/spiky-and-black/) - I am working on quilting another jelly roll project.
- [Kitchen Backsplash: Penny Tile!](https://whip-stitch.com/kitchen-backsplash-penny-tile/) - I chose penny tile as our kitchen backsplash and my, did it turn out great!
- [Date Night Redux](https://whip-stitch.com/date-night-redux/) - Remember this formal dress? Made of silk with a McCall's bodice and vintage-look Vogue skirt.
- [Rainy Days and Silent Films Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/rainy-days-and-silent-films-quilt/) - Another jelly roll quilt, this time made with Robert Kaufman's Silent Film fabric collection and quilted with hot pink thread.
- [Essential Quilting E-Course Now Registering!](https://whip-stitch.com/essential-quilting-e-course-now-registering/) - Sign up now for the Essential Quilting four-week online class that covers all the foundational basics of piecing and quilting.
- [TARDIS Quilt, I Knew You Existed.](https://whip-stitch.com/tardis-quilt-i-knew-you-existed/) - After I discovered Dr. Who on Netflix, I was on the hunt for a TARDIS quilt.
- [Lost and Found Hand-Me-Down](https://whip-stitch.com/lost-and-found-hand-me-down/) - A delightful surprise when unpacking boxes: a dress I'd made from the Pinafore pattern for my 5 year old that now fits the baby.
- [Giveaway Day: Pinafore Pattern! CLOSED](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-day-pinafore-pattern/) - Win a digital copy of the Pinafore sewing pattern by leaving a comment on this post.
- [Blocks in Progress](https://whip-stitch.com/blocks-in-progress/) - A look at several different blocks I am making for my various quilting bees.
- [Bar Stool Slip Cover](https://whip-stitch.com/bar-stool-slip-cover/) - The first of three slip covers for the bar stools in our kitchen.
- [On a Whim? On a Lark? Quilt Top](https://whip-stitch.com/on-a-whim-on-a-lark-quilt-top/) - A totally unplanned quilt made in an afternoon with some of my favorite fabrics.
- [Giveaway Day: Pinafore Pattern Winner](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-day-pinafore-pattern-winner/) - Announcing the winner of the Pinafore pattern giveaway.
- [Essential Quilting Begins Today!](https://whip-stitch.com/essential-quilting-begins-today/) - Learn all the essentials of piecing and quilting in this online course.
- [New Quilt Books on the Market](https://whip-stitch.com/new-quilt-books-on-the-market/) - A roundup and review of several new quilt books on the market, each with a modern flare.
- [Nearly There](https://whip-stitch.com/nearly-there/) - An update on all of our house projects. And a sneak peek at a fabulous dress in the works.
- [Sewing Buddy Challenge #1](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddy-challenge-1/) - Deadline extended to submit photos of your completed Sewing Buddy Challenge #1.
- [Sewing Machine Maintenance: Round Up of Sewing Machine Covers](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-machine-maintenance-round-up-of-sewing-machine-covers/) - A round up of tutorials on the web for making a sewing machine cover out of your favorite fabric.
- [Whipstitch of West Atlanta Closing Party March 22](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-of-west-atlanta-closing-party-march-22/) - I sent out a newsletter announcement on Friday, and clicking "Send" was harder than I thought. In fact, I walked away and came back after picking the kids up from school, because I needed it to sit for a minute before I sent it out. I was letting thousands--literally--of people know that I am closing
- [How Fabric is Printed](https://whip-stitch.com/how-fabric-is-printed/) - Ken Kaufman of Robert Kaufman created this video while visiting their printing plants in Japan and Korea. It walks through the process of creating a fabric, from design concept through choosing colors, then to harvesting and preparing the fabric, selecting the inks, approving the design and the final printing. If there's even a little fabric
- [Live Quilting Event This Weekend!](https://whip-stitch.com/live-quilting-event-this-weekend/) - Come on down to the shop this Saturday, November 17, from 1 to 4 pm for our second annual Live Quilting Event! For most of us, when we begin quilting, we haven't had the privilege of watching someone else do the actual QUILTING. We might be able to figure out the patchwork, and choosing fabric
- [Happy Handmade Holidays begins today!](https://whip-stitch.com/happy-handmade-holidays-begins-today/) - An excerpt of the welcome video for Happy Handmade Holidays, my Christmas e-course that begins today: I still have spots left! If you're looking to join, or teetering on the fence, jog on over and click through to register--you'll be glad you did. No, for real.
- [Let There Be Bullets](https://whip-stitch.com/let-there-be-bullets/) - I am back from Quilt Market, which is always a whirlwind. And this year, it's just a few days before Halloween, which means I walked into a walking timebomb of costuming needs. Have spent nearly all of the last two days scurrying around to prepare to dress the six of us as the Scooby Gang
- [Whipstitch Etsy OPEN for One Week at 40% Off!](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-etsy-open-for-one-week-at-40-off/) - Brace yourselves, everyone. If you've been hanging with me on the Twitters, you already know what I'm about to say: we are RE-OPENING the Whipstitch Etsy shop for just one week! As most of you know, Whipstitch has been liquidating our fabric inventory in order to make more space in the shop for classes. As
- [Liquidation Update](https://whip-stitch.com/liquidation-update/) - I want to thank all of you for your kind words and excitement about the plans for change over at Whipstitch Atlanta! I'm super excited, too--and right now, pretty tired. It is a WHIRLWIND, and you people sure do love you some 30% off! The inventory liquidation is proceeding right along our hoped-for timeline, and
- [Inventory Liquidation](https://whip-stitch.com/inventory-liquidation/) - Whipstitch is liquidating its inventory to make room for a new season in sewing - look for double the classes and sewing space just for you.
- [Fabric Fail](https://whip-stitch.com/fabric-fail/) - Sometimes when you order fabric online, it disappoints. But you can always use it for something - maybe a muslin?
- [Our Summer So Far](https://whip-stitch.com/our-summer-so-far/) - I am just finishing painting our kitchen cabinets while our kids get used to summer with some fun activities.
- [Ikat Bark Cloth Fitted Slip Cover](https://whip-stitch.com/ikat-bark-cloth-fitted-slip-cover/) - A fitted slip cover for a rounded chair made from a template.
- [A Day in the Life](https://whip-stitch.com/a-day-in-the-life/) - A detailed description of a day in my life in answer to a recent email asking how I fit it all in.
- [Nesting Birds for the Little Girls](https://whip-stitch.com/nesting-birds-for-the-little-girls/) - An arrangement of sweet, handmade fabric birds resting on a branch in our youngest daughters' room.
- [Pattern Sizing: Your Beef Here](https://whip-stitch.com/pattern-sizing-your-beef-here/) - What are you looking for in pattern sizes when you purchase a sewing pattern?
- [Brother and Sister Outfits for Easter (and Beyond)](https://whip-stitch.com/p3111/) - Not one but two sets of coordinating outfits for the family this year.
- [The Sewing Buddy Project 2012: Challenge 1!](https://whip-stitch.com/the-sewing-buddy-project-2012-challenge-1/) - Sewing Buddies will work together to complete this first challenge: create a boy/girl sewing project using coordinating fabrics.
- [Join Me at the Alabama Fiber Arts Festival This Weekend!](https://whip-stitch.com/im-teaching-at-the-alabama-fiber-arts-festival-this-weekend/) - When I was in the fourth grade, my entire class took a field trip to Old Alabama Town. It's an historic district in the center of downtown Montgomery where nearly 100 buildings from the 1800s and 1900s have been transplanted, creating a village of history. There are frequent events there featuring costumed historic interpreters, and
- [Why The Hunger Games was only OK](https://whip-stitch.com/why-the-hunger-games-was-only-ok/) - A review of the Hunger Games movie, specifically how it fails to live up to the book.
- [Sewing for Kids Weekend with Rae and Karen: Friday and Saturday!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-for-kids-weekend-with-rae-and-karen-friday-and-saturday/) - Join Whipstitch this weekend for a Crafty Meet-Up, a workshop on sewing clothing, and a Treasure Pocket Pants workshop, complete with pattern!
- [Sewing Buddy Project OPEN for 2012!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddy-project-open-for-2012/) - Sign up now to get sewing motivation from someone who can support you, inspire you, and keep you accountable for your sewing goals.
- [Finis](https://whip-stitch.com/finis/) - A sneak peek at the last sewing project for my new book.
- [Sewing for Kids Weekend with Rae and Karen!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-for-kids-weekend-with-rae-and-karen/) - A weekend event with Karen LePage and Rae Hoekstra, including a Crafty Meet-Up and workshop on making children's clothing.
- [Contest: Valentine's Day Sewing Project to Make for Your Man](https://whip-stitch.com/contest-valentines-day-sewing-project-to-make-for-your-man/) - Send me your ideas for handmade Valentine's Day gifts for men and I will create a tutorial for one of them.
- [Spoonflower is Offering Kona!](https://whip-stitch.com/spoonflower-is-offering-kona/) - Spoonflower - the pioneer of print your own fabric - is now going to offer Kona as the default cotton base cloth. Woot!
- [Rowenta, I Still Love You. But Meet Your New Roommate.](https://whip-stitch.com/rowenta-i-still-love-you-but-meet-your-new-roommate/) - I will always love my Rowenta iron but this new Panasonic cordless iron is good stuff.
- [Burn The Boats](https://whip-stitch.com/burn-the-boats/) - Here's to an incredible year where we don't let fear make our decisions for us.
- [LBD and The Big List](https://whip-stitch.com/lbd-and-the-big-list/) - Sneak peek at the little black dress I am about to finish and the loooong list of sewing projects for our new home.
- [Fantastic Little Button](https://whip-stitch.com/fantastic-little-button/) - Check out this hip scottie dog button I picked up at quilt market.
- [I Am Thankful for the Art of Baking](https://whip-stitch.com/i-am-thankful-for-the-art-of-baking/) - I may not be the greatest cook, but I can bake like nobody's business.
- [I Am Thankful for My Family](https://whip-stitch.com/i-am-thankful-for-my-family/) - I am thankful for my family and our many blessings, no matter where we are living.
- [Colette Sewing Handbook Blog Tour](https://whip-stitch.com/colette-sewing-handbook-blog-tour/) - Check out my phone interview with Sarai Mitnick, the author of the Colette Sewing Handbook.
- [Daylight Saving Time is Stupid](https://whip-stitch.com/daylight-savings-time-is-stupid/) - Contrary to popular belief, daylight savings time does not benefit those with small children.
- [What's Mom Wearing Today?](https://whip-stitch.com/whatsmomwearingtoday/) - Introducing a new series on shopping and fashion written by my mom.
- [Store-Bought](https://whip-stitch.com/store-bought/) - Our kids will have a wonderful Halloween and will not miss their homemade costumes one bit!
- [Hello. My Name is Deborah, and I am a Halloween Failure.](https://whip-stitch.com/hello-my-name-is-deborah-and-i-am-a-halloween-failure/) - Confession: I did not make my children's Halloween costumes this year. And I am okay with that.
- [Princesses and Hair Bows](https://whip-stitch.com/princesses-and-hair-bows/) - Check out this online retailer of unique hair bows and help support a local business.
- [Sewing with Oilcloth Author Book Signing TONIGHT!](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-with-oilcloth-author-book-signing-tonight/) - Kelly McCants, author of Sewing with Oilcloth, will sign copies of her book tonight at Whipstitch.
- [Bootleg Peg Leg](https://whip-stitch.com/bootleg-peg-leg/) - Using a bit of ingenuity, I fix my extra large cutting table.
- [I Have Done This Before](https://whip-stitch.com/i-have-done-this-before/) - My post-Cincinnati trip R&R will consist of organizing my fabric scraps.
- [Patch Pockets Come in Shapes!](https://whip-stitch.com/patch-pockets-come-in-shapes/) - Coming soon!
- [I am not dead. I am just in Cincinnati.](https://whip-stitch.com/i-am-not-dead-i-am-just-in-cincinnatti/) - In Cincinnati for a week with my publisher. What to do with all this time?
- [Best of Atlanta 2011: Whipstitch!](https://whip-stitch.com/best-of-atlanta-2011-whipstitch/) - Whipstitch is voted Best Stylish Sewing Stuff of 2011 by Creative Loafing!
- [Little Apples](https://whip-stitch.com/little-apples/) - Little Apples, the new fabric collection by Aneela Hoey, is now in the shop, ready to go home with you!
- [His Heart Grew Three Sizes That Day](https://whip-stitch.com/his-heart-grew-three-sizes-that-day/) - Holiday sewing is about to commence. Starting with pajama pants for the man of the house.
- [Wanna Help Me House Hunt?](https://whip-stitch.com/wanna-help-me-house-hunt/) - Any ideas on how to make the exterior of a contemporary style house match the traditional style on the inside?
- [Oh, Pants.](https://whip-stitch.com/oh-pants/) - A discussion of the various pants patterns and fabrics I am considering.
- [Major Deadline](https://whip-stitch.com/major-deadline/) - I am up against a major deadline today, and feel very much like this: Cross your fingers and say a prayer for me, people. I'm going in.
- [Nancy Zieman Sewing A to Z Blog Tour](https://whip-stitch.com/nancy-zieman-sewing-a-to-z-blog-tour/) - Review of Nancy Zieman's A to Z sewing book and discussion of 2 techniques discussed in the book.
- [Oh, Alice Cooper. You Were So Wrong.](https://whip-stitch.com/oh-alice-cooper-you-were-so-wrong/) - Time for the kids to go back to school and for moms to catch their breath.
- [Hard-Won Tip of the Day: When to Install Buttons and Buttonholes](https://whip-stitch.com/hard-won-tip-of-the-day-when-to-install-buttons-and-buttonholes/) - If making a dress with a bodice, knowing when to install buttons and buttonholes is key.
- [Animal, Vegetable, Miracle](https://whip-stitch.com/animal-vegetable-miracle/) - This book about feeding a family from locally grown food gives me an escape from everyday life.
- [Can't Talk Now. We're Potty Training.](https://whip-stitch.com/cant-talk-now-were-potty-training/) - Potty training using the Potty Whisperer.
- [Treasure Every Moment](https://whip-stitch.com/treasure-every-moment/) - Pictures of our family in Boston.
- [Little Things to Sew Backpacks](https://whip-stitch.com/little-things-to-sew-backpacks/) - Three backpacks from Little Things to Sew by Liesl Gibson.
- [Video Interview with Atlanta INtown Newspaper](https://whip-stitch.com/video-interview-with-atlanta-intown-newspaper/) - Check out this video interview with Atlanta INtown Newspaper.
- [Guest Post at Stitched in Color Today!](https://whip-stitch.com/guest-post-at-stitched-in-color-today/) - I'm guest posting today at Stitched In Color's new "in the cloth series."
- [Things You Forget When You Haven't Moved In A While](https://whip-stitch.com/things-you-forget-when-you-havent-moved-in-a-while/) - Read this before you attempt to move 6 people from a house you've lived in for 7 years.
- [This Is Really Happening](https://whip-stitch.com/this-is-really-happening/) - We are really moving - yikes!
- [Just in Time for the Dads! Radio Interview and Gift Ideas](https://whip-stitch.com/fathers-day-its-not-too-late/) - Check out my radio interview on Community Focus in which I discuss ideas for handmade Father's Day gifts.
- [Pintuck Clutch Workshop Tomorrow and Welcome, Peeps!](https://whip-stitch.com/pintuck-clutch-workshop-tomorrow-and-welcome-peeps/) - Join us for a pintuck clutch workshop at Whipstitch. Also, join me for 1001 Peeps Summer Camp with Lizzy House!
- [Memorial Day Hike](https://whip-stitch.com/memorial-day-hike/) - Our traditional Memorial Day Hike offers respite from the distractions of everyday life.
- [Stitch by Stitch is Back in Stock!](https://whip-stitch.com/stitch-by-stitch-is-back-in-stock/) - Stitch by Stitch has been reprinted and is back in stock!
- [The Best Part About Quilt Market is the People (Part 2)](https://whip-stitch.com/the-best-part-about-quilt-market-is-the-people-part-2/) - A follow-up to my earlier post about Quilt Market in Salt Lake City.
- [How to Shop for Fabric Online, Part 2: Matching Colors](https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-shop-for-fabric-online-part-2-matching-colors/) - How to select fabric online and ensure that the colors will match when the fabric gets home. Suggestions for working with and outside of collections.
- [How to Shop for Fabric Online](https://whip-stitch.com/how-to-shop-for-fabric-online/) - Tips for finding the right fabric for your sewing project shopping online fabric shops.
- [Carpe Stitchum is the New Black](https://whip-stitch.com/carpe-stitchum-is-the-new-black/) - A few weeks ago, I spent some time puttering* around the studio, putting fabrics together to see what would happen (inspired by some of the improvisational piecing going on over at daintytime). I like the idea of taking non-square pieces and seeing how they can go together without any real plan or expectations. It's so
- [Yay or Nay?](https://whip-stitch.com/yay-or-nay/) - I'm finishing up stitching the binding on the boy quilt for our two-year-old, and starting to daydream about my next sewing project. I'm really, really in the mood to make some clothes, fueled in large part by the blistering success of the recent Sewing Kids Clothes e-course, no doubt. I'm not quite sure about my
- [Springtime Pinafore](https://whip-stitch.com/springtime-pinafore/) - There she is. Our little scientist. For someone so tiny, she always seems so analytical. Look at that face. She's a sweet girl, so happy--always observing, always excited to see you when you walk in the room. So I made her a pinafore for the spring out of fabric I'd been hoarding beyond all reason,
- [Sewing Buddy Project: Round 2 for 2011! CLOSED](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddy-project-round-2-for-2011/) - If you're in the market for a buddy, and are looking for someone to encourage you in your sewing in 2011, sign up now!
- [Super Cute New Boy Fabric Designs!](https://whip-stitch.com/super-cute-new-boy-fabric-designs/) - Michael Miller is looking for a new fabric designer to design boy-related fabrics. Vote for your favorite!
- [Sewing with Kids, Lesson 6: Responsibility](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-with-kids-lesson-6-responsibility/) - Take small steps to introduce your child to the sewing machine and give them a feeling of responsibility.
- [Look Who Came Home With Me!](https://whip-stitch.com/look-who-came-home-with-me/) - Check out my new sewing machine, a Bernina 440.
- [Happy Birthday, Whipstitch!](https://whip-stitch.com/happy-birthday-whipstitch/) - Whipstitch celebrates being open for one year.
- [What Sewing Machine Do YOU Use?](https://whip-stitch.com/what-sewing-machine-do-you-use/) - I am doing some research before purchasing a new machine.
- [Spoiling Myself](https://whip-stitch.com/spoiling-myself/) - I totally splurged on some Liberty of London fabric and it is like a little bit of luxury.
- [Y'all. Seriously. We Can Totally Do Better Than This.](https://whip-stitch.com/yall-seriously-we-can-totally-do-better-than-this/) - Sewing buddies and other swappers, upload images to the Flickr group, browse the other images, and get to swapping!
- [Sewing with Kids Book Reviews](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-with-kids-book-reviews/) - Roundup and reviews of several different sewing books for kids.
- [Quest for the Perfect Pants](https://whip-stitch.com/quest-for-the-perfect-pants/) - I am convinced there is a pants pattern that looks good on everyone and translates to all sizes.
- [Sewing Kids Clothing](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-kids-clothing/) - The Sewing Kids Clothing e-course is just about to get underway, and I posted some images of the projects we'll be working on together today for the students who have already enrolled. Thought I'd let y'all take a gander, too, in case you'd like to join us! It's eight patterns in five weeks, with a
- [Little Touches & Planning Ahead](https://whip-stitch.com/little-touches-planning-ahead/) - I am starting to plan and sew already in preparation for a summer trip with all four kids.
- [Celebrate the Boy: Fabric Giveaway with Made by Rae!](https://whip-stitch.com/celebrate-the-boy-fabric-giveaway-with-made-by-rae/) - Head over to Made by Rae for a chance to win a fat quarter bundle from Whipstitch!
- [Public Service Announcement: Rotary Cutter Safety](https://whip-stitch.com/public-service-announcement-rotary-cutter-safety/) - Tips on cutting safely with your rotary cutter.
- [For the love of all things holy, put down that seam ripper, go outside, and enjoy this beautiful day!](https://whip-stitch.com/p2852/) - Sometimes you just have to put down the seam ripper and enjoy the outdoors.
- [Sewing with Kids, Lesson 5: Kindness](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-with-kids-lesson-5-kindness/) - Create a fun toy for the pet in your child's life and help your child learn the value of kindness along the way.
- [Sewing With Kids, Lesson 4: Thoughtfulness](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-with-kids-lesson-4-thoughtfulness/) - The contemplation of a project, including who will receive it when it's done, is almost as important as the project itself.
- [Martha Stewart Just Threw Up In My Laundry Room](https://whip-stitch.com/martha-stewart-just-threw-up-in-my-laundry-room/) - What a difference a coat of paint and some organization can make to even the tiniest of spaces.
- [Sewing with Kids, Lesson 3: Persistence](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-with-kids-lesson-3-persistence/) - A simple project with kids leads to building confidence, establishing a rhythm of work, and learning to work toward a goal.
- [Quilt Remix WINNER (and Other Books I am Loving)](https://whip-stitch.com/quilt-remix-winner-and-other-books-im-loving/) - Winner of the Quilt Remix by Emily Cier announced and other sewing books that may strike your fancy.
- [Last Day to Sign Up for a Sewing Buddy! CLOSED](https://whip-stitch.com/last-day-to-sign-up-for-a-sewing-buddy/) - Sign up today for the Sewing Buddy project and find a new partner in sewing.
- [Sewing With Kids, Lesson 2: Focus](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-with-kids-lesson-2-focus/) - This lesson encourages kids to focus on single project while learning to use a needle, draw a thread, and create a stitch.
- [Linen Baby Bonnet](https://whip-stitch.com/linen-baby-bonnet/) - A sweet linen baby bonnet that is quick to make and keeps baby comfortable in the sun.
- [Diapers and More: Baby Travel Pouch](https://whip-stitch.com/diapers-and-more-baby-travel-pouch/) - An easy, quick project to help you and baby travel stress-free.
- [Quilt Remix by Emily Cier CLOSED](https://whip-stitch.com/quilt-remix-by-emily-cier/) - Introduces this great new book of remixed traditional quilt blocks.
- [Tonight: Book Signing with Amy Barickman of Indygo Junction!](https://whip-stitch.com/tonight-book-signing-with-amy-barickman-of-indygo-junction/) - Amy Barickman of Indygo Junction will be at Whipstitch tonight to sign her new book Vintage Notions.
- [Sewing With Kids, Lesson One: Patience](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-with-kids-lesson-one-patience/) - This series starts off with a simple project to introduce kids to the basics of sewing.
- [FamGrab Deal Today: 57% Off!](https://whip-stitch.com/famgrab-deal-today-57-off/) - Now through Sunday get the FamGrab Whipstitch Deal: a six-class card for kids, tweens & teens classes for 35% off! Plus, 35% worth of merchandise for $15!
- [Sewing With Kids](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-with-kids/) - Describes a new series designed to help you connect with your kids over sewing.
- [Sewing Buddy Project 2011 Sign-Ups... CLOSED](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddy-project-2011-sign-ups-open/) - SIgn up now for a Sewing Buddy and introduce yourself to someone else who shares your passion for fabric and sewing, regardless of your skill level!
- [Why You Should Care That The Cotton Crop Failed in China this Year](https://whip-stitch.com/why-you-should-care-that-the-cotton-crop-failed-in-china-this-year/) - Examines the consequences of failed cotton crops in China and elsewhere and asks for your support of local quilt shops.
- [Holiday Hours In Our Atlanta Shop](https://whip-stitch.com/holiday-hours-in-our-atlanta-shop/) - List of holiday hours at the Atlanta shop.
- [Sewing Pattern Stockings](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-pattern-stockings/) - Country Living inspired Christmas stocking made from vintage sewing patterns with iron-on vinyl.
- [Vintage Button Giveaway WINNER!](https://whip-stitch.com/vintage-button-giveaway-winner/) - Vintage button giveaway winner announced.
- [Emergency Bow Tie](https://whip-stitch.com/emergency-bow-tie/) - Check out the bow tie I made my husband to match my skirt.
- [GIVEAWAY: Vintage Buttons from Whipstitch! CLOSED](https://whip-stitch.com/giveaway-vintage-buttons-from-whipstitch/) - Leave a comment to win 6 cards of vintage buttons.
- [Looking for a way to do some good this holiday?](https://whip-stitch.com/looking-for-a-way-to-do-some-good-this-holiday/) - Groupon is offering a deal right now: pay $15 and donate $25 to Kiva.
- [Far Far Away 2 Giveaway AND a Discount Code!](https://whip-stitch.com/far-far-away-2-giveaway-and-a-discount-code/) - Made by Rae and Whipstitch team up for a Far Far Away 2 fabric giveaway and a discount code.
- [Vintage Buttons Now At Whipstitch!](https://whip-stitch.com/vintage-buttons-now-at-whipstitch/) - Whipstitch now has an amazing collection of vintage buttons, all dating from 1960's or earlier.
- [Organizing My Fat Quarter Stash](https://whip-stitch.com/organizing-my-fat-quarter-stash/) - The advent sew-a-long has inspired to organize my fat quarter stash.
- [I (Heart) Patchwork Pin Cushion Workshop with author Rashida Coleman-Hale!](https://whip-stitch.com/i-heart-patchwork-pin-cushion-workshop-with-author-rashida-coleman-hale/) - Join us for this workshop at Whipstitch and learn how to make a wonderful handmade pin cushion for that crafty person in your life - maybe you?
- [The Day After The Day After Thanksgiving](https://whip-stitch.com/the-day-after-the-day-after-thanksgiving/) - The visit to the big man - check!
- [Weekend Coupons in the Whipstitch Shop](https://whip-stitch.com/weekend-coupons-in-the-whipstitch-shop/) - Check our these great coupons and amazingly spectacular deals at Whipstitch this weekend!
- [Our Family's Hands](https://whip-stitch.com/our-familys-hands/) - A fun and simple way to decorate for the holiday with a handmade banner of hand tracings.
- [Let the Holiday Festivities Begin!](https://whip-stitch.com/let-the-holiday-festivities-begin/) - A fabulously full plaid skirt for a holiday party, all handmade.
- [36 Days Until Christmas](https://whip-stitch.com/36-days-until-christmas/) - My goal is a handmade holiday, complete with some knitted dishcloths.
- [Velveteen Rabbits, or: Anna Maria May Have Given Me Scarlet Fever](https://whip-stitch.com/velveteen-rabbits-or-anna-maria-may-have-given-me-scarlet-fever/) - Sweet little rabbits made out of velveteens from Anna Maria Horner's Innocent Crush collection.
- [Stitch by Stitch Scherenschnitte Skirt, a la Boden](https://whip-stitch.com/stitch-by-stitch-scherenschnitte-skirt-a-la-boden/) - A-line skirt from Stitch by Stitch by Stitch appliquéd with a squirrel pattern from Scherenschnitte.
- [Come Visit Whipstitch at the Indie Craft Experience This Weekend and Get Your Name in the Hat for a FREE Gift Certificate!](https://whip-stitch.com/come-visit-whipstitch-at-the-indie-craft-experience-this-weekend-and-get-your-name-in-the-hat-for-a-free-gift-certificate/) - Whipstitch will be at the Indie Craft Experience this weekend! Come see us and get your name in the drawing to win a gift certificate!
- [Just What IS a Fabric Collection?](https://whip-stitch.com/what-is-a-fabric-collection/) - Fabric collections are incredibly useful in quilting but don't become too reliant on them to the detriment of your creativity.
- [Already Thinking About 2011: A Sewing Buddy Check-Up](https://whip-stitch.com/already-thinking-about-2011-a-sewing-buddy-check-up/) - Recount your Sewing Buddy moments as we gear up for Sewing Buddy 2011.
- [Heather Ross is #1 on my Speed Dial](https://whip-stitch.com/heather-ross-is-1-on-my-speed-dial/) - A big box of surprise goodies from Heather Ross, including a signed print!
- [Quilt Market: My Best Discovery](https://whip-stitch.com/quilt-market-my-best-discovery/) - Take a look at all the amazing prints in this collection, all of which will soon be available at Whipstitch!
- [Running Through My Mind](https://whip-stitch.com/running-through-my-mind/) - Random things running through my mind as I prepare to leave for quilt market.
- [As Per Your Request(s)](https://whip-stitch.com/as-per-your-requests/) - A pretty dress for a four year old made out of a fantastic Alexander Henry Halloween print.
- [Going to Market? Come by the Stitch by Stitch Schoolhouse!](https://whip-stitch.com/going-to-market-come-by-the-stitch-by-stitch-schoolhouse/) - Come by and see me at quilt market as I do my first ever Stitch by Stitch Schoolhouse presentation!
- [Appealing for your Assistance!](https://whip-stitch.com/appealing-for-your-assistance/) - Help me to decide how to use this fantastic Alexander Henry Halloween print!
- [Historic Textiles: Middleton Place, Charleston, SC](https://whip-stitch.com/historic-textiles-middleton-place-charleston-sc/) - Considers the process of making clothing and other items in the pre-civil war era and how it relates to our sewing today.
- [Family Day: Folly Beach, Charleston, SC](https://whip-stitch.com/family-day-folly-beach-charleston-sc/) - Pictures of our family enjoying Folly Beach.
- [Happy Birthday, Mom!](https://whip-stitch.com/happy-birthday-mom/) - A birthday message to my mom on her birthday.
- [Search for the Perfect Dress Form](https://whip-stitch.com/search-for-the-perfect-dress-form/) - Roundup of where to find dress forms that mirror your shape and size.
- [Sew-A-Thon 2010 Recap, or Boy, Am I Tired.](https://whip-stitch.com/sew-a-thon-2010-recap-or-boy-am-i-tired/) - A recap of the second annual Sew-A-Thon at Whipstitch, including announcement of the winner.
- [A Visit Home](https://whip-stitch.com/a-visit-home/) - Join me in my hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, for a Stitch by Stitch book signing.
- [Stitch by Stitch Book Signing TONIGHT at Whipstitch!](https://whip-stitch.com/stitch-by-stitch-book-signing-tonight-at-whipstitch/) - Bring your copy of Stitch by Stitch or buy a copy at Whipstitch tonight and have it signed!
- [Sew-A-Thon is TONIGHT!](https://whip-stitch.com/sew-a-thon-is-tonight/) - Join us tonight for the second annual Sew-A-Thon at Whipstitch!
- [Dear Martha: A Mod Podge Tutorial](https://whip-stitch.com/dear-martha-a-mod-podge-tutorial/) - Learn how to make a uniquely handmade greeting card using fabric and mod podge.
- [Anna Maria: Innocent Crush has ARRIVED!](https://whip-stitch.com/1778/) - Anna Maria Horner's Innocent Crush fabric collection just arrived at Whipstitch.
- [Fabric Design Weekend Was So. Much. Fun.](https://whip-stitch.com/fabric-design-weekend-was-so-much-fun/) - A recap of fabric design weekend at Whipstitch and a big thank you to Melody Miller, Rashida Coleman-Hale, and Ellen Baker for joining us.
- [Stitch By Stitch Blog Tour!](https://whip-stitch.com/stitch-by-stitch-blog-tour-starts-monday/) - Join me as I tour the blogs talking about my book Stitch by Stitch.
- [Fabric Design Weekend Friday and Saturday!](https://whip-stitch.com/fabric-design-weekend-friday-and-saturday/) - Join us at Whipstitch for conversation, demos, round-table discussion, giveaways, and everything else about fabric design.
- [Stitch by Stitch Book Signing MOVED](https://whip-stitch.com/stitch-by-stitch-book-signing-moved/) - Stitch by Stitch has sold out so we are postponing the book signing until the weekend of the Sew-A-Thon.
- [Mod Kid Yoga Skirt](https://whip-stitch.com/mod-kid-yoga-skirt/) - Mod Kid Yoga Skirt pattern by Patty Young is quick to sew and oh so satisfying!
- [All Hail the Forgiveness of Knits](https://whip-stitch.com/all-hail-the-forgiveness-of-knits/) - Knit fabrics work wonders to hide figure flaws. Learn how to make your own pattern and sew with knits at Whipstitch!
- [Sew-A-Thon](https://whip-stitch.com/sew-a-thon/) - Come sew all night with us at the Second Annual Sew-a-Thon at Whipstitch!
- [Mending](https://whip-stitch.com/mending/) - Mending can be a way to bring past to present, place value on memory, and look forward to usefulness.
- [Atlanta Craft Swap THIS Saturday!](https://whip-stitch.com/atlanta-craft-swap-this-saturday/) - The Atlanta craft swap is a great opportunity for you to exchange your crafty supplies for someone else's.
- [Six-ish Movies I Could Watch 1000 Times](https://whip-stitch.com/six-ish-movies-i-could-watch-1000-times/) - List of my 6 all-time favorite movies along with some runners up.
- [New Beginnings](https://whip-stitch.com/new-beginnings/) - Dust off those half-finished projects as the kids head back to school.
- [The 80s Strike Again](https://whip-stitch.com/the-80s-strike-again/) - 80's themed birthday party for a teenager, complete with Rubik's cube cake and completed vest.
- [Last Chance for 2010: Sign Up For A Sewing Buddy! CLOSED](https://whip-stitch.com/last-chance-for-2010-sign-up-for-a-sewing-buddy/) - Last chance to sign up for a Sewing Buddy this year!
- [FedEx & Various Minutiae](https://whip-stitch.com/fedex-various-minutiae/) - The first shipment of Stitch by Stitch by Deborah Moebes! Also, last round of sewing buddy sign ups and other news.
- [Sewing Quiz: WINNERS](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-quiz-winners/) - Announces the winners of, and answers to, the sewing quiz!
- [A Sewing Quiz! CLOSED.](https://whip-stitch.com/a-sewing-quiz/) - It's here - the first ever Whipstitch sewing quiz! Submit your answers for a chance to win some great prizes!
- [Atlanta Craft Swap!](https://whip-stitch.com/atlanta-craft-swap/) - Come to Whipstitch and trade those unused craft supplies with other crafters for supplies you really need and want!
- [Time to Study Up for a Sewing Quiz!](https://whip-stitch.com/time-to-study-up-for-a-sewing-quiz/) - Start studying now for the first ever Whipstitch sewing quiz!
- [Sewing Projects to Share](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-projects-to-share/) - Discussion of ways to utilize the sewing buddy system.

## Pages

- [About](https://whip-stitch.com/about/) - About Deborah Moebes of Whipstitch
- [Contact](https://whip-stitch.com/contact/) - Thanks so much for getting in touch! I can't promise to answer every single email (my inbox is frequently overflowing), but I do my very best, and I am always grateful that you've taken the time to write and share part of your day with me! Some helpful links: It's possible that your question might
- [Sewing Clothing for Kids e-course](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-clothing-for-kids-e-course/) - There are so many of us who never bothered to learn to sew, or never really thought we would find it a terribly exciting skill to have--until we had children. And now! The thought of making teeny clothes for the teeny people in our lives is pretty amazing. As my children grow (and multiply!) I
- [Blog](https://whip-stitch.com/blog/) - Sewing tutorials, clubs, and adventures for the spirited and the curious.
- [Finished Garment Gallery](https://whip-stitch.com/finished-garment-gallery/) - For Me For Him For Them
- [FAQ](https://whip-stitch.com/faq/) - [accordion] [section name="What kind of sewing machine do you use?"] My main sewing machine is a Bernina 440QE, which I adore. I realize that a Bernina is a pricey machine, and probably not really a starter machine, but it is hands-down the best sewing machine I have ever used (and I include my stalwart 1969
- [Free Pattern Download!](https://whip-stitch.com/free-pattern-download/) - Since 2008, Whipstitch has built its mission around encouraging us to sew better together. Through clubs, patterns, tutorials and community, Whipstitch creates a collective where folks who sew are warmly welcomed and encouraged to stretch our skills, take bold steps, and meet kindred spirits. Become part of the Whipstitch squad by downloading the free pattern below.
- [Part-time Position with Whipstitch](https://whip-stitch.com/hiring-2019/) - Whipstitch is growing! We are currently looking for a new team member who will work closely with subscribers to keep the lines of conversation flowing in our online communities. We have an additional need for a team member who will manage digital pattern library files for publication. These two positions may be the same individual,
- [Sewing Buddies](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-buddy-project/) - At the beginning of 2010, I sent out a quick survey to see what it is that most of us see as the reason we aren't able to successfully get our sewing goals met each year. Is it time? Or how much space we have to work in? Is it lack of accountability? Or something
- [The Murder Mystery Quilt](https://whip-stitch.com/murder-mystery-quilt/) - Archaeobotanist Kitty Campbell is looking forward to a weekend in the Appalachain Mountains with her best friend, Amanda. At the Hike Inn, there are no cars and no roads and no technology, just the peace and quiet of mountain air and the restful views of some of the prettiest country around. Kitty’s knowledge of local
- [The League of Adventurous Dressmakers](https://whip-stitch.com/league-of-dressmakers/) - The League of Adventurous Dressmakers is a monthly subscription club that focuses on in-depth technique lessons for better garment sewing. As more and more of us seek to sew our own clothes, we want to be sure that we make clothes that are beautiful and well-constructed. With the League of Adventurous Dressmakers by your side, you’ll do
- [Whipstitch Sewcials](https://whip-stitch.com/whipstitch-sewcials/) - A sewcial is a mini-meetup that's intended to be a chance to relax, meet some like-minded folks, do a little sewing, and maybe have a light bite in good company. These are casual get-togethers that are organized in a public place. Anyone is invited, although RSVPs are sometimes requested to make it easier for the
- [Live Workshops](https://whip-stitch.com/live-workshops/) - ATLANTA SEWING CLASSES: Live classes for adults in the heart of Sandy Springs, GA! Starting in November 2015, I'm once again offering LIVE monthly sewing classes right here in the Atlanta area--and I couldn't be more excited to share them with you. Sewing offers us the chance to build and strengthen relationships, and Whipstitch wants
- [The Overmost](https://whip-stitch.com/patterns/the-overmost/) - The Overmost! A versatile, reversible overall or short-all for boys and girls. A beginner-friendly sewing pattern PDF! The perfect pair of overalls can be like the Holy Grail of children's clothing. I've spent years searching and searching--and finally, I designed them myself! The Overmost looks great all year long, over shirts or on their own,
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- [The Pinafore](https://whip-stitch.com/patterns/the-pinafore/) - Sewing pattern PDF download for a sweet girl's pinafore. Can be worn as a dress, jumper, over pants, shorts, skirts, over dresses, any whichaway! Sizes 12m-6.
- [Tutorials](https://whip-stitch.com/tutorials/) - newest tutorials popular tutorials babies & kids https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-round-up-crib-sheets-plus-toddler-top-sheet-tutorial https://whip-stitch.com/castle-peeps-travel-play-set https://whip-stitch.com/scalloped-edge-baby-blanket https://whip-stitch.com/diapers-and-more-baby-travel-pouch Soft Toy Baby Blocks Tutorial https://whip-stitch.com/vintage-style-teddy-bear-pattern-tutorial https://whip-stitch.com/snack-bandolier 20-minute skirt tutorial women https://whip-stitch.com/quick-and-easy-a-line-skirt https://whip-stitch.com/bonus-ruby-star-spring-apron-over-skirt-tutorial men https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-manly-travel-power-cord-roll-up techniques invisible zipper tutorial continuous bias tape tutorial underarm bias binding tutorial https://whip-stitch.com/poor-mans-silk-screen https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-rolled-hem-presser-foot https://whip-stitch.com/french-seams-and-flat-fell-seams https://whip-stitch.com/buttonholes-are-not-hard-a-headband-project https://whip-stitch.com/dear-martha-a-mod-podge-tutorial https://whip-stitch.com/machine-applique-tutorial-sassy-pants https://whip-stitch.com/on-sewing-with-plaid-fabrics https://whip-stitch.com/chain-stitching-on-garments https://whip-stitch.com/making-notches around the house https://whip-stitch.com/tutorial-bias-edge-pot-holder https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-pattern-stockings https://whip-stitch.com/advent-calendar-sew-along https://whip-stitch.com/our-familys-hands
- [Patterns](https://whip-stitch.com/patterns/) - [box color="blue" align="center"]Whipstitch Patterns are original designs based on garments and projects I’ve been making for my children and myself over the years, including some that were sold through my children’s clothing company, Pretty Jane. Each one has been crafted by hand, and is a pleasure to make. I’ve written the instructions and designed the
- [E-Courses](https://whip-stitch.com/classes/) - Learn to sew and grow your sewing with online sewing classes. Begin at the beginning or pick up where you left off! Sewing classes at every level, online so you can learn from anywhere, with a great community so you have hands to hold along the way. Start today!
- [Stitch by Stitch](https://whip-stitch.com/stitch-by-stitch/) - Stitch by Stitch is designed for new and "returning" stitchers, and covers all the foundational sewing skills you need to complete almost any project your heart desires. The book is designed with projects that build on one another as you work through them, allowing you to master sewing skills one step at a time while
- [E-Course FAQs](https://whip-stitch.com/e-course-faqs/) - What's an e-course? E-courses are online classes designed to tackle a particular topic through a combination of blog posts, audio, video, downloads, and participant comments. They're a great opportunity to learn new skills and be part of a very cool community when you can't get to a class in person! When do e-courses meet? Many
- [Hooray!!](https://whip-stitch.com/hooray/) - I'm so excited that you'll be joining me for the Essential Sewing e-course! We'll cover a ton of territory and make some seriously cute projects, all with just your sewing machine, plus a ton of information, techniques, and community in between. When the class begins, you'll login by heading here: https://whip-stitch.com/winter-classes Your login name and
- [Advent Calendar Sewalong](https://whip-stitch.com/advent-calendar-sewalong/) - A day-by-day sew-along creating a vintage-inspired 70s-era Advent calendar to count down the days to Christmas. With templates and printables.
- [Sewing With Kids](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-with-kids/) - Because I love to sew, and because I have children, I long to share sewing with my kids in a way that leads them to love it, too. After spending most of a decade teaching school, I have some pretty definite ideas about how to best capture a moment when children are most receptive to
- [Neat As Ninepence: Sewing for Every Room in the House](https://whip-stitch.com/neat-as-ninepence-sewing-for-every-room-in-the-house/) - Four years ago, we decided to put our house on the market. We felt we needed more space, another bedroom at least, and we were willing to jump through some serious hoops in order to make it happen. We scrubbed and sanded and decluttered and worried and worried and worried. We still live in the
- [Last Days for Early Bird Discount on Fall Wardrobe ecourse!](https://whip-stitch.com/last-days-for-early-bird-discount-on-fall-wardrobe-ecourse/) - We've got a really great group coming together for the Fall Wardrobe e-course that begins next Monday. Looking to master sewing with printed patterns, make some really chic clothing, and try your hand at some new techniques? Wanting to carve out some time to sew for YOU? This e-course is designed to give you the
- [Ruby Star Spring Bee Skirt!](https://whip-stitch.com/ruby-star-spring-bee-skirt/) - Delightfully simple and clean, chic and modern, the Bee Skirt is a cinch to sew up and is absolutely dreamy in Melody Miller's Ruby Star Spring fabrics! Download the FREE pattern and view the video tutorial. And have FUN! Project: Ruby Star Spring A-line Skirt with Invisible Zipper Supplies: 1 yd Ruby Star Spring cotton/linen
- [Sewing for Your Home E-Course](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-for-your-home-online-class/) - Whether you have a new house or an old one, have just moved or have lived there for years, all of us want our homes to look and feel like us. Fabric and color can be the easiest and most lasting way to make an immediate change in your house's appearance and in how you
- [Essential Quilting e-course](https://whip-stitch.com/essential-quilting-e-course/) - Modern quilts have completely changed the way I think about the historic art of quilting, and I have developed a love for it that I never anticipated. There is something so magical about the endless ways we can combine fabric and pattern and color into a useable piece of art that will be passed down
- [Sewing Pants e-course](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-pants-e-course/) - Making pants that fit and flatter, so you can rock it out! Sewing clothing is an immensely rewarding task, one where you get to customize your fabric and color choices, adjust the fit so that it flatters your unique body shape, and challenge yourself to try new skills. Sewing pants is no different, but so
- [Fall Wardrobe e-course](https://whip-stitch.com/fall-wardrobe-e-course/) - Four-Piece Wardrobe: Four Great Garments, Unlimited Possibility! Sewing with patterns can seem intimidating, but once you learn to use the pieces properly, your whole world of sewing opens up! The newest styles, vintage details, and the ability to customize your every article of clothing are all just a stitch away when you have the universe
- [Video Sewing Glossary](https://whip-stitch.com/video-sewing-glossary/) - [box color="blue" align="center"]After teaching online via video for years, I began to realize that the classes I was creating were offering content that my students wanted to view again and again--sometimes to review the lesson and re-create the project, sometimes to brush up on a particular pattern or design, and often for the core skill
- [Finished Quilt Gallery](https://whip-stitch.com/quilt-gallery/) - [row][col w="6"] [/col][col w="6"]
- [Connect](https://whip-stitch.com/connect/) - Meeting other people with whom you connect, and who get what you're into, is such an incredible feeling. It can happen in lots of ways, and I am constantly grateful that Whipstitch has played even a small role in getting people plugged into the online sewing community, or introduced in person to really cool folks
- [Essential Sewing e-course](https://whip-stitch.com/essential-sewing-e-course/) - Essential Sewing: Take Your Sewing from Zero to Stitch! Essential Sewing is an online course based on the sewing classes I teach in person in Atlanta, and my book, Stitch by Stitch. The entire class is designed for what I call "new and returning" sewers: those of us who either are brand-new at the sewing
- [Learn](https://whip-stitch.com/learn/) - By teaching a varied list of class titles, in person and online, for all skill and experience levels, my goal is to lead you to passionately love sewing. Online classes allow you to start where you are, and to advance your skills no matter what your geography. I offer a wide range of topics and
- [Hook and Loop Tape](https://whip-stitch.com/hook-and-loop-tape/)
- [shears](https://whip-stitch.com/shears/)
- [Slip Covers e-Course](https://whip-stitch.com/slip-covers-e-course/) - Slip covers! A quick and simple way to update your entire home's look. Learn multiple ways to construct and embellish your slip covers to take them from ick to SLICK! We'll spend five weeks together making five styles of slip cover: boxy with three styles of skirt loosely constructed with tie-backs fitted with Velcro closures
- [Sewing E-Courses](https://whip-stitch.com/e-courses/) - [box color="blue" align="center"]E-courses are online classes that are open to anyone, anywhere. Through a combination of blog posts, PDF downloads, video, audio and chat, we explore the topic over a series of weeks all in one big community. You always get one-on-one interaction and plenty of attention as the class proceeds, and I love meeting
- [Discussions](https://whip-stitch.com/discussions-2/)
- [Discussions](https://whip-stitch.com/discussions/)
- [Copyright and Usage Policies](https://whip-stitch.com/copyright-and-usage-policies/) - All original content on this web site is copyright and exclusive property of Whipstitch Industries LLC/Deborah Moebes 2007-2013. All rights reserved. The Whipstitch name, logo, shield, color palette and signature needle-and-flourish are registered under US Trademark, reg. no. 3907247, and are protected intellectual property. Likewise, the design and layout of this website is the sole
- [Booking](https://whip-stitch.com/booking/) - Have a guild or sewing group and want to bring in a workshop or speaker? I am really flattered and fortunate to have been invited to do just that for a number of groups around the Southeast, and I'd love to hear about yours! I teach groups of (almost) all sizes in techniques ranging from
- [Disclaimers & Giveaway Policies](https://whip-stitch.com/disclaimers-giveaway-policies/) - Whipstitch is a for-profit site, and as such, I occasionally promote products or do giveaways. I don't accept payment for any endorsements, and truly only bring to readers the products I feel good about and use myself. I do occasionally receive free copies of books in exchange for a review, but I only review the
- [books](https://whip-stitch.com/books/) - Stitch by Stitch and Stitch Savvy, books by Deborah Moebes of Whipstitch. Learn to sew and grow your sewing! More than 500 pages of needle-and-thread awesomeness.
- [Watch](https://whip-stitch.com/watch/) - Just because we can't be together all the time doesn't mean we can't be face to face! I love how video can make us feel close together, even when we have to be far apart--and how we can sew together, on opposite sides of town or opposite sides of the planet. Magic! The Video Sewing
- [Our Garden](https://whip-stitch.com/our-garden/) - Believe it or not, I have a Master's degree (and the better part of a PhD, heaven help me) that focuses on the study of prehistoric human-plant interactions (the technical term is archaeobotanist, or paleoethnobotanist, but that sounds way more pretentious and expert-like that I ever aspired to be). I've always been fascinated by the
- [Family & Kids](https://whip-stitch.com/kids/) - I feel enormously privileged to live the life I do, where I get to indulge in one of my passions on a daily basis while surrounded by a husband I adore and children I am so proud to have been allowed to raise and love, all in a home that we love. Because we have
- [part-time homeschooling](https://whip-stitch.com/part-time-homeschooling/) - [catlist name="part-time-homeschooling" num posts=10]
- [Essays on Mommying](https://whip-stitch.com/essays-on-mommying/) - [catlist name="mom-essays" numberposts=10]
- [Grow](https://whip-stitch.com/grow/) - One of the great things about the online sewing community is the way in which the sewing we do here gets intertwined with all the other parts of our lives and our families--it's almost like we're all REAL PEOPLE with actual lives. Amazing. I love to sew, and most of this blog focuses on that,
- [Read](https://whip-stitch.com/read/) - Nothing wrong with doing a little reading! It's the best way to get at the giant onion of information that's available in the online sewing community. May I humbly suggest you start with one of my books? I've also got lots of posts here on the blog, just waiting for you to explore. And then
- [Make](https://whip-stitch.com/make/) - Dude. Sewing is about making stuff. All kinds of stuff: for you, for your loved ones, for your house, and sometimes, just for fun. Even I didn't realize just how many projects were lurking around the corners here on the blog, until I went looking--here's hoping you do a lap and find something awesome to
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- [video sewing glossary: search by topic](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-glossary-topics/) - notions and tools general sewing terms machine sewing hand sewing patterns & pattern markings
- [Video sewing glossary: search alphabetically](https://whip-stitch.com/video-sewing-glossary-alpha/) - IMAGE: all 26 letters Each letter uses code below to link to that section of the glossary (click image--->shortcut to entries) link I put this at destination point
- [Our New (Old) House](https://whip-stitch.com/our-new-old-house/) - In the fall of 2011, my husband and I bought a new house. Well, new to us: it's a 1968 ranch on an acre lot. And the previous owner wasn't really into home maintenance. We're working our way through the house bit by bit, making it more the house it was meant to be. The
- [Retreats](https://whip-stitch.com/retreats/) - The first Whipstitch retreat was held in November 2009 as an out-growth of the Sew-athon I hosted that year. There really were no sewing retreats for folks with a young, modern mind-set back in those days, and it was exciting to think about a group of folks who love to sew gathering up in the
- [Garden](https://whip-stitch.com/garden/) - Believe it or not, I have a Master's degree (and the better part of a PhD, heaven help me) that focuses on the study of prehistoric human-plant interactions (the technical term is archaeobotanist, or paleoethnobotanist, but that sounds way more pretentious and expert-like that I ever aspired to be). I've always been fascinated by the
- [Summer Dresses e-course](https://whip-stitch.com/summer-dresses-e-course/) - One of the great joys of sewing is the freedom to sew yourself something pretty to wear. Summer is about sunshine and family and dinners outside on the patio and walks after dark when the pavement is still warm. The perfect summer dress makes all those memories that much sweeter, and knowing that you've got
- [Everyday Handbags e-course](https://whip-stitch.com/everyday-handbags-e-course/) - A handbag is about more than just getting your stuff from one place to another. It's about completing your look, feeling comfortable away from home, knowing you have all the right tools close at hand, and being free to go about your business no matter what kind of day you may be having. No lady
- [Sewing Knits e-course](https://whip-stitch.com/sewing-knits-e-course/) - Knits are both a really hot and exciting fabric right now, and also the one fabric most likely to make stitchers freeze with indecision and uncertainty. Because the fabric is made in a different way, it throws us off and makes us unsure of how to work with a fabric that most of us love
- [Happy Handmade Holidays E-course](https://whip-stitch.com/happy-handmade-holidays-e-course/) - See the final paragraph for exciting updates to this course, and news about changes for 2013! The LIVE portion in 2013 will include Harvest, Halloween and Thanksgiving projects, in addition to the existing Christmas content, and will run October 28 through November 29, 2013. Every year, I feel the urge, the yearning for a
- [Kids Clothing E-course DVDs](https://whip-stitch.com/kids-clothing-e-course-dvds/) - Hooray! For those of you who would like copies of the Sewing Clothing for Kids class videos, I have about 18 sets available! The details: these are pretty stripped-down, bare-bones DVDs. No fancy graphics, no sparkly labels. They do include every single minute of video footage that was included in the course, which amounted to
- [It is SO nice to meet you!](https://whip-stitch.com/oh-youre-so-good/) - Thanks so much for dropping by Whipstitch and leaving your very first comment here! I love meeting new folks in this online world, and it means a lot to me that you've come by and commented. I hope you'll tour a bit, if you haven't already, and come back often to meet new sewing friends,
- [Welcome to Whipstitch!](https://whip-stitch.com/welcome-to-whipstitch/) - I'm Deborah, and I sew. I got here sort of by accident, the happiest accident ever in the history of happy accidents. I started out as a schoolteacher, then became an archaeologist, then was a stay-at-home mom, and now I'm here! With four kids, a husband, a (lovely but largely imagined) garden, a house (which
- [Stitch by Stitch](https://whip-stitch.com/about-2/stitch-by-stitch/) - Stitch by Stitch is designed for new and "returning" stitchers, and covers all the foundational sewing skills you need to complete almost any project your heart desires. The book is designed with projects that build on one another as you work through them, allowing you to master sewing skills one step at a time while
- [Community](https://whip-stitch.com/community/) - One of the things I love the most about sewing is the people I meet through fabric and craft. The community that builds itself. Whipstitch began as my dream of creating a place where folks like that can gather together and find ways to inspire and congratulate one another. It has grown into so much

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