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…
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…
So, I bought all the kids new shoes and it made me feel pretty confident about starting off the school year with all the boxes checked and all their clothing organized. Which led me to think/realize that their drawers…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
