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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
