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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
When I got the (possibly hare-brained) idea to sew my blue velvet cocktail dress, I had pretty minimal experience sewing with velvet. This was absolutely my first time making something from velvet on this scale–anything larger than a sleeve…
Wayyyy back in 2010, I launched an idea based on a simple survey: pair up willing volunteers with one another to serve as sewing pen pals and keep each other motivated throughout the course of one year. It was…
In an effort to get off on the right foot with my 2014 One Little Word, I’m stitching up a wall hanging for myself. I’m working on mine today as my husband and I fly off–just the two of…
I love this idea of having a word for the coming year. Ali Edwards has done it for the better part of a decade now, and I must have seen it a couple years back, going around the social…
