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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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…

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…

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…

  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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…