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…
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…
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…
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…
And our winner is: Christa, who said Congratulations, Christa, and many thanks to ALL the entries!…
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 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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
