My oldest child is going off to college this month. On the one hand, I have wrapped my brain around that and am excited for her–and for us, with all the changes that come along with launching a bird…
This is the Lisette Passport jacket, one of the patterns put out by Liesl Gibson of Oliver + S for Simplicity. It’s one of the four patterns featuered in the Fall Wardrobe e-course that starts next week, and I…
I haven’t really been a pattern tracer, up until now. And possibly I still wouldn’t be, except someone made a comment on a post (I think this one, about notches) saying that she was surprised I cut into my…
This is the Colette Sorbetto tank, a simple and flattering sleeveless shell with a front pleat detail and bias-bound neck and armholes. I stitched this one up last year out of some Amy Butler voile (and a couple eagle-eyed…
My all-yellow Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt is coming along nicely! This has been my back-seat project for a while, the one that’s cut and ready to go, but waiting in a basket while I’m sewing other things…
Every time I post an image of the built-in bookcases in our den, I always get a ton of questions and comments. They’re pretty awesome, if I do say so myself–and they totally make the room. When we first…
Craftsy has PILES of classes on sale for 75% this weekend only! Have you been putting off taking my Design & Sew an A-Line Skirt class? Or have you your eye on another of their really delicious options, from…
It is rapidly becoming curtains week around here–first a revised set for our boy’s room, then the temporary curtains for the front living room, and now some for the den. I guess it goes to show the power that…
Remember how I was debating what to do about the drapes in our front living room? Well…I haven’t done it yet. These are not The Drapes. Sorry. These are the emergency drapes that I whipped up a couple weeks…
The Essential Quilting e-course is about so much more than just “learning to quilt.” The class covers all the foundational skills, but also targets a lot of quilting concepts that I think get overlooked and that we would all…
I’m not totally sure if it’s the extra sunlight or the sheer number of hours I’m saving this summer by not driving carpool, but I have been ON FIRE with getting things checked off my to-do-around-the-house list. I am…
I can only think of three phrases that, at this stage in my life, come into my head on a daily basis and remind me where to step next. This is one of them. I read it about three…
Drawstring Maxi shift dress pattern by Whipstitch in blue chambray stripe cotton. A classic summer maxi dress with racerback and drawstring waist.…
Currently, this is our girls’ room. Our six-year-old and three-year-old share this space, and we’ve only recently moved out the crib and made way for a bigger bed. It was the start of a whole host of changes. First,…
Orange cotton seersucker version of the Colette Patterns Laurel dress with center front trim.…
