This is the story of a problem and a solution. And it all starts with house hunting. Join me, if you will, on a (short-ish) journey all the way back to 2011. When we very first were shopping for…
I am delighted this fine Friday to announce that my new site is up and live and fabulous! This is one of those projects that was months in the making, with lots of in-the-car-drive-time daydreaming about what elements would…
Even I didn’t know how many there were. See them now, all in one place.…
I loved Lush when it came out five years ago. It was one of the very first collections I ordered for the shop, back when it was all housed in my basement, and it was the paint-by-numbers prints that…
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…
