The last few days, I’ve been playing with microMod from Rob Bancroft of Green Bee Patterns & Design! Alexia and Rob have such a cool thing going over there: husband and wife, along with her mom, all running their…
I heart piping. And I adore linen, for just about any sewing project. AND I love circles and rounded edges and adding those to my designs. This bag brings them all together–it’s the third of four original patterns…
This second bag from the Everyday Handbags e-course goes the other way from the Poolside Tote. Where that one’s huge, this one is small. Where that one has a large opening, this one zips shut. Where that one is…
Registration is officially open for my next online class, Everyday Handbags! We all know that the RIGHT handbag makes all the difference, and finding it feels like the Holy Grail. When I was in high school (and I won’t…
I love dresses, especially in the spring and summer. I don’t always make as much effort as I should to get up and get dressed every morning (or even most mornings)–a lot of the time, it’s the jeans from…
In looking to create an Audrey Wardrobe, I started out by taking an inventory of what I already have. While Sarai calculated next what number she feels she ought to have in each category, I thought my needs would…
Very few individuals in recent memory can compare with the class and beauty of Audrey Hepburn. Her grace, her loveliness, her charm and her kind nature permeate every image, every foot of film we have of her. Something about…
I have gotten emails on a regular basis for years, literally, from folks who would like to make the Snack Bandolier from my tutorial for sale at craft shows and street fairs, or through their online shop. I’ve had…
About a zillion years ago, I roped myself into a postage stamp quilt project. It was when our littlest was really little; in about two months, she turns three, and there is the slimmest chance this project will be…
It’s here!! The Sewing Clothing for Kids e-course starts today and I am seriously excited. The class includes EIGHT patterns for boys AND girls (including the always popular Overmost!), with lots of options and variations to play with. Plenty…
Full disclaimer: this was not a DIY project. But we did gut this bathroom down to the studs and make it our own. Which, in its own way, is pretty exciting. This is the Jack-and-Jill bath that the children…
I sent out a newsletter announcement on Friday, and clicking “Send” was harder than I thought. In fact, I walked away and came back after picking the kids up from school, because I needed it to sit for a…
I’m in Austin for QuiltCon the rest of this week, so it seems appropriate that I share the progress I’ve been making on the matching postage stamp quilts I’m putting together for my two younger girls–that is, with those…
So many of us came to sewing wanting to know more. OK, once I write that out I realize how ridiculous it sounds–I think what I mean is that no one comes to sewing thinking that we already have…
Announcing the winners of the A-Line Skirts from Design and Sew an A-Line Skirt! In no particular order, the winners are: For the green Hideaway skirt, #14 Melanie C., who said: For the herringbone yoked skirt, #41 Kelly E,…
