Alright, picking up where we left off! This is Day 1.5, because I pulled a double on the first day and it nearly killed me, so I’m pacing myself in an effort to make it through these five spaces–the…
Well, we’re only one day into this thing, but so far, so good! Some before-and-afters for y’all: The small closet in the master, which houses my dresser along with less-frequently-used items like dressy clothes and my husband’s uniforms. The…
I cannot believe I am about to show you what I am about to show you. I feel an extraordinary sense of shame over what these photos reveal, but I also know that I don’t want to live a…
This arrived on my doorstep this morning: That’s FOUR cases of Stitch Savvy, newly from the printers. Woot!! If you pre-ordered on Amazon, it should be shipping out in the next couple of days–BUT if you want to order…
Whoops! I completely neglected to post the winner of Modern Designs for Classic Quilts! Yeesh! Our random winner is #29, LJ, who said: Congratulations, LJ! I have an email on its way to you right now, and will see…
With all the garments I’ve been sewing in the past few weeks, I’ve had plenty of time to think about notches. Those little doo-hickies on the pattern that exist to either confuse you or slow you down, a lot…
Ken Kaufman of Robert Kaufman created this video while visiting their printing plants in Japan and Korea. It walks through the process of creating a fabric, from design concept through choosing colors, then to harvesting and preparing the fabric,…
So, I’ve mentioned before that I’m a little obsessed with the brother/sister outfit. Which is weird, because in the past, I have ranted about how much I DISLIKED the Southern tradition of making clothes so that brothers and sisters…
Another finish for the Circle of Trust! This is the herringbone block from Alisa’s Modern Block of the Month for Sew, Mama, Sew this past year, and it is spectacular. The ladies of the Trust Circle really did it…
It’s flannel season. More than that, it’s Christmas season. I steadfastly refuse to put out Christmas things before the Thanksgiving turkey is fully digested, but after that, I do love me some Christmas. Who’s with me? Also: Christmas fabric. …
I remember sewing before the internet. For me, and for most of the folks I knew who were sewing, it was primarily about achieving a goal–usually a finished garment. Sewing wasn’t, for us in the pre-blog, pre-Pinstagram age, about…
Well, OK, floor cushion, singular. For now! But there will be floor cushionS, plural, honest. In our den, we’ve got a small-ish sofa (about 5.5 feet) that we bought vintage from Craig’s List. There’s the small chair you see…
This weekend only, Craftsy is running a crazy great sale: all their classes are just $19.99! That includes my Design and Sew an A-Line Skirt class, which covers basic patternmaking skills, like how to measure yourself properly, how to…
On Saturday night, the internet brought me and Tony Danza together. And it was magic. If you’ve been following along, you know that around the time we moved into the shop in West Midtown, I had the nutty idea…
When I was working on Stitch Savvy, there were a few hairy moments. The book has 25 projects, and I had one week to shoot ALL the step-by-step photos for the lessons. At one point, we simply had to…
