Come on down to the shop this Saturday, November 17, from 1 to 4 pm for our second annual Live Quilting Event! For most of us, when we begin quilting, we haven’t had the privilege of watching someone else…
When we first moved into this house, we had done most of the painting (thanks to my mother, who operated one of those rollers very bravely, if you ask me). Originally, this hall was rose pink from top to…
About a year ago, I gave in and joined Pinterest. I had resisted, since everyone else was doing it. But then I joined and it was love and magic and stuff. I have so far successfully avoided Instagram, certain…
Well, Tony Danza, I have mixed feelings about you right now. While I am delighted that the quilt top is essentially done, I am realizing now exactly how much of the brunt of the work is going to fall…
Today is my seventh wedding anniversary. And I am wearing a really great dress: If you asked me what my husband and I do to celebrate milestones, I would tell you we go to a nice dinner–without the kids.…
It’s voting day. Again. Or I should say, at last. Does anyone else feel as though this has been the LONGEST election campaign in the history of this nation? I am thrilled to have the privilege and luxury of…
An excerpt of the welcome video for Happy Handmade Holidays, my Christmas e-course that begins today: I still have spots left! If you’re looking to join, or teetering on the fence, jog on over and click through to register–you’ll…
Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!…
I am back from Quilt Market, which is always a whirlwind. And this year, it’s just a few days before Halloween, which means I walked into a walking timebomb of costuming needs. Have spent nearly all of the last…
I’m heading to Houston today for Quilt Market, where I’ll be doing a presentation to shop owners and national retailers about my brand new book, which is set to arrive in just a few weeks! I have spent a…
Well, we’re making progress on Tony Danza, but it is slooooooow. And I’m a little worried about his eyes. The biggest issue is that postage stamp quilts, by their nature, are time-consuming to sew. They just take a minute…
We’re getting ready to transition our son from his toddler bed to a big boy bed, and our youngest from her crib to the toddler bed. Well, OK, “getting ready” might be a bit strong: we’re waiting until the…
Brace yourselves, everyone. If you’ve been hanging with me on the Twitters, you already know what I’m about to say: we are RE-OPENING the Whipstitch Etsy shop for just one week! As most of you know, Whipstitch has been…
We never did get around to putting in a garden this year. When we moved into our house, the backyard was a disaster, random baby trees dotted everywhere and no actual grass, just weeds and sad lumps of cast-off…stuff.…
I’m finishing up the blocks for my Your (Second) Modern Quilt class–Y2MQ for short–and thought today I’d put together the quilt top. Naturally, that’s when I realized I had run out of my Kona corn background fabric. That seems…
