Hooray!! A whole new year has begun. And I have an overwhelming sense of optimism this year. I’m excited to see what comes and where it goes, and how I will…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Last January, I had a conversation about the word “seamstress.” I was lucky enough to be in Palm Springs at the Heather Ross Workshop, and even luckier to be hanging out…
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This past May, I headed to Salt Lake City for Quilt Market, including a Schoolhouse presentation for Stitch by Stitch. I was excited and nervous (in part because I had to…
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We’re still unpacking from our move, and then re-packing for our family vacation (an unfortunate fluke of scheduling that they fell right on top of one another, but one does not…
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Of the three larger fabric buckets, I’m pretty sure this is my favorite one. This is an older Farbenmix print I got from the same stashbuster sale where I scored the…
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I’m reading a seriously geeky-cool book right now: It’s written by an archaeologist from BU and focuses on the archaeological remains of sewing found in historical sites around the world. I’m…
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Yesterday, in between folding laundry and dropping kids off at Youth Group, we stopped in at a book launch: CRAVE is an organization that has been working across the country to…
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Coming along nicely! Y’all have a great weekend–I’ll be here. Sewing.…
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When the voiles arrived night before last, I couldn’t wait to dig in–I ran out the door to teach my class and had to actually tear myself away from playing and…
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At 6 o’clock this evening, as the rain poured down through the light cast by the street lamps, my doorbell rang, mysteriously. Thank goodness it was my best friend, the UPS…
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Some of you know that I’m a vintage sewing book junkie. I pick them up wherever I can: flea markets, thrift stores, antique malls, online, if it’s a sewing topic, it’s…
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Growing up, my mom had this wonderful Advent calendar that came out every year right after Thanksgiving. It was entirely made of felt, and she’d put it together when I was…
