I know, I feel the same way a lot of you do: it’s ghastly and rude to even mention Christmas when we haven’t had so much as Halloween yet. I have always resisted the decorations and gift pushing in…
I leave tomorrow to fly out to Salt Lake City for Sewing Summit, where I’ll be teaching a class on POCKETS. Oh, yes. So I’m pulling together all the samples and photos and projects I’ve put together to share…
This week, I’m serving as guest judge over at Project Run & Play. If you haven’t been following along, Project Run & Play is an elimination competition whose contestants design children’s clothing each week according to a theme, with…
The second Sewing Buddy Challenge for 2012 was COLOR: both Buddies take the concept of color and interpret that by making partner projects to reflect the theme. The winning entry went way above and beyond, and really rocked out…
On the subject of tidying, I moved a whole mess of fabric up from where it was being “temporarily” stored in the basement. Um, it was kind of like this: we bought this house, and we figured we’d finish…
Sewing Buddies: don’t forget that today is the final day to upload entries for Sewing Buddy Challenge #2: Color! You have until midnight tonight to get your images added to our Flickr group. Take care to label them “Challenge…
In exactly two weeks, I’m heading to Salt Lake City for Sewing Summit, and get to meet a bunch of folks I only know from online and hang out with friends who I only get to see once or…
I have been malingering over my Tony Danza quilt for quilt a while now. The ladies at the shop never did fully believe that it would ever see the light of day, but I was sure it could happen.…
It’s nearly time, Sewing Buddies! If you’re part of the 2012 Sewing Buddy Project, then we’re heading into the final days of Challenge #2: COLOR. The original deadline for entries was tomorrow, Sept 20, but we’ve extended it until…
When we moved into our rental house last year–almost exactly a year ago, actually–we didn’t take our dining room table with us. It was too big for the rental, and we didn’t know if it would fit into whatever…
Recently, the do.Good Stitches circle hosts did a swap, the first we’ve done. Actually, this is the first Flickr swap I’ve EVER done, which seems odd for me to admit, because I count myself lucky to have a goodly…
Image from The Workbasket (1952), via TipNut Today, the registration for workshops at Sewing Summit is LIVE and open! Woot! For those of you who will be there with me, don’t forget about my Pockets workshop–because, seriously, everything is…
Last night, I started a new Intro to Sewing class, and as with all my classes, we got to talking about tools and supplies–and like many of my students, some of the folks in my class this month have…
Last night, after Parents’ Night at the local elementary school, my husband and I snuck away for a quick bite to eat. Which makes it sound much more exotic than it was–the event started at 6, and in order…
I’ve been making a ton of skirts lately–with waistbands, with facings, with lined yokes. They’re in quilting cottons, in wools, in linen. Lots and lots of skirts. As I get to the finishing stage with each one, I get…
