I got an email recently asking how I “fit it all in.” Which is funny, because most days, I decidedly do not feel as though I am getting it all done–far from it. And I’ll say here as I…
I’ve got three separate HST projects going on at the moment. Which either means I am a complete, obsessive nutcase or a wild-haired genius. Either way, lots of triangles over here. It mostly started with Ellen Baker’s Quilt Blocks,…
I went to a baby shower recently, and as is my apparent habit, liked the gift I gave so much that I came back home and made another for our house! This was a sweet little bird arrangement that…
image via Threads Magazine As I’m finishing up writing my new book, the last of the major tasks is to finalize the patterns. That means taking each pattern that I’ve developed that requires a paper pattern–there are eight of…
About a year ago, I was having a conversation on the phone with a friend of mine, and noticing that I wasn’t feeling as anxious as I usually did. For months up until that day, I had been battling…
I think in my head, this was a Grand Reveal. But my husband was away all last week, and when he got home on Friday evening, I hurt his feelings by suggesting that I might move some furniture around…
It’s not too late to join us! Sign up and get started right. this. second. Make lovely things that last, make great memories and stronger sewing skills, and make hay while the sun shines to prepare for a happy…
The mattress for our oldest child’s hot pink four-poster bed finally arrived today! Woot! I had been waiting and waiting for it to get here so I could take some photos of these other projects for the Sewing for…
I think it would be hard to do home dec sewing and not make a least one giant pile of pillows. These are for my oldest child, to go on her new hot pink bed, and when she saw…
Next week I begin the Sewing for Your Home e-course, and this week, I’m sharing a few of the projects to give you a taste of what we’ll be doing in class! These are two of the Week 1…
As fantastic as our Easter holiday was this year, our Easter photos didn’t turn out as fabulously as I had hoped. This was the best of the bunch, after the maximum editing I could muster: You’ll notice that…
NOW AVAILABLE: A step-by-step video tutorial and printable project guide! See the post and get the PDF. My sweet friend Mika liked my Kindle cover so much she asked for a tutorial. Since I’ve always been a bit of…
Hooray!! It’s time to get ready for the Sewing for Your Home e-course!! I am super excited about this class–not least of which because it has given me an excuse to sew a whole bundle of lovely things for…
Chain piecing is a simple technique that makes quilting vastly more efficient: source Very simply, chain piecing involves sewing a seam, then rather than cutting the thread and beginning a new seam, tucking the next piece of fabric beneath…
The short version is: we’re still super stalled on the kitchen. The butcher block bar has yet to be installed, and while I’ve pretty much chosen a backsplash, it’s crazy expensive and I can’t seem to pull the trigger. …
