An Open Letter to Suzanne Collins. BEWARE: spoliers abound after the jump, along with strong opinions. Dear Suzanne, Here’s the thing: I came a little late to this party, having only read your Hunger Games trilogy since March 1,…
I am frantically trying to complete the quilting on this Domestic Bliss jelly roll quilt so I can take it with me tonight to the meetup and sew on the binding. Will I see you there? Also: couldn’t resist…
Just a few short hours left until we launch the Sewing for Kids Weekend at Whipstitch!! Rae of Made By Rae and Karen of Sewing for Boys are here for three big events this weekend, and we’d all really…
At last!! Back for a THIRD year–can you believe it??–the Sewing Buddy Project is OPEN for 2012! Sewing Buddies began back in early 2010 from suggestions I got from readers who said they felt that the best motivation they…
I can’t show you this entire project, but I can tell you that it represents the FINAL sewing I will have to do for my new book, which is due out in the fall. Twenty-five intermediate sewing projects in…
Not that I need *another* project going on right now, but I’ve begun the painting of the new bed for my oldest child: a wood four-poster canopy bed that’s going from worn and tired to HOT PINK. After the…
NOW AVAILABLE: A step-by-step video tutorial and printable project guide! See the post and get the PDF. I finally got a Kindle. Years ago, when the second-generation Kindle came out, my in-laws and I went in together to buy…
Perfect Pants update: pink version made, loved, and worn to school today; retro jeans version muddied and in the laundry as we speak. Photos soon! In the meantime, I’m working on a stack of quilt projects. I’ve been sewing…
I’m gearing up for the start of the Sewing Clothing for Kids e-course on Monday. Add to that the desperate–and I mean, really DIRE–need my nearly-six-year-old has for pants right now, and I knew yesterday was Pants Day. I…
This super-sneak preview is of Ryan’s quilt for the Bee bee–I’ve just added my row and shipped it off to Amber so she can add hers for March. We all began with Melody Miller’s bee fabric, and added prints…
I am a loyal reader of Made By Rae, and bought a copy of Sewing for Boys the week it came out. So I am genuinely and personally thrilled to announce that March 23 & 24 Whipstitch is hosting…
So, two things: first, I can’t find my back-up camera charger. I bought it to replace my actual camera charger, which I had misplaced. Eventually, the original charger showed back up, but then the spare went missing. Then the…
I never got around to posting this dress after I finished it last summer, but with my Sewing Knits without the Serger class coming up next week, I got to thinking about this pattern. It’s the Mission Maxi Dress…
This past weekend was the first meeting of our Your Second (Modern) Quilt class for 2012. Most of these ladies took the Your First (Modern) Quilt class last year (either in the shop or online), and we were all…
We just got in the new Lizzy House collection, Hello Pilgrim, at the shop. When I originally placed my order, I did it the way I always do: sight-unseen. That’s how I like to roll when it comes to…
