Literally. Found this little fella outside the bathroom window the other morning as flurries were circling overhead. Tried desperately to snap a shot of him with a single flake scooting past, but never did–only ended up with a zillion…
I have mentioned before my Tony Danza wall quilt. It has been a work-in-progress for a little over two years now. And by “work-in-progress,” obviously I mean I haven’t really started it but I sure do think about it…
Progress in the kitchen slowed to an almost complete stop while we moved in and got settled, but now not having it finished is making us crazy enough that we’re ready to set aside organizing the linen closet and…
So, I make no secret of the fact that my Rowenta iron and I are veryveryclose. I loooooove my iron, to a not-quite-unnatural degree. I started with a yard sale purchase of a lower-end model, and after I had…
Hooray!! The first online sewing class I’m offering this year, Essential Sewing, is now open for registration! I really love teaching this class–it offers such a wide range of skills and is enormously beneficial both for total newbie beginners…
With everything we’re doing to get moved in and get the kitchen ready for six people to abuse it relentlessly for the next twenty years, I haven’t spent much time in my studio. In fact, I have spent NO…
“Hope Springs Eternal” egg that sits on the shelf in my studio Thanks for all the kind words on my last post, y’all! Only good things happening here, and stuff that I’ve been wanting to do but unsure of–hearing…
There is a story, often repeated, about Cortez and his conquest of the Aztecs. Cortez and his men sailed across the ocean from Spain and landed in the New World. They were overwhelmed by what they saw, aghast at…
Two things going on here: One, I’m finally sewing in the lining on the Little Black Dress I made with my Fall Wardrobe e-course class back in…what, September? October? It was my favorite garment that we made with that…
We have super spotty internet right now, since we don’t have ANY internet right now, and I’m making do with a shifty hot spot. So this may or may not end abruptly. I am going stream-of-consciousness right here, so…
I need your advice. So, we’re packing up to move. Again. This is what it looked like when I packed my studio to leave the last house: took 32 boxes. Not even kidding a little. Now, my husband clearly…
We’re rolling along on the kitchen at the new house over here–plan is to move in next Thursday (eek!) and be in the house for Christmas Eve. I am in terror any time I really allow my brain to…
I picked this up at Quilt Market in Houston at Halloween. I’m a sucker for a Scottie dog, for one thing, and for an enormous hip button, for another. At nearly 2″ across, I haven’t the slightest idea what…
This: Has become this–such fantastic Italian wool: Book deadline: next week. Book release: late summer/early fall. Book outlook: seriously awesome, I won’t lie. I feel privileged to have been able to put this one together, and am really excited…
Last year, I did an Advent calendar based on the one my mother hung up each December when I was little. Some of the little houses that line the street up the center of the village were more successful…
