My mom does this thing. She makes lists. Lots and lots of lists. Very famously, she used to make lists when in college, and her college roommate would always add to the bottom of my small-busted mother’s lists “new…
These are not the faces of children who are disappointed with their costumes. These are the faces of children about to be sickened by surreal volumes of high-fructose corn syrup and who will stay up far too late tonight…
I have this vision of myself as a Crafty Mom. The one who sews clothes for her kids, who makes every Halloween costume from scratch. I almost get the feeling that if I don’t make a Halloween costume each…
Our youngest goes to a Mother’s Morning Out program two days a week, and they held their annual fall art fair recently–so I dropped by on the way to pick her up. Lots and lots of hair bows, no…
There are still spots left in the Modern Quilt online class starting next Monday! Read the full description here. The e-course is primarily video instruction, along with photos, downloads, and some amazing audio interviews with folks like Elizabeth Hartman…
Join us TONIGHT, Wednesday, October 19 from 6:30 to 9 pm to meet Kelly McCants, author of Sewing with Oilcloth! She’ll be live at Whipstitch, sharing tips and trade secrets from her book, and signing copies for you to…
It might be hard to tell, but this is a new quilt top using Circa 1934 from Cosmo Cricket. I loved this collection at first sight, largely based on my unnatural interest in typefaces, and am so glad I…
As host of a new circle over at do.Good Stitches, the Circle of Trust, I had the privilege of planning the September quilt. I asked our circle to create Card Trick blocks using blues and greens, and they totally…
Are you ready? Because it is time to rock down to Electric Avenue. Beginning October 24, join the Your First (Modern) Quilt class online, from the comfort of your very own internet connection, and learn the basics of modern…
When we moved out of our old house and into the rental where we are currently living, I knew we’d have to move my cutting tables. I built them from Ikea kitchen cabinets after being inspired by this fabulous…
I’m back from fabulous Cincinnati, and my brain is pretty close to fried. Am taking a day of R & R, sorting my scraps. You might recall I did this once before, and it had a spectacular and largely…
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I flew up yesterday, for a week with my publisher. It’s exotic, let me tell you that. A week on my own: no kids, no house to keep, no mini-van to take to carpool. I feel strangely both unfettered…
I don’t actually volunteer as often as I’d like. I mean, I don’t say no as often as I’d like, either, and somehow all my time gets committed before I realize what has happened, but I don’t often jump…
It’s the end of September, National Sewing Month, and I’ve been seeing some really cool projects all over the internet in celebration. I ran across an article, though, that made me think about how we sew and why we…
