This weekend, when I went to work the Whipstitch booth at the Indie Craft Experience Summer Market, I planned out my day to arrive two hours before the event began, so I’d be sure to have enough time to…
Quilt top is all stitched, and I completely love it. Somehow the white plus the stripes is super nautical and New England-y. Just needs the backing pieced and then the quilting done! I’d better get on it, too, since…
After writing about my great-grandmother’s quilt and asking your advice on restoring it, Melissa commented and suggested having some guest posts about “well-loved, made-more-than-forty-years-ago quilts.” Not only do I think that’s a fantastic idea, but it’ll give me a…
I am delighted to introduce you to my newest Whipstitch sewing pattern: the Pinafore! It’s a super cute, very classic and clean shape for little girls, perfect for any season, all year long. In sizes 12m to 6T, it…
Just a couple days left to take advantage of the early bird discount on registration for the Beginning Patternmaking e-course! Get more info on the class here, and click through to register (or just click the button over in…
My mother dropped by and commented on yesterday’s post, saying: I don’t know if I ever shared with you, but your maternal great-grandmother used to piece just such HST quilts. She was, first, a really talented sewer and made…
Inspired by two of Rita‘s quilts, along with the pinwheels we’ve been making for my year-long Your First (Modern) Quilt class, I’ve been on a half-square triangle tear. These will go together into a gift quilt–I know, I’m really…
Our family has accidentally started a tradition. Every year, on Memorial Day, we take a hike–literally. It began, I think, when we were at a reunion for my husband’s family in Gatlinburg one year (an experience in itself) and…
Winners of the Pinafore and Overmost patterns are: Congratulations, y’all! Email on its way to you shortly with your winnings. Have a happy weekend, and thanks to everyone for playing!…
This giveaway closes Thursday night at 11:59 pm! See the original post to enter, and good luck!…
I am super excited to announce that I’m offering a brand-new e-course this summer: Beginning Patternmaking! Like a lot of folks, I started sewing with store-bought patterns but quickly became frustrated when they were never quite what I was…
Happy Giveaway Day, everyone! I’m delighted to be part (again) of the Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day. And: I’m excited to be giving away copies of my TWO digital patterns, the Overmost and the (brand spankin’ new) Pinafore! The…
For the last couple of weeks, copies of Stitch by Stitch have been a little hard to find. Turns out, the book has sold through its first print run and had to be reprinted! Which is pretty cool. Lucky…
In the midst of visiting friends and giggling like a little girl, I met some new folks who made me feel so excited and positive and inspired and ready to come home and get to work making a whole…
Picking up where I left off: Oliver + S, headed by the incomparable Liesl Gibson, is one of my long-standing favorites. Both she and her husband Todd are the most lovely, real, down-to-earth human beings you can ever imagine…
