I went to Salt Lake City this past weekend to attend Spring Quilt Market, a professional show for retailers and designers in the independent fabric industry. It’s a little like prom and homecoming and finals week, all rolled into…
There were a couple comments this week asking for suggestions for how to better match colors when shopping for fabric online, so today I’ve put together some suggestions for ways to have greater success getting fabrics together for a…
I’m delighted today to be guest posting for Rae over at Made By Rae as part of her Spring Top Sewalong. I have really, really been enjoying seeing all the entries pop up on Flickr, so when Rae invited…
A particularly frustrating week this week. Not only is it the week of our house inspection (and now radon testing), but it seems as though on the rare occasions when I have time to actually sew, it hasn’t gone…
Well, it’s Mother’s Day. Again. The day when many of us plan our own celebration–cheerfully, knowing that’s how we’ll have a special day. It’s the rare occasion when we ask for what we really want: breakfast in bed, someone…
Along with my Your First (Modern) Quilt class here in Atlanta, I’ve been working on a log cabin quilt top that I’m pretty excited about. Our first block out of the nine we’ll make this year was a basic…
I love it when you’re with a group of friends, and you venture forward and express your thoughts on a subject, maybe a little concerned that it might not be taken well, and learn that your friends feel the…
At last! This quilt for our boy is finally finished: I stayed up laaaate one night when my husband was out of town and finished the quilting on this project, the first I’ve made for my little boy. This…
I had a whole other post planned for today, but thanks to the almighty StumbleUpon and the constant serendipity it provides, I discovered this genius post on being an artist today: It is so (almost alarmingly) apropos of the…
There is an awesomely thought-provoking post over at Stitched in Color today. Rachel always astounds me with how a simple idea can be so elegant when approached thoughtfully, and she has proved it once again by asking the question,…
We are surrounded by labels, of all kinds, every day. For many of us, labels on our clothing or the goods we purchase are that marker that divides the store-bought from the homemade. But I’d like to challenge you…
A few weeks ago, I spent some time puttering* around the studio, putting fabrics together to see what would happen (inspired by some of the improvisational piecing going on over at daintytime). I like the idea of taking non-square…
I’m finishing up stitching the binding on the boy quilt for our two-year-old, and starting to daydream about my next sewing project. I’m really, really in the mood to make some clothes, fueled in large part by the blistering…
There she is. Our little scientist. For someone so tiny, she always seems so analytical. Look at that face. She’s a sweet girl, so happy–always observing, always excited to see you when you walk in the room. So I…
Open today: registration for the Sewing with Knits e-course! This is a five-week online class that covers all the basics of sewing knit fabrics, including how to choose them, how to cut and stitch them, and how to embellish…
