It’s done! Finally got some more thread and completed the quilting on the Central Park Sudoku quilt. Very spring-time appropriate, wouldn’t you say? This is the largest piece I’ve done free-motion quilting on, and it’s no joke when folks…
There are precious few books on the market that are designed for sewing with kids. More narrowly, there are super few that are written for adults who want to sew with kids–there are titles that are written for kids…
Am very excited. This box just arrived, and I can’t wait to dig in and make something lovely for our boy. For his new room, in our new house, a room that will be painted a lovely shade of…
I had an epiphany the other day, while I was on the phone with a friend. I was talking through a recent bout with icky anxiety–the kind that makes you unreasonable when friends give you advice, and makes you…
More than halfway through quilting the Central Park sudoku quilt, I’ve run out of thread. Super frustrating. I was really enjoying the Zen sensation of zoning out at the machine and making these meandering stitches. Lucky for me, it’s…
In a startling departure from our usual Thursday Sewing with Kids, I’ve been spending the bulk of my week sewing FOR my kids. And today, I’ve been refining my Perfect Pants pattern. It’s hard to know just what to…
The Sewing Kids Clothing e-course is just about to get underway, and I posted some images of the projects we’ll be working on together today for the students who have already enrolled. Thought I’d let y’all take a gander,…
This summer, we’re taking our kids on vacation. All four of them. So I’m planning ahead and stitching up some special projects to reveal at the edge of our trip, things to treasure and that will take the edge…
This project has evolved gradually, over time, with bits and pieces added as we’ve gone along. I’d like to acknowledge the brainstorming and input of my sweet husband, who reminisced about his own favorite toys as I told him…
I have made it part of my mission to stock lots and lots of very cool boy fabrics–at least, I have ever since I had a boy. I am pretty open about the fact that prior to the birth…
Every year, I have this startled revelation as soon as it turns March again: spring is coming! I mean, obviously it comes every year (at least, so far), but it always seems like this delightful surprise to see blooms…
These are the samples for the “warm” and “cool” palette for Your First (Modern) Quilt, which starts at the shop tomorrow (just three spaces left!). I was up veeeeery late last night and the night before, working to get…
When we were in Honolulu recently, we stopped off for a rainy-day tour of ‘Iolani Palace, the home of the last kings and queens of Hawai’i. We’d driven past it countless times before, but it’s in such a funny…
