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Buttonholes are NOT hard: a headband project

Super special thanks to Shannon of luvinthemommyhood for hosting today’s stop on the Stitch by Stitch blog tour!  I love Shannon’s outlook and bubbly voice in her blog, and am so grateful she was willing to let me move…

Stitch by Stitch Book Signing TONIGHT at Whipstitch!

Tonight, kicking off our Sew-A-Thon, I’ll be at Whipstitch signing copies of Stitch by Stitch just for you!  Bring your own or get one in the shop. See you soon! Stitch by Stitch book signing: Sept 24, 2010 from…

Sew-A-Thon is TONIGHT!

Can’t wait to see all of you come out tonight for the Second Annual Whipstitch Sew-A-Thon! We’ll have snacks, drinks, giveaways, and plenty of rubber necking all night long. Drop by and visit, and cheer on your favorite contestant!…

Dear Martha: A Mod Podge Tutorial

Special thanks to Amy over at Mod Podge Rocks for hosting today’s stop on the Stitch by Stitch blog tour! Check out her other amazing ideas for using Mod Podge, the most frequently used adhesive in my house after…

Anna Maria: Innocent Crush has ARRIVED!

People: it has ARRIVED.  I was on the phone with the manufacturer and was told just last week that none of this fabulous collection would ship until November, and then yesterday at the shop, it magically appeared, as if…

Machine Applique Tutorial: Sassy Pants

Special thanks to Kristen of Motherhood Uncensored for hosting today’s stop on the Stitch by Stitch blog tour! In her honor, a sassy twist on one of the techniques I get asked about most frequently: machine applique. These are…

Looked So Nice, I Made It Twice

Another version of the Anna Maria play quilt I made a few weeks ago, this time for our newest little one.  Remind me to tell you about how I’ve–without planning to–made a new blanket to welcome each of our…

Tutorial: Bias-Edge Pot Holder

Huge thanks to Dana for hosting today’s part of the blog tour!  She put in a special request for a bias tape project, like the Picnic Placemat in Stitch by Stitch, and is just as crazy for yellow as…

Fabric Design Weekend Was So. Much. Fun.

For reals.  I admitted it this weekend in person, so I might as well admit it to you here: I host these sorts of events because I want to go to them, and I’m just inviting other people along…

Stitch By Stitch Blog Tour!

First, let me start off by telling each and every one of you THANK YOU for the amazingly warm reception my book has received.  I can’t even put into words how grateful or overwhelmed I am by all the…

Fabric Design Weekend Friday and Saturday!

I am delighted to invite you all to join us for a weekend of events celebrating fabric and surface design!  Atlanta is a wonderfully diverse and talented town, and I’m humbled to have some terrifically cool ladies right here…

Scalloped-Edge Baby Blanket

When our second baby was born, she was gifted with two really amazing swaddling blankets. One of those is now her woobie, and the other was handed on to her younger brother and now to our youngest.  Who loooooves…

The Story of Sandra

When I was finished writing the book and sitting down to add the little extras, I thought long and hard to search my gut and create a dedication that was fitting of the word: a brief note that gave…

September is National Sewing Month: for Sewing Buddies!

I learned in college that there’s a “national day/week/month of…” for almost everything.  Did you know there’s a National Celery Month? Yes, there is.  Some of these observances are pretty wacky, truthfully, so over the years I haven’t celebrated…