On Sunday, I got together with some ladies to shower one of my dear friends with gifts for her new baby, due any minute now. We don’t know if she’ll be having a boy or a girl, but we…
Y’all. I am so, so excited. In the midst of all the other excitement going on, I am delighted to announce new Whipstitch e-Courses for this fall! I’ve been wanting to offer online classes for ages now, and have…
This: Plus this: Equals this: Just a little sneak preview until the mom-to-be gets her gift on Sunday! Full reveal next week Am thinking seriously of keeping this one for myself. If you don’t hear from me, Baby and…
I just learned what ZOMG means. It’s like “OMG,” but you’re so excited that you missed a key and typed it wrong. And I have just had a ZOMG moment, y’all. I went to order more copies of Stitch…
Thank you, Patty Young! Something soft and flirty for our teen to wear. This was a super quick project–took about 45 minutes to stitch up, and ready to wear right out the door. Off to pick her up from…
So I’m at the grocery store yesterday, remembering why I hate to go on the weekends–it was so crowded and the lines were so long. I’m at the back of a line of, like, a zillion people, and the…
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I have a bucket of mending. It sits on a low shelf, just a cardboard Ikea box where I collect the projects that my family need done: a shirt with a lost button, a hem that’s come loose, a…
I am a known hoarder of fabric. And trim. And patterns. And buttons. And everything else I can get my hands on that I just know I’ll use someday but I haven’t gotten around to using yet but I…
When I was writing Stitch by Stitch, I really wanted to focus on the struggles I see the most in folks who come through our classes. No matter what the sewing background–someone who took Home Ec so long ago…
As a couple, my husband and I work hard to reserve two nights of the week: Friday for Family Movie Night and Saturday for Date Night. We’re not always successful, sadly, but we make it happen often enough that…
I’m contagious. At least, I think I’m contagious. I have at least three friends who have been hoping to get pregnant over the past year or more, and all of them are now expecting babies. Which is a relief…
We’ve got three heading to school this year: our oldest is a sophomore (!!), Miss #2 is heading to all-day pre-K, and Mr. #3 will be at preschool three days a week once he turns two. That’s three lunches…
For those of you following along on Twitter, this is not breaking news, but: my publisher has shipped out the book early, and it’s officially available for purchase! Woot! I found out sort of by accident–I went to send…
Here in the Steamy South, school goes back in August. I assume that’s because June is lovely and breezy and August is sweltering and intolerably hot, so why waste June in the classroom when you can while away the…
