If you primarily quilt or craft, odds are that your fabric collection is overwhelmingly composed of cottons. That might be the case if you mostly sew clothing, too, but apparel sewers tend to accumulate other fabric types, as well,…
Fabric is, by its very nature, addictive: from the moment we enter the world, we experience texture and touch, and are surrounded by woven and knit fibers of various scales and softness. I suspect that even folks who don’t…
Over the weekend, I tackled The Laundry. It needs those capital letters, y’all: it had practically become another family member, and was threatening to drown us all. I was washing and drying and moving things through that laundry room…
If you’re not from Atlanta, you’ll likely not have heard of the Inman Park Festival, but around these parts, it’s one of the most anticipated street markets of our spring calendar. When I first moved to Atlanta in 1997,…
Also titled: ideas I wish I’d had. I’m so pleased that so many of you have been inspired by this series of posts! It has made me both more motivated to create a beautiful studio just for me (as…
Smaller spaces are more likely for most of us, and even beyond that, SHARED spaces are most common. Combining functions within one room makes it possible to use space more effectively, but to still keep your sewing machine and…
Not all of us are fortunate enough to have an entire room dedicated to sewing and crafts. In fact, judging by the responses to the survey, the vast majority of us–me included!–utilize space that is multipurpose or just plain…
This weekend, I decided it was nigh upon time to finally re-organize my studio, now that the bolts of fabric all live at the new shop. I figured, an hour or two, no worries! Right? Right. It took most…
On Wednesday, I took our teen to see the premiere of the new season of Glee at a charity event to benefit Grammy in the Schools. It was shown at an old theatre in town, with live performances and…
Easter is absolutely my favorite holiday, and the weather this year was so insanely gorgeous that I didn’t want to pass up the chance to stitch a few memories for our family: For our boy: the OverMost in the…
The Sew Liberated trunk show is officially done, and we’re changing things up in the window over at the shop. So I’m in the studio today, working with my yellows–nothing says spring in quite the same way as shades…
I’m so flattered and excited to be part of Rae’s 2010 Spring Top Week. Last year, I marveled at all the entries and had such a good time feeling inspired by the season and dreaming of new ideas for…
At the risk of the blog becoming all-shop-all-the-time, one more post about our new retail space: last Thursday, we opened to the public and hosted our very first Sewing Circle inside the new Whipstitch. Great turn-out, such a good…
We’ve been working our little behinds to the bone over here, and are finally (nearly) ready for the Big Reveal! Late nights and lots of manual labor and so, so, so many exhausting decisions to make–opening a retail shop…
In the midst of all the craziness and excitement leading up to the opening of the Whipstitch shop in the next few days (eek!), I am a little overwhelmed to share another, exciting announcement: I’ve written a book, which…
