Yesterday, in between folding laundry and dropping kids off at Youth Group, we stopped in at a book launch: CRAVE is an organization that has been working across the country to promote women’s businesses by connecting women to one…
Coming along nicely! Y’all have a great weekend–I’ll be here. Sewing.…
When the voiles arrived night before last, I couldn’t wait to dig in–I ran out the door to teach my class and had to actually tear myself away from playing and unfolding and running my hands through them. Last…
At 6 o’clock this evening, as the rain poured down through the light cast by the street lamps, my doorbell rang, mysteriously. Thank goodness it was my best friend, the UPS man, bringing some old friends in new clothing:…
Some of you know that I’m a vintage sewing book junkie. I pick them up wherever I can: flea markets, thrift stores, antique malls, online, if it’s a sewing topic, it’s going home with me, and the older the…
Growing up, my mom had this wonderful Advent calendar that came out every year right after Thanksgiving. It was entirely made of felt, and she’d put it together when I was tiny and we were living in Germany, so…
During our FINAL Flood Sale this Sat in the shop, we’re bringing in the nearly 500 yards we have left of prewashed fabrics that MUST GO to new homes to make room for incoming inventory. Some new twists to…
We had scheduled our November Sewing Circle for tonight, but we’ve had to cancel the event to prep for our next big SALE: THIS Saturday ONLY, we’ll have ALL remaining flood sale fabrics in our brick-and-mortar location for just…
As we gear up for the holidays, so many of us have AWESOME plans for the bestest gifts for all the folks we love. As the Big Day gets closer, most of mine get downsized or eliminated–there’s just never…
I was a little shocked this past week when I had nearly a whole class of my Intro Sewing students bond deeply in the first five minutes about their dislike of needing to have every single pair of pants…
I’m heading out of town on a super fun sewing trip next week, WITHOUT MY CHILDREN. That sentence has to typed in all caps, because I can hardly believe it’s true. On the one hand, I miss them already…
I sincerely hope this is the busiest time in our lives. I’ve never felt so swamped, or had my “important” and “urgent” lists quite so looooonnnngggg. I am sincerely grateful to announce that the construction is DONE, and that…
We’re coming up on just a WEEK until the Whipstitch Autumn Sewing Retreat in the North Georgia mountains, and I am SUPER excited. We’re busy little bess over here, packing up orders from our flood sale and preparing to…
Thank you all so much for the great response to our flood sale! Clearly $6 a yard is motivating for a lot of you, but from the messages and convos and thoughtful gestures I’ve received over the last few…
If you’ve been reading the blog, you already know that our studio was flooded with the crazy rains that hit Atlanta recently. Here’s the short version: It’s Monday afternoon. I’m standing at the back door of my basement studio,…
