Fantastic tutorial from the always delightful Dana over at Made. Turn a men’s dress shirt–one that’s worn out, or that you scored from a thrift shop or garage sale–into a delicious girl’s shirt dress for the summer! Wouldn’t one…
So, when I first got swatches of the Far Far Away fabrics, I asked y’all to come up with ideasfor a giveaway. The idea was, you think up a nifty giveaway concept, and YOU win the fabric as well…
Here lie the remains of my SIX BOLT shipment of Heather Ross’ Far Far Away double gauze. You know, the one that arrived YESTERDAY?? Good night, you people were hungry for this stuff! In a single 24-hour period, I…
OK, let’s start with the crush I have on our UPS guy. It’s kinda like a crush on a senior when you’re a freshman: you don’t even know this person, but you know how he makes you FEEL. Never…
I heard from the US distributor of Heather Ross’ new line for Kokka, Far Far Away, that my order has SHIPPED and is on its way to me AS WE SPEAK! Am super excited to see this wonderful fabric.…
Check out the fun spring cleaning dust mitt tutorial over at WeWilsons! I have piles and piles of thrift finds begging to be put to use–am loving this idea.…
Very cool Atlanta local The Long Thread is hosting a giveaway from Whipstitch Fabrics today over at her blog! I’m thrilled to be included with her very hip, super inspiring projects–check out her patterns and tutorials while you’re there!…
Looking for something to while away some daylight this weekend? Heather Ross is running a design contest over on her blog, Weekend, to promote her new book, Weekend Sewing. The entries so far are OUT OF THIS WORLD inspiring.…
It’s simple and it’s spare, but we now have our class listings posted online! Since I’ve been in the process of upgrading the Whipstitch site and we’re nearing some level of completion on that, I got an itch to…
I love Twitter. Really, I do. It’s like microblogging–all those ideas that don’t have time or depth enough to develop into full blog posts, but that WANT to get out. Those are Twitterable. Just today, I learned of Patty…
Kim Kight over at TrueUp has been kind enough to interview me, and I am feeling very pretty right now. Not only is she the lady behind DioramaMama, she writes this fantastic all-fabric-all-the-time blog. TrueUp is one of my…
There’s been a ton written recently about Heather Ross and her imminent hiatus from the fabric design world–read all about it here. Her last collection, Far Far Away for Kokka, is due out any minute now. I’ve just received…
Today’s charm pack idea is a simple, sweet one: charm square skirts and jumpers for girls! This pattern, available in the Whipstitch Etsy shop (in the patterns section), is from Indygo Junction, and gives clear, concise directions to make…
I’ve had some questions about how to create the continuous bias tape for the piping I mentioned in my last post. I’m re-posting a tutorial I put together last October for my other blog, Pretty Jane. My students in…
Believe it or not, our house is done in pretty neutral colors. I think folks expect me to have a house covered in amazing fabric, but the truth is, I work with color all day every day, and the…
