Guest posting today: my mom. Quilt Market is a professional trade show, and as such, does not permit children on the floor of the convention center. While part of me–the part…
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By the night before we left for Quilt Market in Pittsburgh, I was wondering why I was even going. I had plenty of work to do at home, it was sorta…
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I’m back! An exciting and BUSY four days at the 2009 International Quilt Market in Pittsburgh. Details in the morning, with wayyy more photos than you could possibly want to see.…
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I am guilty of collecting all the fun sewing toys. In my defense, I DO use them, and (for the most part) only buy them when I have a specific project…
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Over the course of 2023, I sewed a grand total of FORTY garments for myself. That’s INSANE. I can say, with almost total confidence, that I have never done that much…
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In 2024, the Murder Mystery Quilt will be solving the Murder In Greece! Have you ever wondered how the whole project works? Thinking about joining, but want a little more information…
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I love to tell the Story of Sandra, about how I chose my first just-for-me sewing machine. It was the first time I researched a purchase like that, and the first…
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All The New Stitchers COVID changed the entire world in 2020, in almost exclusively grueling ways–but as a life-long Aggressive Optimist (TM), I have looked for AND FOUND so much to…
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I took advantage of some Black Friday sales to make purchases for fabric I know I’ll need in the New Year. Wanna see? This amazing organic twill is from District Fabric…
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I love holiday sewing. I love the deadlines, and the planning, and the excitement of thinking through what will make the people I love feel the most loved, and then meeting…
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As our kids get older, some traditions we’ve held close to our hearts are changing and growing along with them. I’ve sewn a new pair of pajamas for our kids each…
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The first sewing class I taught was in the teensy tiny back room of an artists’ co-op in Atlanta. It was mostly a storage room, if I’m telling the truth, and…
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Years ago, when I was very young, my mother made clothes for me and my sisters, and she had these little embroidered tags from the fabric shop that she’d put in…
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I started this sweater more than three years ago. And I was SO EXCITED about it. And at some point, I set it down. I didn’t even remember why. I was…
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It’s Ogden Cami month! And I’ve made…a bunch. Once I completed the first version, it was easy to see why this is such a tried-and-true pattern for so many folks on…
