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sewing for the home

  • Quilted Reversible Placemats: Video Tutorial

    Like the Nested Fabric Buckets, my Quilted Placemats tutorial is one of the all-time most popular I’ve ever shared. I originally made these when our son was headed to Montessori school,…

  • Living Room Drapes

    I’m currently reviewing swatches and making plans to–at long last–make the drapes for our living room.  Yes, the same living room.  It’s still not done.  Here we are on the average…

  • Ikat Bark Cloth Fitted Slip Cover

    Another slip cover! This one was for the rounded-arm chair my mother gave us for the living room. Before: During (with the slip cover my mother made for it, before it…

  • Bar Stool Slip Cover

    After hours of grueling research, I have chosen a fabric and made the first of three slip covers for the bar stools that sit between the kitchen and the den!  I…

  • Teen Room: Progress

    I think in my head, this was a Grand Reveal.  But my husband was away all last week, and when he got home on Friday evening, I hurt his feelings by…

  • Sewing for Your Home E-Course Begins Today!

    It’s not too late to join us! Sign up and get started right. this. second.  Make lovely things that last, make great memories and stronger sewing skills, and make hay while…

  • Bed Skirt, Duvet and Curtains. Sort Of.

    The mattress for our oldest child’s hot pink four-poster bed finally arrived today!  Woot!  I had been waiting and waiting for it to get here so I could take some photos…

  • Pile of Pillows!

    I think it would be hard to do home dec sewing and not make a least one giant pile of pillows.  These are for my oldest child, to go on her…

  • Circular Placemat and Mitered Napkin

    Next week I begin the Sewing for Your Home e-course, and this week, I’m sharing a few of the projects to give you a taste of what we’ll be doing in…

  • Sewing for Your Home E-Course Now Registering!

    Hooray!!  It’s time to get ready for the Sewing for Your Home e-course!!  I am super excited about this class–not least of which because it has given me an excuse to…

  • House Update

    The short version is: we’re still super stalled on the kitchen.  The butcher block bar has yet to be installed, and while I’ve pretty much chosen a backsplash, it’s crazy expensive…

  • Family Room Drapes, Phase I

    We just got in the new Lizzy House collection, Hello Pilgrim, at the shop.  When I originally placed my order, I did it the way I always do: sight-unseen.  That’s how…

  • Quick & Simple Reversible Quilted Placemat Tutorial

    Today was the first full day of school for the three oldest children.  Yippee!!  Getting ready for the first day, especially for preschoolers, involves packing spare clothing, nap time bedding, and…