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After the craziness of the past few weeks, I needed a little nudge to get me back at sewing machine. Daisy Janies Lancaster Diamond Quiltalong is just the thing! Its all about scrappy improvisational...
Hello Sunshines! Im home from my Quilt Market adventure in Kansas City. What a fun little town! I should have a camera full of photos for you, but I left that for the professionals. You can be sure t...
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After months of prototyping, writing, testing, photographing and a thousand steps in between, Im finally able to reveal what all the hard work has been about. Introducing The Hex Messenger Bag and Th...
Today Im taking part in a blog tour for the book Reinvention by Maya Donenfeld, published by Wiley Books. (and in doing such, I was given my very own review copy...lucky me!) Maya and I met a few yea...
My favorite azalea bush in the neighborhood May is anniversary month! My husband and I just shared our 17th wedding anniversary (see cute flashback photos here and here). And the ol bloggy blog is ce...
I finally cast on some new knitting this week. Ive been in a knitting slump recently, but came across a cute pattern by Jaala via my buddy Susan B Anderson. The pattern is called the Silk Moon Cresce...
I spent a wonderful Saturday at Bits of Thread in DC, teaching my Vintage Re-mix Wrap Skirt Workshop. Upon entering Bits of Thread, one is greeted with an excerpt of a poem by Constance Woodrow...
This Saturday, April 28th, Ill be teaching at Bits of Thread in Washington DC. The class is called Vintage Re-mix Wrap Skirt and there are still a few spots open! Well transform favorite vintag...
What I learned this week...in random order... • new sneakers are my favorite birthday gift to myself (I love these!) • sometimes it takes staying up until midnight to make a photo sample just perfect...
Last week I received a wonderful book for my birthday from my brother and sister-in-law: 500 Felt Objects, from Lark Books. The book is edited by Nathalie Mornu and Susan Brown served as the juror. S...
Some sneak peeks of my new bag sewing patterns! Both are being test-sewn and will be proofed, photographed and revealed in the next few weeks! Quilt Market is coming up fast and I need to have these ...
Hope youre enjoying a beautiful spring weekend filled with color and sweet things!
Central Park American Museum of Natural History Statue of Liberty Amtrak and a nap Weve been away for a few days. Spring Break has begun for the boys and we decided to take them to New York City for ...
Lately Ive been noticing some renewed interest in my oldie-but-goodie Cashmere Bunny tutorial (from 5 years ago! Thats like an antique by internet terms, right?). So I thought Id re-post it here, fro...
I spent the afternoon yesterday in Old Alexandria VA teaching my Felted Wrist Warmer workshop at Fibre Space! Kats pocket wristies! The felt was flying as a great bunch of women got together to...
Here I am again with another tote transformation! I love a good sturdy tote, but face it, a plain canvas tote can be totally *yawners*. Sometimes I want a simple bag to throw over my shoulder that ha...
I have a new obsession: Hexagons! Ok, its not really a new interest, but I have been obsessively hex-perimenting with them lately! As Ive been developing new designs for my spring sewing patterns, th...
You probably know that I love decorating with embroidery hoops. From my kids T-shirt display, to my studio wall, to Halloween and Christmas decor, to my Stitch signage at Quilt Market: I love hoops! ...
This month is my big prototype development crunch to get new sewing patterns designed before Spring Quilt Market. Ive written about prototyping before. As much as I love the design process, it can be...
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” --- Anne Bradstreet I guess I should stop wis...
Yesterday was gloriously sunny. I pulled back the living room curtains, made a cup of tea, sat in a sunbeam and started a new knitting project. Im working on these boot toppers. I bought the p...
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