I have another first time OUTer here today, Jane of Buzzmills. Jane emailed me and I remembered her from the OUT Chapter 2 and her little house project she submitted to the flickr group. ...
And the winner of one of the Litographs is... Amy Castle! Its your lucky day :)And everyone else still has another 2 days to use coupon code NOBIGDILL for $10 off their Litograph order. Ge...
I feel like Jess (of Craftiness is not Optional) and I are close pals, not that weve ever even met in person, but because she was on Project Run & Play with me in the first season. Grueling...
Ive got a treat for you today. Cheri of I Am Momma Hear Me Roar is here for Once Upon a Thread (OUT). I know. I got lucky. Cheri is a Jill of all trades, and master of th...
I love sharing good finds, and boy do I have one for you today. Its one that combines books with tasteful art, a very beautiful fusion. Danny is the founder of Litographs, where he partne...
I think Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shares my button obsession, what do you think? :) Im so pleased to have Shauna here today. Theyve always got fun childrens clothes tutorials, both gi...
One of my favorite Aussies here today, hooray! Sophie of Cirque du Bebe. When I discovered Sophies blog I think I was instantly drawn to her because our love of all things striped-ness. &...
We have a newcomer today to Once Upon a Thread! This is Laura of Craftstorming, visiting from across the ocean! What impresses me most about Laura is that she has only been sewing for 1 y...
One of the most beloved Once Upon a Thread posts came from todays guest, Sachiko of Tea Rose Home. Her little felt food for the Little Hungry Caterpillar is amazing. Go here if you missed...
Today Im visiting Jess over at Craftiness is not Optional, celebrating Everything Vintage! I have an easy tutorial on how to make this fun vintage clip!_uacct = "UA-2578969-1"; urchinTr...
Its here, its here, its here! I am so excited to have 3 weeks of Once Upon a Thread! Welcome, welcome. Were on chapter 3 with some witty authors, and thrilling giveaways (I might bo...
I think we may need a bigger treehouse. Or perhaps its just right, nice and cozy, where everyone is touching at least 2 other people, or more, if that persons name happens to be momma. I ...
Im super duper excited about the possibilities Ive discovered. Perhaps even super duper shmuper excited. You see, Ive been giving away the clothes that Clover has outgrown...because there...
Youre all winners in my eyes, but the lucky cLOVEr 2 dress winner is:Congrats to the Norris Family who, incidentally, had a whole bunch of boys before finally getting a girl. We should hook up ...
May photo details:calendar: stendigshirt: kate quinn organics(although I bought it through zulily, at a niiice discount)pants: made by momma!I failed to post Drummers 7 month photo, and even missed t...
Motherhood is an ever evolving, multi-faceted role. Theres the physical; feeding, holding, rocking, changing, cleaning.Then theres the teaching; walking, potty training, writing their name, good...
3 Things on my mind this day. Well, actually more than 3, but Im pretty sure Id bore you with everything on my mind, so well stick with just 3.➊ After spending days tallying the votes to ...
Ive only met a handful in my life; those people who pray for trials and adversity to come their way. I thought of it as I saw this admirable man dragging a tire behind him on the beach. N...
Its hard to believe that all these once two year olds have almost all doubled their age.2 + 2 was bound to happen, I suppose, but it just came 2 quickly.I was reminded of just how quickly that time h...
I found out last night that Divines band teacher travels 60 miles each way to get to school. My first thought was Crazy! Why would he do that? He was previously retired before teaching at...
I quite possibly just made the most hideous buttonhole. Just in case you wanted to know what was going on in real time Katy sewing.Also! I now have the "Name my serger" poll up on...
The highest praise coming from my kids is youre the best mom ever!Or like the time Clover and I sat down for lunch and I had 3 different kinds of chips, she declared "you are incredible! Yo...
This is me, holding my baby brother, Ben.This is my baby brother, Ben with his own baby. How crazy. I wish I was closer to watch the father in him emerge, but you can tell from this photo...
Who would have guessed that sewing 5 little girls swimsuits in a row could make one go mad. I was growling at inanimate objects (namely ill behaved thread), talking to myself, and even threaten...
was discovered by the boy.And captured,with his mothers lens.Then,he got away._uacct = "UA-2578969-1"; urchinTracker();
So? Are you doing it? Are you committing to sew an hour a day this week on kids clothes along with over 500 people and Meg? I am.As much of a non-committal type of person I am, this...
I couldnt resist the title. There were all sorts of puns I could have used for this one. As promised from Drummers little cowboy snap suit, Ive put together a snap tutorial. Ive had...
I think Im getting old.It was Blues Fest this weekend, so we took a walk down the beach to join the rest of the swimsuit clad crowd for some "good" tunes and amusing sights.Either my music se...
Judging from the response to Once Upon a Thread: Chapter 3, I think we all need to get started on our projects! It makes me happy that so many of you are playing along and feel inspired (e...
I remember when I first hatched the idea for "Once Upon a Thread". I couldnt sleep, I was so excited. I imagined all the books that I could use for inspiration in sewing and all t...
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