I was super excited when the folks at Jimmy Beans Wool contacted me and asked if they could use the One Hour Skirt from my book Sewing in a Straight Line as the project for their first ever Knit-Alon...
I’ve got a new project up over on my Design Sponge Sewing 101 column: how to sew a triangle patchwork! Have you noticed the geometric triangle trend that seems to be everywhere right now? IR...
Recently I teamed up with my friends at YOLO Colorhouse to design some cute and easy sewing projects for baby nurseries. YOLO is a great indie paint company based in Portland, Oregon, that’s al...
I just unearthed this piece of history and had to share: it’s my beautiful mom showing me how to use my first sewing machine, Christmas 1981. 31 years later, we are still sewing together. (Did ...
Me and this yarn and a whole buncha books are headed out of town for a little R&R in… Mexico! Pinch me! Fifi will be holding down the fort in Brooklyn, accompanied by a friend who will be t...
When I woke up this morning, Fifi was suspiciously missing. I looked all around the apartment for her and she was nowhere to be seen–all I found was this little grey bunny in the dining room! I...
In keeping with my theme of Ukrainian-inspired eggs, I couldn’t resist this: chalkboard eggs! All it takes is some chalkboard paint and some chalk markers, and you can go wild creating bright, ...
Just a quick post today to share this image of the embroidered monogram sampler we’ll be making tomorrow at the American Folk Art Museum! If you’re in NYC, join me there tomorrow, Thursda...
This year my Ukrainian egg obsession merged with my desserts obsession… and Ukrainian egg cut-out cookies were born! A few points to share: *Black icing is pretty gnarly. You need to add like t...
Did you know the fantastic Folk Art Museum here in NYC hosts crafting nights on Thursdays? I mean, what’s better than being in a space filled with rooms of inspiring handcrafted art, while doin...
This week in my Sewing 101 column at Design Sponge I’m showing how to make pleated, lined curtains like the ones I made recently for my dining room! I break down the whole process step by step,...
It’s spring, so that can only mean one thing: time to embroider eggs! This is a very special batch of stitchy eggs, because they were hatched especially for a blog post over at the Martha Stewa...
After installing my new bedroom light fixture, I was emboldened to take my electrical prowess to the next level and try my hand at installing a new chandelier in my dining room. I was a teeny bit con...
These gigantic paper blooms on my dining table were a souvenir from a visit to my friend Drew (The Crochet Dude)’s house last year, where he used dozens of them to decorate for a Mexican-themed...
I’m very excited today to be a guest blogger over at Yolo Colorhouse (a great indie paint company that’s all about being good for the environment and doing good things in the world). Yolo...
You guys, I feel like I just ran a marathon. Or climbed a mountain, or cooked a 17-course dinner, or… something else really, really hard. But you know what? I did something harder than all thos...
Last night a few friends came over for dinner, and I decided to go outside my comfort zone and experiment with a type of dessert I haven’t made much of–ice cream! I have had an ice cream ...
I’m so pleased today to share this food feature I worked on with the amazing home goods store West Elm. Recently they asked me to develop a dozen deviled egg recipes for their spring catalog &a...
What’s this, a snapshot from a gemstone display at the Natural History Museum? Nope! It’s chocolate! Chocolate gems! These little treasures may look fancy but they’re super easy to ...
I’m still in Pennsylvania spending time with my family, so I thought I’d post about one of the (many) awesome things my mom makes: homemade frozen pies. My mom is a pie maker. I’ve ...
Earlier this week, Grace at Design Sponge posted about some adorable cat-themed makeup she’d received as a gift. When I clicked through to check out the full line from French fashion company Pa...
I’m spending some time with my family for a week or so, so things have been quiet here on the blog. But this is what I’m working on from my cozy position on parents’ couch, next to ...
The way I usually deal with holidays or any gift-giving occasion is that I generally forget about them until the absolute last minute, and then I scramble to come up with something nice, like, in the...
Guess who really loves the new dining room chairs and area rug? That’s right–this girl. I think the chair legs make her feel like she’s in the jungle… …where she can hid...
I’ve been on the hunt for an area rug for my dining room. It’s been a little tricky, because I use that room to do a lot of food prep and craft projects, so I knew I didn’t want a r...
I picked up this set of chairs on Craigslist a few months ago, and they’ve been skulking around my dining room waiting for their facelift ever since. Finally, finally, their time came, and they...
I don’t know from whence it came, but suddenly this bubblegum pink is taking over my life. In the past four days it has managed to infiltrate my world from every angle, and let me tell you̵...
I’m decorating my bedroom, DIY-style! I’ll be sharing all my bedroom DIY projects in a series of Bedroom Makeover posts. Click here to check them all out! When I moved into my apartment, ...
I had a leftover 8″ cake in my freezer that I decided to take out and bring to dinner at a friend’s this Sunday. The cake was iced in a simple layer of buttercream, but it needed some fla...
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