I didn't want the week to slip away without sharing a little beauty with you. The gorgeous fabrics above are part of my dear friend Jan...
color and beauty
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this week
It's been quite a week. Monday morning started with a 3:15am wake up call. My husband and 13 year old son headed into DC for the...
:: worktable wednesday ::
Organic cotton jersey...reverse appliqué
Felt Lore Part 4 : Cutting Tools
Today I want to talk about tools for cutting felt. I get questions about this a lot and there are many great options. Most of the time I...
:: worktable wednesday ::
...sketching, cutting pinning, sewing... Knee deep in prototyping some new designs!
handmade with love
We began our family's season of Thanksgiving-Birthday-Christmas-Birthday-New Years-Birthday with a little chat. I gently informed my boys,...
one stitch leads to another
If you're a longtime reader of this blog, you may remember Tissue Boxes of Christmas Past: the Dove and the Target characters I stitched...
Felt Lore Part 3: make your mark
We all love the fuzzy texture of felt but making a precise visible mark for sewing or cutting can be a challenge. Over the years I have...
Felt Lore Part 2: reasons and resources
Last week in Felt Lore Part 1, I told you about my favorite craft felt (wool blend!). Today I'd like to share some of my resources for...
Felt Lore: a new blog series!
Welcome to my new blog series: Felt Lore! I've been sharing my love of felt here on the blog for so many years (6+!) yet I have never...
We Love Color, Part 2
In early 2011 I was asked to contribute a quilt project for We Love Color from Stash Books. Since I had a quilting cotton collection...
We Love Color Book Tour
Today the We Love Color Book Tour stops here! This book is a Stash Books and Robert Kaufman collaboration full of quilts from 16 different...
Thanks, Fibre Space!
I spent the afternoon yesterday in Old Alexandria VA teaching my Felted Wrist Warmer workshop at Fibre Space! Kat's pocket wristies! The...
hoop for the best
You probably know that I love decorating with embroidery hoops. From my kids' T-shirt display, to my studio wall, to Halloween and...
Creative Play for Half a Day
This month is my big prototype development crunch to get new sewing patterns designed before Spring Quilt Market. I've written about...
playing around
Happy Friday! Last day for the give-away! Be sure to visit my previous post to enter the Stitch Organic Fat Quarter give-away. There have...
stitching and sketching and loving
In a new year it's easy to get caught up in the should-do's and the need-to-do's...like organizing, planning, evaluating, etc. It is...
Mad Cap: Project Upcycle
from a thrifted woolens to a swanky chapeau! If you've been following along on my Craftsy blog tour you have got to stop by and visit Lil...
look…
out along down up close sideways inside(last photo and painting by S. White, age 9)
market bound!
This is a big week...I'm heading off tomorrow for Quilt Market! I just wanted to pop in here quickly to show you some last minute pillows...
yummy
What's yummier than a citrus-y wrap skirt made with your fave vintage linens? I know...an adorable pint sized version made from gorgeous...
stitch patched
old well-loved jeans with a hole in the knee + new *stitch* fabric = JOY!
one moment to the next
from little sprouts... ...to full bloom 'shrooms *** from monday to friday from September to October from kindergarten to middle school...
zig-ziggity zag!
Are you zany over zig-zags? Crazy for chevrons? Manic for Missoni? I am over the top about them! I mean, just look at how happy I am in my...