It was supposed to rain here last weekend, so we figured it would be a good painting weekend (the weathermen were wrong, by the way…). Our bedroom was the only room we didn’t paint when we bought this place. It was painted a gold color, and while it wouldn’t have been my top pick for [...]
I’m almost afraid to say this, but I started another quilt.
I realize that I should actually finish one of the many I’ve already started, but I just couldn’t help myself. It was this tutorial posted on a quilt is nice which caused me to start this one. I’ve always admired Nettie’s quilts, especially her zig [...]
After my success with the Amy Butler bag pattern, I thought I’d attempt another. I’ve had this bag tutorial by machen/machen on my list for a while now, and since I’m on a bag kick, I thought I’d give it a try. Things started well, but then kind of went downhill. It did end up [...]
Let me start out by reminding you all of my issues with patterns. I don’t know what it is - refusal to follow directions, perhaps an inability to follow directions, or maybe it’s just that I’m cheap (let’s call it frugal, shall we?) and can’t justify paying for a pattern.
In any case, it makes me [...]
When I started sewing, I didn’t think I’d ever have a need for labels. I wasn’t sure I’d ever make anything I’d want my name on, and at the time I didn’t imagine I’d ever be selling my items… Since I’ve started selling a few, I decided that a label might be nice… if only [...]
I’ve had this project in mind for some time now, but only just got around to completing it. I don’t know why I waited so long though - I could have had art on the walls long ago!
For the past couple months I’ve been buying pieces of Etsuko Furuya fabric as I find patterns I [...]
The top of this quilt is nearly completed - or at least, completed enough so that I can post it here for you!
I love the way it’s come out so far. This is exactly what I had in mind when I started it, but I admit that during the process I started thinking that maybe [...]
That was my day last Sunday.
Several weeks ago when I posted about how much I wanted some of the out of print Denyse Schmidt Flea Market Fancy fabrics, I received an email from Jess of Juicy Bits. She made my day by letting me know that she had recently been to a fabric store on [...]
Morgan was excited to be the one to pick the winner… (even though he’s 35, not 5!)
Congratulations Julie!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to leave a comment. I enjoyed learning about your favorite fabric designers, favorite blogs, and I had a great time visiting your blog (if you have one).
This was a lot [...]
This past weekend we headed down to Boston for my best friend’s wedding. It was beautiful, and a lot of fun. We then had a chance to go out to the Cape for a couple days with my college roommate. I hadn’t seen her in ages (I can’t even remember the last time, so it [...]
