Leil’s costume for the 4th grade play. Completed the day I got back from quilt market and one day before dress rehearsal. Thank goodness I’ve saved every pattern I’ve ever bought or made, even the costumes. Not only will my kids make a mint on eBay in 50 years, I sometimes pull one out and…
Cindy sent me this photo of her new Mail Sack bag. I’ve had dreams about making this bag with a wool base so when I pulled up the image I got tingly all over. She also said she’s fairly new to sewing. Wow. Yay for creating!
This is the photo of Eddie Vedder and me that I did not get as I stood for 5 minutes right next to him in front of the Heathman Hotel Friday evening. He was waiting for a cab and I was waiting for Sarah and Sarah. The problem was not that I didn’t have my…
I’m going to do this in two parts: #1 -Friends and Friends that are Designers and #2 Designers and Celebrities. Feel free to shoot me for the lack of photos. Jeez, I got home and couldn’t believe how few I took.This is Susan Brubaker Knapp and me in the Moda store. Susan just had her…
Yay! The Mail Sack bag. Available in my NEW shop! I’m extremely excited about this bag. I’ve been carrying mine around since January. It was a very sloooowwww, simmmmmmerrrring development process. Definitely worth the wait though. If you’ve seen me around town you might think it’s permanently attached to my body. I can even drive…
I made these goodie bags for Caitlin’s party guests. It’s the Simple Bag pattern from Last-Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson. I surfed the Flickr group before starting. Wow, so many fabulous projects there! I especially liked this one by Grey Cottage Studio, it inspired me to use bold print pairs with spicy…
The block I made for Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts. The blocks this month are really stunning. I’m looking forward to seeing this quilt when it’s all put together. You can see completed blocks on the Virtual Quilting Bee Flickr group.
Jeez Louise, there’s a teenager in my house! Wacky cake recipe.
My beloved Janome 6600 has every feature a girl could want except for one: a free arm. My previous sewing machine had a free arm so I do know what I’m missing! Here’s a simple tip that I picked up in one of my Yahoo groups: sew a circular seam from the opposite side. Since…
