My year-end energy level is high right now and boy did I need it to tackle my sewing room. Stacks, stacks, and stacks-on-top-of-stacks. Best not to dwell on the number of jumbo storage bags I added to the WIP box. Several items just had to be done including the Virtual Quilting Bee blocks. I enjoyed…
The snow began falling last Wednesday evening. It just keeps on coming. No question we’ll be having a White Christmas. This type of snow is an extreme rarity (the news reports once every 15 years) so the kids are milking it for all it’s worth. And of course, no Bainbridge Island storm would be complete…
Gift Tag Making Tips The Yes! Paste worked great. It did not cause the paper to curl. I used the small putty knife to smooth the paste on in a VERY thin layer to the paper. I used the bigger knife to smooth the fabric to the paper. That was sort of messy moving from…
I finally got my act together and set up the tri-pod BEFORE starting to cook dinner. Recently re-published in Food and Wine magazine, this yummy creation by Chef Charles Phan of the Slanted Door restaurant in San Francisco has become our new family favorite. I’ve made it every week for a month. Served with steamed…
Two weekends ago I snuck away by myself to enjoy the two big holiday shows on Bainbridge Island: Christmas in the Country and Bainbridge Island Studio Tours. I love going just to soak up inspiration and holiday-ness. I discovered Lee of Shoalwater Bay and her delightful hand dyed yarns. She also made the ADORABLE knitting…
Finished in January of 2007, we’re enjoying our second Christmas of advent calendar love. Last year I went all out, each day’s gift thoughtfully procured, hidden around the house, and clever, rhyming riddles tucked snuggly in the pockets. This year…well… I purchased a Lego advent calendar and thoughtfully stuffed each day’s toy into the corresponding…
Robots by David Walker for Free Spirit. The faces on the robots make me smile. I’d like to bundle it up into a quilt kit for sale in the shop. That’s where the contest begins. Leave a comment with a published quilt pattern that you think would work great with this fabric. You can link…
My American Sewing Guild neighborhood group met last week for the annual holiday party. Good food with an amazing group of absolutely lovely women that LOVE to sew. I can’t think of a better way to spend a morning. In July we traded brown paper bags containing a cool fabric from our stash that we…
Sew Simple Volume 11 should be on newstands now. It includes my pattern for the mini-pincushions. I received my gratis copy a couple of weeks ago. Very surprising to open it up and see my project on the cover! The editor contacted me last Spring to see if I had any projects that might be…
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Erin Michael’s new paint-by-number design for Moda. Lush is an apt name for the rich palette of colors used in the collection. I just had to go out and take pictures of it in the yard next to the fall leaves! We decorated our tree Thursday night and…
