I’m feeling especially retrospective this new year. Changing seasons, holidays, new years, anything with even a hint of renewal gets my creative juices flowing and kicks my optimistic view of the future into high gear. I’m also turning 50 in 2012. Something I haven’t thought too much about until the calendar flipped and now it’s…
Diana made an Anna Maria Horner Art Student Tote for her daughter Lexi. I absolutely LOVE the way she fussy cut the owl print and used such a small piece of a precious fabric in such a fabulous way. I realize it’s been quiet here on the blog – I took all the days off…
Having Christmas fall on a Sunday meant I was able to close the shop for a 4-day weekend. I’ve squeezed a lot of family time into that 96 hours. Today we’ve all stayed in, made pancakes and bacon for breakfast, and spent the day doing nothing in particular. I’m organizing my sewing room, getting ready…
Last day (December 21) to vote for your favorite Handmade with Love Tutorial. 12/22/11: Winners Announced Inspired by Handmade Ryan Gosling and Feminist Ryan Gosling.
My friend Della Quimby is the owner of della Q, a wholesaler of exquisite silk knitting needle cases, bags and silk taffeta fabric. Her annual Sample + Studio Sale takes place this weekend in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle. A very reliable source informed me there will be some amazing deals on silk taffeta yardage….
Tonight’s dinner featured Ham (don’t forget to make soup with your ham bone) and Black Eyed Pea Salad. I like attracting all the luck I can get! I started the annual mosaic making thinking the final result would be a bit thin. Looking at the photos reminded me that I’m much too tough on myself….
I spent the day planning our Christmas Eve (Creamy Artichoke Dip and Linguine with Pancetta, Olive Oil, Chile, Clams and White Wine Sauce) and Christmas Day menus (Standing Rib Roast, Scalloped Potatoes and Green Beans), softening butter for the Christmas cookies (Macadamia Nut Chocolate Chip Refrigerator Cookies, Thumbprint Cookies and Mexican Wedding Cakes), picking up…
Snow in the Northwest is just plain weird. It only snows a couple of times a year and it always seems to take everyone by surprise. A headline from the Sunday Seattle Times read: Get Out the Parka But Not The Snow Shovel. The flakes started falling Monday morning. Our cute snow storm turned into…
I absolutely LOVE the way sewing fosters community, goodwill and personal achievement. Here’s a sprinkling of interesting e-mails I received this month that remind me how sewing really does make the world go ’round: Victoria sent me an update on the Bumble Beans Quilt Gather project. Photos from the project’s recent distribution day say it…
I couldn’t move forward without at quick epilogue to the whine and cheese post. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was probably in a bit more of a funk than I even realized myself when I wrote it. After reading your supportive comments filled with so much humor I was literally bent over laughing…
