I’m going to start this review off with a warning: the babies are beyond stinkin’ cute! Teeny tiny baby toes and wrinkled knees, oh my goodness. The day Handmade Beginnings: 24 Sewing Projects to Welcome Baby by Anna Maria Horner arrived at the studio you could hear the ooohing and aaawing echo across the [...]
On Sunday, I spent the afternoon debating between 30 different cell phones and scratching my head at the cost of upgrading our family plan to unlimited texting. I now have a 15 year old and I love her so much. Smart, Beautiful, Unique, Knows Everything, Emerging, Discovering and Embracing who she is. Not too many [...]
Today I’m excited to share a pattern review by Carrie. The Knotted Bag is the newest pattern by Craft Apple. I’m in love with the beautiful detailing of this bag and I love how Carrie mixed the prints on both the All Day (large bag) and Afternoon (small bag).
Here’s Carrie’s review:
I was so excited when [...]
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The view from my window this afternoon.
I’m doing some testing on enhancements to the blog.
Back in the grand old 90’s I had a colleague who had a HUGE wedge of plastic cheese on his desk. There was a handwritten sign on top that said “Would you like some cheese with your whine?” Made me laugh every time.
Let me just say I’ve had one of those weeks. I’m not sleeping [...]
Jayme Christensen of Portraits for Pink is hosting an online fundraising auction. Proceeds go for Breast Cancer research through the AVON Walk for Breast Cancer. The auction started last night and runs through 11:59pm May 2nd. So go over to the website RIGHT NOW and see all the fabulous items up for bid. As Jayme [...]
Diana sported her fabulous new scarf made with Little Folks Voile into work this morning. Measuring 8 1/2″ wide x 78″ long, it wraps beautifully and hangs at just the right length. Each rectangle measures 4 1/4″ x 8″ finished size with two strips added to the ends. Cute!
pink chalk fabrics ~*~ new arrivals ~*~ [...]
Sakura-Con took place in Seattle several weeks ago. I helped Caitlin and her friends with some of the costume making for their characters. One piece needed was a white, short sleeved, button-down-the-front blouse. I started with one of Greg’s old business shirts. In order to make it fit a 15 year old I needed to [...]
In case you were wondering what we do when we’re not cutting fabric.
Susan and I both got dolls for Christmas. The American Sewing Guild chapter to which we both belong has a yearly raffle of 18″ doll clothes made by members. We both totally needed our dolls in order to do a proper job of [...]
Welcome to Pink Chalk Studio. I'm Kathy Mack. Sewing pattern designer, online fabric shop proprietor and passionate maker of things. My blog is a corner of my world where I sew, quilt, dream and create. I love it here. I hope you have fun too!
