#20: Katie, who said: I would like to say that I am a teacher or have some noble cause for which I need this beautiful book. But, really … I just want it. I want it for me, so I can read and covet and love it – and make pretty things.
What’s great is that [...]

If you’re looking for something different among the host of new sewing and craft books, look no further than Diane Gilleand (aka Sister Diane of Craftypod) for her new book, Kanzashi in Bloom. The book explains the art of making traditionaly Japanese flowers, but with a modern (read: easier) slant.

To begin, Diane shares some history [...]

This fabrics for this month’s blocks came from Sarah of Hip to Piece Squares. She told us to do creative log cabins, and here’s what I came up with.

For the first block, I thought I’d do a couple of little log cabins within the square, and then I added some stripes to fill out the [...]

This Friday (our “Sunday” according to Paul’s work schedule) we headed over to the fairgrounds to go to the Gallatin County Fair. We are far from theme parks and diverse food options here, and therefore I was very excited to have some fun. Of course, the actual driving force in getting us to the fair [...]

In the past few weeks I’ve had the chance to work up a couple samples to show off some  yarns at the shop. They were quick and simple, but fun. First up is what I lovingly refer to as the Macho Hacho scarf.

This is made from 3 skeins of Mirasol “Hacho” yarn and I picked [...]

Sorry for my latent posting of the winner of Lotta Jasndotter’s Simple Sewing for Babies. I went to ye olde random number generator and it picked #31- RedHead. I will be emailing you for your address, congrats! I loved reading all of your comments about sewing for babies and which babies you would sew for. [...]

I’ve been meaning to post an update on this dress and a review of Lotta Jansdotter’s new book, Simple Sewing for Baby: 20 Easy Projects for Newborns to Toddlers, for a while now.

I finished the dress- and I love it. It is simple and cute, not a lot of fuss, and perfect, I think, because [...]

Here’s a photo of the yarn I spun after Fiber Day on my drop spindle, all washed and ready to be knit into something. I say knit because there’s not that much of it, and I’ll probably get a bit more out of it if I knit it.

So far I have no plans for what [...]

To celebrate the holiday weekend (maybe I’ll actually make it a 3-dayer myself!) I’ve put all of the crocheted items in my etsy shop on SALE. To sweeten the pot, if you buy between now and July 10th (midnight mountain time, let’s say), you will be entered in a drawing to win a signed copy [...]

It’s been a busy week- I’ve started working at the yarn shop three days a week and the extra day is super high traffic compared to my normal days of the week. So I’m kind of pooped by the time my “work week” rolls around. I try to get some posts written up in advance [...]