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 [...]

Carol sent some lovely blue and green fabrics for our 12 Squared Quilting Bee June blocks, and this weekend I cleared off my sewing table to get to work on these blocks.  (It was no small feat to clear off the table! And it could use more clearing!)

It was fun to work with the blues [...]

Just a heads up that my tutorial for making a ruffled cardigan is up on Craftzine.com. All you need is a cardigan, 1/2 yard of fabric, and basic sewing stuff. As a side note, you could also cut your fabric on the bias to eliminate sewing the fabric tube, and it also might be fun [...]

I’m writing to you from the Denver International Airport, where I’ll be residing until 9:30 pm. I got here at 11 this morning, 8 minutes before my connecting flight– and apparently too late to catch it. Can you tell I’m excited to be stuck here? I am returning from a fun surprise weekend for my [...]

After completing  my dress, I was on a little sewing streak and decided to go for McCalls 5591. I used some gorgeous home-dec cotton fabric from the Moda “Wonderland” collection, which I was amazingly able to buy locally (at Quilting in the Country). My friend Nicole bought the same fabric to make her first skirt, [...]

In case you missed “Crafty By Nature”  this month on Craft Stylish, I wanted to do a little round up of  my projects. Most of mine were focused on the “reduce” part of the equation, the idea being that you can make items to use and reuse in an effort to green your house a [...]

For starters, welcome to my new blog home! If you notice anything funny/strange, please send me an email and let me know about it. I’m still learning! I’ve tried to fix all of my internal links, but if something leads you back to the old blog, please just route yourself back over here and do [...]

I’ve been doing a lot of little things here and there lately, some of which aren’t necessarily blogworthy. I decided that I wanted to make a pair of socks with this beautiful Lorna’s Laces sock yarn I bought in TX, but I wanted to try knitting it. I was inspired by an episode of Knit [...]

I was lucky enough to receive my Patchwork Swap package this week, sent by Valerie of Knitting in Pink. (Swappers: Remember, the deadline to send your package is April 13th, and be sure to add photos to the flickr pool so we can all see what was exchanged.) My package was generously filled with extras, [...]

*********Note: As of March 6, 2009– the swap is closed!*********
It’s that time again! Spring is approaching and what better way is there to rejuvenate your scrap bin than to participate in another super-fun Patchwork Swap? Here’s how it works:
What: A swap! Mail a package of  30-40 fabric scraps that are at least 3×5″ large (you’re welcome to send larger [...]