Now it’s time to announce my “Real Life” book events- which start next week!
But first, let me show you a sneak peek from the book, one of my favorite projects: the Butterfly Apron!

Accent your favorite (or new favorite!) apron with a butterfly pocket and trim. I like this trim because you work it as you [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]