Sewing with Friedlander Lawn is an easy given. Lawn works really well for garments because of it's fine-ness, softness and beautiful drape. Here are some things I've made (/been wearing constantly). ...
Fabric
Wildabon Quilt with Leah Duncan.
Want to know one of the most fun things I did in 2016? Easy. It'd have to be my new Wildabon quilt--a collaboration with Leah Duncan. Everything about it was such a delight. To start, I'm a massive ...
Social Tote in Friedlander Fabric.
Remember the social tote? It's a fun, travel-friendly project that Anna Graham of Noodlehead collaborated with me to create. Anna is so talented and did such a wonderful job with this project that I'm ...
Nest Egg Tote in Friedlander Fabric.
This Nest Egg Tote in my Friedlander Fabric was a fun one to plan and put together. The Nest Egg continues to be one of my favorite travel bags for toting around my handwork. I'm still using the ...
Best of 2016 + a giveaway
It's really crazy that 2016 is almost over. It's been a good year, and as always, I'm going to put together a little year-end digest to see what has happened. If you're like me and always thinking ...
Fall sewing with Euclid.
I guess it's getting cooler other places...right? You can't really tell where I am, but in the spirit of seasons changing and warmer-wardrobes calling, here's a little bit of fall sewing with Euclid. ...
Ruffle Front Jacket in Euclid.
Last week, I was in North Carolina teaching a couple of classes. I had a lot of fun, the students were all great. The local shop, Sewingly Yours, had just gotten some Euclid in, and they'd made a nice ...
Totem Quilt in Euclid.
Would you believe I made this in just 1 day? It's true. That's kind of what happens when it comes to fabric release time. There's always a super long list of things I'd like to make in ...
Liberty and Euclid Petal Pouch.
Another project in the recent Making magazine from Maddermade (same issue with my native coaster project), was this great Petal Pouch pattern by Noodlehead. Of course I had to make one--in Liberty and ...
Seabrook bags in Euclid.
It seems like I've been seeing good backpacks and bucket bags everywhere this year. Or maybe it's just that since they've been on my mind, I've been noticing them more and more. There's nothing more ...
Maddermade Making Magazine.
I was delighted to contribute a project to the new Maddermade Making Magazine. It's such a beautiful, beautiful book with many inspiring projects ranging from knitting to sewing to cooking and much ...
Euclid Open Wide Pouches
These Euclid Open Wide Pouches were a blast to make. In fact, I've made several more since making these...and have given them all away. It's a super good project and a great gift. I found out about ...
Euclid Landgate.
Earlier this year, Fancy Tiger Crafts did a Coat Sew-Along on their blog, which was all kinds of fun and very enticing to watch, especially because one of the featured participants, Sara, was making ...
Euclid Hesperides Quilt.
I love appliqué, and lately I've really loved appliquéing with all types of fabric--from lawns to quilting cottons to linens. In fact, those were all big reasons for my Hesperides quilt design ...
Euclid Scallop Hem Shorts.
It's summertime, a.k.a. my favorite time of the year, and nothing says summertime like a good pair of shorts. I live in shorts all summer long...and actually, since it's summer--or feels like ...
Euclid Wrap Pocket Totes
Euclid starts shipping this month--yay! And to celebrate that, I plan to step up my sharing game on my Euclid projects. I've made so much stuff and haven't totally caught up on sharing it all. To ...
Pickle Hawaiian.
I definitely have no problem starting new projects. The problem is always in finishing them. Anyone else with me on that? Luckily for anything work-related, there are deadlines, which means things do ...
Two more Poolside Totes in Carkai and Euclid fabrics.
There are many things about the Poolside Tote by Noodlehead that make it addictive. There's the style, the functionality, and the fact that it's just fun to make and plan--all of which are excellent ...
Facing East Quilt in Euclid.
Here's a new Facing East Quilt in Euclid. Even though my new fabric collection Euclid is printed on Essex (and I've been making tons of garments and accessories with it), you can still use it ...
Euclid Cooper Backpack
With another kid on the way, my sister had been hinting around about making a backpack to help her haul all the things she needs (and hands free...the beauty of a backpack). It's really exciting that ...