It seems like every year goes by in a flash, and 2015 was no exception. While wondering where it all went, I took a look back through my archives to find the best of 2015--an excellent exercise ...
other good stuff
Quilt for Aneela.
This past weekend I put the home improvement list aside and did some sewing, which was a good thing. I worked on a quilt for a friend and did a couple little things including some blocks for the Quilt ...
cooked excerpt.
I'm a big Michael Pollan fan and have been savoring his most recent book, Cooked. It's fabulous. And this part (on page 195) especially struck me when I got to it. "Once I committed a couple ...
back at it.
CAMP was awesome. 4 days in the High Sierra Mountains with some awesome new friends plus totally unplugging did this body good. I'm totally stoked to be doing what I do and am ready to jump ...
a little peek.
I feel like I'm finally starting to come out from under my quilt market rock. These last few weeks have felt kind of intense as I put the finishing touches on a bunch of new stuff that I'm about to ...
local shop love. (+ a giveaway)
Supporting local and independent business is massively important to me, not only because I work as an independent designer myself, but also because it's what I grew up with. (I love ...
entering break mode.
It has really been an awesome year, and I continue to be so grateful. And with that, I'm officially entering break mode until the new year. I think it's just the right time to slow down and get to ...
Small Business Saturday.
I do love local. And of all the promotional holidays we have going on right now, this is one that I'm happy to partake of. My mom, sister, and I will be venturing off to our local, independent kitchen ...
late summer showers.
The early evening showers have been quite regular this week, and I love the drama right before it all goes down. The colors and light get kind of intense. I snapped this yesterday ...
book love: toxic traveling and other recent reads.
Lately I've been working on lots of new stuff, which is exciting. But unfortunately none of it is at that sharing stage yet, so I thought I'd take a quilting detour and share some of the good reads ...
where I sew.
July means studio tours all month long over at the Pink Chalk blog, and I am LOVING seeing other people's spaces! It's exciting for me to be included in the line-up, and today is my day to share. ...
herringbone card tutorial.
In honor of the holiday and the fact that I'm planning to do lots of sewing today, I thought I'd share a fun, little project with you. Being a card person, I like to keep several tricks up my sleeve ...
feels good to do some knitting.
Seriously. It's been awhile, which makes me a little sad. When I got back from Market, I re-assessed my knitting situation hoping to get excited about finishing something up. I certainly have enough ...
plugging back in.
It feels great to be back home, finally. My trip to Quilt Market was a wonderful adventure and only being able to work from an ipad was a great excuse to unplug a little bit, which I love. I continued ...
loving TPB this week
Just took a minute to check out the submissions from the latest design challenge over at the printed bolt. The challenge was to come up with a design that mapped out the geography of your ...
needle felted.
It's nice to try new things. Last weekend it was needle felting thanks to a class at the library. I'm not gonna lie, it's a little violent. Several people in the class ...
just peachy.
I'm starting to think that stress is a dirty word, and wondering if it would be more productive just to take it out of my vocabulary. Spring Quilt Market is fast approaching and I'm finding the need ...
great catch.
I absolutely love this. I don't normally follow the local freshwater fishing, but I do always flip to the back of the sports section for the business news, and this article ...
smells so good.
The orange blossoms are just starting to bloom. I noticed just a couple days ago when I was driving with the windows down. Probably the best smell ever. OK, now back to some ...