Tomorrow is Chinese New Year. 2014 is the year of the horse. I love using Chinese New Year as an excuse to order some of my favorite Chinese food — we don’t order out much since I cook a lot so it’s a real treat. Since I’ve had kids, I’ve also started giving red envelopes […] Read more…
So many times I hear things like “I wish I could sew” or “I have my grandmother’s machine, but I don’t know how to use it” or “One day I’ll learn.” I’m excited to announce that today marks the start of a new series on my blog: Sewing 101. Every week I’ll have something new […] Read more…
I’ve updated the Simple Zippered Pouch tutorial instructions. This should clear up some confusion on the zipper instructions. So you can make beautiful zippers like this: Check out the full tutorial HERE. Details:: The beautiful butterfly fabric here is from Lottie Da by Heather Bailey. Read more…
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Pellon recently sent me a package of their Cheesecloth to play with. I made these colorful little tea bath bags. They make great little last-min presents. They require no sewing and they are made very quickly and they even use up a few of those pretty little fabric scraps. If you’d like a downloadable version […] Read more…
Sew Mama Sew and Aurifil had a challenge to design a mini quilt with some of Aurifil’s beautiful thread and I was lucky enough to participate. The thread is a collection of colors put together for Aurifil by Camille Roskelley — so many pretty colors! I matched my thread choices with this print from Alexander […] Read more…
