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Sewing along with Bari J. (this should be fun!) 18 Aug 2013 | 11:26 pm
My friend Bari J. is having a sew-along where we all make our own Holiday in London duffle bag. I've been a little intimidated by duffle bags but after looking over the pattern I'm very confident thi...
Skirts! They're popping up everywhere (not literally)! 28 Jul 2013 | 11:50 pm
If you haven't picked up a copy of my book yet run over to Sew 4 Home because they're doing a give away and have a nice review. I love the folks at Sew 4 Home and I'm tickled that they included my bo...
My "new" sideboard 22 Jul 2013 | 11:45 pm
In March I blogged about my new duvet curtains (which I still love!). The brown beat-up sideboard really started nagging at me so I got to work painting it a week later. I know some folks in the com...
Sunlight feels right (and paint too) 16 Jul 2013 | 02:21 am
We have been painting like crazy here and have made mountains of progress here in our upstairs hallway. This is our new color (Spare White by Sherwin Williams but bought in Behr) and we are flippin' ...
So, like I was saying.... 14 Jul 2013 | 02:46 am
Sorry. I seriously just got tired and dumped all of my Quilt Market pics into flickr (see them here). I've been sewing a lot and the fun part is that lot's of it has been fun sewing (as opposed to b...
More Quilt Market pics.... 25 May 2013 | 10:34 am
The best part of Quilt Market, for me, is getting to see all of my favorite fabric friends in one place. Mo Bedell is easily a favorite and she's so darn nice and funny. Her new collection, Full Moon ...
Back from market....pics, pics, and more 22 May 2013 | 10:48 pm
The winner of last weeks drawing is Chen! Sorry for taking so long but I tried to post from my iPad while in Portland and it wouldn't work (everything was ready to go but the little "publish" button w...
To market! And a give away! 14 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
I'm absolutely scrambling to finish one last skirt here. My flight leaves in 10 hours and, as usual, I'm last minute frantic. Quilt Market is this week and the best part is it's in Portland, my home t...
The post in which I ask for a favor....(quick) 21 Apr 2013 | 07:14 am
Quick! Run over to Stash Books Blog to win a free copy of my book! Only 2 more days! That wasn't the favor. This is... A couple of years ago I took a portfolio of my designs to quilt market...
Hey Duvet! It's curtains for you.... 28 Mar 2013 | 02:36 am
The 3 winners of a signed copy of my book (hot off the presses) are Flavia, Eleanor, and Gill. Congratulations! If you didn't win this time you can quickly run over to SewStylish and enter to win thei...