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I can’t even believe this is true – but it’s December 2nd, and my Christmas tree has yet to be put up.  Gasp!!!!  Not only that, but I have not put out a single Christmas decoration yet.  Moan.  Insert frowning emoticon here. HOWEVER, I have managed to begin the process of sewing Christmas “things” (aka. [...]

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Now that it’s almost December, I’ve decided to begin preparations for cold weather.  Sorry Jeana, but there’s just no need to do this any sooner here in Texas. I found this darling pattern at TooSweets on Etsy and couldn’t resist.  It’s ridiculously affordable and your pattern arrives in your inbox! Here is what I have [...]

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Oh my stinking goodness y’all – I don’t even remember the last post I made … much less my last tutorial!  It has been steadily increasing in crazy around here.  Strangest thing has been happening.  My baby doesn’t sleep ALL DAY anymore.  Weird.  I might need to take her to the doctor. Anyhoo…tonight….because I’ve been [...]

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Goodness.  I have missed creating new tutorials lately. Sadly – this is not a post to remedy that. However, this IS a post to show that I really did get to wear that scarf that I made several months ago – my very first crochet project.  (Confession: I haven’t crocheted much since – it takes [...]

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If you look back into September’s posts, you’ll find a fun guest post from my friend Ginger who wrote about celebrating the art of giving hand-sewn gifts.  (She also makes wonderfully hand-sewn party decorations … be sure to ask her about how much she enjoyed, cough, making “real” bunting! Well….to the point of this post [...]

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One of the most common requests I receive via my Etsy shop goes a little something like this, “Can you make me one of your Team Spirit dresses except with sleeves?”  This request is usually preceded or followed by a derogatory comment regarding the requestors arms.  For some reason, women tend to hate their arms. [...]

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Today, the last day of National Sewing Month, I am hoping to get caught up … I had hoped to post 30 days of reasons to Celebrate Sewing.  I think I managed to post about 19 or so…I lot count of how far behind I am!  So today, September 30th – I hope to post [...]

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It’s been a while since I had a guest blogger … turns out people are busy out there!  What????  Seriously, y’all – you’re not obsessed with posting on my blog???  Shuh! Well, I was thrilled thrilled thrilled to see my dear friend Jeana’s blog-containing email today.  I love her to pieces, and I know you [...]

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So Celebrate BARTERING!

I’m having so much fun this month thinking about all the things I celebrate about the craft of sewing.  For today, I want to celebrate the ability to Barter! It’s an ancient tradition/skill/method, for sure.  I think that for a while, bartering was the only technical financial transaction ..am I right?  If you had chickens, [...]

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Oh my goodness … I can’t begin to describe how thrilled and giddy I am about introducing y’all to my friend Tiffany Schwedland.  If you’ve been sewing along with me for any amount of time, you’ve seen her name no less than a million times.  I knew I liked her the instant that I met [...]

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