Did you know that your sewing machine has its own holiday? It certainly deserves it, if you ask me. I’ll forever be grateful to all those curious and industrious men who developed stitching machines that evolved into the beauty I get to sew on today. Go do a little sewing and celebrate this lovely invention.
Happy National Sewing Machine Day! Read More »
Pardon me while I stray far from sewing on this post. First, a little backstory–many, many moons ago, I was married to a guy who had a love for Vespas. We discovered them together in the first year we were married. Having grown up on the back of my dad’s motorcycle, the love for two-wheeled
Spring Scoot, At Long Last Read More »
I almost forgot to share the pics of Sew Expo–oops! Friday before last I got the chance to head up with the crowd of Fabric Depot customers to visit the Sewing and Stitchery Expo held each year in Puyallup. The best part was that my mom was already up there and we got to spend
One of the things I’m really grateful for (it is November after all) is knowing people like Sam Hunter. I first heard of her and her amazing quilt late last year when I was working for Robert Kaufman Fabrics down in Los Angeles. Sam and I had, unknowingly switched places. She’d moved to Portland from
Buy the Book: Quilt Talk Read More »
I need to make room for fabric that is being stored for me elsewhere and what easier way to do that than with a massive destash. Join me this week (18-24 August) for flurry of fabrics ranging from fat sixteenths to fat quarters, patterns to yardage. I’ll be selling it off through my new Instagram
#thegreatfabricdestash Read More »
For years I’d heard about the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show over in Central Oregon, but it wasn’t until my first visit a couple years ago that I realized just how amazing it really is. Sisters is a tiny town near Bend, a place you’d drive through without a second glance most weekends. But the second
Road Trip to Sisters Read More »
My favorite pic from Luke’s show at Blu Dot, simply because it shows off the sheer bits so well and she caught my little car parked right underneath it.
First of all, if you aren’t familiar with Luke’s work, go check it out right here. Amazing, right? He’s talented and smart and thinks in ways that I can’t quite understand sometimes, but I’m always immensely impressed with his work. I’ve been lucky enough to get to do some work with him, including those white
Luke Haynes at BluDot Read More »
Don’t forget to take it outside tomorrow! June 15 is Quilt in Public Day in Europe, but there’s no reason not to celebrate stateside, as well. Join me in taking your stitches out in public. Quilt proud, quilt public! 🙂 Don’t forget to tag your pics on Instagram, Twitter and now on Facebook! #quiltinpublic
Quilt In Public Day – June 15 Read More »
If you live in the Portland/Vancouver area, I hope you can join me tomorrow night, June 7th, to sew-sew-sew for the orphans in Vietnam. I will be bringing along patterns for bucket hats for adults and toddlers, the lovely Popover Sundress (that’s the dresses they’re sporting so sweetly in the pic above), and some generic
