While at Quilt Market last October, I bought Kay Whitt’s lovely Savannah Swing Coat ($11 by Sew Serendipity). I love the vintage styling and the variations she included (cropped vs. hip-length, shortened sleeves vs. long sleeves, collar modifications). I’ve been holding onto it for months now, but finally got to making it last weekend. I’d […]
Savannah Swing Coat — in progress Read More »
Just got this beautiful new laminate from Dear Stella to make a raincoat. Hopefully I can find time to make it before the rain stops. Oh, wait. I live in Oregon–the rain never completely stops.
Like I need another project Read More »
There are few people who have affected my life as much as this lovely woman. I met Dijuan Coates in 1985, the year I met the teenage boy who would become my husband. He would visit her, his grandmother, amid travels and then he and I would hang out, tromping through the hazelnut orchard that
Have you seen this? I can’t believe it took me so long to stumble onto it. While the lyrics are all fun and games, I can’t imagine the women who work in factory sewing are really so bonded to their sewing machines. Me on the other hand? I love my little black machine. And yeah,
The Sewing Machine Song Read More »
As a Christmas gift/bonus, my boss gave each of us a gift certificate to Cool Cottons, one of my favorite local fabric shops. One of the things I really love about it is how they organize the fabrics by color and not collection like the enormously overwhelming, but fantastic to have locally Fabric Depot. I
Ending with new beginnings Read More »
It’s time to make Xmas gifts. Okay, long past time, but life’s been wonky for a while. I just recently got started on gifts for my best bud’s kids. For his daughter (the one who got the owl coat), I decided to make doll clothes. I’ve whipped up a couple of things, but don’t love
Boys like Creepers, right? Read More »
I joined up with Victoria Wolfe‘s 15 Minutes Play swap this month, my first in so many years that I can’t really remember the last time I swapped fabrics with a stranger. We set up swap partners in the first week of December and I’ve been gathering bits and pieces here and there. My swapper
I love a good swap Read More »
I love a good expanse of solid white, especially in a baby quilt. Maybe it has something to do with newness and purity and all that. Maybe not. I just know I like it. And that’s probably why I loved Thomas Knauer‘s Growth Chart quilt pattern as soon as I saw it.
quilting right along Read More »
What I’ll be finishing up this weekend while recuperating from the car crash… I started working on this a couple of nights ago and I’m loving how the poly batting is making it so puffy and magical. Kinda like snow, don’t ya think? And the red with the black, always a favorite, plus it goes
I met Happy Zombie and she took my picture with the Christmas Tree Pants I used her pattern in the sew-along group: I made the Ruffled Hobo Bag for a co-worker, a pattern by Kay Whitt and included in her Sew Serendipity Bags book (a review forthcoming, I swear!). I continue to work on that
