This month marks ten years since I started my West Coast Crafty blog – originally a monthly column for getcrafty.com about crafty life in my new home of Los Angeles with plenty of Portland in the mix, with interviews, reviews, and articles covering everything I was most excited about. It was a month before my…
My last few months of craft have been all about stitching – hand-embroidering and machine sewing, with some cross-stitch and mending thrown in for good measure. I wanted to share a few of my favorite projects lately and preview a few new things I’m excited about! photo by Burcu Avsar from Hand-Stitched Home Pendleton just…
I leave for Austin tomorrow and I’m so excited for Quiltcon! I am doing two special events at the show and would love to see you at either (or both!) of them. On Thursday, I’m teaching a free sewing demo – making your own sashiko-style hand-stitched Pin-teresting Pincushions, with Denyse Schmidt Modern Solids and Coats…
Well, hello, (February) 2015! I’ve been working on a whole bunch of new projects, and pretty swamped with boring track changes, hi-res images, and deadlines, but just wanted to share two things I’ve sewn lately that just make me happy. The colorful part makes all the rest of it worth it. So here are two…
I sewed these stockings from remnants of some of my favorite Pendleton wools last year but didn’t have a chance to put a tutorial together until now. These are super fast to sew and very beginner-friendly, but you could customize them with any cool applique, needle-felted, or embroidery embellishment, too. Michelle even made me a…
I wanted to come up with a quick and easy holiday project in between my bigger ideas (the tree skirt I’ve been hoping to make for the last two years, Christmas pajamas for both kids) and saw a GREAT photo of a holiday wreath on Instagram made with scraps from the Pendleton Woolen Mill Store!…
I’m so excited that my amazing Hand-Stitched Home contributors have been sharing some peeks at their beautiful book projects on my blog tour this week, and I thought the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day was the perfect time to celebrate! I’ve just listed signed copies of Hand-Stitched Home in my Etsy shop for the first…
I’m thrilled to share my Harvest Gold Charm Bracelet quilt from Susanne Woods’ lovely new compilation book, Scraps, Inc., today! Susanne asked fifteen of us to each contribute an original quilt design that uses scraps, and I love the finished book. It’s beautifully designed and organized, and the quilt patterns are gorgeously varied – HSTs,…
I was so thrilled to see a lovely review of Hand-Stitched Home on Design*Sponge today – thank you SO much to Grace Bonney for her kind words about Pendleton and my book, and for sharing the beautiful Laptop Sleeve/Zip Clutch designed by Sarai Mitnick of Colette Patterns. It’s such a gorgeous project and totally customizable…
Do you like sewing with border prints? I do! To celebrate my new wool sewing book, Hand-Stitched Home, I wanted to share a tutorial for this super-simple border print wool tote bag I made this week. I loved how it looked in beautiful Pendleton wool jacquard, with a graphic woven design at the bottom of…
Hand-Stitched Home, my new sewing book in partnership with Pendleton Woolen Mills, is officially out today, and I could not be more excited! I’d love to share some photos and details from the book and a little of what makes it feel so special to me, and invite you to my events coming up this…
I just got back from filming my CreativeLIVE Back to School Crafts class in San Francisco this week, which was awesome… but it’s so nice to be home and thinking about sewing for fun again! My PMQG friend Melissa Lunden has a wonderful new book out this month, Sew a Modern Home, and I’m so pleased…