I’m really excited about my Powell’s Books event this Sunday afternoon, October 13 – if you’re in Portland, I’d love to see you there! It starts at 4:00 in the Pearl Room upstairs. I’ll have all the book projects to show and will be excited to share lots more details about four of my favorites,…
Yesterday was supposed to be the official book release day for Sewing for all Seasons, but due to some unexpected congestion and delays in the ports, the publication date has actually been pushed to October 15 – a two-week wait to ensure books are actually on shelves and in warehouses (and hopefully, mailboxes!). It was…
I’m very excited to review Christina Cameli‘s wonderful new book, First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting, today! Christina is a lovely friend and fellow PMQG member (we are in the past-president-with-one-girl-and-one-boy club along with Jen) and an inspiring, encouraging quilt designer and FMQ teacher. I was so thrilled when she told me she was writing her…
I’ve been cutting tons and tons of fabric and batting to make coffee-cup cozy kits for the Sewing for all Seasons party tomorrow night and three years after everyone else, I’m now completely addicted to Downton Abbey. Thanks again to Amy for the awesome label – I think it all turned out so cute! I…
If you’re in Portland this Friday evening, September 27, I hope you can stop by my Sewing for all Seasons party at Modern Domestic! It goes from 6-8 pm and we’ll have wine, snacks, books, and fabric prizes to win (more on that in a minute)… they throw such nice parties and I’m really looking…
I was so happy when Coats and Clark asked me to be part of their September giveaway blog hop – they want to help you with your National Sewing Month projects, and you have 5 chances to win! One lucky reader will win this fantastic Coats and Clark Anniversary Tin filled with sewing goodies like…
Chronicle Books is having a HUGE craft e-book sale through the month of September, and they’ve marked nine of their favorite craft titles down to $3.99 or even less – just about everywhere you can buy digital books, the special prices are honored. Just click through to the sale page to snap up one or…
The end of my summer packed quite a punch, from some pretty high highs to some very low lows, and back again. Kindergarten started for Pearl yesterday and has been wonderful so far, and I finally feel like I can catch my breath for the first time in a month… and I have a couple…
A huge thank-you to everyone who had nice things to say about my new book! I really appreciate it. It’s been a whirlwind weekend with the PNW MQG meet-up going on, and I made it to about half of the super fun events (the PMQG meeting complete with rainbow, Modern Domestic classes and party, the…
I’m so excited to announce my new book, which is coming out October 1 – Sewing For All Seasons! This book came to life over a very eventful year – first, I created colorful inspiration boards for each season, sketched out all 24 projects, shopped for fabric for each of them and swatched it all…
Yesterday morning, my sewing room was a total disaster – messy, cluttered, and overwhelming. Then, a sleep-deprivation-fueled crafty miracle happened! Everett woke up at 4:00 on the dot yesterday morning desperate to play in his new playroom (more on that later if anyone is interested, I re-did that whole room on Monday after a trip…
The kids finished and painted our creativebug summer teepee last week! They love it. We started out potato-stamping, but then they had so much fun squeezing every last drop of the three small bottles of craft paint that it quickly turned into a wonderful mess. I think Everett still has a little bit of the…