When I was at the CHA show last month, I got a preview copy of Sew Stylish, the new sister magazine to Threads. It’s great! I love the clear, accessible overview of the art of sewing with an emphasis on the intricacies garment construction. The first issue demystifies sewing machine features, tools of the trade,…
Unusually for me, I’m behind a corporate firewall that’s blocking flickr (?!) while I’m working in Connecticut this week, so it looks like this may be a picture-free space until Saturday… when I’m heading home just in time for Lisa Congdon‘s opening at ReForm School. So since I can’t actually post any of my own…
Just a quick post since I’m out of town without too much time online today… so I’ll just suggest that you check out Diane’s post on CraftyPod about the Swap-O-Rama-Rama event she went to on Sunday! I was so sad to miss it — it was in Portland and I wasn’t — but I hear…
Last week I went downtown with Alexis and Pink Craftie to do a little bead and fabric shopping at a few of my favorite places… but our first stop was lunch at Clifton’s Cafeteria at 7th and Broadway. If you haven’t been yet, I can’t recommend it highly enough. I love the food — the…
When Andrew and I got married in the summer of 2005, after a solid year of planning the darn thing, I was so happy that we got to do the things that were important to us (handmade pretty much everything, daisies, food and wine, and cool photographs) and got to skip the things that weren’t…
So I squeaked in just before the cutoff and officially joined the Wardrobe Refashion community! I was a bit nervous about committing to buying no new/manufactured clothing whatsoever (although shoes, lingerie, and handmade pieces are all excepted, plus there’s an out for sports or work necessities) for the next four months, but in the company…
I spent Sunday and Monday in Anaheim at the CHA show, seeing the sights and meeting up with a few crafty friends — it was amazing. The show filled five cavernous halls of the convention center and in two straight days of walking I don’t even think I got to see more than half of…
I got back from two days at the CHA show late last night, which was amazing, but thoroughly exhausting. I’ll post my pictures, some favorite finds, and a mini-review of the Martha Stewart keynote presentation tomorrow… but in the meantime, mark your calendars! There’s a super cool one-night only art event this Saturday night, February…
to go on the surprise second round of the Kim Family Auction. When all the bidding ended a few weeks ago on the donated art and craft pieces, the person who won the Jill Bliss and Neblo Peklo prints didn’t return e-mails or pay for the artwork. Boo. So now they’re back up, in a…
I first learned how to knit in 2000 (the same year I learned how to sew with a machine, discovered getcrafty.com, and started my handmade business). And in the ensuing six (seven? wow!) years I’ve always knitted a little bit here and there, but almost always in the cold months — I think the pig…
As I’m sure I’ve complained about mentioned before, we live in a really small place (well, small by non-Manhattan/Tokyo standards) and most of the rooms have to serve about eight work or crafting purposes — it seems like I’m constantly either setting something up, or clearing it away. The living room has a mini-sewing station…
If you haven’t checked out the incredible Japanese fabrics, craft supplies, and books and mags on superbuzzy recently, today is an extra-good day to take a look. Mariko and Kelly are updating their site with tons of new stuff, fresh from Japan, at 1:00 pm Pacific time — just a couple of minutes from now,…