Making It With Help

So, with my new mantra about failure, I'm all energized to sew again. Here's a set of three zippered cases I made last week for a fr...

First, a bit of humor on a Sunday afternoon. Here's a comment from a (not really) reader: It's a рity you don't have a donate ...

I had in mind to do this a couple of weeks ago, before Memorial Day. But I have had an opportunity to help our neighbors several times a wee...

Oh how I want to do this—sew for the body I have instead of wait til I lose the weight I gained back. I can't explain why I haven't ...

Oops, I did it again. I cut the ring finger of my right hand while cutting cauliflower, so off to Immediate Care I went. Didn't I do pra...

Maxwell was born in Hickory, North Carolina, on March 17, 2000, which means that he was 14 years old yesterday. He is a British Shorthair, a...

It's been a bit of a wild ride, interiorly speaking, and now that I'm posting again, and it's still January, I thought I'd s...

Inspired by seeing the cute green button over at the right, which I've seen on several sewing friends' blogs, I've decided to jo...

UPDATE Wednesday, October 16: Today is the last day that I am offering matching funds. So far, $375 has been raised, and with my matching f...

When last we talked, I showed you the remaining fabric from the 3.5 yards of "autumn leaves" quilting cotton fabric, which I'v...

Good morning! Here's the result (of using random.org, which generates random numbers from the range you submit) for my orange print fat ...

A couple of years ago, I hosted a little Craft Day for a friend, her two daughters, and their four little children. I'm not really used ...

I am happy to report that I have used the majority of the quilting fabrics that I blogged about here . And I used at least a yard of another...