Today’s Woyww finds me working on this trenchcoat: (It’s Simplicity 4084, which is now out of print. If you’re interested in it there are a few for sale in various places online.) I’ve had the pattern in my stash for ages and…
Much to my surprise, this blog’s most popular post ever is How to Make Zipper Flowers. Who’da thunk it? So many creative people have inspired and taught me over the years through their books, magazine articles, blogs and videos that it always thrills…
Welcome to another What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday. Hosted by the inimitable Julia, this is where many of us hang out on Wednesdays, checking out what other crafty and creative people are up to. Today’s workdesk finds me in the midst of…
Last week I told you all about the $10 bag of goodies I got from my local scrapbooking store which precipitated a major reorganization of my sewing & crafting room. Three trips to Ikea later, I’m all done, and quite pleased with the…
Last week I mentioned that I needed to do a total reorganization of some areas of my crafting/sewing room. It’s been going well. I’ve rediscovered lots of goodies I’d forgotten about and have given away or tossed many items that I’ll never…
Sadly, yet another small business in my area has had to close its doors. First it was Saftlers, a fabric store that had been in that family for three generations; they’d opened in 1919 and closed just this summer. Now the Scrapbook…
Hi everyone! Sorry this post is going up so late in the day. I’ve only been distracted by about 15 million different things since I took the photo SIX hours ago. Sheesh. (Well, maybe it was only 15 things… or 5, but…
Last winter I was flipping through the Dec/Jan issue of Quilting Arts magazine and saw their “Save My U.F.O.” challenge. The idea was to send in an UnFinished Object and have another quilter finish it for me. In return, I’d get somebody’s…
Hey all! It’s a beautiful sunshiny morning here in Mass. We had some wild wind yesterday, but we’re fine. Yesterday morning we’d had our showers, made the coffee and had just turned off the TV after watching some of the footage from…
In case you don’t hear from me for a while, no, I am not still in the hammock reading, but it’s quite possible we’ve lost power for a time. Irene is looking like a big one, so we get ready and make…
