Sew Better, Faster & More Creatively!
Create a little piece of art with items you may already have in your sewing space. Making technique tags is fun, fast, and easy to do. I create these tags to showcase my favorite techniques or to practice new ones that I’ve just learned. My latest video shows you how to create a double-sided tag […] Read more…
Hi, I’ve just returned from a fun week of teaching classes to sewists who love to sew as much as I do! I was in New York City teaching at the American Sewing Guild Conference. As a sewing teacher, I am well aware that we took a 2-year break from in-person classes, but over the […] Read more…
Summer is here and it’s almost the 4th of July. Time for family gatherings, picnics, and fireworks! Enjoy this fun Independence Day sewing project – a red, white, and blue placemat to dress your table for holiday dinners. It’s made with an easy quilt-as-you-go technique and a wrap-around binding method to finish it off. Keep […] Read more…
Do you like coloring or painting? If so, you may be interested in a recent blog post I did, entitled Creating Art with your Sewing Machine. This was a guest post for RNK Distributing. You may know them for the product lines they sell such as Quilters Select (Alex Anderson products), Embellish, and Floriani items. […] Read more…
Hi All – If you liked my Valentine’s post with my Happy Scrappy Hearts pillow, you’ll love this follow-up. One of my readers, Carolyn, emailed me with when she saw the post with this comment about my Happy Scrappy Hearts Pillow: “It’s beautiful. It’s a very sweet project! I’m hoping to have my granddaughters each […] Read more…
As I have been working on my new sewing space, unpacking, and sorting, I was on the lookout for any UFOs (unfinished objects) so I can make plans to finish them (or not). I came across one that I started years ago and for the life of me, I don’t know why I didn’t finish […] Read more…
Hi all – This is the first of a series of posts about my new sewing space. We have been in our new house for about 2 months, and I’m amazed about how slow my unpacking progress has been. It has been 23 years since our last move, and I think I remembered the excitement […] Read more…
It’s a brand-new year and one of the things many people think of is evaluating, decluttering, and organizing their possessions and the spaces in which they live, work, and play. It’s perfect timing for me because, as many of you know, I have just moved to a new state, a new city, and a new […] Read more…
Happy Holidays! This is the time of year that almost everyone is thinking of gifts. Gifts for family and friends, coworkers, teachers, and children – what to buy, what to make, who’s been naughty and who’s been nice. I’ve been working on my gift list and guess what? You’re on the list! My Gift to […] Read more…
Finally! After 15 months, this week we move into our new home in the Nashville area. This means I get to set up shop in a fabulous new workspace! If you follow my blog, you know that my previous space was a converted one-car garage. CLICK HERE to see how it looked as I was […] Read more…