Category: Sewing, Knitting & Crafting

  • Amy Butler’s Fringed Hobo Bag

    I’m not fond of sewing instructions and so if I can find a way around using a pattern I will. But I realize I can’t avoid things I dislike forever so last week I decided to make a real deal bag from a pattern. Sadly, well after cutting all the pieces and begining to put…

  • A Beautiful Mess

    This week I’m taking a break from work. Luckily part of my pay seems to be supplemented by a generous vacation policy and so each spring I find myself taking a week to stay at home alone and make things. It’s lovely that I have this luxury. Unfortunately, leading up to vacation I spend so…

  • Hand-Stitched Linen Napkins

    We don’t have many paper products in our home. We brew our coffee in a French Press, bypassing the need for filters. Our cleaning rags are old t-shirts and socks that have exhausted their time as presentable clothing. Green B.E.A.N. Delivery service drops off a bin of food for us each week, and even though…

  • Vogue 8280 Muslin

    Last summer my cousin got married and the night before attending the ceremony I realized I had nothing to wear. In a momentary fit of insanity, caused by my pitiful wardrobe, I decided to make a dress. But I wanted to be smart about it. I wanted to make a muslin first. And then the…

  • Creative Retreat

    Friends are the good stuff in life. One of my best friends from college and I don’t see each other very often, but thanks to email we are able to bounce ideas off of one another all the time. We send therapy notes to one another debating the meaning of what we do day-to-day. We…

  • Print Shop

    I love fabric. I’ve spent hours at my computer screen drooling over fabrics I will never have. Those featured at True Up make me feel light-headed. Anna Maria Horner fabrics make my heart swell. Sometimes my dreams are colored by Echino prints and patterns. Sadly, all the amazing fabric I find is out of my…

  • Big League

    I’m only halfway finished with the project I started this weekend, but what I can tell you about it right now is that the by-product of this crafting is giving me a serious craving for some Big League Chew. More to come…

  • Shoulders

    Growing up at a summer camp it seems I spent each summer striving to be like a counselor; the one who best embodied what I thought I wanted to be at that point in time. In the early 90s, following the lead of my counselor Seri, I spent a lot of time trying to look…

  • Sparkle

    I love what sunshine does to my world. Friday I could hardly work I was so distracted by the warmth and sunlight. In fact, I started planning a cookout instead of writing curriculum. After work Regan whipped out his shorts and flip-flops and started the grill. We made burgers, had friends over and sipped rosemary-infused…

  • Hand-Stitched

    Because things have gotten a bit too busy for crafting lately, I’m digging up an old project to share. Regan’s Rooster Shirt. As I mentioned a few posts ago, I don’t make a lot of things for Regan. I have a box full of half-finished projects I’ve started over the past seven years and a…