Monthly Archives: June 2011

One of my crafty problems is that I can never get myself together enough to actually create little travel kits containing handwork projects.  It’s not like I don’t have plenty of the patterns and supplies lying around this place either. … Continue reading →

I’m still trying to figure out this whole work-at-home-full-time-while-parenting nonsense.  So one thing I’m doing is setting daily sewing goals on Sunday for the work week– paid gigs and fun-just-for-me gigs so that I have a good balance.  This past week, … Continue reading →

Just thought I’d share a peek at some stitching in a recent quilt.  

When we were on vacation, we went to the Navy Air Museum in Pensacola. We saw the Blue Angels flying (in real life!), some cool planes and models of aircraft carriers, and the IMAX movie about fighter pilots.  I was very inspired. … Continue reading →

In honor of National Pink Day, I bring you a baby quilt stitched in pink thread. Now go on over to Pink Suede Shoe to celebrate.  If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t even know I was supposed to be … Continue reading →

My husband said he needed some string.  Bet you can’t guess which color of “string” he used.  

The people next door painted their daughter’s room brown and pink in the fall, and then they searched high and low for bedding to go with it.  No luck.  So you know what we did.  We picked out fabric and … Continue reading →

I don’t know if I mentioned it, but I grew out of my studio.  My gameroom, 15×25, is my studio where I longarm, but I needed a sewing office, too.  Yes, I feel guilty even saying it!  And so I … Continue reading →

Got a little story for you.  So there was this couple, and they tried for years to have a baby.  No luck.  They went through weight-loss surgery, and then fertility treatments, and still, no luck.  So they sought other options– … Continue reading →

I’m officially in the middle of my Plan B life.  When I thought I might lose my job due to [lack of] state funding for public education, I created a Plan B in case that happened. But then Plan B sounded better than Plan … Continue reading →