I’ve been squirreling away Evan’s old wool sweaters for a while now—the ones that are too nubbly or moth-eaten for Goodwill—and I turned one of them into a sweater for Bruno. I’m…
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Do you ever forget that you know how to make stuff? Like, with your hands? My first impulse when I need something that’s sewn is to look on Etsy, so I suggested…
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I’m curled up on the sofa with my coffee and a manuscript for a book I’m working on the cover for. The story is told from a dog’s point of view, which…
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As I’ve mentioned before (more than once), some of the things IKEA does best are their textiles! I’ve been waiting impatiently for the 2008 lines to hit the stores, and hopefully this…
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The office/studio has been such a disaster for so long that it’s a huge relief to just have my fabrics folded and put away on a shelf instead of being stuffed into…
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I picked up a couple of yards of the Patricia fabric from IKEA I mentioned the other day. It’s very nice in person; the size of the print is much larger than…
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Project completed! Checkbook cover with a purely decorative button. Yay!…
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I have two lovely new books to encourage me to sew: 1. Simple Sewing by Lotta Jansdotter 2. Bend-the-Rules Sewing by Amy Karol I have so many projects around the house to…
