La Befana is a holiday craft show featuring Bainbridge Island artists. It takes place this Friday and Saturday (November 21 and 22) at the Grange Hall on Madison Avenue. I’m very excited to be participating. Selling handmade goods is definitely not my forte but I sure do enjoy the act of making, preparing, and interacting…
New Kaffe Fassett prints in the shop. Duck Egg, Orange, Tobacco, Pink, Lilac and Lime. Wow. I can’t stop looking at them and dreaming of quilts.
I tidied my workspace from head to toe this weekend. Desk, fabric shop area, and sewing room. My husband and kids thought I’d been been abducted and replaced by aliens. Yes, it’s been that long. I’d hit the wall on finding things. That brochure? I know I put it mid-way down in the third stack…
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Stitch is a brand new sewing magazine from Quilting Arts & Interweave Press. My copy arrived on Saturday and I devoured every bit of it. Product reviews, sewing tips, and an unbelievable round up of sewing projects. Simple skirts, lots of gift ideas, Lisa Congdon‘s signature Log Cabin pillow, and a quilt by one of…
It was a late night! Katamari Damacy Prince and Cousin Dipp still need their antennae. Can you believe I could only find ONE stryrofoam ball in the craft supply stash? Embarrassing. Caitlin has infinite patience for poking the pattern holes and slowly carving away the intricate details. I’m always amazed when they’re done. Among the…
I use a lot of fusible interfacing around here. Bolts of it. Interfacing adds structure and definition to projects that would otherwise look like limp noodles. It gives a project durability and a sprinkle of the good part of ready made . Proper interfacing and good pressing is a sure-fire method of adding a professional,…
I’m so excited to have this new Pencil Roll pattern out in time for holiday gift making. It ONLY happened because of the awesome group of testers that volunteered: Tami – Lemon Tree Tales Anita – Bake and Sew Katrin – Grey&eugen Louisa – knittylou on Flickr Bekhy Simon – Simon de Klerk Jill –…
Let’s begin with the Big Kahuna, the winner of Seams to Me: 24 New Reasons to Love Sewing by Anna Maria Horner. I think we should publish a cooperative book entitled 372 Heartfelt Reasons to Love Sewing. Goodness. Every last, beautiful word touched my soul. #39 lindamade was the winner. Linda wrote “I love to…
Sandi Henderson’s much anticipated Portabellopixie Patterns arrived this week. I’m completely blown away by the quality. The patterns include an oversized 6 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ booklet with full-color pages and a full-sized pattern sheet. Sandi uses a very impressive technique of combining photographic images along with computer drawn illustration making the steps very clear…
Kathy Mack
Carrie + Diana
