I attended Quilt Market in Houston this past weekend with Hugo. One treat was that I got to see the first set of strikeoffs (test swatches to check color) for...
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Waaaaay back last spring, when I was still in a post-baby fog, I asked my friend Dana of MADE if I could help test her First Day Dress and Top pattern...
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I'm an annual knitter. This means that about once a year, when it gets cold, I see some cute sweater float across my Pinterest feed, and I pull out my...
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I would love to think that people read my blog simply for the merits of my (always perfectly and never excessively punctuated or parenthesie'd, and of course I never make up words...
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Well, the kids are back in school and pumpkins are popping up all over Pinterest. It's just starting to cool off here in the Midwest. I feel like Summer took its...
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I introduced my new blog design yesterday, so it's time to show off the NEW SHOP! I'm extra-pleased (and sidenote: can we talk about the word "chuffed" for a moment?...
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I've spent a great deal of time lately pondering blogs, how blogging has changed, and what the future of blogging might look like. It's hard to remember, but when I started...
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Sooooooo it turns out that not much of my extensive handmade wardrobe from BEFORE I had Hugo is fitting so great right now. Much of that clothing is either not...
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It feels like weeks since I posted. I've tried so many times to sit down at the computer to pound out a blog post, and it just hasn't happened. Too...
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I went on a pom-pom purchasing binge at Purl about a month ago and this is the first garment I have managed to emblazon with my newly-acquired trims since then....
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I'm so happy to report that my line for Cloud9 Fabrics, Fanfare Flannels, has been reprinted this year! It's already in stores, and folks are already making tons of adorable...
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We (as in, Hugo and myself, we come as a package deal now that he has decided not to take a bottle...waaaah!!! But that is another topic for another time)...
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I needed some new photos for the print cover of the Ruby Dress Sewing Pattern so I had Karen whip up this chambray and voile version last week at the...
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I've been noticing some fun plaid projects in the Flickr photo pools lately, so I wanted to share some of my faves with you!I lurrrve this super summery Bianca Dress that Spencer...
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This was a spur-of-the-moment project (inspired by this little romper on Pinterest). As with the dress in the last post, sometimes when I wing it it works, sometimes it's a...
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