I’ve started making puppets. I’m learning to make the muppet kind of puppet with the wide open mouth and I’m slowly making progress. A few weeks ago I had a sort of creative turning point. Although my love for three-dimensional design in fabric hasn’t wavered over the last 13 years, it’s been important to let…
Backpack Bear Free Pattern for the Spoonflower Back to School Blog Hop
School is starting in just a few weeks here in Boston and my kids are starting to feel the nervous excitement that beginning a new school year brings. I’ll have a first grade, a sixth grader, and an eighth grader this year. Back-to-school shopping is fun, but kids also like to customize their belongings as…
Solid Squares Baby Quilt
A few weeks ago I had coffee with Pippa Armbrester, a modern quilter who lives in my town. We’d never met, although we’d heard about each other. I love Pippa’s quilts (check out her book – affiliate link). She has a wonderfully simple understated style and after our meeting I was inspired to try something…
Sew a Softie Day: Kid Made Emoji and Cthulhu Softies
July is Sew a Softie month. This global event is in its second year and is spearheaded by Trixi Symonds, a designer and sewing teacher in Australia. The goal is to encourage children who haven’t sewn before to give it a try through a fun, low-pressure project: a softie! Trixi has inspired 100s of kids…
Lessons from Monticello
Roxanne and Jefferson thinking about the world’s big ideas. I have three children and my house is loud, my attention often divided. This weekend my eldest daughter, Roxanne, and I flew from Boston to Richmond to spend the weekend together. Three days of uninterrupted time with just one child is a wonderful luxury. Roxanne loves…
10 Sewing YouTubers to Watch
I don’t watch much television mostly because I don’t have much free time, but I do love short videos. I recently downloaded the YouTube app on my phone and I’ve found myself increasingly turning to it for entertaining informative videos about sewing. Like watching the Food Network, YouTube sewing videos are edutainment and I find…
A Quilt and Softie Gift Set
A few weeks ago I got an email from Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill asking if I’d like to collaborate with her on a project. I first learned about Sheri when she won the Craftsy Designer Fellowship in 2016. Part of the prize was a booth at fall Quilt Market. Sheri’s Bzzzzzz quilt is one of my favorites,…
Snapshot Mini Quilt
In January I had a conversation with Thomas Knauer on the podcast. Thomas is a deep thinker and he’s got some pretty radical things to say about quilting and the industry that’s grown up around it. One of his big ideas is that we should step away from the constant consumerism of quilting – more…
Free English Paper Piecing Pattern: Tilly the Turtle
Would you like this pattern as a free PDF? Click the button below and I’ll email it to you. Get this pattern as a free PDF I’d like to introduce you to Tilly the Turtle. She’s super friendly and is a great scrappy project that combines some handwork and some machine sewing. Tilly the Turtle…
An Update from The Studio
I took this photo of Susan Fitzgerald’s Instagram props drawer last week when I visited her studio to record a podcast. I’ve got lots of interesting tidbits to share today. First, I’m excited to be attending QuiltCon for the first time. I’ll be flying to Savannah next Thursday in the late afternoon and will have…
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