The first week of July I got an email from a podcast listener named Elizabeth. Hi Abby, I listen to your podcast regularly and I wondered if anyone has addressed yet how the tariffs are going to affect small craft businesses and fabric manufacturers that print their fabric overseas? I haven’t really seen anything in…
On Beginning To Sew My Own Clothes
In June I went to see Roxane Gay speak with my friend, Jenny. “Did you know she had bariatric surgery?” Jenny asked me. I hadn’t heard. She recommended I read a piece Roxane wrote about it on Medium. I actually listened to Roxane read the piece (which is a really cool thing that Medium does) and…
Studio Update
I thought it would be fun to do a little update from the studio. I’ve finished a bunch of projects recently and have some other things brewing so here goes! It was so cold here in January that the snow was just powder. Josephine’s deconstructed snowman made me laugh. It was extremely cold and snowy…
2017 Year in Review
As we wrap up 2017 and get ready for the new year I wanted to take some time to reflect on the year and all that’s happened. These year-in-review posts have become a bit of an annual tradition now. Although I started blogging in 2005, I did the first one in 2012 and have continued…
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…
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…
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…
Studio Update and Pre-Order for Brand New Enamel Pins!
This summer I’m working on a series of fun projects that I want to share with you. First, though, I have to tell you about a most amazing gift that I received from a blog reader. A few months ago my friend, book agent Kate McKean, reached out to me asking if I knew anyone…
Article about Bill Volckening in Modern Patchwork
I’m excited to have an article in the Summer 2016 issue of Modern Patchwork which will be hitting newsstands soon. This piece is about quilt collector Bill Volckening. Bill began collecting quilts by accident when a girlfriend took him to a small quilt show in a New York brownstone. He has since become an internationally…
A Tour of My New Studio
In 2005, I put the sewing machine I’d bought in Junior High on a thrift store typewriter table in the corner of our bedroom and started sewing every day. I had a bin of fabric scraps from my mother-in-law’s basement and a pile of 1960’s soft toy books from the public library. I sat on…
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