It’s June 25th and you know what that means: only six months left until Christmas!
Hey, I heard that! Don’t move on to the next blog before giving me a chance to explain.
Like so many others, I have grand plans when it comes to the holidays. I always intend to make X number of gifts. Of [...]

Have you ever finished a project and just let out this huge sigh of relief? That’s basically what I did when I finished this dress.
It’s another Favorite Things pattern, the Little Prairie Dress. Not a particularly complex pattern and it sewed up pretty quickly.
My relief at completing it had more to do with its recipient [...]

I’ve been taking a sort of mini vacation from sewing. It’s not that I’m growing weary of it, not by a long shot. More like I needed some time to recharge the batteries before I get a bad case of the burnouts.
Plus, with all three kids home for big chunks of the day during the [...]

Does someone really consider this a positive selling point?

The third weekend of every month in these parts is the Lakewood 400 Antiques Market. I’ve only been to Lakewood once in the nearly eight years of living in Atlanta, and that was at its previous location near the Lakewood Amphitheater. The market is cool; it’s just kind of a haul from my house. Today, [...]