I fell in love with Rosie’s fabrics for Lecien when I saw them in Houston last October. I’ve never made my love for all things Melly & Rosie a secret, so it’s likely not a surprise that I could not wait to get my grubby, needs-a-manicure hands on some of this yummy fabric.
Which is why [...]

You can’t turn around at Quilt Market in Houston without seeing new fabric. It is everywhere. Hanging from rods as decoration in booths, cut and pieced for quilts, worn as dresses, tops and skirts by the designers. If it can be covered or sewn with fabric, it’s there for you to see and touch.
It wasn’t [...]

What do you get when you cross a Melly & Me pattern with some cute Japanese fabric? My new purse!
I think everyone knows my love of Melly & Me by now, so it’s probably no surprise that I made yet another purse. This one was actually out of necessity; I literally wore out the Little [...]

There are times when I pick up a fabric and just know what it wants to be. This gorgeous cotton sateen from Lecien (Atelier Akiko) was just begging to be made into something from one of my Japanese sewing books. Something feminine, with clean lines that would really showcase the fabric.
Now that it’s done, I [...]