Another month brings a new block of the month assignment! Which, of course, means I've spent the morning making my own printable quilting ruler so I wouldn't have to buy the one required for this month's blocks. This month we were cutting down a circle into an octagon using a 5 1/2" ruler- a perfect job for a paper substitute if you ask me! Click here to download your own five and a half inch ... View Post
Independent Pattern Companies vs the Big Four
Ok, I fully admit that I might appear to have a pretty biased opinion on this topic, seeing as how I run my own independent pattern company. But the truth is, I'm neither for or against either type of pattern. I have, however, spent the past few years getting myself very familiar with the world of sewing pattern publishing and have found some very interesting pros and cons to both ... View Post
Pattern Review: Oatmeal the Snowman Knitting Pattern
Every January I get a crazy POTS flair. Every year I know it's because I did too much in December, causing my body to retaliate by forcing me to stay in bed for weeks afterwards. And every year as soon as December rolls around, I do it all over again. The holidays are just hard tone down! Especially when you have to tone it down to chronic illness levels (aka: basically never doing ... View Post
The First 4 Things to Try When Your Sewing Machine Acts Out
I learned how to sew when I was young. I'm still surprised that my mom trusted me enough to let me sew on her super nice machine. Inevitably something would go wrong (I mean, I was 8 years old. Of course something was going to go wrong!). I'd sew a seam only to find a mess of thread underneath or the machine would stop sewing even stitches (or a hundred other things). I'd run upstairs and ... View Post
3 Rules to Make Sewing Less Scary
You know who you are. Your pinterest account is full of sewing projects you'll get to...some day. You share closet space with your sewing machine... still in the box it arrived in two Christmases ago. You really ARE going to learn how to sew, you're just waiting to find a project that you feel like you can actually finish. If these descriptions sound familiar, I'm sorry, but you probably ... View Post
DIY Vacation Christmas Ornaments
This year we headed to the coast just after Christmas for our Geilf the Elf delivery with Marika and her kids. It was seriously the best trip. The perfect location, the ocean beautiful, the weather warm enough to play outside. A perfect way to start creating happy memories during a time in life when unhappy memories seem to create themselves more often than necessary. God really did grant us ... View Post
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