Here’s a cute idea to freshen up your projects! I'm still on a mission to use up my stash and scraps, including these little crumb packs...

How about a super quick way to make gift cards or gift tags for Christmas?! And yes, it involves your sewing machine ;) Haha!  I bought a...

Or four 2½” strips? How about a cute Christmas stocking?! You know me and my funny little scrap projects. I had some remnant pieces from...

Just this week, I've had an overwhelming desire to put my Christmas tree up! I always wait until after Thanksgiving, but this year...

I can’t believe this worked! I have a faint memory of a fun 4H project from a million years ago. We used rubber stamps and velvet...

I have been on the road teaching quite a bit these last couple of weeks, so Crystal compiled this fun blog about the history and use of...

Now is a great time of year to get your sewing machine in for a spa day! While everyone is out enjoying the sun, and in their gardens,...

This past week, we celebrated my favorite invention with National Sewing Machine Day on June 13th. You have to marvel at this amazing...

You can find all kinds of cute bag making supplies these days. But, it wasn't always that way. Years ago, we made beach bags out of...

Have you ever had your thread break, or fray right at the needle, and you couldn't figure out what the problem was? I’ve had this happen...

Just this week, I lost the sketch I was working on under a pile of fabric, and it took way too long to find where it had gone! It’s hard...

It’s time to change out the snowflake throw pillows in my living room, now that we are well into spring, haha! This week, I had the idea...

Here goes another crazy scrap idea! I know you are shocked ;) It's looking a little like spring here in the PNW, and pretty soon we'll...

You know what’s better than a four leaf clover? Well, uh, a five leaf clover of course. I mean four leaves on a clover are so overrated...

I have a pretty good stash of neutrals and low volume fabrics. I save the most trivial little strips for the “someday” projects that need...

I know it’s the day before Christmas, but I just had to share this ornament idea! You know, just in case you need a fun little project to...

It’s that time of year again… when everyone is scrambling for little last-minute gift ideas and small bits and bobs to fill the...

Metallic thread can glitz up the simplest project in a fast way. It’s fun to use as topstitching or embellishment, and if you do free...

I bet you can’t make just one ; I've made so many little box-bottom bags for all sorts of people and projects (they make great...

I had a crazy idea this week while walking the aisles of the craft store. It started with fabric-covered pumpkins and morphed into this...