Category Archives: sewing

I have one sort-of, close enough finish to report today.  I finished our living room Roman shades back in November 2012.  Sadly, I made a pretty fatal design flaw, which resulted in some ugly sun fading.  Plus the adhesive on … Continue reading →

After a three-week break (because I had nothing to report), I’m happy to announce two finishes today! 1. I finally finished Mark’s birthday quilt, only 2 months late! I sewed the last of the binding down this morning. I’ll do … Continue reading →

Over two years ago, my friend Julie found me a great pair of jeans at a thrift store for just a few dollars.  Only problem?  They were longs and I am not that tall (5’4″ to be exact).  So, for … Continue reading →

I came disastrously close to not having anything to share this week.  I used up my weekend sewing time on two new projects (these baby blankets) and then I’ve had a sad, sick boy on my hands this week.  Thankfully, … Continue reading →

I just finished one thing this week – Nik’s T-shirt quilt!  I need a helper around to take pictures of the whole thing so I’ll post them in a separate post.  But here’s proof of the finished applique! “Snoozer” and … Continue reading →

I did all the fast, easy projects last week so I don’t have many to cross off the list this week.  But I am making progress on finishing up Nik’s quilt.  I also fixed the office shades (a couple of … Continue reading →

It’s definitely a good thing that I decided to publicize my intention to finish my WIP’s! 🙂  This week, I got a bit more work done on Mark’s quilt (although I still need two more blue prints so I’m at … Continue reading →

I must confess to feeling a bit superior over the last couple years as I came across posts in the sewing blog world about all the WIPs (works in progress) that people had. “I don’t sew that way,” I liked … Continue reading →