Exciting news…
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Exciting news…

Kathy Mack’s Market Tote…her pattern is coming out soon!

Kathy Mack’s Mail Sack pattern.

Since returning to sewing nearly two years ago, one of my favorite places to visit online is Pink Chalk Fabrics. The owner of Pink Chalk, Kathy Mack, seems like such a lovely woman. She’s the kind of woman you just want to know- interesting and cool, but also normal and down-to-earth. When not blogging, sewing and running her shop, she designs patterns. Her sensibility is really fresh and clean. Her blog is fun and inspiring. I have long been drooling over her Mail Sack and Market Tote patterns and I have learned a lot looking at her perfect crisp points and helpful tutorials.

I sent Kathy an email telling her about my new line of patterns and I was so excited and honored when she actually placed an order. So here they are…my patterns on her site…click here to go see. Forgive me for sharing…I know this is only exciting to me…but I am so happy and grateful. read more

April 15, 2011
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And the GIVEAWAY winner is…

everybody! Thank you to all seven of you who commented on my first ever giveaway. Really, I am honored that I even have readers in the first place. So, thank you! And I am so excited about my new patterns that I’d love to share them with you. I love the suggestions you gave me and will certainly contact your favorite stores. Email me your addresses and I’ll mail your Puppet patterns out this week. read more

March 26, 2011
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First patterns…first giveaway!
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First patterns…first giveaway!


I am trying to write this post but I keep deleting the whole thing because I have no words (ah hem…for once.) I think the pictures above speak more clearly than I can (also a first!)

I have officially published the first-ever sewing patterns for two of my designs. It was a lot of work and it took a village. I am so grateful to the amazing friends I have in my life who helped me with the graphic design, photography, editing, and proofing of my patterns. I am absolutely excited beyond words. (Flip, Lisa, Cyndi, Val, Jill and Sarah…thank you for your help!) read more

March 19, 2011
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Valentines surprise
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Valentines surprise


from Mer Mag

I was fairly excited to drop-off the big boy today at school because it is Valentine’s Day. He picked out some cute valentines cards at Target and he signed each one by himself. His classroom was all excitement with bustling mamas everywhere. Tables were covered with pink & red hearts and decorations. I asked where I should put our Valentines and the teacher instructed me to put my bag “over there on that table…with all the other bags.” Umm. What bag? We just have this tiny stack of two inch cards. Wait, weren’t we given a mandate to not bring candy? read more

February 14, 2011
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Wonky Little Houses Pillows finished!
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Wonky Little Houses Pillows finished!





Hi. Here they are–my finished designs. I love the archetype of the little house and all that it might mean and stand-for as an icon. And then I just love birds. They are decoration for the ages. It seems that art history is filled with little birds…flitting about, bringing a bit of string…being birdies. When I was in art school, there was no insult more complete, no critique more insulting than to call something decorative. That would be like saying to someone’s face, “There is nothing in your heart or mind. You are a ninny and the work you make is meaningless.” Except that would be kind compared to calling something decorative. I could wield that knife-like critique with the rest of them. read more

February 13, 2011
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Wonky Little Houses…almost finished
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Wonky Little Houses…almost finished



Hi! Here they are…almost finished! I just have to put on the piping/binding. Am so excited because they have been sitting in an unfinished state for months. I’ll be teaching a class on this Wonky Little House design (as a mini-quilt or pillow) this spring over here and I am publishing the pattern soon. My fabulous and wonderful dad swooped in over Thanksgiving and bought me a Bernina. He believes in me. Always has. In fact, he knows way more about fabrics and sewing and construction than I ever will- so he gets it. He totally gets why I needed a really good machine. And he is the best dad in the whole world. Want to go into business with me, Pops? I need a partner. We could sell pillows and puppets? read more

February 3, 2011
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Pin-cushion swap
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Pin-cushion swap




I attended a fun pin-cushion swap today hosted by the Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild. Look how pretty they all are. I made one of Cindy Taylor Oat’s little cupcakes. It was sort of crooked so I just added some beads and hoped for the best! The last time I made these cupcakes I was in labor. Really. I made nine cupcakes to give to each of the women attending my baby blessing– but I was running late so I sewed late into the night the night before the shower. It was a few weeks before my due date but I was already in that altered state of birth the day of the blessing…and little Lu was born the next morning. read more

December 12, 2010
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Couture cards
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Couture cards













Made these couture, hand-embroidered and beaded holiday cards with all of the left-overs from the Craft Rave. I think they are real purty. I was originally inspired by the simple cards in the latest Sunset magazine here…but they were a little too simple so I embellished them. Now I ask you, how does a person make money from putting so much love into a card? The answer is…I don’t have any idea…but it is good for the spirit. Here is the picture from Sunset: read more

December 12, 2010
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