And Sew It Goes

  • Balancing Color & Style, A Creative Challenge

    When my nieces each asked me to make quilts for their daughters, I was more than happy to say yes. Through this process, I learned something important: there has to be something in each  project for me, too. Selfish? Maybe. Sensible? Absolutely. I worked with the color palettes they gave me based on their children’s…

  • Sewing With Whimsy and Hope

    Winter has barreled through and left behind snow– lots of it. This is a time of year that begs for color, brightness, and hope that warmer days promise. Months ago I bought these fabrics simply because I was drawn to their vivid color and cheerful energy.  I had a plan in mind: to practice making…

  • Fabric Bits & Pieces

    This post is a part of the Stash Stories, a series about fabric, creativity, and the stories behind what we save. Each post explores a piece of my fabric stash- where it came from, why it matters, and what it’s teaching me about making, memory, and possibility.  Part of any fabric stash is made up…

  • Thrifted Finds

    This post is a part of the Stash Stories, a series about fabric, creativity, and the stories behind what we save. Each post explores a piece of my fabric stash- where it came from, why it matters, and what it’s teaching me about making, memory, and possibility.  Fabric stores aren’t as prolific as they once…

  • Homespun Goodness

    This post is a part of the Stash Stories, a series about fabric, creativity, and the stories behind what we save. Each post explores a piece of my fabric stash- where it came from, why it matters, and what it’s teaching me about making, memory, and possibility. I’m collecting homespun for projects not yet named.…

  • Stash Stories

    Fabric has a way of finding us. Sometimes we buy it for a specific purpose; sometimes simply because it’s beautiful and it has to come home with us. We may use it right away (in which case it doesn’t add to the fabric stash but the finished project stash instead), save it for the right…

  • Fiber Arts & Social Justice

    25 Million Stitches As I thought about the stitches my machine sewed over the past year – two million of them — I was reminded of a powerful exhibit I saw at the WIsconsin museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts: 25 Million Stitches. I visited it two years ago, yet it has stayed with me.…

  • Two Million Stitches

    What My Sewing Machine Taught Me This Year Because I am naïve. Because I don’t concern myself with such things. Because, because, because. I took my sewing machine in for servicing over the holiday. It seemed like the perfect time for its yearly tune-up. A week later, I received a message: my machine was ready…

  • A Year’s Learning in Review

    This year, I spent a good deal of time sewing, quilting, and learning. I love to learn and made a point of trying a few new things. I’m not much of a directions person, so I often set them aside and figure things out on my own. I return to the instructions only after making…

  • Quilting Memories

    That same old quilt—though only a throw—still had a lot of life left in it. I repurposed it by adapting a quilt design I’d seen at a quilt show and made a handmade throw for my daughter and her husband. As you can see, the design reflects their love of Paris.  The quilt is a…

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