Welcoming Fall: Happy Autumn Equinox!
Saturday is the official first day of fall (also my birthday!), and the second of the harvest festivals. It's a time to take stock,…
Saturday is the official first day of fall (also my birthday!), and the second of the harvest festivals. It's a time to take stock,…
What a week this has been! My plans for garden related projects and daily painting went off the rails as I caught up on…
One of the really cool things about writing a blog - or probably writing anything, really - is that what you write sticks around,…
When we first moved into our house years ago, it was late October, and the yard was full of question marks. Most of the…
We've got something really, really exciting going on over here! For years - since right after we moved into our house almost 14 years…
It's that time of year again. Summer is winding down, we're in full-on back-to-school mode, and I am craving the structure and routine that…
We have a new free pattern on the website! The pattern uses the cheater panel from the new In the Garden collection to make…
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I’ve had an old quilt hoop banging around in my fabric closet for years now. I’ve used it a couple of times, but usually it lives…
So, last week my husband had surgery on his upper jaw. We knew it was coming, and had been planning for it for a while, so…
rice paddies… fishing boats fisherman in jimbaran, bali.
A few months ago, my husband and I got to spend a couple weeks in Indonesia. Though there were many, many wonderful experiences on the trip,…
I’ve been busy sewing all kinds of things with my new monaluna fabrics, and this is the latest edition: I’ll take some better pictures this weekend,…
Who was the genius who thought up the logo T? I’ve been doing an informal study on my walks around Lake Merritt lately, and I’m amazed…
I grew up in Minnesota where we didn’t have farmers’ markets in winter. The long vendor stalls that bustle with people and an explosion of fruits…
By now, we’ve all gotten the memo: the economy’s not looking so good. So maybe it’s time to trade in the Saturday afternoon shopping sprees and…
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