Well, now. You may be wondering just how many times I can possibly post images of handmade booties/slippers, and the answer is: infinitely. Especially when they're adorably miniaturized like these. I did it, my friends. I finished teaching my last class of the year, which included a quick overview of how to make these cuties shown above. If there is interest, I can sell the pattern and tutorial on my shop? Let me know. I've also been working on a couple of books this year and those are ... Read more

Image taken at Luna Liquida Hotel, Puerto Vallarta I am married to a doomsday prepper. Our basement is filled with vats of powdered emergency food stuffs, oxygen bags, industrial outdoor gear, large plastic containers of water, hazmat suits, and more. There’s even an ice pick hanging on the wall, which he used for mountaineering with a friend, but I’m pretty sure that it’s part of his apocalypse arsenal. He’s researched generators and studied blueprints for bunkers. At one point he ordered ... Read more

By the time I submitted my final draft of Sewing Love back in late 2021, I had sewn hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of test and photoshoot-ready muslins and garments. You know that my tendency is to overdo things, and boy, I overdid the overdoing. I hate to admit it, but I was well and truly sewed out. I developed an uneasy and complicated relationship with my sewing machine (I still loved it but felt resentful of how time-sucky it had become, tethered to seemingly never-ending ... Read more

Happy end of November! Did you have a gratitude-filled holiday weekend? Mine was good and hearty and on the quiet side. It’s my personal tradition to work on K’s advent calendar around this time of year, and I’m almost done. Because I know that K has zero interest in my blog, it’s safe to share some images here.  As per usual, I wanted to use what I have on hand. Remember my Swedish tracing paper flower advent calendar? This one is a similar concept, though far less complicated. I am in ... Read more

Happy almost 2022! I'm still in disbelief that 2021 is about to end, how about you? We're buried in snow here in Seattle, experiencing unfamiliar subarctic temps. I haven't driven for a week, though my intrepid husband ventured out to attempt to swim in Lake Washington three days ago. It's his thing. Similar to Wim Hoff -- aka The Iceman -- M is a devout believer in the power of cold water swimming to cure all ailments. He's been doing it since the pandemic started and it appears to work since ... Read more