Thankfully I’d only used the old thread on some of the seams and they were closer to the bottom of

I’ve had a couple different versions of a design wall for my quilts (I just keep making it bigger

The struggle (that I create for myself) is real

Big thanks to Jeanna over at for her actually helpful video you should be watching instead of mine

I mean, everything could totally be blue and white… but when I was redoing the site this summer I

After mending the huge holes on these 501’s, I’m now reinforcing and patching some of the smaller

After finishing my cityscape quilt I really needed a fun mini project I could do in a couple hours,

If you were to invite me to a Halloween party, I wouldn’t go because I’m an introvert, but if I did

You might be thinking “wouldn’t it be easier to just buy a new exercise top?” And you wouldn’t be

I’ve never started a quilt thinking about it hanging in a future show

It’s SCRAP SF’s annual fundraiser auction and I’m super excited to be donating one of my original

Along this week’s theme of fails… 😂 No really, I started to record myself hand-sewing my little

Sometimes I sew stuff with no planning and it goes super well and fits great

I had to do one more

I can’t sew the denim faces on my quilt yet because first I have to make stop motion films with

I still have some scraps leftover… should I make a hat?? 😂 I really love this vest(?) thing

I’ve been working on this one a bit every week

I got a lot of questions about how the inside seams were finished and how I controlled the bulk

We got a ton more vintage Sunbonnet Sue blocks in at this week, they are in the yarn sale that’s

These were inspired by which is probably my favorite denim brand out there right now

What an honor and much needed joy for SCRAP to be recognized last night at the San Francisco

I finished this little free tutorial and it has a video and a PDF guide/pattern thing

Free patchwork card tutorial - upcycle your old jeans and make denim art! #diygreetingcards

Besides all my Liberty I’m going to be letting go of some vintage blocks and fabric, and a bunch of

Fabric selvedge - why it's a love/hate relationship #zerowastesewing

This weekend I packaged this finished piece up and sent it back to Brandy, so I thought it was time

I almost forgot to celebrate #fogust 😅

When I was 10 years old I won a box of cheese at a Jazzercise charity aerobathon

My new favorite way to upcycle a logo t-shirt or sweatshirt is to embroider over the logo

Checkerboard T-shirt quilt, hand-tied #zerowastecraft #slowfashion

Upcycled Patchwork sweatshirt from indigo scraps #thriftflip #sustainablesewing #upcycledclothing

I was so happy to get to connect with Jaki at her store when I was in Monterey earlier this week

Just because I promote buying secondhand fabric, doesn’t mean I don’t support local fabric stores

I’ve actually been meaning to revisit these because I planned to add a bunch more hand-stitching to

I do a lot of guild lectures on zoom (have a group you want me to speak to? Email me!) and while

I’ve mentioned a couple times, I’ll used vintage everything except thread

I’m really not joking

Back in January at the BERNINA Ambassador retreat in Chicago, someone came up with a super fun idea:

I was so done with this quilt

Who is this mysterious overall-ed figure?? I got a couple suggestions already, and I’m leaning

It’s kind of a joke at our mending clinics, I try to hide (Homer Simpson walking back into a bush

Leaving my house with my BERNINA last Wednesday, upcycled and patchworked, headed to my mending

Every time I see this block I’m reminded how beautiful simplicity can be

It’s foggy here

I got this t-shirt from at an event they organized on the 4th to raise money for Mission Action, a

No judgement here, just some thoughts on how we can look at stuff differently

Is it a rhetorical question? It’s not really

Checkerboard T-shirt quilt #upcycledclothing #tshirtquilt