Book Review: Lotta Jansdotter’s Simple Sewing

I finally got a chance to sit down and do a couple of projects from Lotta Jansdotter’s book, Simple Sewing. The book design is very much like her fabrics – minimalist design, organic prints, and funky colors. There are 24 sewing projects separated by the headings COOK, GO, NEST, and ORGANIZE. It probably says something about my [...]

Skating With Scissors

Michelle from Keyka Lou Patterns just tipped me to a great craft fair happening this weekend here in Portland. It is called Skating With Scissors and is being hosted by our local roller derby heroes, the Rose City Rollers. Yay! The RCR girls will be attending this free event and I’m sure  are just as [...]

New Year/Old Pants

PZ started her second year of preschool last Wednesday. While going through her clothes to see what all we needed to buy for the back to school season, I found she’d grown out of ALL her pants, even those I’d taken the hems out of. Luckily the elastic waistbands all still fit just fine.

Show Some Love Portlanders!

Knittn’ Kitten, located at 7530 N.E. Glisan St., is one of those great little shops that nobody knows about, but everybody should. A thrift fabric/craft store that always has what I need and cool stuff I didn’t even know I wanted. Vintage fabrics galore and great prices, definitely one of my favorite spots in town. So when I [...]

Two for Two

Anne, one of my bestest of buddies, just had her second daughter and since we were out of town for the big event I decided to try and make up for it with a quilt. Nothing says “I love you” like cotton. Anyway this is the second quilt I’ve made. I used Lotta [...]