One Spring during my college years I lived in Portugal and we had the most glorious lemon tree out our front door. Our hosts told us we could pick as many as we would like...and little did they know, we girls could drink a lot of freshly made lemonade. I didn't know about simple syrup back them so we just used straight sugar...and we would always have a ring of sugar around the bottom of our glasses, but by golly those were the best glasses of lemonade I have ever had. It was so hot outside ... View the Post
Understanding Differential Feed (For Sergers)
I have never really used a serger until recently...I didn't think I would actually use one very much (even if I could figure out how to use it). But boy was I wrong! ... View the Post
Easy Quilt Tutorial
When we did our quilt giveaway a month or so ago, I had several questions asked about how I put that quilt together. So, today I thought I would do a short easy quilt tutorial that you can make in an afternoon. This quilt-top is also a great scrap buster because you can use your big and small strips of 45 inch fabric to make up tons of tops for not a lot of money. Strip quilts were one of the very first quilt tops I started making, but I found that while 45 inches wide is a great size for ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask
(photo source) "In case of a loss of cabin pressure oxygen masks will automatically appear. Place your OWN mask over your OWN nose and mouth FIRST. Then help others who require assistance." Sooooo...what you're saying here is, " EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!!!" ? What a selfish, self serving, lousy set of instructions. ... View the Post
Babylock’s Common Threads Event
A couple weeks ago liZ and I had the opportunity to attend Babylock's Common Threads event. When we first saw the guest list of who was coming, liZ and I started wondering why in the world an invitation had come to us...because we are pretty much not even on the same caliber to be a room with these ladies. So many of them are masters in the art of sewing and well, we are just two moms who love to sew. And truthfully we were more than a bit scared to even be in the same room and introduce ... View the Post
Why I Sew
A little while ago RaeAnna invited us to take part in a series that poses the question "Why do you sew?". What a great question! What a fun series! But I'm not sure I have a fun answer.... You've all heard my story about crying the Christmas my mom gave my first sewing machine (how could she give me something so blatantly domestic?!?)....and the time I got kicked out of my junior high Home Ec. class for messing with peoples foot pedals (hilarious!)....and that time I got a cat stuck on my ... View the Post
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