Lyn shared this adorable picture from one of her last days at the Tam Ky orphanage. Can you pick out the boy hidden in a dress? I only have my guess, but I know his name is Khang and no one batted an eye about putting him in one of the dresses we made. This […]
Have I told you how much I enjoy teaching people how to sew? It’s a surprise even to me! I mean, I knew I liked teaching after leading the EFL classes in Vietnam and it’s blatantly obvious that I love sewing, but putting the two together has been a slow merger. Silly, I know. This
Thanks to each and every person who helped out with my sewing drive last fall. I think we may have lost one box along the way, but I realized with this last shipment that if I forked over the extra for Express Mail, it really does get there faster. I mailed two boxes last Friday
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Thanks to the support of Gen Q mag and Teri (craktpot on Flickr) I was able to pay for a second box of items. I paid for this first one, filled with pants and dresses. And they paid for this box, double the size and cost, but filled with 40 Popover dresses, 12 pairs of
Sewists , crafters and quilters are always willing to lend a hand and thanks to the help of dozen, in 2012 I was able to gather more than 200 items for the children in Tam Ky. Since then I have sent package to the Quang Nam Baby Orphanage as my own budget afforded. As more
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Learn more about interlining and interfacing for couture jackets so I can re-do my daughter’s and make it perfect. Print out these maps and make something cool. Make this tote/clutch, even without the tutorial (it seems to have completely disappeared?) Make every item in the new Stuffed Animals book by Abby Glassenberg.
Finally got one of Great Grandma Massingill’s quilt tops from my mom. She’s been holding onto three of them since her grandmother passed away in the mid-80s. For nearly thirty years they’ve just been waiting for someone to finish making them into quilts. Well, the time has come.
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I’m proud to say I’ve been on Threadbis since the beginning. I’m not even sure how I stumbled onto it early last spring, but I did. It’s been inspiring watching the site grow and develop, adding more sewists and quilters every day. They were super great in helping me spread the word about last fall’s
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Thanks to a lovely woman named Lyn, I get to share these wonderful pictures of the kids in Tam Ky wearing some of the dresses made for our sewing drive last fall. How cute are they?! I recently had the chance to talk with the folks at Generation Q magazine and they were so encouraging.
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When Sara at Sew Sweetness released new patterns a couple weeks back, I knew I wanted to try it. I’m slowly working up to doing the Amy Butler Weekender bag by trying other bags along the way. Y’know, break down my fear a little and figure out what works and what doesn’t before I get
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