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blog tour stop 8 :: happy little cottage

I have admired Debbie over at Happy Little Cottage since I first joined Instagram, years ago. Her sense of color and sewing skills are just perfection. In fact, she introduced me to my new favorite way to quilt  a quilt–with straight, wavy lines. I love […]

blog tour stop 6 :: chick chick sewing

The talented Amy of Chick Chick Sewing is up on the tour today. As the author of the wonderful book Zakka Handmades, she stitches up all kinds of adorable, useful, zakka projects. She’s done it again with the project she chose from Sew Illustrated , complete with […]

blog tour stop 4 :: down grapevine lane

Sedef at the lovely Down Grapevine Lane is sharing her creations from Sew Illustrated today over on her blog. I love how she mixed and matched designs from many different projects to created her own, one-of-a-kind creations. Her new line Sweet Orchard is absolutely perfect for these […]

blog tour stop 3 :: zakka art

Today’s stop on the Sew Illustrated blog tour is the talented Wynn over at Zakka Art. Wynn is a master hand stitcher. She creates stunning projects beginning to end that are completely hand sewn. But she pulled out her sewing machine to create a few projects […]

sew illustrated blog tour starts today!

Today is the first day of the Sew Illustrated Blog Tour! We have put together an all-star group of makers to share their projects from Sew Illustrated with you. It all kicks off at the C&T Publications blog. I hope that you will join us […]

pretty playtime quilts :: butterfly block

Back to the sewing room for this fun block. Again, I’m amazed at the clever construction of the blocks that Elea has created! As usual, I stitched this beauty up Sunday afternoon, just in time to catch the last of the light to photograph it. […]

pretty playtime quilts

My sewing machine was in the shop this week–so unfortunately, I don’t have much to show. But, to satisfy the sewing itch, I cut out the next block. The good news is, my sewing machine is no longer skipping stitches–which it started doing at a most […]

slow stitching

  Have you heard of the Slow Stitching Movement? It’s all about process over product. Take your time and enjoy–there’s no finish line. It’s a frame of mind that I have to remind myself to be in–today’s world is so rush, rush, rush! But our sewing […]

sew illustrated video tutorial

In case you missed it on the C&T Publishing blog yesterday, check out our video tutorial for one of the projects in the book. Share List

the story behind sew illustrated

Minki and I posted about our book on the C&T Blog today: The concept for this book goes back almost three years, when at the start of a new school year, Kristin was walking her son to school and noticed that a new family had […]