I just discovered the Marmadaisy blog . She’s started a Fat Quarter Friday series offering tutorials using fat quarters; there are five in t...

It’s warming up here in Tucson—very soon we’ll be in the triple digits. This means swimming pool time. I dug out my collection of swimsuits ...

Do you “bring in the May”? We do at our house. Source: Chambers’ Book of Days “May Day is one of the corner days which fall between the sola...

My sister wanted to toss her porch furniture because the cushions had fallen apart and the metal frames were pitted and rusted. Connie wante...

Sashiko (which means little stabs) is an old Japanese hand-sewing technique originating in rural areas of Japan. It involves a decorative ru...

Here is the second of the t-shirts I embroidered and mailed off to Kelli on Friday—a simple baseball. Last Thursday night I attended a Side...

Kelli at Africankelli put out a request for assistance in gathering t-shirts (gently used or new) which she’ll take to Nicaragua in May and...