People sometimes email me to ask what kind of sewing machine I use, thinking that because I have a business I must have some fancy schmantzy...

First off, let me apologize to all the people who left comments over the past week. I never received notification from Blogger so couldn...

Just a pretty photo for you today. Tiger lilies remind me so much of my grandmother, who died while I was in college. There was a long row o...

I found this very pretty embroidered runner at the flea market last weekend and wanted to show you how the rick rack was attached. It's ...

You know how I've been complaining that we didn't have a good strawberry crop this year and I've been buying them to make up for...

I never knew where that expression came from but it means going to ruin as in food that isn't fit for human consumption (i.e only good ...

I've mentioned before that I have several customers who buy buttons to make jewelry. And that I'm fascinated by button jewelry and, ...

Just my "two cents" and compiled after my recent flea market excursion on July 4th... 1. About timing. They say that you should ar...

Wow, can you believe it's July already? Maybe it's because it doesn't feel like July weather wise—too much rain, not enough heat...

Karen at First Fruit Flowers blogged about the custom sampler project I recently completed for her. You may remember this as the pattern I ...

I love to find vintage stamped-for-embroidery quilt blocks, even if it's just one or two blocks from a set. I might feel differently if ...

I got a suspiciously large amount of orders for buttons over the past few days. Not that I'm complaining—that's the whole point, is...

I know, its 5 am and I should be sleeping. But it was warm enough to leave the window open last night and I woke to the sound of hundreds of...

About fifteen years ago I developed a bad case of bursitis in my left hip. If you've ever had bursitis (and most people get it in elbows...

Look at this little guy. Found yesterday morning at the edge of my yard. I was out hanging the bird feeders (still not taking any chances le...

Yesterday afternoon I drove to a couple of my favorite nearby antique malls. I always look for cute and unusual examples of embroidery and I...

Even if I didn't know it was May I could tell that it was by the lilacs. When I was a kid living in New York we had huge lilac bushes b...

Where do you find vintage fabrics—aren't they really expensive? Yes, often they are. And, if you look in the usual places, you'll of...

I wrote this post while sitting in my car yesterday morning in a little notebook that I carry with me everywhere. You never know when inspir...

A walk in the woods this time of year doesn't seem like it would be all that exciting. It's only just starting to warm up and the wo...