We might have a very rare chance at a white Christmas this year, thanks to El Nino. Considering it's not sticking, though, I'm not s...

In October, a friend at work commissioned me to make a shawl for his mom for Christmas. He offered to pay, but really, it took so many hours...

This week, my post on Warehouse Fabrics Inc.'s blog is about these funky, super-cute elf stockings in fun fabrics that give your Chris...

I loved my first gray jersey top made from Burda 7866 so much that I decided to make another one in a more interesting print. For some reas...

I ordered these blocking mats from knitpicks recently and am using them for the first time. Unfortunately, they are not as big as I expect...

Some friends of Mark's like to hunt and have three beautiful hunting dogs. Me, I'm not very outdoorsy, and I'm more of a cat per...

I know, nobody probably reads this blog anymore. I have been so busy and not feeling particularly great, either. My lack of posting is pathe...

I recently made this jacket for the Warehouse Fabrics Inc. blog . Check it out for more information. It was time-consuming, but not necessar...

This poor eucalyptus. It's always forced to wear something or another, like this towel that my husband could not carry up the stairs but...

Meet me at Mike's had this blogger's theme for this week. What are you greeted by when you return home? I'm greeted by warm col...

A friend of mine at work asked me to make a shawl for his mom for Christmas. He's paying for supplies, I offered to give my time. Only I...

I seem to have always been stuck in an all-or-nothing mind-set. If I can't clean the whole house at once, I'm not going to clean any...

Once upon a time, I bought some nice, soft, gray jersey fabric at the thrift store. I didn't know what to do with it, until I saw this B...

Oh, gosh. Have I been busy. I really haven't been posting much. Well, one reason for that is because I'm posting somewhere else. I h...

I work for a newspaper. Phone rings last night at 11 p.m.: Me: Journal City Desk (purposely leave name off, since anyone calling at this ti...

AKA Clothesline Quilt from Oh, Fransson. Remember this project? Probably not, because as gung-ho as I was about it in March, once I finally...

I wrote recently about a project that is special to me. It's a piece of partially finished embroidery sent to me from South Africa to c...

My favorite: Porterhouse Pumpkin Bundt Cake from "Pie in the Sky," a high-altitude baking book. With "snow white icing,"...

Remember my first Uptown Coat by Favorite Things? It was sort of ... loud? Weird? I don't know, but I still like it. I made the short v...

Long story short: I was on Flickr, visiting an embroidery group, and found this piece of embroidery that the owner just didn't feel like...