I’ve loved the The Dresden Plate/Circle  design ever since I saw my friend Jen sewing one while ago.  It was a really popular quilt design in the 1920’s and 1930’s and I think it’s so fun and pretty. 

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I have too many half-finished quilts right now to start a [...]

I’ve been working on this little cathedral pillow for a few weeks and it’s finally finished!

I used this tutorial from Warmth in the North to make the pillow.  Cathedral quilts involve a lot of folding & ironing (it’s basically origami with fabric) and a lot of hand-sewing, so it was a time-consuming (but fun) project. [...]

Early today, I met up with my parents for lunch in the little town of Granville. We found a new, really cute little yarn shop called “Wisp” owned by a British lady.  I loved the muted tones of all the yarn she had there.  It was a really lovely little store and made me want [...]

A few new items in our Handmade Hope store:

100% of the proceeds will benefit Ethiopian Orphan Relief.

One of my favorite crafty blogs is “Wee Wonderfuls.”  Everything Hillary Lang makes is absolutely darling and she also has a store where you can buy her adorable little doll and embroidery patterns.  Here are a few that I love:

I finally broked down and bought a pattern for these precious little bunnies… they melted my heart with their [...]

When I saw a link to this darling dahlia brooch tutorial on J. J. Heller’s blog, I decided it would be a fun craft for this weekend.   It took me a few hours to finish -longer than I thought – but that is probably because I sewed it instead of gluing it together.
Here’s how [...]

I’ve been making a few things lately… and all of these (along with many others made by some lovely friends) will be available to purchase with proceeds going to a great cause…. more details to come soon!

On Friday, Funnel and I went on a date to our local wing joint and then downtown to the Columbus Arts Festival.  The Arts Festival is one of the things I look forward to most each summer.  Artists from all over the country come, and you can stroll around with a glass of wine or [...]

I am so excited about one of my summer projects:
fixing up my sewing nook. 
Right off of our kitchen is a large closet that was originally supposed to hold our washer and dryer.  But when we bought the house, Funnel and I decided that the noise and mess of a tiny laundry room spilling into the kitchen wasn’t such a [...]

After work last night, I was exhausted.  I just wanted to lay on the couch under a blanket and watch some  movies on Funnel’s Xbox that I had queued up through Netflix.   As I started my movie, my hands felt empty as I lay there.  I needed to do something – sew, knit,  journal.  I was rummaging [...]