Enjoy a crisp day gathering fallen leaves. Spider lilies are in full bloom and the collards are just beginning to sprout. There’s a small flock of migrating birds overhead and your trusty wheelbarrow is by your side. Introducing a new embroidery project in the shop! Raking Leaves This project...
I made the Yanta Overalls by Helen's Closet and I love how they turned out! I used our fabric buttons in Tulip for the straps. The shank style of these buttons make them perfect for overalls. They also washed up just fine in the washing machine on a...
Yay! - Fabric Covered Buttons! These buttons have a shank backing which means there are no sewing holes on the top of the button, but a metal loop on the back. This allows the button to sit atop your fabric. In staying true to our mission of creating...
A few years ago Karen released her clever pattern, Modern Japanese Rice Pouch. A modern take on the Japanese Komebukuro, a traditional pouch used in Japan to carry rice offerings to the temple during religious ceremonies, or to hold gifts destined for a close friend or relative. Komebukuro bags were hand...
I've been knee deep in soil the past few weeks. It's our first year growing beets, broccoli and cabbage. I'm incredibly excited but also watching the little seedlings like a mama hawk to make sure nothing eats them in our hot, humid, not-very-fall-like weather. One of my tasks has been to...
"I think when I started painting from memory more literally and not from photographs of memories, which was during graduate school about 10 years ago, I thought I was painting a sort of whimsy, the way it feels to remember accumulated experiences around the same table or bed and how...
