Transform, II

Another of those patchwork zakka bags I love sewing so much: This one is being sent off today as a belated birthday gift. And so, without wanting to ruin the surprise for the recipient, I’ll just say I am so very lucky to have her in my life. {Also, I think...

A Southern Affair

I attended a wedding last weekend in New Orleans for one of my colleagues. Being a polite pain in the ass, she refused to tell me where she’d registered and I was unsure of giving money. While I know everyone loves receiving money, I like giving something...

Kitchen Therapy

With this much work travel on my schedule, it feels like therapy to have the time to stand in my own kitchen and cook a meal. This week: New Orleans. Next month: Indiana, Texas, and likely Texas again. Thank goodness I’ve got good folk to stay in my home and...

Zakka Sewing

I’ve been trying to talk myself into doing some larger patchwork projects. Not quite a quilt, but I have several larger projects in mind I’ve been plotting. Also, I have a growing pile of scrappy pieces of cute fabric that need a good home. Sometimes I go...