It’s midnight and I’m leaving town in 8 hours. So what am I doing? Sewing. I just made a fancy silk (well, imitation silk) pillowcase. It’s another Christmas gift. Of course, I wrapped it up as soon as I finished it and forgot to take a picture. I’ll take one once that gift has been [...]

Although I have been making bags and other things, the main thing I have been working on lately is a quilt. Remember, that quilt the woman in the fabric store thought for sure I couldn’t finish by Christmas? I’m still working on it, but it will be finished some time tomorrow. This is convenient, since [...]

I’ve been sewing like a maniac lately. I’ve renamed my office “Santa’s Little Sweatshop.” SciFi Man has been helping out, too. He baked up a big batch of cookies over the weekend. (The sugar cookies were particularly delicious.) Yesterday, we shipped off a batch of cookies to family, and a bag I made for his [...]

As the holidays fast approach, this blog seems to suffer a bit. My handmade holiday project list is long, and I’ve been working hard on it (and end-of-the-semester school tasks.) I’d love to share my entire list here, but I don’t want to give away all my secrets to possible recipients. I guess that’s the [...]