Like many of you, I am blessed with my very own sewing room, but it’s still a relatively new thing for me. A couple of years ago, my husband and I were still living in a very cute but very tiny 500 square foot apartment, and my “sewing room” consisted of a card table crammed… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Erica Horton
My Modern Domestic Life: One Top, Six Ways
Have you ever found a pattern or project that is so easy and satisfying that you obsessively make not one, not two but SIX of the same thing? This summer I’ve been churning out top after top from Simplicity pattern 2599. I stumbled across this pattern on patternreview.com’s list of Top 10 Patterns for 2010… Read more »
Backpacks: for Picnics, Parks, and the Pool
Just in time for summer adventure, I made new backpacks for the girls. After a look at the darling Penguin version from the Oliver+S book Little Things to Sew, I knew I had finally found the perfect pack pattern. I have made other backpacks for them; one was a super simple nap-sack version with no… Read more »
Family Portrait
You know, it’s pretty rare for all of us to be at the store at the same time, but this afternoon the stars aligned. We’re always happy to be together; giggling, (us girls more than Tony the Tiger, he mostly rolls his eyes and snickers lovingly at us) sharing funny non-MD stories (Michelle usually takes… Read more »
What is Intermediate anyway?
Like many sewing establishments, we list our classes by skill level. But how do you define skill in this wide world of sewing? I have been sewing for 15 years and am probably a solid intermediate sewist with guts. Here are my thoughts, on what it takes to fall into one of these categories, and… Read more »