ten years (!)

ten years (!)

This month marks ten years since I started my West Coast Crafty blog – originally a monthly column for getcrafty.com about crafty life in my new home of Los Angeles with plenty of Portland in the mix, with interviews, reviews, and articles covering everything I was most excited about. It was a month before my…

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Quiltcon 2015!

Quiltcon 2015!

I leave for Austin tomorrow and I’m so excited for Quiltcon! I am doing two special events at the show and would love to see you at either (or both!) of them. On Thursday, I’m teaching a free sewing demo – making your own sashiko-style hand-stitched Pin-teresting Pincushions, with Denyse Schmidt Modern Solids and Coats…

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happy sewing

happy sewing

Well, hello, (February) 2015! I’ve been working on a whole bunch of new projects, and pretty swamped with boring track changes, hi-res images, and deadlines, but just wanted to share two things I’ve sewn lately that just make me happy. The colorful part makes all the rest of it worth it. So here are two…

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make it: wool Christmas stockings!

make it: wool Christmas stockings!

I sewed these stockings from remnants of some of my favorite Pendleton wools last year but didn’t have a chance to put a tutorial together until now. These are super fast to sew and very beginner-friendly, but you could customize them with any cool applique, needle-felted, or embroidery embellishment, too. Michelle even made me a…

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scraps, inc.

scraps, inc.

I’m thrilled to share my Harvest Gold Charm Bracelet quilt from Susanne Woods’ lovely new compilation book, Scraps, Inc., today! Susanne asked fifteen of us to each contribute an original quilt design that uses scraps, and I love the finished book. It’s beautifully designed and organized, and the quilt patterns are gorgeously varied – HSTs,…

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