I have looked and looked through the pattern books for y’all!  And I have to say, I didn’t find as much to like as I usually do in a new season.  But I’ve managed to dig up a few promising patterns for you to stitch up this fall… (I, meanwhile, will only be working on my wedding dress!  I wish I had extra time to make some of these...

A few weeks ago, I went to Boston to visit friends and see what had changed around my old stomping grounds.  You know how when you live somewhere, you never get around to doing certain things that visitors and tourists make a point of doing?  Like how when I lived in New York I never got around to visiting the Statue of Liberty even though I really did want to....

So, I mentioned that I’ve been out of the loop the past few weeks.  One of the reasons I’ve been gone from the blog lately is that my grandma passed away about three weeks ago.  I’ve been spending a lot of time with my family, and before that I was visiting her in the hospital pretty frequently.  I was close with her–I used to call her and...

I love Jane Brocket.  She is one of my all-time favorite, go-to-her-blog-and-instantly-be-inspired, great-book-writing crafters.  She has a new knitting book that literally just came out and my mom (also a Brocket fanatic) got the UK edition when it came out last month.  So I got a sneak preview!  I thought I’d tell you guys about the new book and also...

Last weekend I participated in the (very crafty) closing night festivities for Art|Everywhere.  In fact, I actually spent a lot of last week preparing for it too!  Art|Everywhere is this really cool event we have in Norfolk where Granby Street is turned into a huge art gallery with juried art installations in many of the shop windows.  It’s in its second...