Preparing for Easter 2014

This is by far my least favorite time of the year. Between giv­ing up dai­ly plea­sures dur­ing Lent, doing tax­es, and the gloomy weath­er, I dread March and ear­ly April! Despite all these things, there’s one thing that does light­en the mood…sewing my 2014 East­er dress! Again I’m design­ing an East­er dress inspired by my babcha. This time I’m using some of her old fab­ric rather than spend­ing count­less hours doing...

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Last Sep­tem­ber, I was able to vis­it some of the girls I babysat for while I was in col­lege. These girls were some of the first peo­ple to receive my one-of-a-kind quilt­ed hand­bags. In fact, I can remem­ber bring­ing over the fab­ric squares to their house, so that they could design their purses! Now a few years lat­er, they’re design­ing more than just hand­bags! This time, I asked them to...