It’s January. January brings us inside. If you live in a climate with seasons you will totally understand this post. It’s the time of year where you can find yourself hibernating and hibernating causes you to intensely scrutinize your surroundings. Just like the changing of the seasons when you find yourself appreciating a new leaf on a tree, a new shoot coming up from the ground….you will find yourself indoors

Here is where you go to sign up! Do it quickly! Class sizes are limited.  Event Sign Up Form Saturday, March 17th promises to be a wonderful day full of exciting events.  It will be located at the First Congregational Church in Ripon Wisconsin at 220 Ransom Street in the beautiful new, spacious and fabulously lit fellowship room. Saturday’s Events: Cost for full day of events $35 Check in begins

Classes: Classes are full day on Friday, March 16th at Ripon College. Sign in will take place in Todd Wehr Hall located on Ransom Street in Ripon Wisconsin. Classes begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. There will be a 1 hour break for lunch from 12:00-1:00. Students will be on their own for lunch and can enjoy lunch at one of the many dining establishments on Ripon’s main street, Watson Street

So I needed a new i-phone, for a number of reasons. And, yesterday, when I went to update my computer, it wouldn’t update. This necessitated a trip to the Apple Store in Madison. There are a number of options for Apple Stores in Wisconsin, all of them equal distance from my house, oddly enough. But, the one in Madison has the advantage of being close to my Bernina dealership, and

We had a wonderful time at our scarf clinic. We had 2 afternoons dedicated to making “Minky” scarves. I don’t like to use the term minky because it lumps in all of the other plush fabrics. We carry Shannon Cuddle in our shop. It is the highest quality minky type fabric. It sews up so much easier than all other brands. The plush doesn’t shed save for the cut edge.

These are my new kitchen window shades. They are made using my shade kits. The shade kits are so much fun. You can personalize them. How many, many times as a shop owner have I heard customers say “I love this fabric but I don’t know what to do with it”? Well, far too many. I just had to come up with a few things that people could use their

So a couple of months back I got this wild hair to make butterfly chairs. Why, you ask? Why does a man climb a mountain or a quilter make a quilt? Because they can! I love to use fabric for so many more things than just making quilts. I love fabric so I want to be doing something with it all the time, every day! I especially love the Shannon

I have finally made window shades for my bedroom. I found the perfect fabric. I knew that if I didn’t make them soon the fabric would be sold. So, I grabbed the Robert Kaufman fabric and went to town. Putting up the brackets is the part that takes me the longest to do. It’s incredibly easy, but I have to scout around and find the ladder, the drill, the drill

I have entered posts about sewing with ruffle fabric in the past, but there were a few specifics with this dress that I wanted to point out. First of all, people shouldn’t be afraid to sew with Ruffle Fabric. It looks scary initially but what you have to remember the whole time that you’re doing it is that it’s polyester. For some reason, polyester got a bad rap. We used