Uncategorized – Reclaimed for Good

Sewing with Kids – Hand Embroidery

Sewing with Kids – Hand Embroidery Tips

How to Baste Your Quilt – T-Shirt Quilt Series Week 6

**Check out this post for the series overview and printable checklist!** In Week 6 of our T-Shirt Quilt Sewalong, we’re going to square up our quilt tops and baste together a quilt sandwich. I like to do both of these steps on my kitchen floor. Not only does it give me enough space to completelyContinue reading “How to Baste Your Quilt – T-Shirt Quilt Series Week 6”

How Sewing a Sunhat Solidified a Dream

The three frustrating hours I spent stumbling through a sunhat pattern with unclear instructions and mislabeling drove home my desire to write patterns specifically for reclaimed and sentimental textiles. Careful labeling can be the difference between a finished project or one abandoned due to incorrect cutting and running out of a specific fabric. Thorough, clear instructions can be the difference between despair and joy while sewing.

Toddlers, Church, and Rodeos

I’m on my fifth rodeo involving parenting a toddler in church. Rodeo, I say, because containing a toddler in the pew and riding a bucking bronco are pretty much the same thing sometimes.

Be the change.

We can all “be the change” in different ways. Mine is through sewing, living slowly, and loving my family. And it’s a work in progress. Every day.