For the past couple of months, my weekly vegetable allotment has included big bags of salad greens, oftentimes the scratchy […]
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Readers, is it possible — could there actually be a run on sewing machines? A very unscientific hunt on Amazon reveals that many of the popular lower-end models — Janomes, Brothers, Singers — I was accustomed to seeing offered are currently out of stock. Could that many people sheltering in place be purchasing sewing machines, […]
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Not long after my second son was born, I received a message from Audrey, a reader I’d been conversing with […]
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Friends, I know I should be wearing a matching home-sewn mask but this scarf will have to do for the time being. I finished my Peanuts shirt a few days ago and today Michael and I went outside for a brief photo shoot, maintaining our social distance (not from each other, naturally, but from others). […]
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Greetings, readers, from my home quarantine to yours! Two weeks ago I purchased three yards of this Peanuts quilting cotton. It’s called “The Gang’s All Here Toss” — toss referring to the fact that the beloved Peanuts characters are scrambled all over the fabric in a seemingly random pattern. It’s by Springs Creative and can […]