Category: Handmade

Readers. the mask making continues. I’ve mainly been sewing masks for my family, but also for a few friends and neighbors.  It’s easy and it’s fun and it helps me downsize my remnant stash.  I’ve especially enjoyed making masks to match some of my me-made shirts.  I’m glad I saved the leftover scraps from these […]

Friends, I know I’m a little late to mask making. To be honest, I just didn’t want to deal with it and scarves and bandanas seemed good enough.  But since it now seems we’re going to be wearing masks for a long, long time, at least here in New York City, I figured I might […]

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, […]

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).  […]

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 […]