I’m super excited to share with you how to make these fun bias tape flowers just in time for spring! With a little straight line sewing and a little hand sewing this is a perfect project for kids to make with a grown-up’s help or, of course, for an adult to make on their own! I love a project that is not only colorful and scrap busting (at Hartford Stitch we amass a TON of scraps), but that is also great skill builder (and I love a good skill building project!). At the heart

You know that machine sewing is my favorite (both to do and to teach) but every once in awhile I love a good hand sewing project! When Trixi at Sew a Softie started posting all the wonderful projects in her "Sew a Softie for the Festive Season" roundup, I couldn't wait to join in. Figuring out a project was a no-brainer- a bird ornament! My dad is an amazing carver and when I was a kid he would carve birds as gifts every year. Friends, family, teachers-- everyone would get on

It seems like November 1st rolls around and my Pinterest feed is immediately full of these incredible table settings for the holidays. I'm not complaining, I love a good tablescape and eagerly start pinning away. But if we're being honest, it's the every day table setting that we need to focus on in my house. My kids are in charge of setting the table and it's usually a slapdash of silverware, napkins and cups that we then have to sort out once everyone is seated. Teaching my