I sewed a sweater coat for Grammie. One of my earliest sewing memories was collecting scraps of fabric from her sewing room floor and keeping them stuffed in a shoe box and telling her I was going to make a "beautiful dress" for her out of all the scraps. And it would have been something t...

I have been poring over this book, Embroidery Companion: Classic Designs for Modern Living , by the talented Alicia Paulson, for a while now. I was sent an early review copy because we share the same publisher. I am also friends with Alicia, and remember when she first described (at our favori...