Pleasant View Schoolhouse

In a frenzy of spring travel I am off this morning to visit Giles and then my beloved cousin Sally in Philadelphia. Japanese bookstore! Purl...

We are not building Rome in a day, but we are making some progress in the bathroom renovations. My bathroom is glowing in its new coat of En...

Colossal chocolate cake from the Low Country, with a gargantuan frosting recipe. Fifteen cups of powdered sugar? We cut it in half, then onl...

This charming suit pattern promises that when the peplum laps over in the back it will create "a novel effect." I think it does! C...

Log cabin baby quilt and a stack of utility cloths in pink and brown are here .

Clara's been using up her leftover cotton yarn by crocheting a set of washcloths. She chose three different stitch patterns and made sim...

I'll let you guess while I step away--off to Seattle for my grandfather's funeral. He was a wonderful man who lived a long and full ...

Indoors we are all primer, paint, and floor stripper. Fortunately, outdoors is all about tiger swallowtails in the lilacs, alternating with ...

This piece of gorgeousness belongs to *me*, Clara made it for my Christmas present! It's as soft as it can be (mohair and silk), and wei...

Bella made the flan, with its caramel topping. Garnished with blood orange.

Utility cloths in my shop , perfect for kitchen or nursery!

I continue to bake from my Tartine cookbook. It's been weeks since I made regular sandwich bread; I'm just not interested in anythi...

Clara models the pretty sugar-pink shrug she made from Pretty Knits . She didn't seem to be troubled by all that lacy pattern. I love ...

Just the best applesauce *or* spice cake we've ever had! Instead of the suggested walnuts, I sprinkled hickory nuts over the powdered su...

A new log cabin quilt for babies, in the same soft blue colors, but this time hand-quilted in bright corals. In my etsy shop --

Bella warming up . . . to sing her first solo recital on a university stage. Seven pieces of classical soprano literature in English and Ita...

Isn't this violet lovely against the copper? I'm thinking about this color for my bathroom. So much hither and yon this week. I thin...

Lavender cotton, white soutache braid, contrast hem facing because I was short of fabric, and peach blossoms.

No elegant pale cakes this week. Instead, this friendly low-stress chocolate number. Mixed quickly by hand in one bowl, then topped with mar...

We are loving this pattern this spring--it has wonderful shaping through the bodice, easy to construct and very effective. Also, I'm abl...