New Audiobook: To Conquer Mr. Darcy
I’m excited to announce that my latest audiobook – Abigail Reynolds’ To Conquer Mr. Darcy – is now available for download at Audible! Abigail is the author of the popular Pemberley Variations series,...
View ArticleBack to School: Celebrating Jane Austen
I go back to school tomorrow, and the new term is getting off to a good start with my 9 AM Jane Austen class. I’m very excited to be teaching Austen again, and wanted to celebrate her a bit by offering...
View ArticleNew LibriVox: Wives and Daughters
My LibriVox solo recording of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters is now ready for download! This was Gaskell’s last novel, originally serialized in Cornhill Magazine from 1864-1866, and she...
View ArticleSummer Sewing Roundup: Tops for The Bee
Now that we’re halfway through September, I’m finally getting my act together to show y’all some of the tops I made over the summer for The Bee. I used McCalls 6062 for a whole bunch of really simple...
View ArticleTwo New Audiobooks
I’ve got two new audiobooks to share with you today. First up is my latest Audible/ACX recording, Fires of Alexandria by Thomas K. Carpenter: The greatest mystery of the ancient world remains the...
View ArticleTwo New Quilts For Project Linus
These are two quilts I recently made using fabric scraps and the Charm Squares Quilt pattern by Elizabeth Hartman. I used up so many scraps with these two lovelies, and I really enjoyed the pattern,...
View ArticleThe Bee’s Halloween Costume: Abby Cadabby
Pattern: Simplicity 2872. One of The Bee’s favorite Sesame Street characters is Abby Cadabby, who wasn’t around when I was growing up, but who is nonetheless pretty adorable. I tried to approximate an...
View ArticleTwo New LibriVox Solos: Wharton and Eden
A quickie post to let y’all know that I have recently finished and released two new solo recordings for LibriVox. First, Emily Eden’s The Semi-Attached Couple is a comedy of manners about a marriage on...
View ArticleSewing: Hat, Scarf, and Mittens for the Bee
Patterns: mittens, scarf, and hood from Oliver + S Little Things to Sew. Fabric: 1 yard purple flannel, 3/4 yard gray flannel, purple ribbon (by the spool), all from Jo-Ann’s. We have very little...
View ArticleSewing: The Bee’s Christmas Dress
Pattern: Fairy Tale Dress by Oliver + S, size 5. Fabric: 2 yards “Joy” by Kate Spain red and white snowflake print; 1 1/2 yards white Kona cotton; 1 yard white tulle for crinoline. The Bee picked out...
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