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Mexican Hot Chocolate – Champurrado

Dec 23, 2020

What is Mexican hot chocolate (champurrado) and how is it different from regular hot chocolate? How do you even pronounce champurrado? Fret not, dear reader. …

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Maker Lifestyle

New Holiday Traditions to Celebrate in 2025

Dec 17, 2020

At first the idea of celebrating the holidays without family made me very sad. But then I got myself right and realized that creating new …

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Drink Recipes

20 Best Mulled Wines for a Toasty Winter Evening

Dec 14, 2020

Some variation of mulled wine, a spiced warm drink, is popular in countries around the world. While some may use different base liquids or a …

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Drink Recipes

Non-Alcoholic Mulled Wine: Winter Spiced Hibiscus Tea

Dec 14, 2020

I’ve never had mulled wine, so when I was reading through the delicious sounding recipes for my mulled wine roundup post, I got intrigued. One …

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Pattern Reviews

Top 5 Sewing Patterns of 2020

Dec 10, 2020

There will be some familiar names and looks in my list of top 5 sewing patterns of 2020. Because what I found comfort in during …

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Sewing

The Do’s and Don’ts of Fabric Storage

Dec 3, 2020

Fabric storage shouldn’t be controversial, right? It’s fabric for crying out loud! But I like a little bit of harmless controversy. So let’s do this. …

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Maker Lifestyle

Benchmarks are Bullshit

Nov 20, 2020

If you Google the title of this post (and my new book) “benchmarks are bullshit,” you won’t find many people arguing against this fact. Yet …

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Maker Lifestyle

Black Friday 2020 for Makers

Nov 17, 2020

Updated 11/27 @ 3:13 pm PST. Here’s your one-stop shop for the Black Friday 2020 deals that excite makers. This post will be updated as …

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Sewing

M7206 Color-Blocked for Minerva

Nov 13, 2020

Are you still curious about M7206, the McCalls retro bowling shirt? I’ve talked about it many times: In linen In silk without front curved seams …

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Sewing

Sew DIY – Sew My Style 2020 Designer Q&A

Oct 30, 2020

I learned about Beth and Sew DIY when I was researching companies for Sew My Style 2020 last year. Her product line was recommended by …

Food Recipes

Strawberry Fig Chipotle Jam

Oct 26, 2020

This all natural, no-pectin strawberry fig chipotle jam is so tasty! It’s smoky, sweet, and spicy all rolled into one. (If spicy isn’t your bag, …

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Sewing

Helen’s Closet – Sew My Style 2020 Designer Q&A

Oct 13, 2020

Helen’s Closet has been a Sew My Style featured pattern company since 2018. Helen has made her Suki robe, Blackwood cardigan, and now, Pona jacket …