Back in the good old days, Molly and I used to run off to Paris and dig through basements, drink wine with French pickers and end up in back...

For a while now, we have been throwing around the idea of having an open craft day at French General - a day where local crafters could come...

One of the most exciting quilt shows to come around is here - well actually at the Armory in New York City. Mrs. Rose slowly collected hun...

For the past eleven days, I have found myself at the kitchen table reading the newspaper and tearing up before I am able to finish yet anot...

Our new collection with Moda, Pom Pom de Paris, is arriving in quilt shops this week - all a flutter with soft pink florals, old yellow bir...

I was so excited to walk into our local bookstore, Skylight Books, and see Denise Lambert and her woad workshop in the current issue ...

This past weekend, Sofia and I took a field trip to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art - or LACMA as it's known to Angeleno's. F...

So many pretty gardens and ideas of gardens to come...how to choose just one? I asked Sofia to choose a number between 1 and 99 and her num...

With a little help from our friends, we have been able to bring the cost of our Woad Workshop down. I am really excited, because hopefully...

We're starting a new club over at French General - The Botanical Charm Club - a monthly bracelet kit club that features all sorts of o...

Last summer, I wrote about our woad days at the chateau. I dreamt about being able to bring Denise Lambert, the master dyer, over to the ...

Lately I have been sorting through all of my swatches and document scraps of fabric - the old French pieces that I can't bear to use...

Back by popular demand - Shea Fragoso and Debbie Murray are returning to French General! Come learn the centuries old French craft of bead...

I've been obsessing over pin pillows, or what we now call pincushions, lately - what they were made of, what they were filled with and h...

What a grand weekend we had here at French General! Workshops were filled to the brim in our little old shop - student's learning all s...

I love it when a business model changes and evolves into something new and different - something to shake things up a bit. This weekend we ...

Sometimes you get lucky and fit into all of the clothes in an old trunk...dress up the way it was meant to be! Sofia in New York tryi...

Sunday we visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art - one of my favorite museums. Maybe it's because I met JZ there, or maybe it...

Visiting Tinsel Trading in New York is always a treat - but if you happen to be friends with the owner....well, then it's an extra spec...

Sofia and I have been having a little fun - spending the last few days in New York City - seeing friends, visiting old haunts and eating at ...