Ever since we moved to California eight years ago, by way of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada I have had a weakness for good old Navajo...

I'm heading up towards Santa Barbara on Saturday, May 7th to teach this lovely necklace and earring set at Summerland Mercantile. Run b...

Growing up in Southern California, I could see the island of Catalina from our backyard. As a kid, we used to go over for the day to explo...

Come learn the creative techniques of block printing! Wood block printing on wallpaper become famous in France at the end of the 18th cent...

The Autry National Center, here in Los Angeles, has awarded Margaret and Christine Wertheim, co-creators of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral ...

What a day we had this past Saturday - our Woad Workshop in Elysian Park was as magical as I could have hoped for! Friday was a differe...

800 Feet of Laundry Line 500 Clothes Pins 100 Gloves 45 Blue Aprons 40 Students 20 Garden Sticks 7 Vats 5 He...

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...