Stews Mugs

"What foul and wicked concoction brews here?"

I quilt therefore I am

'My mom's the greatest surgeon this side of Mayo brothers.'

"O young, naive one...you must know the golden rule of the kitchen. To avoid the mother of all disrespects...never criticize the cooking of a family elder."

'I knew there was part of the pattern missing!'

"How soon will this be a remnant

'Nobody ever before had took much notice of Granny's homemade flour-sack bloomers.'

Vegetable Cook

'It's good of you to go out of your way to show me what not to do, Mum.'

I love embroidery

Ladies reading a crochet pattern for amusement

'It's good of you to go out of your way to show me what not to do, Mum.'

"I hear you helped make the stuffing. I like raisins."

Hot pot

Heloise's Helpful Hints for Homebound

"Didn't your last blouse fall apart in two days?"

Purple dress

"Tia Carmen, can you make a new dress for my doll?"

The latest craze in party games: needlepoint charades.

A centipede's Christmas stockings

Sew on a sequin!

Blog Breakdown

Beyond Dante

'I knew there was part of the pattern missing!'

'He agreed that she might have a point.'

"Some protein with my salad? Sure, put a 24 ounce Ribeye in it."

101 uses of a dead cat: pincushion

Cook being told what to do by housemaid

"Not more sleeve alterations?!"

"Have ye seen a whale that matches this swatch?"

"I didn't really need to alter this dress. I needed funny pictures for my website."

"Sure. I know of a haystack on the edge of town where you'll be safe until the heat dies down."

A man sews broken hearts back together.

A tailor measuring a large man

"Is there a seamstress present?"