The original Condit ladies and their shorts. Sometimes something becomes such a fashion hit that it begs to be brought back again and again ...

Before... ...and After. Look at my (self proclaimed) brilliant reinvention of a vintage thrift find, or to summarize a " reinvintage !...

Nothing puts you in your place in the kitchen quite like botching a Martha Stewart recipe. I love her Baking Handbook because of its clear ...

As I sit here now, I am enjoying spoonful after spoonful of delicious homemade yogurt. Yes, that is correct, I said homemade. It turns out y...

Are you going to Scarborough fair? We surely didn't, but we did pick up the notorious herbs mentioned in Simon and Garfunkel's song ...

My sister Ellen visited last week, and we spent much of her trip ogling girls on the street wearing little onesy numbers I believe are often...

My poor puns aside, I have to say that whoever once said "you can't have your cake and eat it too" obviously did not celebrate...

We have another mystery vegetable. Can you name it? I must admit, it is remarkably similar to last week's mystery bok choy , but still, ...

I am still working through Everyone's Favorite Claire McCardell dress, with some distinct improvements to the original awkwardly-fitting...

Can you name this vegetable? The leaves have a very grassy, earthy, lettuce-with-a-kick flavor, and those stalks are just lovely and crisp l...

1932 Draped Wrap and Cape: Pattern Review I understand from the pattern proprietor that this pattern was reviewed in Threads magazine in Ja...

Everybody's Favorite Claire McCardell has taken me on a roller coaster of emotions this week. Last week I made my first muslin with ho...