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Jessie is an award winning quilter-knitter-stitcher living in Rockville. Taught by generations of women, Jessie has been happily crafting her whole life. She aims to uncover the area's trendiest crafting hot-spots and reveal Washington's stitching secrets. Email questions: TheProjectLady@gmail.com

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G Street Fabrics, where art thou?

G Street Fabrics, perhaps one of DC’s most famous fabric landmarks is no longer in the Mid-Pike Plaza in...
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A need to knit

Now that winter is approaching I have a serious need to knit. But I want to make something portable so I can bring it with me on travels for work and...
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The little purse pattern that could

Dear Readers, These past few months I have been traveling… A LOT. Mainly for training related to my day-job and not of the crafty variety...
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1940s Kitchen crafts and domestic non-perfection

Remember the good old days when attaining female perfection had something to do with meeting Prince Charming and like baking muffins or something?...
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Portable projects and airline travel: don't get struck by lightening

On the plane from Washington DC to Paris recently, it happened... I was struck by lightening. I’m OK though and nothing happened to the plane...
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Speed Stix knitting needles by Lion Brand have a need for speed

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Hi. It’s me. How are you? Enjoying the weather? That’s good. Umm… I have a confession to make. Just a little one, no biggie....
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Goldilocks and the three quilt stitches

Once upon a time in a land known as Rockville, lived a fair-haired, young woman. This woman was not usual however, for despite her youthful...
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I'm sew just sayin'

Let me begin this article with one of my husband’s most notorious (yet amusing) openers to a statement that...
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Earth Day: the crafting Four Questions

In honor of Earth Day, let us answer the Crafter’s Four Questions, as our ancestors have been doing for...
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Knitting Nirvana: cheap relaxation for rough times

Sadly these days, while stress is plentiful, cash might not be. Lucky for us though, knitting and crocheting are...
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