Ruby's Hot Box

When I began making my latest shirt, I must admit that buttons were the farthest thing from my mind. I picked the pattern, I dug the fabric ...

In between rebuilding/restoring my vintage machines, I am actually managing to find some time for sewing. Not a lot of time, mind you, but s...

Ok, I'll admit it: I'm a fan of "popera", the genre of music that fuses pop with opera, made famous by Josh Groban and Il ...

Restoring a vintage sewing machine is truly a labor of love and a time consuming task, as I have quickly discovered over the last several ye...

First off, I changed the format of the blog; I needed a splash of color to reflect how I’ve been feeling lately. Too much? Is the white text...

It's hard to believe it has been almost two entire months since I posted last. I'm either an extremely lazy blogger, or I've bee...