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Happy New Year! We hope you all managed to have a fun-filled break with friends and family. Did you manage to slip away and do a bit of sewing? With the start of the new year. we always like back look back over the last year. What was the most popular pattern of 2022, what was the new release people couldn’t live without?  Worry not we have got an epic roundup of the highlights of last year. Do grab yourself a cup of tea and let’s get going. 2022’s most popular pattern: Drum roll please! I’m sure that it will...

After a three-year hiatus, Guerneville’s historic Dawn Ranch resort has reopened, making a flashy entrance with a dramatic, property-wide renovation and a revamped restaurant, Agriculture Public House. The restaurant has been in operation for more than a decade, and frankly, in its earlier days, it wasn’t very interesting. Dishes spanned staples like ho-hum fish and chips, a skirt steak sandwich, pulled pork ravioli and shrimp flatbread. It was just what you’d expect at a sleepy stopover in a quirky river town populated by bohemian adventurers. The refreshed Public House menu still reads simply but has more flair, and now, I...

There are a few sweet new things I recently discovered on Amazon that I couldn’t wait to share. Firstly, I think we can all agree that this 2 piece set for $50 is the trophy of December. I just ordered in black and you can see me wearing the apricot color pants in the photo above. I live in these pants. They’re super comfortable and feel like an amazing look for less version of The Row (which I purchased last year and I swear they’re the exact same). Amazon String Bralette Pack This just seems like a no brainer to...

While I was looking in my stash for potential table topper backings, I found my long-lost 12th Hawaiian Punch block!!! For the last four or five years, I thought perhaps all I had was 11. Turns out I had taken that 12th block on a road trip back in about 2016, and upon return, the missing block did not return to the rest of its family. The turquoise block snuck out of my project bag with its needle (still attached) and spool of blue Sulky thread to hide behind my gradiant batik stash, along with fat quarter remnants (and the...

Come winter, the hunt for a high-quality, warm, and fashionable winter coat seems never-ending. If you're lucky to find one that checks all three boxes, it can become a wardrobe staple for years to come — a type of armor from the season’s dropping temperatures. When it comes to the outerwear department, the editors at Refinery29 have tested it all, from winter-ready trench coats to padded parkas. In the process, some jackets have become their go-to pieces season after season. Ahead the warmest winter coats that are worth the investment, according to the R29 Style team. At Refinery29, we’re here to help...