My name is Ellen and I like to make things. I live with my husband and two girls in Atlanta. In my pre-kids life I worked as a floral designer, museum educator and non-profit fundraiser. I hold a B.A. in Art History and a Master’s of Public Administration with a focus in Non-Profit Management.

I have increasingly begun to appreciate the value of handmade items in our mass-produced world. So now I love to sew little clothes or work on any crafty project that can teach me something new. With my seam ripper close at hand, I’ve been making things and showing them here at the long thread for almost three years now.

I hope you can find some crafty inspiration here.  Be sure to look out for my sewing book to be published by Chronicle Books in Spring 2011. I plan to update my Etsy shop this summer with new machine embroidery designs.  I also write a holiday craft column each month for AlphaMom, so check it out if you get a chance. Thanks for visiting!

Have questions?  You may contact me at thelongthread [at] gmail [dot] com.

A Note about Advertising Policies: I do not accept paid advertisements for this site, but will consider ad swaps or barters.  All of my links and recommendations are based solely on my own opinions.  I am not being paid to promote any products.  From time to time, people might send me products to review, and this will be noted in my post.  I am always looking for new handmade goods and shops to feature here, so feel free to e-mail me with suggestions!

PLEASE NOTE:  All patterns posted here are for non-commercial use only.  You may not sell items made from these patterns.  Feel free to use images from my site with links and proper credit.  Please do not reproduce my tutorials or material in full on your site.  My work is protected under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license.

The Long Thread by Ellen Luckett Baker is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.