Emily Hendersen and I Can Sew Ruffles

Big disclosure here - no cable TV in my house.

So I am begging a friend to tape HGTV's Secrets from a Stylist this weekend for me.

It is must-see-TV. I've been enamored of Emily Hendersen's talent ever since I caught the premiere of her show holed up in a motel during a road trip to Florida. Traveling + motel cable = HGTV for me!

{source: HGTV}

In that first episode, Emily transformed Glee co-creator Ian Brennan's home with a mixture of three styles: historic traditional, '60s mod and global traveler. And she did it layer by layer, reworking it up as she went. Did I mention she also shops the flea markets? Heaven.

Now her second show is coming this weekend: Saturday night, February 26 9PM est. Watch this show, everyone! Then contact HGTV and ask for a bizillon more episodes. Enough real estate shows, more design shows!

{aww, cute!}

Emily has been posting on her amazing blog Style by Emily Hendersen a few of the roots that rock her talent, that is her 4-H projects she did as a kid.

{my Mom was troop co-leader}

So last visit to my parent's house, I dug into the old photos. You know I sewed my wedding dress, but did you know I sewed as a kid, too? Here's a calico-filled girl scout quilt.

{little sis at Bell Top School}

And here's the dress I sewed for my sister S that she wore her first day of school. I was nine years old.

Emily, if you are reading I want to tell you her dress was pink and white stripe seersucker, with a yoke front and ruffled sleeves. Any ruffles planned on your show this Saturday? I'll be watching!

Loretta