The day before we left for vacation the contact sheet from the photo shoot arrived in the mail. And my editor emailed me the edited version of a set of pattern instructions. Armed with these two things, I can go right ahead and write the book. Yep, nothing else standing in the way. Fortunately, we…
Archives for August 2009
fabric collage with handmade bird
I really loved Nicole's post about fabric collages using embroidery hoops. A stretched piece of fabric is a lovely backdrop to sew all sorts of things to, including little soft sculptures. I made one of these using a large embroidery hoop when I was working on my book proposal. Part of the proposal process is…
lime rickey
We've been making a really good lime rickey here with Monin sugar free raspberry syrup. Maybe you've seen Monin syrups at the coffee shop. It is awesome to have them at home. For the lime rickey juice a lime into a glass of ice, add a bit of syrup and fill the glass with seltzer. …
starting an assemblage
on the floor.
on my desk today
Coloradotastic
I'm back from my trip to Colorado, and what a totally intense trip it was. I left Wednesday in the early afternoon. The kids stayed at home with a totally enthusiastic and lovely Boston University graduate student (thank you, Marianne!) until Daddy came in from work and then Charlie took two days off and stayed…
and I’m off
I made a new needle book for my trip. I have a bit of nervous energy and I felt like I couldn't bring my ratty old needle book from four years ago to Interweave. I needed to spend time making a new one, full of felt flowers! So here we go. I'm about to leave…
making magnets
Last weekend while we were in Portsmouth visiting Three Graces Gallery Roxanne and Stella were drawn to a set of little ceramic face magnets Kim had on display. They were made by Erin Moran, a local artist, and the girls couldn't stop picking them up and choosing their favorites. In the car on the way…