I spent Wednesday evening at Gather Here in Cambridge sewing birds with 8 lovely women (and one awesome 10 year old). Gather Here is an incredible place. If you live in or near Boston I highly recommend a visit. I need to get back there for some hardcore shopping. Virginia and Noah have pulled together…
Archives for July 2011
Book Review: Nancy Zieman’s Sewing A to Z
My mom doesn't sew. Neither did my grandmother. Growing up I never wore a handmade garment of any kind. There was no fabric stash in my house and nobody mended clothing or knit sweaters. My mom is artistic and certainly encouraged all of us to pursue our own projects, but she didn't know how to…
a hairclip and a pincushion
Josephine's hair is starting to grow in and it's strawberry blond. So pretty. Last night I made her a hair clip from this tutorial on the Purl Bee. I got to dig out the yo-yo maker for this, plus some pink Kona and wool felt scraps. She hasn't figured out that she's wearing yet it…
coloring flowers and a lovey
Inspired by Jean’s post the other day, I asked the kids if they wanted to do a science experiment yesterday when they came home from camp. “Yes!” was the resounding answer, although Stella suddenly got worried and asked me if we were going to need to hurt any animals to do the experiment. Um, no….
bird ornament
The workshop I'll be teaching at Gather Here in Cambridge, MA, at the end of the month is fully enrolled and I'm getting excited to sew birds with everyone! We will be making a bird ornament, one of the projects that ended up getting cut from The Artful Bird due to space constraints. Over the…
Getting Together with Other Artists
I went out last evening with what is tentatively being called Etsy Women of Wellesley (EWW – I think we may need a new name!). We had a wonderful evening at Alta Strada in Wellesley Square, chatting and laughing together about how we run home after dropping our kids off at school and furiously pursue…