Hemostats are my very favorite softie making tool. Also known as surgical forceps, hemostats are a wonderful tool for easily turning softies right side out and for stuffing them firmly. I use my hemostats so much that I've developed a callus on the forefinger of my right hand! In this short video I demonstrate how…
Archives for August 2011
first day of school
Today is Stella's first day of Kindergarten and Roxanne's first day of second grade. The first day of Kindergarten gets me every time. It's the first day of what will hopefully be nearly two decades of formal education. Twenty years of being in classrooms with peers, looking around at them and what they are doing,…
Sock Monkey Workshop at Gather Here
On Thursday evening, September 22, I will be teaching a sock moneky class at Gather Here in Cambridge, MA. Easy and quick to sew and universally loved, sock monkeys are a great softie to know how to make. And you can embelish them endlessly. I made mine a little nautical skirt with a metallic button…
vacation was awesome
We were away last week, staying at my friend Jessica's house in Wareham. This is our third summer staying at her house and it is always amazing. Right on the water with a huge porch ideal for spending long hours gazing at the boats and the birds and napping with a sea breeze. With our…
you didn’t think i’d stop at just one
I had to make some more. In lots of colors. So much fun, and a little addictive. These will be at Art Star in Philadelphia beginning in October as part of their yearly collection and sale of handmade ornaments by indie crafters. If you'd like to make a bird, too, my tutorial and pattern are…
Felt Bird Ornaments Are Addictive!
I had to make some more. In lots of colors. So much fun, and a little addictive. These will be at Art Star in Philadelphia beginning in October as part of their yearly collection and sale of handmade ornaments by indie crafters. If you’d like to make a bird, too, my tutorial and pattern are…
Little Bird in Flight: A Free Sewing Pattern
I made a little felt bird in flight and I thought you might like to make one, too. These birds are pretty as ornaments for the holidays, or make several and hang them from a branch to make a mobile. They’re pretty simple to make with a few scraps of felt and some embroidery floss,…
shop update is complete!
Lots more new things have landed in the shop. Have a wonderful weekend eveyone!
hello and a shop update
I've had several visitors in my studio recently and let me tell you it is getting harder and harder to make it look neat and tidy in there. Charlie went to open the blinds yesterday morning when we woke up and six toys fell on the floor. (Keep in mind that when I say studio…
36
This is me, the summer of 1979, just before my 4th birthday. Today is my 36th birthday. Roxanne and Stella marched down the stairs this morning holding a homemade banner atop two wooden skewers (They originally taped the skewers on upside down and I was called in yesterday to fix it without looking, which I…