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I’m headed to New York!

March 3, 2011

I am really excited for my trip to New York City this weekend!  Saturday will be a super busy, fun day of book launch events and if you can make it, I would love to meet you.   First, from 12  – 1 pm I will be at Purl Soho at at 459 Broome Street… 

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Kickin’ off The Artful Bird Blog Tour – It’s Giveaway Time!

February 14, 2011

My new book, The Artful Bird, begins its blog tour today.  And there will be one live tour stop along the way, too! I will be in New York on Saturday, March 5, for a trunk show and signing at Purl Soho from 12 pm – 1 pm and I'll be teaching a bird-making workshop… 

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The Artful Bird Book Launch and Trunk Show

January 30, 2011

The Artful Bird book launch and trunk show is this coming Saturday, February 5th, from 3:00 – 5:00 pm at Essentia, a beautiful boutique in downtown Wellesley, MA.  All of the birds I made for the book (over 40!) will be for sale. We will be serving seed and nut inspired pastries and I will… 

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Coming Soon: An Artful Bird Giveaway!

January 21, 2011

I have had a thrilling week receiveding emails from people all over the country who have received my book from their Amazon pre-order.  And next week, The Artful Bird: Feathered Friends to Make and Sew, officially debuts in bookstores everywhere.  Oh my.  What a wonderful feeling!  Many years of experimentation and exploration of fabric bird-making… 

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Did I mention that I wrote a book?

November 30, 2010

Friday around noon we opened the front door to head out to a neighborhood restaurant for lunch and there on the porch was a FedEx package from Interweave. I excitedly tore it open because inside was the advanced copy of my book, The Artful Bird: Feathered Friends to Make and Sew!  It is hard to… 

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Bird Lovers Gift Guide

November 23, 2010

Today I thought I would share with you a collection of some favorite bird-themed gifts from around crafty blogland. You know I love birds and there is just a plethora of amazing things being made out there with bird imagery.  There should be something here to satisfy all the bird-lovers on your holiday shopping list…. 

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bird hoop

August 18, 2010

Just a quick post today to say that I just added this brand new bird hoop to my shop.  All my fabric scraps are now out in this old wooden crate I found at the dump.  Seeing them makes me want to use them! 

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swan

August 17, 2010

Last week both of my kids got strep throat.  It was a tough week.  They were so  tired and achy and sad.  They are both better now and back for one final week at camp.  Charlie and I have been working at cleaning out the baby's room.  Our fourth bedroom was a home office for… 

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a hoop for the shop and some thinking ahead

August 6, 2010

I'm so glad the bird embroidery hoops have gotten such positive feedback. I made one more, just for the shop!  It is there now.  I am trying to think ahead about what I want to do in the year to come, knowing that early in the winter I am going to give birth and welcome… 

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hoop

July 27, 2010

I've started a new series of small work (4" in diameter) for the upcoming Teeny Tiny Art Show at Three Graces Gallery in Portsmouth, NH. The show goes up in September so I'll be working on these for the next few weeks.  Each one will have a mini-quilt background and a bird with hand-sewn feathers… 

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