This post is part of a series. Read them all here. Me in 1984. I spent six summers of my childhood at Camp Ramah in Palmer, Massachusetts. The first summer I was just turning 8 and was the youngest camper. Most of the kids in my bunk were from Massachusetts and the first question they…
Things I Love About Sewing: Collecting
This is post #4 in a series. See post #1 here , #2 here, and #3 here. Image of the American Series of figurines (1983-1985) from Red Rose Tea. I had every one of these as child. When I was seven my grandparents gave me a wooden printer's tray with a hook on the back…
Things I Love About Sewing: You Can Make Something Useful From Nothing at All
This post is part of a series. See the first “Things I Love About Sewing” post here, and the second one here. I’m a coupon clipper. I cannot throw away the Sunday paper before going through all the circulars and cutting out the coupons. And then I go through the recycling bins (I found these…
Things I Love About Sewing: You Don’t Have To Follow The Rules
This post is part of a series. See the first "Things I Love About Sewing" post here. I learned to use a sewing machine in 8th grade Home Economics at Herbert Hoover Junior High School in Potomac, Maryland. For my final project I sewed a pair of Bermuda shorts with seams so wonky I got…
Things I Love About Sewing: It Makes Me Slow Down
This post is the first in a series. I am almost always in a rush and I'm pretty sure I always have been. My third grade teacher, Ms. Tishler, wrote on my report card in 1983 that I needed to slow down and stop handing in such sloppy work. If I recall, at that time…
An Owl Like My Own Handwriting
I spent most of Friday (my 37th birthday) making this owl. I haven't made an owl in many years, but I got a special request for one and thought it might be interesting to make one again. And it was. Looking at the pattern for this owl was like looking through an old diary from…
Shelley the Snail: A New Sewing Pattern
Look at me turning lemons into lemonade! I love Shelley the Snail. She's got a rainbow shell, and a pretty pink body, and look at those lashes! I even made her a best friend. And I here's a snail joke for you: "What did the snail say when she was riding on the turtle's back?"…
Handmade Gifts to Sew for Tweens: Animal Neck Pillows
I was just at the toy store with my two younger daugthers. I noticed they have a whole section devoted to tween girls now. Lots of tie dye, cute erasers, temporary tattoos, pencil pouches, and…neck pillows! I have a bunch of really fun patterns for babies, like the Lovey Dovies and the Baby Bear and…
Scooter the Turtle: A Softie Pattern In the Making
Earlier this week I was talking about looking backward as a way to move forward. I seriously do this all the time and it works like a charm. At the heart of things, the initial spark of excitement about an idea is still there, even if I wasn't able to perfect the finished result when…
My Artist Group
Some members of the Wellesley Women Artisans.Photo by Kate Flock for Wicked Local. I've talked before about a local artist group I co-founded a year ago: the Wellesley Women Artisans. We've continued to meet regularly since then, coalescing into a wonderful group of amazing women. Last month we gathered on Crystalle's back patio for an…
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