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two accomplishments

Today is Roxanne's first day of First Grade!  New shoes, new dress, hair trimmed and ready to go. And I am off to the post office to overnight the author's proof of The Artful Bird back to Interweave. It arrived on Saturday, which gave me four days to edit a 160 page manuscript.  I'm so… 

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How We Handle Kids’ Allowances

We decided that the beginning of first grade was the right time for Roxanne to begin to get an allowance.  She has become increasingly interested in having her own spending money and in figurine out what things cost.  A few months ago she spotted a mermaid figuring at a toy store in Dedham that she… 

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bird hoop

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! 

swan

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

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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it’s my birthday

Today is my 35th birthday.  So far, I've had a nice day.  Roxanne and Stella gave me a big stack of of handmade cards this morning, with plentiful tape and stickers all over them.  And Charlie surprised me with a beautiful silver necklace and earrings he bought from an artisan jeweler downtown.  I'm making blueberry… 

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hoop

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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crab and…the shop has fresh new items!

This crab was pure joy to make.  While Mimi was here last week for a visit and a lunch date, we were chatting a bit about how it is nice to revisit old patterns we've made.  Making them again is so freeing because the stress of figuring out how it will all come together is… 

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Out of the Wild opens on Saturday!

All my work has arrived in Philly and is being installed today and tomorrow.  "Out of the Wild" promises to be a really fun show!  Animal imagery presented in fabric and thread – what could be better?  I hope if you live in the Philadelphia area, you'll come out for the opening on Saturday night…. 

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