A new embroidery hoop project. Sweet little elephant face smiling at you. Backdrop is a vintage Vera linen napkin stretched across an 8" diameter embroidery hoop.
little fish with a shiny tail
This little fish with a shiny tail is up in my shop now. She can either hang from a length of clear fishing wire or sit on a shelf with her tail draped around her.
sweet little hanging bird
This sweet little hanging bird, all in white with glittered wings, is now listed in my shop.
updating the shop
I cleaned my entire studio space last night. Ahhhh, waking up to clean desk is so nice. I made a big pile fabric scraps to donate to Roxanne's kindergarten class for collage-making. I also cleared room off the top of the shelving unit to make space for birds for the book. I have ten more…
getting ready for the new year
(photo of chicken with za'atar baked by Marion from my recipe and appearing in today's Globe online) Rosh Hashanah begins on Friday evening. I am hosting the Friday night meal. Here is the menu: Before Dinner: Round Challah (Charlie bakes the bread from this fascinating book) Apples (from Dowse Orchard in Sherborn) and Honey (from…
yes, I am working
Since Roxanne started Kindergarten a week ago I have been working every morning for three hours at a time. I really like the mixture of sewing and writing and I like switching between the two. I've made over 20 birds and have written the entire front section of the book – the section with all…
first day
Today is Roxanne's first day of Kindergarten. I feel like this is the beginning of such a long and complex journey through what we hope will be at least a decade and a half of formal schooling. Teachers and homework, gossip and friendships, successes and heartaches, and everything else that comes with being in school….
back to reality
The day before we left for vacation the contact sheet from the photo shoot arrived in the mail. And my editor emailed me the edited version of a set of pattern instructions. Armed with these two things, I can go right ahead and write the book. Yep, nothing else standing in the way. Fortunately, we…
fabric collage with handmade bird
I really loved Nicole's post about fabric collages using embroidery hoops. A stretched piece of fabric is a lovely backdrop to sew all sorts of things to, including little soft sculptures. I made one of these using a large embroidery hoop when I was working on my book proposal. Part of the proposal process is…
lime rickey
We've been making a really good lime rickey here with Monin sugar free raspberry syrup. Maybe you've seen Monin syrups at the coffee shop. It is awesome to have them at home. For the lime rickey juice a lime into a glass of ice, add a bit of syrup and fill the glass with seltzer. …
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