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october at the farm

October 3, 2008

Running to the field to pick the very last raspberries of the season yesterday at "our farm" (Land's Sake in Weston where we have our CSA).  Amazing late afternoon, early fall sunlight on my farm helpers. And we even got three carving pumpkins as part of our share yesterday.  Only a few more weeks of… 

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curtain owl

September 26, 2008

About a month ago I bought this vintage (1970's?) curtain panel on eBay.  A bit of a late night impulse buy, I must say.  But I liked its funky pattern and neutral colors.  And finally it has become something – a new owl. This is the last in the latest little series for artstream and… 

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Fall Rooster

September 19, 2008

I love fall colors.  Deep red is my favorite color and I have a rather overflowing box of red fabrics.  I made this rooster with fall in my mind.  He is a rather proud fellow, and I am rather proud of him.  Just look at all those reds. I have just put him up in… 

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flour sack owl

September 15, 2008

A new owl today.  I made this one entirely from a cloth flour sack. She is stuffed with wool with a wire armature, as always.  Lots and lots of loops for feathers. And an owly face.  We just may go in the sprinkler this afternoon. It is over 80 degrees here and we need to… 

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pumpkin

September 12, 2008

Feels like fall in New England these days.  I made a fabric pumpkin this afternoon in celebration.  I love fall.

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caramel bird

September 10, 2008

Caramel small bird for artstream.  She looked like a shore bird, thus the shells nearby. Stella had her first day of school on Tuesday.  She went to her two-day toddler program at our shul, just for an hour and I stayed in the room. But she did great and I know she will be so… 

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time

September 8, 2008

School has started and I have time again. Time to sew and work on new ideas, time to read and think.  It feels awesome. Today, during my stretch of time, I finished a rooster. This is the first in a small series of three that will go to artstream. I should have the series completed… 

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owl in mustard and orange

September 2, 2008

A new owl. I have had this awesome piece of vintage fabric for several years. It is all seventies orange and mustard and brown with jungle animals all over and periodically the words "let us live" in bubble letters.  Seriously, does fabric get any better than that?  So finally I cut into it for this… 

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it’s been crazy

August 28, 2008

Wow, this has been a nutty few days. Tons and tons of sewing – more sewing in a shorter amount of time than ever, perhaps.  Exciting stuff happening with all that.  And it has been "camp Mommy" here. So far we've been to the zoo, Walden Pond, paint-your-own-pottery (actually going to paint-you-own-pottery seems to have… 

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a tidy studio

August 18, 2008

This is my desk today.  It is so neat and organized. Hooray!  I even took down my inspiration boards and cleaned them off and put up my current inspirational images.  And there is room to work.  To the right you can see my machine, off in one of the two window nooks in our bedroom…. 

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