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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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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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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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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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back from Vermont

August 17, 2008

We are back from a great trip to Burlington, Vermont.  We rented a three-story loft downtown on Church Street and had lots of fun shopping (Sweet Lady Jane was my favorite store) and eating (Al's French Fries!), hiking through the woods and swimming at North Beach. Shelburne Farms was amazing.  Charlie lovingly held two live… 

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little girls in dresses

August 8, 2008

Let's just say the dresses were well received.  They are totally thrilled with them and it makes me so pleased.  This morning, before presenting them, I made each one a matching hair accessory – a fabric yo-yo with a fabric covered button as the center, sewn to a ponytail holder.  The combination of a new… 

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half way there

August 7, 2008

Three of six drab birds are finished.  I think the next three will be warmer shades. I couldn't resist a few brown and taupe fat quarters at the fabric store on Saturday when Roxanne and I went to pick out her dress fabric.  Speaking of the dress, it is also about half way there and… 

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a new dress for Simon

August 1, 2008

My littlest one is starting school in just over a month.  He will be at the same nursery school with Roxanne, but just two mornings a week from 9-12. And he is raring to go, asking me every day when he will be going to Room 8.  I feel that this is a perfectly good… 

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Art Shows at Bluebottle and Three Graces

July 17, 2008

Just a quick post today. I am excited that my birds arrived safely in Seattle and are now listed on Bluebottle Art Gallery’s website!  I feel so honored to be listed there, along with so many awesome folks including the amazing Eleanor Grosch. Also this week I am working with Kim, my web designer and… 

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