Porcelain hen from my folk art book. Sketch. Hen and egg.

I received a beautiful package in the mail from Melissa for the Vintage Button Swap. Everything came bundled together in this amazing fabric box she made It will now hold sewing supplies on my desk. Isn’t it so lovely! And inside were all these excellent things A card from boygirlparty, a sticker book for Roxanne,… 

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I love you, little one. 

I’ve decided to give myself some time to work on more complex sculptural pieces.  I want to explore a bit and get away from making things that are perceived to be toys for children.  I also want to depart from feeling that the pattern I make for each piece has to be replicable and that… 

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Three garden snails made from scraps of new and vintage fabrics.  These will go to Sui Generis. And I’m excited today because I’ve been chosen to participate in Plush You again this year.  Check out  my write up here.

I made a gray dog today. He is all ready for a birthday party.  I’m enjoying putting all the gray fabric I dyed to use.  I like how the grays look paired together.  The owner of Sui Generis brings her two dogs to work with her and lots of dog owners shop there.  I hope… 

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I finished this horse today. I love that blue canvas with the buttons and numbers on it.  I combined it here with some new and vintage fabrics and some linen.  This piece will go to Sui Generis in Cambridge. We spent the morning outside today trying to soak up some sun before the next big… 

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Another day of reworking things.  Here is the original look of this doll, but since making it I learned so much from Mimi  about how to embroider that the original face was no longer okay with me.  Today I took out the embroidery on her face and gave her some new features along with a… 

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Let’s see.  I finished this blue kangaroo for my niece, Ellis, to accompany the book I Love You, Blue Kangaroo as part of her birthday present.  She is a twin so an identical kangaroo in pink (no, there is no book about a pink kangaroo, but pink is her favorite color) will follow sometime soon. … 

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I’ve been meaning to make some sand dollars for several months and finally got started this week. These are made from scraps of linen and each one is pretty free form.  Some darts to give them depth, some french knots in their centers and some needle sculpting to make them bumpy.  Roxanne announced today, "My… 

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