Any of you who know Roxy know that she is fairly obsessed with a few things. Among these are the following: -ice cream cones -fish -Sammy the Spider from Sammy Spider’s First Shabbat (not a quality piece of literature, I must say, but for the past six months or so Roxanne has taken on the… 

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I’m starting to use some of the wool I dyed. I thought this orange looked nice paired with the cream and burnt orange sherpa fleece. I think this sweater bear has a happier expression than some of the earlier ones. Lots of babies being born and baby gifts to be made. I’m trying to balance… 

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Two more dogs from the dog pattern I worked on a while back. This one I did in vintage blue floral fabric. I accidentally sewed his head gusset in upside down so his nose is more rounded than pointed. Kinda like it this way better. And this one is from a brown fat quarter and… 

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Friday night we had a sitter. After dinner at a pub in Waltham we went to two used bookstores on Moody Street. Having the time to browse the shelves of a used bookstore is such a wonderful luxury now. I found this book from the later 70’s translated from German I just love the design… 

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My mom and dad are coming in from Maryland today for Simon’s Hebrew baby naming on Saturday. We thought of cancelling it because my mom is sitting shiva for grandma, but she and my dad still wanted to come so we are going ahead with it. It is supposed to rain tomorrow, but perhaps I’ll… 

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My maternal grandmother, Rose B. Mensh, died early on Saturday morning. She was 90 and had a good life. She lived to see three great grandchildren. I knew grandma well – she and grandpa lived nearby when I was growing up. I will miss her. I flew down with Simon Sunday morning to go to… 

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My desk as I left it last night after stuffing sock monkeys while watching Project Runway. I rarely watch T.V., but I really like this show. On my desk today: -one stuffed monkey waiting to be hand-sewn together -three sewn and unstuffed monkeys -autumn tree doll in progress I’m loving the Buffalo Batt Superfluff (what… 

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I received the most wonderful package yesterday from Lisa. We did a swap a little while back for one of my kangaroos. Lisa made Simon a mod bird in return. I felt so honored because these lovely creatures are out of production now. And it is just beautiful! Every time I walk past the nursery… 

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Sherpa fleece body with wool face and hair. Leaves from felted sweaters and a little felt bluebird.

On Thursday afternoon, Mimi came over to drop off my half of a wholesale order of buffalo batt superfluff (that means 10 bags for me!). My dream of a polyfill silo out back is nearly a reality now. We had a lovely time looking at Japanese craft books and fabric and buttons. Mimi is really… 

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