Okay, I toyed (pardon the expression) with my latest doll pattern and here are the results. While sketching new faces with more awake eyes I accidentally made the hair bigger and I thought that was cool so here is one variation. She is resting on a lovely canvas painted by local artist Brigid McCabe. Gives… 

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Sister Thrift was a definite success. As soon as I walked in I saw a big box full of sewing supplies on the floor right in the entryway. Simon and I sat down and sifted through it all – spool after wooden spool of thread, needles of all sizes, two lovely handmade pincushions, pins, a… 

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Doll #4 and with her friend, Doll #5 I’m going to a new-to-me thrift store tomorrow, Sisters Thrift in Watertown (thanks Kristen!) and it will be 50% off day. Sounds like fun to me. Have a great weekend, everyone.

Making these dolls has meant that I’ve used up some of my vintage buttons. You know the ones – those super pretty carved buttons that you hang onto forever and take out just to look at every now and then. This has given me an excuse to bid on some buttons on Ebay. A lovely… 

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There is a great article by Rob Walker in today’s New York Times magazine about the Indie craft movement. The article mostly centers around the awesome Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane, but talks generally about things handmade and those (primarily women, many of whom are stay-at-home moms) who make and sell handmade goods from… 

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I’m really pleased that my work has been selected for the Morphe II soft toy exhibit. I created the Cube Zoo with Morphe in mind and I’m so happy that Carly liked my little lions enough to include them in this fantastic show. Do I get to call myself an artist now? I finished a… 

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Roxy and I are taking a little nature class on Thursday mornings called Puddlestompers. It meets at a different local park each week and we experience parts of the natural world together. Last week we learned about sow bugs and today we dissected flowers. Except that WE didn’t do much with the flowers. Instead, we… 

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Six in total, made from bits of vintage fabric, linen, woven ribbon and trim and vintage bottons. And guess who finally got his own blog?

I finished a new doll today during nap time. Last week I received a bundle of vintage fabric scraps from an ebay auction and they were so inspiring (nothing is better than someone else’s scraps!). A lot of the pieces are fairly small – perfect paired with linen for some pincushions. And some of the… 

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