Sewing, blogging, and creative business.
I’m very excited to have finished this patchwork Progress Pride Flag quilt. The pattern is by Bobbie Gentili from Geeky Bobbin. All of the fabrics are scraps from my stash.
This was a fun project and the finished quilt is really bright and colorful. As part of this process, I also enjoyed learning more about how the design of the Progress Pride flag came to be.
At long last I have started a pinterest board for keeping track of all the amazing soft toys I see. There are so many beautiful softies to look at and to get inspired by and I love having them all in one place to peruse whenever I want. I will continue to add to myRead More →
Happy Mother's Day to you! And to my mom, Myra, who is in Crete right now on vacation with my dad having a great adventure, I'm sure. Here we are in August of 1981 on my 6th birthday. My brother, Matt, is 11 and my sister, Rachel, is less than a month old (she isRead More →
I took that green herringbone and made a lizard with wool felt spikes. So much fun. I get such a tremendous feeling of satisfaction with every new animal that materializes. I cut some felted wool balls in half and used them as bases for his eyes. I've never done that before, but I like it! Read More →
Man, I love the Wellesley Recycling and Disposal Facility. I stopped by this morning on my way home from preschool drop-off. It's so hard to resist – the dump is literally on the way home. I can't tear myself away. I was walking up and down the aisles at the take-it-or-leave-it and there, stashed underRead More →
The Artful Bird workshop at The Button Box here in Wellesley on Saturday was amazing! Six women came and we sewed birds from 10-4. We had a great time! Here is Nancy sewing her bluebird. I brought some of my felt penguins for people to play with. My friend, Terrill, who taught with me whenRead More →
The other day I asked on Twitter for suggestions for a new animal to make. I got lots of good ones, including a dragon, a monkey, and a beluga whale (that one came from my sister-in-law whose daughter loves belugas). Whales came up a few times and I decided to give it a try. IRead More →
I worked on a seahorse today. Playing around with making pleated fabric after reading and rereading The Art of Manipulating Fabric by Colette Wolff. That book never ceases to amaze me. The amount of work it took to put it together! It is so comprehensive and whenever I pick it up all kinds of applicationsRead More →
I thought I would create an easy springtime craft tutorial and came up with these felt daffodils. I love the bright yellow daffodils that are blooming everywhere now in New England. They are a sure sign that spring really is here, even if it was 32 degrees out this morning! Make a few felt daffodilsRead More →
Today I finished the sample bird and all the step-outs for my upcoming workshop at The Button Box in Wellesley. We will be spending the day sewing this wren together. Select some scrap fabric from your stash and make your own unique bird using the pattern from my book. The workshop will be on Saturday,Read More →
I am working away on this sunny, breezy day… learning more about my camera creating backdrops for the toys that I will photograph in the book making my house kosher for Passover cooking for the Seder tonight (we are going to our friend's house this year, but we are bringing tsimmes, hard boiled eggs, theRead More →