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.
"Porthole"(box is 9" tall and bird adds another 6") A new mixed media shadow box. The inside is three separate compartments with vintage wooden spools of thread, wooden rings, a painted wooden ball, and various papers. Perched above is a bird soft sculpture holding the tail end of thread from a wooden spool in herRead More →
Okay, so here is the amazing yard of fabric I found a week and a half ago at a church rummage sale. It was buried under lots of old plaid flannel and other yucko stuff and I couldn’t believe it when I pulled this out. "From Hawaii with Aloha" and look at those ’70’s lovers. Read More →
to say that the shop has now been updated and is fully stocked. Birds galore and a few other treats. Have a great day!
This is the second half of what the shop update will include. 18 items in total. Everything will go up on Wednesday (that’s May 14) at 11:30 am EST. Prices will range from $110 for the smaller birds to $350 for the owl. Everything else will be somewhere in between (although the two animals willRead More →
Next Wednesday, May 14, at 11:30 am EST I will update my shop. These and many others will be listed. I’m really excited to have new, fresh things in the shop and I hope you’ll check it out! Meanwhile I am having a bit of a studio clearance sale now so if there is somethingRead More →
I was possessed by some kind of footloose and fancy free mood yesterday evening and made this animal. He says hello to you. He will be part of mid-May shop update. Thank you to everyone who recommended Google Reader. I have officially said good-bye to Kinja, the switch over is complete, and I’m in love. Read More →
I finished the bird in the middle this morning. He is all neutrals and very mod. These three are like a little flock now. We gave Stella a Cotton Monster for her birthday and it is such an amazing toy. His mouth is a big pocket for all your treasures and it is just soRead More →
I finished a second bird with a crimson breast this morning. These two look very fine together, I think. I have been putting a lot of thought into my Etsy shop this week. I am hoping to give it some major attention over the summer, with bigger, scheduled updates. The first will be in earlyRead More →
Roxanne’s classmate and friend, Z., is very attached to a little stuffed elephant, Ellie, that has been with him since he was a baby. Four years of constant love and companionship, plus many many washings, had made poor Ellie totally threadbare. You could literally see the stuffing through his body and he was falling apartRead More →
We walked into town this morning and sat on the grass and watched the Boston Marathon. One of the few things I love about living in the Wellesley is our proximity to the half-way point of the Marathon. The fighter jets fly right over our neighborhood and in the years when it is good weather,Read More →