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.
I made these five elephants for a new children’s store called Pajama Squid that will be opening in my home state of Maryland in March 2008. I got some good news a few months ago from Penguin Putnam Australia, the publisher of the book Softies that came out this past fall. Apparently the book hasRead More →
A new small bird, in mustard yellow. The flock of small birds. I just scored a whole set of new paddle punches on eBay that I’m pretty excited about. My poor leaf-shaped Sizzix is all dented now. The head kept flying off the hammer you’re supposed to use and nearly knocked me in the faceRead More →
I started working on a red bird when Charlie pointed out that it had begun to look like a pyrrhuloxia, a cardinal-type bird he remembers seeing when we went birding in Tuscon four years ago. I like having a husband who is a birder and who has a photographic memory. Here is my pyrrhuloxia andRead More →
The first Nest of Thread is at Pocket Utopia for the Etsy show, but I will always have a special feeling toward that piece because in a sense it was the beginning for me. When I made it I had been making birds for a few months already and then the idea for this designRead More →
This evening I finished a second small bird, very similar to the first but this one is wool. Over Thanksgiving my mother-in-law, Judi, gave me a pair of my father-in-law’s wool pants. She said he wore them twice and they just didn’t fit him properly, but the wool was nice and she thought I couldRead More →
As you may know, here in Boston we have been deluged with snow in the past few days. Thursday brought a snowstorm with the worst possible timing – right in the middle of the day. Everyone in the city left work at the same moment and the entire metro area was in gridlock for manyRead More →
Roxanne and I have been talking recently about making art that is monochromatic. She likes that word. I told her I was working on a bird that is all white. She made a picture all in orange. Nice when we get excited about the same idea. I’m pleased with the layers on the wings onRead More →
A few days ago the most lovely piece of fabric arrived in the mail. I have been coveting Lara Cameron’s fabric for so long now and finally managed to get to her Etsy shop in time to buy some. And it is indeed fabulous. I know fabric is really special when it never makes itRead More →
Teacher gifts are well underway. These travel tissue holders are a pleasure to make – a great place for those bits of lovely fabric and trim that are too small for much else. Check out Cassi’s awesome tutorial if you’d like to make some yourself. My only edit was to trace her pattern onto freezerRead More →
Gift crafting is in full force here now. First, for my nearly two-year-old niece, Emerson, a package of homemade playdough. This will be accompanied by lots of cookie cutters and a rolling pin and hair maker. Here is the playdough recipe, in case you'd like to make some. It lasts for a long long timeRead More →