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 love you, little one.
I’ve decided to give myself some time to work on more complex sculptural pieces. I want to explore a bit and get away from making things that are perceived to be toys for children. I also want to depart from feeling that the pattern I make for each piece has to be replicable and thatRead More →
Three garden snails made from scraps of new and vintage fabrics. These will go to Sui Generis. And I’m excited today because I’ve been chosen to participate in Plush You again this year. Check out my write up here.
I made a gray dog today. He is all ready for a birthday party. I’m enjoying putting all the gray fabric I dyed to use. I like how the grays look paired together. The owner of Sui Generis brings her two dogs to work with her and lots of dog owners shop there. I hopeRead More →
I finished this horse today. I love that blue canvas with the buttons and numbers on it. I combined it here with some new and vintage fabrics and some linen. This piece will go to Sui Generis in Cambridge. We spent the morning outside today trying to soak up some sun before the next bigRead More →
Another day of reworking things. Here is the original look of this doll, but since making it I learned so much from Mimi about how to embroider that the original face was no longer okay with me. Today I took out the embroidery on her face and gave her some new features along with aRead More →
Let’s see. I finished this blue kangaroo for my niece, Ellis, to accompany the book I Love You, Blue Kangaroo as part of her birthday present. She is a twin so an identical kangaroo in pink (no, there is no book about a pink kangaroo, but pink is her favorite color) will follow sometime soon. Read More →
I’ve been meaning to make some sand dollars for several months and finally got started this week. These are made from scraps of linen and each one is pretty free form. Some darts to give them depth, some french knots in their centers and some needle sculpting to make them bumpy. Roxanne announced today, "MyRead More →
I finished this patchwork horse today. I made him for a fundraising auction that will be held at the end of April at my synagogue. His body is a patchwork of fabrics with vibrant colors and blacks and whites. Nothing vintage. His legs, main and tail are white linen. Here is the other side. TheseRead More →
I can’t tell you how excited I was to wake up this morning and find out that my bird with gold wings won a Softie Award! Nearly 3,500 people voted. It is so wonderful to know that there are that many people out there who really are interested in handmade soft toys. Making toys makesRead More →