Today, stormy- heavy winds and lots of rain~ perfect for staying in and working! After working on knitting a baby sweater and making and listing notecards for two months I finally feel ready to return to making dresses! I never intended to be away from sewing for so long, but I always seem to underestimate [...]
Life is full of surprises~ and of course, being their nature, you never know when or where they are going to pop up!! With my latest surprise I literally mean, “pop-up!” Like this, above- the first, and most visible thing to see in my garden. A few weeks ago I received a call from [...]
I know. It’s been way too long since I’ve updated my blog. I have been working on this dress called, A Few of My Favorite Things and I’ve just finished it. Making this dress has been the strangest experience! I felt as if a magic spell had been cast over me and I wasn’t able [...]
POURING ~ Good for flowers and ducks!! I just came in from “taking” Pascal for a walk- only we didn’t walk; we went nowhere. Pascal wouldn’t move! He looked at me as if I was crazy, and argued with a “look” that said, ” I’m not going out in that!!” So here I am, home [...]
Good Morning! As you can see from this photo, I finished the dress I’ve been working on! On January 25, and 27, I posted photos so that you could see how such a scene develops. The scenes on my dresses are always a combination of smocking and embroidery. Smocking is wonderful for covering large flat [...]
We’re getting there, Peace and I! I thought you might enjoy seeing an update of the dress I’m currenly working on. I was able to spend the majority of the day yesterday, working on my dress, and by last night, felt as if I’d made progress. I’m hoping by tonight to be able to say [...]
I love children too! I have two grandchildren of my own who I love dearly and want them to have the very best, illness- free lives, possible. I would be devastated if they were to get lead poisoning. I don’t think you could find anyone involved in the business of “handmade” who doesn’t want to [...]
We, (Pascal and I,) started today with an early morning walk downtown, where virtually everything was still locked except Starbuck’s and Peets. Rain had been forecast and I was anxious to get a walk in before it began. Pascal doesn’t like to get even his feet wet, so it was, either we went early before [...]
Change.org has been conducting polls to see what the top issues are that Americans are concerned about. The issues that come out in the top 10 are going to be presented to President Obama. The CPSIA came out in the top 10!!! That is such encouraging news to me. If you’d like to read about [...]
