Summer’s Colors
By late August, the signs are clear that summer is winding down. I begin to notice that it isn’t light til eight or nine any more and I wake up to the sunrise instead of the 5am brightness of June. The vibrance of the […]
By late August, the signs are clear that summer is winding down. I begin to notice that it isn’t light til eight or nine any more and I wake up to the sunrise instead of the 5am brightness of June. The vibrance of the […]
As soon as we started dyeing fabric last fall, Amos asked if we could use the fabric to make him a quilt. The last quilt I made him was crib sized, the wonky stars quilt that I stitched together when I was pregnant, over five […]
I love the fresh start of the new year and the hopeful sense of possibility. Some years I get a little carried away, thinking of 20 different things that I can try, improve, and add to my life. In the midst of all these […]
When I start cutting fabric and thread my sewing machine, I’m exploring ideas while imagining the end result and hoping that it will turn out well enough. It is satisfying to create something for my home that is useful and pleasant to look at, but […]
I have always valued time to do nothing while I let my gaze and mind wander. I can think of many childhood moments watching rain drops slither across the car window or waking up and staring at a crack in the ceiling or the colored […]
It’s been a gray month. Many things have not gone as planned, many things have taken my mind far from the here and now and left my heart anxious. Though I wish I didn’t have reason to be marching and demonstrating twice in one week, […]
I am in that time of trying to slow down while also tying up loose ends and checking off the last things I want to accomplish. I am accepting that I won’t have everything perfect before the baby comes which is fine because no matter […]
Where did it come from? Who made it? Amos asks these questions all the time. My answers range from: I don’t know to A farm or A cow or, often, probably a factory. Sometimes the answer seems simple, I made it. As I’ve gradually sewn […]
My latest quilting endeavor is, of course, for our baby, due in about 8 weeks. I didn’t have a specific pattern in mind but while browsing for ideas I came across the disappearing nine patch. I chose nine fabrics that I loved because they contrast […]