Couldn’t Let it Go
I was standing at the kitchen counter, chopping red bell peppers, when I started to think about how these vegetables under my knife would provide flavor and sustenance months from now. That is always how […]
Category: thoughts
What Do You Want to Cultivate?
I’m working on the 2014 Seedling Design calendar and clearly I am thinking spring (and summer) and doing my best to bring it to life in fabric. This particular calendar page to be was inspired by a question that one of my yoga teachers asked: […]
Ordinary Things
Just some of the ordinary things in my day. Melting snow, morning light, objects that are useful and sometimes beautiful. As a maker, I think a lot about things and their purpose whether useful, meaningful or completely unnecessary. I am intrigued by the stories that […]
In Between Time
It seems like we have more snow now than we’ve had all winter. We’ve gotten it inch by inch and sometimes, like Tuesday, several inches in a day. Though the blanket of snow is deep in the yard in front of our building, the sun […]
Work In Progress
Since January I have cut back drastically on the amount that I am working for other people. I spend a day or two each week at a local bakery but the rest of the days are for me to use as I wish. I try […]
January Reflections
When I started writing here I hoped that something would catch. I didn’t have a grand plan or strategy to create the perfect blog. My writing here tends to reflect and focus on the moment. I put time and editing into my posts but I […]
Slowly Returning
January feels like a time for hibernating: hunkering down and conserving warmth. But it also signifies, to me, a new beginning. A time for increased attention to and activity in areas that may have been neglected for a while, or never engaged in at all. […]