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Striped Pajamas
The excuse for last week’s non post, as excuses go, merits little explanation. For my birthday last weekend, among all the many kindnesses, someone gave me a cold. On we go… Striped Pajamas. It’s not about the children’s song I learned from Captain Kangaroo about...
The Calico Dog, My Rebellious Entry into Sewing
Sixth grade. I found the pattern in Mom’s woman’s magazine. I don’t now where I got the fabric; it wasn’t really calico, but definitely not gingham. So, though the poem talks of a gingham dog and calico cat, I made a calico dog. Rebellious start to finish! The...
Marie Kondo, Filing, Letting Go, and Dust Bunnies
I love Marie Kondo. However… I have never seen her try to tidy an artist’s studio. My entire home is a studio. This week, overwhelmed with file boxes, crates and stacks of papers that trip up the simplest of movements and bruise shins, I bought two (more) file...
I MADE IT MYSELF…ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
Consider it a double blessing when you make a gift with your own hands. The act of making for a particular person is a gift to the maker as well as the recipient. The outcome or “product” is one of a kind, unique, thoughtful, and rare. The connection between you and...
WRITING 2020
2020 Week 1 January 5 WRITING… “So, writing. What a bitch. I suppose being any kind of artist is hard at times, most times…” ___Anne Lamott, Almost Everything, Chapter 6 I hate to write, but...
Day Twenty-Five – Puppy Meditation Wake Up!
My DogDaysOfSummer challenge is one quarter accomplished and the ship is still set at full steam ahead. The DDOS are indeed getting warmer, a lunar eclipse is in process this week causing all kinds of interesting situations, and I am happy to have made 25 dog (and...
AfriHens made with free pattern by @annwood . Thanks, Ann! @annwoodhandmade #annwoodhandmade #annwoodpattern #annwood #africanfabric #hen