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Summertime of 2018
I've been absent on these pages since June. I HAVE been sewing...in several ways, but just haven't had any one thing I thought worth a post. Hopefully, the sum total of the whole summer will be of...
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Happy Accidents, Serendipitous Slips, Marvelous Mistakes...
I don't know where my head was when I cut out my #4 version of Marcy Tilton's V9171 "lantern" tunic. I think I wanted to have enough fabric so badly that I tricked myself into thinking I only had to...
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Fall Sewing
I had a great summer and early fall, busy traveling and sewing. We have had a beautiful fall here on the Central Coast of California and now we are experiencing the smoke from the very tragic fire up...
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Watch the Birdie
I've had a lifelong love of birds. Some say it might be cuz of my nose...a bit bird-like. Or maybe it's because I dream of flying.I pin birds on Pinterest, I have a board in fact. I have two...
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This and That
Its Sunday night, (the Super Bowl is playing and I'm trying to ignore it--I bet there's gonna be a LOT of blog posted tonight having to do with sewing). It's 6 o'clock in the evening here on the...
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LA Fabric and Clothing Sale
I was in LA for a few days. I went down just to catch the closing sale of Claudia Grau, a designer I've followed for many years.She had a store on Melrose in the 80's, then moved to Crossroads of the...
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My Responses Are Not Being Published
Hi Friends,I just realized that my replies to your comments have not been published in the last month or so! My apologies if you have commented and I have not responded.I've been on several chat...
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Late Spring Check-in
It's been a fun year so far. I'm turning 70 (yahoo as far as I'm concerned!) so I decided what I wanted was more travel and more classes/retreats/time with sewing buds. You might say, if you know me,...
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Late Summer Check In
It's been a wonderful spring and summer with lots of travel while learning new techniques. After Japan (see the last post) I went to Tennessee for our annual trek to Shakerag Workshops, with a...
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Cool Idea
I feel more than a little guilty every time an Amazon package comes to our house. I save them but my carbon footprint build up was beginning to look like Bigfoot. So I decided to try making a market...
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Cashmere and Vintage Japanese Textiles
It's cashmere season. I've been digging into my stash and fondling the pieces. My hands landed on a big bundle of overdyed orange I'd been holding onto for years.They finally called to me. I was...
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Trouble with Blogger
Thanks to all of you who responded to my last post. I answered your comments but Blogger is not posting them.I've been researching this issue online but have not solved the problem. I'm also having...
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Sewcial Distancing
Hi everyone!I'm here on California's central coast basking in the rain and staying home. It freaked me out at first to realize I'll be home for the next few weeks (months?) but I'm fine now. I want...
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When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Sewing
How can I feel so good about all this time to sew and make? Shouldn't I be feeling anxious, worried and stressed? Am I the heartless person who blithely goes about her life not caring about...
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Love Birds!
Most everyone who knows me knows that I love birds. Joe says it's because I have a bird beak for a nose. I'll take that. I do!Often, when I don't know what I feel like sewing my hands go to bird...
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Silk Screening with Thickened Dyes
Hi everyone, long time! I've been doing a lot of surface design, a lot of hand sewing and a bit of machine sewing. I just finished a class with Pat Pauly. I took the same class last year at the...
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Textile Surface Design
I think all of us are asking ourselves, how do I dress and look good wearing a mask? For some reason some of the more "out there" clothes I have made seem like they'll make me look like a crazy lady...
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Block Printing
A few months ago I took a block printing class from Valori Wells of The Stitchin' Post. It was one of the best classes I've ever taken. And it was online! She taught us from her home studio over two...
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Screen Printed Haori Jacket
I took another online class, screen printing with thickened dyes from the lovely Pat Pauly. She is offering several such classes online in the coming year. I recommend them. They are labor intensive...
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Color Galore Tunic
As promised, my next garment from the fabrics I worked on in the last Pat Pauly class. If you're interested in this type of work, Pat has two openings in her January class.This garment is not for the...
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