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Bump Bags
Hi All, I am heading off to Colorado this afternoon. I grew up there and I'm looking forward to seeing my dad and visiting a couple of...
Nov 2, 20211 min read
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Fall Bags: Beauty
Hi Friends, I know it is Saturday evening but I just wanted you to see these just finished bags. About 10 years ago I found a long,...
Nov 2, 20211 min read
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Little Stuff Matters
Hello Friends, I hope this finds you well. For many years, I have wanted to own a garment from the design company Piazza Sempione. Twice...
Nov 2, 20211 min read
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Bumps are back!
Hello Friends, I haven't made bumpy bags like these for many, many years! Even then I only made a few. Both of these were made from...
Nov 2, 20211 min read
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My Mistake
The entire sad/happy story When I make the bags I turn them inside out which is actually a good work out. This time, on the dot bag...
Nov 2, 20211 min read
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GOT HOPE?
Hello. The most hopeful thing I have experienced this season is watching my garden grow. The picture above is current and the picture...
Jul 28, 20201 min read
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look what we did...again!!
Hi. I have a (not!) very sophisticated way of judging how things are going. If I have berries in the fridge and good cotton sheets on the...
Jul 20, 20201 min read
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are you miserable in your mask?
Hello. I went on a search to find the most beautiful, lightest weight, tightly woven cotton/silk fabrics and not surprisingly, I found...
Jul 18, 20201 min read
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Can you use your words?
Hello. When thinking about the bags and masks I have been making with words, a funny story came to mind. About five years ago, it seemed...
Jul 10, 20201 min read
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would you like tea or a tea towel bag?
Hi. I just wanted to show you the two tea towel bags that I finished since the last video. I make a few of these each year and they...
Jul 3, 20201 min read
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How to wear a mask without melting- video inside!
Hi. I wanted to update you on what I am making. The new masks are wonderfully lightweight and convertible, the same mask will work...
Jun 27, 20201 min read
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beauty that will make your heart explode
Just a quick note to you all. First, thank you for all of the sales, big and small, they have helped me trust that my business will be...
Jun 11, 20201 min read
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see how the guerrilla gardening turned out!
Hello. Above is my guerrilla gardening spot. The tree is the reference. I put in hostas and creeping jenny, hoping it will spread and...
Jun 2, 20201 min read
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do cherry blossoms grow on bridges?
Hello all, As always I'm playing a balancing act between making things to sell, making things just because I want to and just staying...
May 26, 20201 min read
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Check out what we did together!
Hello All- A friend teased me about my opening "Hello All" and after a moment I remembered where that came from. My grandma in Indiana...
May 20, 20202 min read
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I've listed a lot of new MASKS!
Who would have imagined that we'd be shopping for masks? It's like we went to sleep one night and woke up to a very different world. I...
May 12, 20201 min read
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Do you want to meet my grandma?
My grandma was amazing and I can't believe that she died 20 years ago, this month. About ten years before she died, I was able to get...
Apr 28, 20202 min read
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SPRING SKIRTS HAVE ARRIVED
Hello. As most of you know, I am always hunting for fabulous textiles. During the last year or so I've also been keeping my eyes peeled...
Apr 15, 20201 min read
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Has anyone heard of guerilla garening?
Hi All- Different people turn to different things in times like this. As you may know, I get a lot of satisfaction from gardening. It...
Apr 9, 20202 min read
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Does beauty matter?
Hi. Probably, like many of you, part of my energy during this time has been spent making sure the older folks in my family are ok. For...
Mar 30, 20201 min read
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