I am in Mendocino and am returning to Portland early tomorrow morning. I have tried in earnest to comment on posts plus my own, but my signal is intermittent at best. I will be back online tomorrow evening after I get home. Please forgive what seems to be a negligence. Until then….I hope this gets [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Yikes
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Sewing by hand
Posted in Clothing, Decorative, Fabric on March 30, 2010 | 12 Comments »
I have been trying to slow my life down. I have been reading a lot, listening to audio books, taking long walks, watching movies, talking to my husband, and doing a lot of slow, hand-sewing. I have also, of course, been thinking about how we live, or rather how I live. I would prefer to [...]
Lampshades
Posted in Clothing, Decorative, Interior Design, fabric/collage/applique on March 14, 2010 | 21 Comments »
This is what I have been working on the last week, lampshades for a woman that asked me to make a total of five for her before my daughter’s wedding. She was in no hurry, but after I recovered sufficiently from all the wedding sewing, I felt compelled to get these finished as soon as [...]
Returning
Posted in Places on March 12, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I have been balancing some things…. and trying to get a project finished. I am returning soon.
A little break
Posted in Seasons on March 8, 2010 | 9 Comments »
I am taking some time off from my blog as well as visiting other blogs. It seems important right now. I will miss all of the inspiration and sharing. I hope to be back in a week or so.
Being quiet
Posted in Art, Inspiration, Nature, Places on March 8, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Imagination Gives Us Wings 1994 Larry Kirkland (b. 1950 – ) Mount Shasta “I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief…for a time I rest in the grace of the world, and I am free.” Wendell Berry
A skirt
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Fabric, Nature, Places, Seasons on March 1, 2010 | 29 Comments »
I finished the skirt late Friday afternoon, and silly me, after it was done, I was thinking how great this would have looked on Vanessa Bell with a paintbrush in hand and a canvas in front of her or Virginia Woolf seated at her desk, pen in hand, writing her journal or finishing the last [...]