Waiting for a baby to arrive can be a unique time. I have been in Southern California for a week now with my youngest daughter waiting for the birth of her first baby. She continues to work at home and will periodically go into the office as well. We have had a special time going [...]
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Waiting…….
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Fabric, Family, Memories, Places, Quilts, Seasons on July 28, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Why We Sew
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Decorative, Fabric, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Literature, Memories, Places, Quilts, Seasons, Slow Living on June 24, 2010 | 35 Comments »
“When my hands were little, and my mother was teaching me to sew, she placed her hands over mine. She put her middle finger, encased in a pitted silver thimble, at the end of the needle and pushed for me. This finger, with the thimble, is a little engine, she said. It makes the needle [...]
Embracing Femininity Part I
Posted in Art, Clothing, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Memories, Places, Ruminating, Seasons, Uncategorized on May 1, 2010 | 22 Comments »
As I get older I become more set in my ways. Some are tolerable, as viewed by others, something I often find amusing. However, parts of me, huge parts are more personal. I view these as having been with me for a lifetime. In other words they seem so entrenched in my being it would [...]
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
Manon Gignoux
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Clothing, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Places, Vintage Clothing on January 7, 2010 | 24 Comments »
I must admit, I have two magazine indulgences that provide me with ongoing inspiration and worthy daydreams, Selvedge and The World of Interiors, both published in England. If I had to give up one or the other, it would be with deep regret. Nearly two years ago, a fact the astonishes me, I came across [...]
Dreaming while sewing
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Clothing, Inspiration, Ruminating on January 4, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I have a journal filled with photos that have inspired me over the years, and this is one that seems timeless….bohemian chic. Old buttons….. Antique metallic trims….. French lace…..these are the things I dream about as I sew for the wedding. It will soon be time to get back to my own visions and see [...]
A few things to inspire
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Clothing, Inspiration, Ruminating on January 2, 2010 | 11 Comments »
EWA I WALLA FORM AND ELEGANCE INSIDE THE SILK UMBRELLA For the next few days, I hope to post a few photos of things that inspire me and will take me into another space in my creative room and mind. Maybe you will find something that inspires you too.
Magical Maryhill
Posted in Art, Inspiration, Places on November 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
May I introduce you to Samuel Hill, “Visionary. Entrepreneur. World traveler. Road and monument builder. Philanthropist. Friend to royalty.” And “the principal founder of the Maryhill Museum”. [Maryhill Museum of Art by Linda Brady Tesner] Samuel was really quite huge…a larger than life person. He was someone you would probably be drawn to in conversation [...]
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