Hello, my friends! How are you? Are blogs still a thing? I'm committed to updating my little space at least once a month, but I get the sense that the collective attention span has been rapidly dwindling (including mine for sure) and Instagram is so much easier, isn't it? Despite my amoeba-like attention span, I can spend so much time just consuming images -- which perplexes me. There have been times when an entire HOUR (or more!) will have been frittered away while I mindlessly scroll through ... Read more
Rockstars
Oh the days! The weeks! The months! I feel like I'm operating at warp speed and am hurtling through a galaxy littered with to-do meteors. Things are good, though. It's mega-exciting to see the feedback from all the pattern testers and I am so so so so so so close to getting my manuscript completely done. I feel lucky that other wonderful non-publishing opportunities keep popping up and I'm spending a lot of time asking myself, "Is this something I really want to do? Is this the best use of my ... Read more
Etsy update and whatnot
Hello, my friends! Just a little update because my blog is feeling quite neglected these days, so very much like my houseplants. This post is my attempt at a bit of watering and reviving, though I know that I'll need to do some serious pruning and repotting and fertilizing (?) and all the other plant metaphors that I don't know because I'm not much of a gardener. Anyway. I've been meaning to add this little meditative pincushion PDF pattern that I contributed to Making to my etsy shop for ... Read more
Merry + Bright
It's Christmas Eve and our house is quiet. My mom is drawing in the kitchen, K is off with a friend on a last-minute shopping expedition, M is also out and about -- probably hunting for gifts as well. I am sitting by our tree, candles aglow, marveling at the snow that is drifting gently outside. It's been quite a year, my friends. I launched one book, completed another (out next September!). I had so many adventures near and far. There were ups and downs, joy and sadness, ebullience and ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! I'm having one of those weeks when nothing I do seems to turn out well. Case in point: the above photo is a muslin I was working on for K's graduation dress, but I messed up the invisible zipper insertion and then accidentally tore the very thin rayon fabric in a very bad way when I attempted to unpick the seams. Unsalvageable. At least it was the muslin, though I was secretly hoping that she'd like it so much that I wouldn't need to make the final version in an even more ... Read more