Happy Halloween!
This month got away from me!! I’ve done zero to engage in the Hallow’s Eve spirit, but this sort of pumpkin colored pair of winter booties could be part of an elfin costume, maybe??
Well, by the time my class for these cuties start on November 7th (next week!) Halloween will be a distant memory, but that’s okay. I’m super excited about this special virtual 3-session class that I’ll be teaching in collaboration with Tatter Blue Library. It’s a spin-off of the summer slip one class I taught back in July, and this time I’ll be instructing how to hand sew toasty, quilted, Sashiko-stitched winter versions. Totally customizable and oh-so-nourishing for the mind, heart and hands (well, if you take it slow and steady, which is the pace of the class), I have loved loved loved making the samples and have plans to make more as gifts. For more info and to register, click here.
Speaking of gifts, a part of the class I’m including a bonus baby booties PDF that will delight wee toes the world over, and it we have time in the last session, I’ll give a quick overview of the instruction to clarify any tricky bits.
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In other news, I’ve been invited to be a part of one of New York’s fabulous children’s bookstore, Books of Wonder. The virtual picture book event with a panel discussion is on Sunday, November 10th at 2pm EASTERN along with several lovely authors:
- ALICE TAIT, author of No, Nancy, No! A Dog Chase in New York
- CAROLIN HAILAKSONO, author of The Ways We Say “I Love You”
- WAKA T. BROWN & YUKO JONES, author of Perfect
For details of this FREE event, click here!
These will be pretty much the last things I’ll be taking part in this year (there’s also a short watercolor class that I will teach in person at the South Hill Library on November 16th at 2pm, if you’re in the area and interested). Here’s yet another link for signing up.
It’s been a full, amazing year! I’m still working on books in the background, but mostly, I’m spending lots of time thinking about how to savor this new phase of empty nesting. I’m flying out to Chicago next week for K’s college family weekend, and I can’t wait!
Since I was out of town for a good chunk of October and just returned to Seattle last night, I didn’t do much in terms of Halloween decor as I mentioned, but I did take a few fun photos while I was in the Bay Area:
See you next month!
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