Hello, hello, my friends! How are you? I'm doing well. I have a birthday coming up soon, so I've been reflecting on life more than usual. I've been thinking a lot about what inspires me. One recent and great inspiration is the author Alan Bradley and about a month ago I finished reading his Flavia de Luce series. I read all 10 books over several weeks, one right after another, transported to the 1950s and soaking in the mysteries. Flavia, a brilliant 11-year-old amateur scientist and sleuth, ... Read more
Creativebug Classes!
Hello my lovely friends! A while back, I mentioned that I filmed some classes for Creativebug, and hooray hooray! A couple of them are now up and available on the site. More will be added over the next few months. The newly added is class is from my first sewing book, Sewing Happiness, featuring the Triangle Eco Bag. I'm going to daringly say that this would be an excellent Mother's Day gift -- I have a bunch of these Triangle bags around the house and use them for various purposes. ... Read more
Coffee date + The gifts of a decade
Hello. How are you? I really want to know. As I sat down to type this month's blog post, I wasn't sure if I had anything of interest to offer up. Not that I do normally, but I've rarely let that stop me from prattling about. This morning I was thinking about how I started this blog 10 years ago, and for the last decade it's been a rather one-sided conversation, hasn't it? I wish that we could have a chat. Let's imagine that we're meeting up at one of my favorite coffee shops and we've settled in ... Read more
Obsessively designing
Hello, hello! How are you all doing? What a crazy time...I have no adequate words for what seems like ceaseless global upheaval. I find solace in making things when the world seems to be churning, and lately I've been having a love affair with designing patterns for wallpaper, stationery and fabric. I celebrated a dear friend's birthday this weekend, and let me tell you -- wrapping the presents with my own designs is incredibly gratifying. I'm getting more and more comfortable with ... Read more
Quieting
I've become very good at ratcheting down the pace. I was using my phone to record a video a couple of weeks ago and when I played the video back, I discovered that I had accidentally hit the "Slo-Mo" button while filming. My life feels like it's in perpetual slo-mo these days. I call it "quieting." It's kind of nice. I've even been tiptoeing into the ultimate quieting activity: knitting. When I was a striving bundle of youth, I constantly sought out excitement and novelty. World travel! New ... Read more