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Taking a Making Break

Before I left Maine I started piecing a new quilt Nothing too complicated – I am still a beginner when it comes to quilting –…

I don’t remember taking this photo twelve years ago Like many moments in the weeks after I gave birth to my first baby, this moment…

My Mom recently gifted her cherished Barbie doll to my daughter. The doll alone is special – her case says she was produced in 1961…

I don’t know if I should be embarrassed to admit this but I started the hand quilting on my first quilt over a year ago…

About two months ago, we moved from our little downtown house to a larger house fit for three growing children, four furry mammals, and –…

“Suppose I were to begin by saying I had fallen in love with a color. Suppose I were to speak this as though it were…

When my middle son, who has a serious heart defect, was a baby, I remember his cardiologist talking about how his medical needs would vary…

I’m a few days behind, but I have finally settled on a New Years Resolution I want to read for pleasure more. This probably seems…

As we approach the holiday season, I’ve been thinking, as someone who loves giving gifts, about how to do so more carefully, and more sustainably.…

This post was originally published on April 25, 2016. Or, why I took a break from sewing, and why I got back to it. I…