Gifts for Makers
I can’t speak for all makers, but for me, for the holidays, there is nothing I want more than simply the time to work on…
Category: Creative Living
Halloween 2021
We went BIG this Halloween And looking back, this candy-hangover-day-after, I know all those hours spent planning and crafting costumes were worth it. It was…
Fall Making Checklist
Fall is far and away my favorite season It is the best time for making, whether it’s quilts, sweaters, or dresses. In the past I…
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 –…
The twelve year project
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…
Knitting with Plant Fibers
I am rereading a favorite novel of mine I Capture the Castle is a coming of age story, narrated by seventeen year old Cassandra, as…
Playing with (tiny) clothes
My Mom recently gifted her cherished Barbie doll to my daughter. The doll alone is special – her case says she was produced in 1961…
Party Dresses
If the past year and a half is a chrysalis a time characterized by dissolving and re-making, here I am – a new butterfly covered…
Refresh Your Clothes with Embroidery
I’ve mentioned more than once that embroidery was my first fiber and stitching related hobby. I learned to hand sew as a child, and it…
Me Made May Week 4
Meredith’s Me Made May Week 4 Day 1: Seamwork Penny Dress + Clogs This dress was a big step forward for me in my sewing…