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Upcoming Shows and a Whole Lot of Books
Hello Everyone, Craft Show season is officially here. This weekend you can find me at Christmas in Petite. I’ll be in the fire hall. The show runs both Saturday and Sunday and takes place in several venues in beautiful Petite Riviere, Nova Scotia. It is truly a wonderful show with great quality crafts in a…
Connections
Hello, hello and hello. Three hellos for the the 3 months since I last spoke to you through my favourite writing vehicle… mea culpa. This summer was one of the busiest in my studio and at the Lunenburg Farmers’ Market. Our little town was inundated with visitors from near and far. I guess this blog…
Wish You Were Here
Hello from the heart of summer. It has been glorious and I have been venturing out on my trusted bicycle. Bicycling along the back harbour trail or hugging the shore line of Second Peninsula is what freedom looks like to me. The work of pedalling uphill followed by the reward of the downhill coast sets…
Hats as Resistance
Hello, hello. I have some hats, headbands, walks and thoughts to share with you. This is my latest version of my Franny Cotton Canvas cloche. I hadn’t realized how much I love colour blocking until I knit my last sweater ( as seen in one of my recent blog posts.) There is just something about…
Glorious Spring and a Video to Prove it.
Hello from the prettiest time of year when green is queen. I am positively tripping on the colours around me right now. I made another short video to share the love. If the colours of Spring are not enough to entice you to watch, then maybe the colours of some of my naturally dyed fabrics…
A Pretty Solution For a Big Problem
I’m not sure how many times you kind people will allow me to keep talking about the same subject, but this is what keeps me up at night. Textile Waste. Before I go madly off on a tangent (I’ll try to keep it short) I present you with one of my local solutions…a fabric flower…
Spring’s Eternal Hope
The saying goes, Hope springs eternal, but I prefer Spring’s eternal hope. For the past week I have begun each morning in the garden, moving raspberry bushes, weeding the strawberries, contemplating the deer fence that the wind took down, conversing with the birds and dreaming…. …dreaming of a yard full of flowers and vegetables and…
A CATastrophe and a Request for Support
Last Sunday I returned from Toronto after losing my dad. Devi was very happy to see me. I was very happy to see him. On Monday, in celebration of our reunification, Devi ate a sizable chunk of a foam yoga block. Needless to say, he did not feel well. In an attempt to ease his…
My number one fan
In case you are wondering where I got my face, it is from this beautiful man-my dad. He left this world just over a week ago. I’m back from Toronto after observing the Jewish ritual of sitting Shiva with my family. Between my brother’s epic eulogy, where the entire chapel alternated between crying and laughing…
Flora Fedora 2.0
I have never been able to leave well enough alone. Last year I designed the Flora Fedora hat, a rather adorable hand dyed cotton canvas fedora that is perfect for traveling or for simply looking marvellous at the grocery store. While there was nothing wrong with last year’s version, I knew she could be even…