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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…
A New Flight Path
Of course there is a handmade hat to go with whatever random thought is passing through my brain. In this case it is about charting a new direction both in life and in business (one and the same, really.) Flight hats have been a constant theme in my hat making life. They represent strength, courage,…
A Woollen Spun Gal
I just can’t quit this squishy Canadian yarn. It’s not fancy, sophisticated or luxurious, but it’s my kind of perfect. Chances are, if I meet a yarn made from natural fibres, I’m going to love it. I fall in love easily. But of all the sweaters and shawls that I have made, the ones I…
Snow and Indigo
It’s been so beautiful and snowy in Lunenburg. I never feel quite safe confessing that I love winter, so please don’t tell anyone. I know that winter can be tough on many people and there’s nothing worse than that cheerful snow lover when you want to pull the blankets over your head until Spring, so…
Headbands, Halifax and Hat News
Hello! I have a new inanimate best friend. Meet my Minnie May headband. I made a batch of 12 and at 5:45 a.m, headbands in tow, I will be hitting the road for the Halifax Brewery Market, tomorrow (Saturday) from 8-1. Yes, I mentioned the time for the purposes of sympathy. Next week I will…
A Life of Flowers and a Class to Celebrate it.
As I approach one more rotation around the sun, it occurs to me that I have spent so much of it in the creation of fabric flowers. One of my earliest childhood memories is picking dandelions on the hillside of a busy Montreal street, certain that I had discovered gold. Seeing that yellow hill was…