I accidentally bought these really skinny candles online, meant for menorahs, I think, and I didn’t have any candleholders the right size, so I decided to make some. They are so wee and adorable. Will be in the October Patreon boxes, along with some appropriate candles…
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Break between closed and open session of the board meeting, so here are some pics from earlier today — playing with clay. Not pictured, the pasta machine that I’ve dedicated to clay and which makes it much much easier to roll out sheets for marbling. Totally worth it. I was going for autumn leaves in
This is my current favorite little incubator business at Berwyn’s Sprout — Dive Bar Soap Company. Laurette Anderson has just done an incredible job with the aesthetics of her booth; it’s gorgeous, looks very high-end, and yet her products are also very affordable. I picked up some perfume oil (leather, saffron, cedar, musk) and lip
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So, hey, here’s something new — I’m opening up a physical store! Well, really, just a booth. It’s part of this Sprout Incubator project (Cermak Plaza, Berwyn), where the city subsidizes new small businesses (especially women & minority-owned), so we can try out a retail space for low commitment. So the next few weeks, I’m
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Morning, folks. I’ve got a cold, which is annoying, but not unexpected, given the petri dish that is a university campus — my kids seem fine, so I’m blaming my students this time. COVID test negative this morning — they’re not entirely reliable, alas. But it feels pretty mild, regardless — tired, sneezing, scratchy throat.
LOVE the new tea towel pattern — this is “A Day in Jaipur” by Jan Johnson. So pretty.
I’m pretty sure that’s not a verb. It was a little iffy holding phone camera with one hand while sewing with the other — I should probably have set up a tripod…
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Yesterday evening, I was watching Gilmore Girls (again) with Kavi, and pulled out my knitting to organize it. So many UFO’s. (Unfinished Objects). The problem is that what tends to attract me to knitting / crochet is learning new techniques (ADHD novelty & challenge-seeking), but a lot of the time, I don’t have the brain
Two new fabrics for tea towels. A Day in Jaipur, by Jan Johnson: https://www.spoonflower.com/…/10721027-day-jaipur-med… Sleepy Foxes, by Linda Beckemeyer: https://www.spoonflower.com/…/8346938-fox-sleepy-foxes… I’ll have these up in the shop sometime this week, I imagine — will post when Stephanie Bailey has a chance to put them up (after I sew and photograph them).
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Kavi and I spent a while this morning with Gilmore Girls in the background, working on taking my Tamil Vowels tea towel design and trying it in autumn colors. I think we’ve got it to some options that may work — the next step is uploading to Spoonflower and order some proof copies to check
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