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what’s not to love about an outdoor market?

So far this summer has been pretty chill, but it’s heating up fast… I’ve gone and signed up for a few weeks of vending my wares at Park Silly Sunday Market, starting this week- June 10th (but also July 1st ,7th and August 19th). As you can see- there’s a little something for everyone. I’d […]

craft, design, dolls, fabric, projects, sewing

a stroll down memory lane

If you were alive in the 80′s then at least one of the following crafts were hanging somewhere in your house- (perhaps currently still on display in your mom’s house?) Go ahead, take a walk back a few years, I’m not sure we’ve hit the vintage category yet with these patterns- maybe 10 more years? […]

craft, fabric, sewing

gay plaid fruit appliqués

On Saturday my mother-in-law dropped by a pile of crafting and sewing goods that she no longer wanted and even a few things that she inherited from her mother. I’ve just begun the ‘Christmas morning’ activity of sorting through all of the ‘gifts’ she’s passed onto me– eternally grateful I’m the only one in the […]