i’m on something of a retreat high… just back from last week’s *beyond* dreamy Makerie Sewing in colorado (i promise a full report later this week) and gearing up for next month’s Squam Art Workshops (oh SAW, how i love thee!)… and it’s high time i told you about a brand new one that you [...]
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i still can’t quite believe it’s really true that in just a couple weeks i’ll be teaching in Colorado, at the Makerie Sewing retreat, along with all my new pals Liesl, Amy, Heather, Jenny, Tamar, and Kaari, most of whom i can’t WAIT to meet for the first time, because i think we’re all going [...] sometimes i daydream about a magical place, where i have nothing that needs doing but to work on super fun projects, and all of the supplies i need are automatically right there, and yummy snacks and meals are all prepared for me too. and basically, i can just make stuff, without a care in the [...] a few months ago i was down in NYC filming some new classes for Creativebug, and i got the lucky chance to have dinner with a fellow Creativebug teacher, the brilliant Liesl Gibson, who i have long admired. it was wonderful to meet Liesl in person after years of having a casual online acquaintance, and [...] #gallery-1 { in september i attended my sixth session of Squam Art Workshops. such bliss. now that i have been so many times, it’s almost more like coming home to a family, than leaving home to go somewhere… we can have [...] #gallery-2 { i taught two 6-hour classes at the Spring Session of Squam this year, Pattern Play and Dream Skirt. Pattern Play was awesome; i always love opening up the possibilities of pattern drafting with students for the first time! if any [...] #gallery-3 { what the what?!? (sorry, i’ve been watching reruns of 30 Rock while i crochet in the evenings…) have i really not posted since may 31? oh my. that may be a new record for me. well, here i am [...] photo by Jen Gray photo by Jen Gray photo by Jen Gray i’m interrupting my 2011 retrospective posts to make sure you know that registration opens MONDAY for all 4 (!) of the 2012 Squam Art Workshops sessions. yes, that’s right, FOUR. the newest addition to the SAW family is SquamItalia! so cool. this year i’ll [...] ok, i’ve combined february and march since apparently not a whole lot happened those months… or at least not much picture-taking! still lots of snow, and i’m reminded that it was our first winter relying on our woodstove for heat. burning wood requires lots of work! fortunately i have a live-in woodsman. we learned a [...] as promised, here are the clothes my students made in the 5-day class at Peter’s Valley Craft Center a few weeks ago. we had so much fun! i had six lovely ladies for the week, with a nice variety of body shapes! each of them drafted patterns for a skirt, T-shirt and dress, and then [...] |
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