On my way back to my interrupted vacation in Oaxaca I had the chance to upgrade my DFW to MEX flight to business class. I *love* business class. The only thing better than the leg room is the refuge from …
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Morning Coffee
This was my morning cappuccino from a couple of days ago. Life is sweet in Mexico.
Read MoreGarden Report
From someone else’s garden. Here in Oaxaca you can buy flowers from vendors in the Zocalo. 45 pesos gets you enough baby gardenias to fill two glasses. Heavenly.
Read MorePellon (sewing products) is not well served by it’s web presence.
BTW finding on-line information for Pellon sewing products is difficult. When I was working on the previous post I wanted to put in a link to the product page for the interfacing that I was talking about. Clarity and all that… …
Read MoreSewing — Pink Boucle Purse
My first experiment in building a structured purse. I used the Dorothy/Evelyn pattern from Emma Brennan’s Making Vintage Bags. Charming bags and good instructions — a lovely book. The pink boucle fabric jumped off the shelf at me in JoAnn’s one afternoon. It seemed …
Read MoreWIP — The Loop Road Project (pop-ups)
Our recent vacation gave Jim the chance to take a lot of pictures of motorcycles and riders on the proverbial “closed course.” Some of them are in fact “professional riders.” I now have tons of uncluttered photos to work with. …
Read MoreBuffalo — Newly Arrived from Mexico
We’re just back from the Gather. (Photos here.) Yesterday this fine fellow arrived from Mexico (via San Diego.) He was carved and painted by our friends Jacobo and Maria Angeles who live and work in Tilcajete, Oaxaca. You can see more …
Read MoreFavorite Objects
These are match boxes. I buy them in Oaxaca Mexico. The actually come with matches in them. Though I have to throw them out before I try to bring the boxes home. I got these two boxes in Corazon Zapoteca in …
Read MoreTGIF — Gothic Arches
Two new/old gothic arches. I found these while I was purging the working projects piles. They aren’t much to look at being just a couple of experiments with background creation techniques. The birds and flowers was based on a piece …
Read MoreElise’s Box
I made a box for my friend Elise. She wanted something to keep her needlework supplies in — Something that she could leave on the living room coffee table. This spine box is 9 x7 x 2 1⁄2. The box is made of Davey …
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