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Handmade Bags, Judaica & Other Accessories
Many items featuring repurposed & rescued textiles
Canton Garden Club, December 7th, Canton Senior Center, Canton MA Right on the heels of the very successful booth at The Residence at Penniman Hill in Hingham, my next event will be at the Canton Garden Club Holiday Fair. I’m not sure if I’ll have any new products available, because I have such a short…
The Residence at Penniman Hill, Hingham, MA No relation. The theme of the day seemed to be: no, I’m no relation. Not that I’m aware of, anyway. Otherwise, the craft show was a huge success. I must commend the organizers and staff at The Residence at Penniman Hill, an assisted living facility, for their awesome…
Zippers nearly broke me. I managed to sew many things while avoiding zippers. I sewed buttonholes on one dress to avoid zippers. However, one day, with the courage that middle age can bring, I decided to brave a small zipper pouch. I felt invincible. As time wore on, I became more comfortable, and now I…
I wish I could tell you I learned to sew at my grandmother’s knee. There is a small element of truth to that notion; my paternal grandmother was an accomplished sewist who made muslin dolls and doll clothes. Unfortunately, she was not much of a teacher and children were meant to be spectators until reaching…
New Products At the last craft fair, a visitor suggested I make doggie poo bag holders. This is an item suggested by one of my favorite sewing vloggers, my online mentor (unbeknownst to her, of course) and inspiration, Christine of Christine’s Home Affairs also had an instructional video on how to make these in batch.…
The High Holy Days are coming to a close and it is time to get back to work. Right now, that means organizing several pounds of leather remnants by size and color and deciding which of the gazillion ideas in my head will become a reality. Some will, of course, become parts of tote bags…
Latest Craft Fair Not quite the last Saturday, but September 28th, I had the pleasure of being at the Foxboro Jaycees Craft Fair as a vendor. I consider my sell rate a success and was able to introduce a new product line (which I do say with a bit of chutzpah, I know) of tote…
My husband and I have undertaken our second re-upholstering project, which is really just a reprise of a previous project from several years ago. We are recovering chairs. Chairs that were the victim of previous cats: Cleo and Travis, I believe. Speaking of cats, one challenge of choosing fabric was trying to pick one that…