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t-shirt flapper dress

April 2, 2012

…for this auction. Made from a pattern by Megan Nicolay, who also created the patterns I used for Rosy’s wedding dress. Thank you to lovely model Grace.

And here it is in action (don’t blink):

Here’s the first one I made (image posted here first). You can see that the t-shirt fringe looks, well, fringier, after you’ve [...]

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fashion queen in the heart of winter

January 26, 2012

Red, darling, to stand out against the white of snow, the dark bare branches of trees.

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fashion queen at the end of the year

December 31, 2011

She’s given up her spare costume of last winter for some New Year’s Eve decadence. Garlic scapes, darling.

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Wildly inspiring use of a small space for habitation

October 5, 2011

This is the kind of thing that gets me so excited I can’t sleep:

Description of the project here.

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Rosy’s t-shirt wedding dress (Oh happy day!)

April 24, 2011

Wedding dress by Juno Lamb, with block prints by Kit Brown, from a pattern by our pal Megan Nicolay in her fun and fabulous book Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt, and advice and workshop space from Chris Clyne. I made a variety of tops; Megan is wearing the one intended to go [...]

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artist’s studio

April 12, 2011

Visit her here to commission a family portrait, buy a painting, browse and enjoy the beauty and tranquillity of the work.

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My beloved grandmother turns 80

April 6, 2011

I’m finding it hard to believe that my grandmother Laura is turning 80 today. Though technically speaking she has aged in my lifetime—she was only forty when she became my grandmother—she seems no older in the particulars: her vibrant mind—always curious, always learning—her dedication to her craft, her extraordinary ability to build and maintain relationships [...]

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Fashion queen

February 20, 2011

My sister’s sculpture holds pride of place on the mantle and changes outfits with the season. Here she is in a a repurposed foamy sheath, originally intended to protect Asian pears in the supermarket, and a sylvan birch bark wrap.

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Medieval village?

December 22, 2010

At any rate this tableau has the feeling of manor houses surrounding by the little cottages where the serfs live. Still, the same sun shines on everyone.

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Underwriter’s knot

December 20, 2010

Ms. Fix-It is at it again, working on a broken lamp this time, and in the process I learned how to tie an “underwriter’s knot.” I’ve scoured the web to learn why it might be called this, to no avail. My best guess is this: if you tie this knot, used in both light sockets [...]

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