Mar 27 2009
Special mermaids made for Kristin’s daycare: Nami, Marly and Clara. Nami, Japanese for wave, is a real dynamo. She’s always the life of the party, the centre of attention, and is all about having fun. Marly is a graceful swimmer, even for a mermaid, and creates wonderful sculptures out of seashells and found objects (usually human trash). Clara […]
Mar 22 2009
Flickr is the bomb, because I love interacting with other crazy sewing fabric artists and seeing what they’re up to. The other day I received a comment and started answering her questions and realized, this ain’t no comment response, this should be a post.
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· Cati · says:
Love those ones. May I ask if you sew […]
Mar 18 2009
The other night I watched the doc, “Motherwell and the New york School,” an interesting look at the abstract expressionists and their hijacking of the art world, while I sewed.
Mar 17 2009
It’s spring break for us teacher librarians and with the ongoing renos making it impossible for Beans to be at home in the day & driving Morgan to sleep at her friends’ home, I seem to have plenty of time for Saltybean stuff.
Mar 16 2009
Eustcia is pleased to announce the birth of her two happy babies: Etienne et Sylvie. These lovely twins were born at home on March 13 after 28 hours of labour! Eustacia is profoundly grateful for her wonderful midwives and doula and the collective wisdom of women everywhere.
Eustacia and her newborns are currently at home enjoying […]
Mar 11 2009
Eustacia, almost named Big Pink Momma and Bitchy Birdy, is one of three Gina Dolls I have sewn in the last week. Eustacia was looking a bit plain around the neck and chest, a little too unadorned for a doll who is made from angora & wool felt and is 2.5 feet long. Almost as […]
Mar 05 2009
I work 84.67% of a full time job leaving me with two, sometimes three precious little morsels of time to myself. Originally cleaved to spend more time with Bean, then continued so I could finish another year at UBC, now I fiercely guard this time so that I can make things.
But do I?
Recently I’ve been […]