Woes in the world of sewing

Soooo….remember the graduation dress I worked on this spring? Well it came out great! It had been hanging up for the last few weeks waiting for graduation. But what did I wear on Saturday? A blue and white sundress that I bought last summer. Why? Because when I put on my graduation dress about 30 minutes [...]

LL Bean does the Hamptons?

Like any good Maine girl, LL Bean is a staple part of my wardrobe. Especially some excellent finds from the factory store, like my red slip on canvas shoes and my navy chamois shirt that’s approaching some sort of light blue/gray after several summers cooking on schooners. But LLBean’s never been exactly high fashion. I like [...]

Sunshine comes to Maine

Remember this post? I had great plans for the pieces of canvas that I painted on… and then I promptly misplaced them. Turns out they were buried in my basket of fabric. That basket seems like a vortex for all things losable. But it’s not fair to blame a basket.

So I made myself a little [...]

Spring time and dresses

Do you know that feeling that you get when you step inside after standing by a bonfire as the sun goes down? And your nose and ears are cold but the rest of you still has the lingering warmth of the fire? And the house smells like fire and spring time? That is the best. It [...]

Stuff I like (and you might like too!)- The Winter Olympics

Even though the Vancouver Olympics chose these creepsters as their mascots, I am VERY excited for the winter olympics. I was hoping we’d have enough snow to set up a course in our yard, but apparently it’s backwards week so it’s spring in Maine and Snowmaggedon in the South. Anyhow, it’s [...]