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Barcelona Skirt

Crafts & DIY // 30.06.2009

Pattern: Amy Butler’s Barcelona Skirts
Fabric: Japanese import cotton for exterior, natural muslin for lining
Notions: 7″ zipper, green ribbon
Pattern Description: Layered skirt, a-line skirt and apron overlay. Nimble in spirit. Revived vintage designs for easy going elegance.
Pattern Sizing: Extra Small – Extra Large. I cut size large.
Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern [...]

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Lucille Marcotte: “Hymn to Beauty”

Fine Art // 17.06.2009

If you live in the Northeast, don’t miss Lucille Marcotte’s latest show at Galerie Saint-Dizier, in Montréal.
Lucille’s artwork is powerfully idiosyncratic and imbued with sensual and sonar qualities. Her canvases are always depicted with the use of strong black strokes of paint portraying a body, frequently female, on white canvas. The white areas [...]

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Robot Shirt

Crafts & DIY // 14.06.2009

Pattern: Kwik Sew 3422, Men’s Shirts
Fabric: Cotton dobby in ocher, linen printed with robots
Notions: Oval buttons in avacado
Pattern Description:The Men’s Shirts have a double yoke, patch pocket, and shirt-tail hemline. View A has a collar with a separate collar stand, full-length sleeves with cuffs and sleeve plackets. View B has a collar with stand in [...]

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Goodbye Vermont

Miscellany // 15.05.2009

We haven’t lived in Vermont for nearly 8 months now, but this week marks the end of a chapter for us. We sold our 150 year old farmhouse, cutting off a major tie to the state. I’m not sure that rural living was the best fit for us, but we do have some [...]

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Santa Cruz Tea Angst

Tea // 04.01.2009

I’m usually a pretty positive person, but I can’t believe how difficult it is to find a decent cup of tea in Santa Cruz. I’ve been singing the praises of kukicha lately because the taste resembles that of gyokuro without the cost or the water cooling nonsense. I had been ordering tea from [...]

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Sewing Goals for 2009

Crafts & DIY // 01.01.2009

2008 was the year of the skirt. Safe, flat, fun and rewarding. Also rather quick to make. Now that I’m comfortable sewing in linings and invisible zippers, I think it’s time to up the ante just a bit this year. Not only do I want to continue to experiment with drafting [...]

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