fabric bag

Sewing Notes

  I had made a bag to go with my coworker Mary’s Evenstar shawl, which ended up being the perfect size to fit the family silver vase she was giving to his son and soon to be wife for their wedding.     Since I’ve been experimenting with bag design, I told her I’d be

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Side garden

Garden Notes

I did a little clean up yesterday, which mostly involved pulling out the basil.     It’s been warm enough that most things are still going strong, but the basil was definitely looking worse for the wear. The cherry tomatoes are still producing.   We had a near frost last week (most of the state frosted, but we

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side garden

Garden Notes

It’s that time of year where things are producing nicely (seriously, my cherry tomatoes are still trying to take over the world), but things don’t necessarily look so great any more.    I pulled up SO much crab grass this morning. I also spent some quality time with the climbing rose and pulled out all the

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