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Meet Maisie.

Maisie’s our new dog.  She’s been to blame for much lost sleep and worry this past week as we’ve begun to get to know one another.  She’s also been the cause of lots of laughter and joy at home too.  Maisie has many secrets–like how she got that scar on her nose.  She came to [...]
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Vintage Fabric, Vintage Pattern.

Here’s my newest dress, which I made just in case summer ever comes to the Northeast: The fabric’s a bolder-than-I-usually-wear floral cotton print that I bought last fall in an antiques mall in Brattleboro, Vermont.  I scored about four yards of it, and although I suspect that it should’ve been used for tablecloths or such things, [...]
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Welcome!

For those of you who have found me by way of my old blogger site, thanks for coming!  I’m hoping that this site will soon offer a more organized (you’d be surprised, perhaps, at just how disorganized a librarian can be!)and fully furnished home for all things crafty and bookish–both my own projects as well [...]
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Getting Settled.

Hi, and thanks for visiting the Handmade Librarian.  As you can see, I’m still just settling in, but while I stitch things together here, please visit me over here or follow me on Twitter to see what I’m reading, making, and getting up to in general.  More soon!
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