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My Log Has Something to Tell You.

By Jessica | Published: April 20, 2010
Ever since I read Todd Oldham’s Kid Made Modern and talked with him about what inspired him to create it, I’ve been recommending this book to just about craft-curious person I know, both those with kids and those without.  The book’s genius lies in how it fits DIY projects—sewing, painting, stamping, paper sculpture, even architecture, and more—into [...]
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Hand-Stitched Felt.

By Jessica | Published: March 28, 2010
So, perhaps you consider yourself to be a jaded crafter.  And as far as you know, toymaking doesn’t have a regular place in the crafting repertoire you’ve created for your oh-so-grownup and cynical self. Maybe you even tend to make only what you deem to be useful items like clothing or, on a particularly whimsical day, [...]
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Beehive Inspired Tea Cozy.

By Jessica | Published: February 2, 2010
Beekeepers have a long history of making ingenious homes for their bees. But before the days of moveable frame hives and bee space, beekeepers’ material of choice was often straw coiled and woven to form squat coneshaped baskets. Inspired by these iconic straw bee skeps, I made a beehive teapot cozy that takes its design cues from [...]
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Flannery O’Connor, Seamstress.

By Jessica | Published: January 21, 2010
In Flannery O’Connor’s high school home ec class, “all the other girls busily sewed aprons, or underwear, for weeks on end, while O’Connor sat idly off to the side, not particpating.” On the day the big sewing assignment (to make a complete outfit of clothing) was due, O’Connor astonished her teachers and fellow students by [...]
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Pennants Fly at the BiblioBall.

By Jessica | Published: December 17, 2009
Last Friday was the Desk Set’s BiblioBall, and in my role as a crafty volunteer I created a string of nearly one hundred snowy white pennants to hang from the rafters at The Bell House.  You can see them here, alongside lovely trapeze artist Jean Loscalzo (who is also hanging from the rafters): What you can’t [...]
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Seams Inspired.

By Jessica | Published: December 9, 2009
Sometimes when making something (sewing, knitting, whatever) I’m content just following along with the pattern and doing as told.  But more often, I want to fiddle with things, make stuff from scratch, or tackle a new skill along the way.  A new book has just come out—Cal Patch’s Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified—and Liesl’s excellent review [...]
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The Completed Quilt.

By Jessica | Published: November 2, 2009
This picture’s a bit belated (my fault; I have some real problems with digital clutter right now). But without further ado, here’s the previously discussed quilt!
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