soft and warm and one of a kind
I met Jan Cohen a couple of years ago. We both learned thrift shopping from our mothers, and have been sewing since we were little girls. She started sewing at age 11 making clothes for her troll dolls and look at her now. Her business, Janibar has bloomed in just a couple of years. Jan started by [...]
Handiwork of the Fingers of Thy Might
About thirty five summers ago, while traveling to and camping in one national forest after another, I stepped out of the car at a Grand Canyon lookout point, walked over to the edge and was blasted, almost physically knocked over by the stillness, the overwhelming silence, size and absolute raw beauty of it. Thoughts of [...]
Stitching in the Ditch
Debby Spence commandeers the iron while students look on I have been sewing just about every day forever - making clothes, hats, purses, curtains, slipcovers, tablecloths, blankets, dolls, toys, mixed media art plus much more, and of course the hundreds of puppets, props, and costumes for my ArtyPantz interactive theatrical storytelling events. I generally create [...]
