good sunday morning! let's start the day with a little animation, shall we?

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oh, how this girl loves the dirt. just like her mama - i think i'll have a great gardening buddy this summer.

and its done.
and i couldn't be happier.
and i can't wait to make more.



can you imagine an entire gallery filled with these little quilts?
i can, and it would be beautiful.

stitching and stitching and stitching today.

sometimes with a baby on my lap, calmly watching what it is that i am doing.
sometimes i hunch my shoulders a little more than i should.
(must remember all of my yoga - deep breathing, too)
more often than not, my hands get achey and crampy from holding onto my work too tight.
the pad on my right index finger burns a little.

i'm still a little undecided on what this actually is. it could be a mug rug (i might not be a huge fan of the title, but i love this project) or it could be a mini quilt. but maybe before those things it will be a snack mat for frankie, along with some napkins and maybe a smaller mat for mama.

now to bind.
and then show off.

today will be spent:
washing woolies
gathering fabric scraps for a snack mat and napkins
admiring frankie's favorite boots.

and we will have a boat ride!
to that island we will soon call home.

big moves

for the last 25 years, my little life has been spent in the same twenty mile radius of maine/new hampshire. i couldn't be more grateful for the time spent running through the woods with my little brother, riding the school bus to my mama's bookstore, getting fancy for the high school prom, long nights getting to know and fall in love with johnny at our favorite bakery, and raising our beautiful baby in our little house on the river.

but things change.
i have grown older and (sometimes) wiser
i have become a wife and mother
i have struggled to find my place in the world.

and with this comes big news and change for our little family. in less than two months time, we will be living on an island in the atlantic. and so begins the process of sorting and packing and making new memories. i am looking at this big life change as an opportunity to simplify - to choose what is necessary and what is frivolous. i am also hoping that this will be a chance for our family to start over and to follow our dreams. as johnny follows his to a fantastic farm bakery full of bread and veggies and friendly people, i hope to follow my dreams of sewing and creating full time.

here's to
taking chances
making changes
and to family.


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