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I really couldn’t resist this brown fabric. When I saw it, a little voice popped into my head and said “apronnnn… apronnnn…” so I just had to buy a yard of it. One yard of this fabric and half a yard of the periwinkle Kona cotton are enough to make two of these aprons! Now, […]

It was 80 degrees in San Francisco yesterday – so rare at this time of year (any time of year, really) – and the perfect day for a long bike ride along the west and north coasts of San Francisco. Oh, hi, surfers! Sutro Baths Sutro Baths from another angle. The Camera Obscura Surfers, not

I love aprons. I wear them all the time when I’m at home, even if I’m not cooking or cleaning (they keep the dog fur off one’s clothes). But, until now, I’d only had utilitarian – but bland – aprons. Enter rainy weather and some extra yards of cotton. I’ve heard that the first thing

My friend is having a baby in a month. Since she’s Russian, I thought it would be funny to make her a baby blanket using a matryoshka-print fabric I’d been eying at Peapod. The reverse side of the blanket is a super-soft flannel and I used a cotton rickrack along the border. The finished blanket
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