Cabins
I am really interested in making log cabin patches. I was making squares, and as always, found squares very interesting and compelling. But something about the cabins Jude has been posting about spoke of...
Author: Catherine
The winter garden
It was 10 degrees F outdoors this morning. With a light snowfall overnight. But the sunlight is getting stronger and lasting longer each day. The plants in the hoophouse should be showing signs of...
One step at a time
We are in a winter lull. Life feels very mundane. That’s okay, I like it. It’s a very settled-in feeling. I made two more woven cloth hearts. I stitched these two together with blanket...
heart opening
I saw this demonstrated on Instagram using paper (account @the_jpp) and immediately wanted to try it with cloth. It was quite fiddly to weave, but doable. I’m enjoying the result. Something comes over me...
Sea smoke
I think the worst is over. The chickens survived the night in their coop. The wind was howling all night. Temperatures dropped to -15. We woke up to no water, but Sam solved the...
Cold
It’s 8 below zero at 5 pm. Supposed to reach 17 below tonight. Windy too. Hard to believe it’s that cold. People say it used to frequently get this cold during the Maine winter,...
Candlemas
I looked up “Candlemas.” It’s a Christian holiday that was originally a Celtic celebration of the cross-quarter day, or midpoint between the solstice and the equinox. For me personally, I decided to make it...