A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit Boston and do a little research regarding the materials available for sewing in the colonial period. I first toured the State House where there was a display showing some of the typical products that came into the Boston Harbor from England in the 1760’s. These […]
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This was my first time to attend the Smocking Arts Guild of America Convention. This year it was in Frisco, Texas which is a mere 30-40 minute car ride from my house. I started off on Wednesday with my bags packed and went to the Dallas Love Field airport around noon to pick up Barbara
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February – 2011 My Trip to Orlando for IDEX Last month I was able to once again attend IDEX. This year I stayed in a condo with 4 other ladies and got to know each of them a little bit better. When I arrived on Friday, I was picked up by Jeanie’s husband Jim. (Thanks
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At IDEX I met a doll artist named Dawn Donfronio. She sculpts dolls and then has kits made for reborn artists to paint and add hair and make bodies and attach the limbs and head. She “reborned” 6 of her own kit called “Tiny Sleeper”. This kit is a preemie baby body and sculpt that
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I had lots of fun at IDEX! This was my first trip to IDEX and also to Orlando, so I didn’t know really what to expect. I arrived on Friday, 1/29/10 and took a shuttle bus to the hotel where IDEX was hosted. My friend Jeanie (also from Texas) had already arrived with several others
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