Spirit of the Maker

I took a little time off last week.  My son came home to visit so we spent time just hanging out together at the lake and at home in Lowell.  I did have to do a little work though.  On Wednesday Tarja Cockell and I drove up to Sunapee, NH to drop off our submissions for the Living with Craft (Tarja) and CraftWear (me) exhibitions at the 81st Annual League of NH Craftsmen Fair.  I have both my Free Lace Scarves and my jackets in the retail section of CraftWear and a jacket in the exhibition.  Two years ago I won the award for Best in Fine Sewing for my jacket "Fruit of my Mind."  Needless to say I have my fingers crossed for this year's submission "Aurora."

This week I am getting ready for my Spirit of the Maker demonstration at the League's retail gallery in Meredith, NH - on the shores of Lake Winnepesaukee.  I will be showing how I create my Mobius Free Lace scarves.  I will be there the afternoon of August 3 from 1 to 4 pm.  I'll have my sewing machine and scarves in different stages of development.  It's a beautiful setting and there's a chance that I would be able to work outdoors.  Weather conditions have to be just right for that--no rain or really high humidity to dissolve my stabilizer and no wind to blow away my fabric bits--but it would be nice.  I have several friends who summer in that area, so I'm hoping I'll see someone I know that afternoon.