Well, we have just passed the glorious days of fall that make your heart beat faster because the changing trees are so wonderful. The grim, grey and cold days lie ahead of us. While many trees are now bare, some still have some foliage. It has been such a warm fall though, that while the leaves are falling, and the mums are dying, the begonias are still blooming. Yesterday I stopped by the thrift store. I saw this top in a familiar print. I bought this fabric in 2007 (while my mother-in-law was dying) and made myself a dress out of it. After a particularly stressful hospital visit I went to the store I call Kabbala Man in the garment district and purchased an insane amount of fabric for 1.99 per yard. I managed my stress during that time by making dresses, lots of them. I was especially fond of the dress I had made out of this dotted fabric. I have been doing work and not just admiring nature and visiting the thrift store. I made a new fog stencil for Nini's tall...
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