a heart shaped leaf. i had to share.

hi folks, it has been a while! i've been spending the last few months getting to know my baby daughter lena, who was born in early june. so far she's sweet sweet sweet and curious about the world. what an amazing thing, to watch a new person from day one. here she is on her first outing to the little beach at a lake near our house. we love introducing her to new things, though she didn't like having her toes in the cool lake water as much as we did!

i made a diaper bag for the baby with some orange denim i screenprinted. i lined it with a waterproof coated fabric from ikea. i've never made a messenger bag before - it was a bit of a project to figure out what features I needed to include!

beautiful print mixing from dries van noten.

i've been looking through some archives, and found this picture of me beachcombing at agate beach in humboldt, ca. i miss visiting the great beaches there.

baby sewing

i have started making some things for the baby on the way.

top photo: with some leftover fleece in my cloudlets print, i made the booties with a pattern from amy butler's book little stitches for little ones.

bottom photo: with some cotton jersey in my new diamonds print, i adapted the baby quilt pattern from lena corwin's book printing by hand.

i'm so thrilled to be a contributor to sarah ahearn bellmare's new book painted pages. the book is a gorgeous look into sarah's process as a painter, and focuses on how she uses sketchbooks in her work. the styling and photography in the book are really stellar, making it extra special. the last photo is of my contribution to the book - showing my path from inspiration to sketchbook to final pattern design. congratulations, sarah!!