Tag Archive: handmade

Scrappy Woodland Block Baby Quilt

There’s nothing like a project that uses up the leftovers from previous quilts. This simple woodland quilt was composed of fabric scraps from a log-cabin baby quilt, fabric I inherited from my great-grandmother, and leftovers from 2015’s Gift… Continue reading

Homemade Gifts from The Gift Fox

Just in time for the holiday season, The Gift Fox is pulling together some little gifties for you & yours! I’ll be at the Pop-Up Holiday Market at Halyards in Brooklyn on Saturday, December… Continue reading

& That’s How the Toffee Crumbles

Christmas is just days away, and I’m neck-deep in finding those last few gifts, sending Gift Fox packages, mailing the last of the Christmas cards, and getting together the fixings for Christmas Eve & Christmas… Continue reading

Flying Geese Flashback

Without further ado, here are some pics of that Flying Geese quilt I completed in April this year.   //

Quilting in Queens

Gift Fox is now quilting in Queens! While the new apartment in Astoria is a bit tight, it’s not entirely un-quilt-friendly. Without the amazing counterspace of my Dover, NH apartment, and without the high-ceiling,… Continue reading

Cape Cod + Quilts + Snowy Owl + Quilts

Why is it still snowing & super cold in Kittery, Maine?! Another 3″ of snow today. This month has certainly been in like a lion. The past weekend, though, was certainly a welcome… Continue reading

A Wabi-Sabi World

No pictures can do justice to just how hard and  heavy the snow is falling right now in Kittery, Maine. Looking out over the now blanketed stream, the trees have shouldered their wooliest… Continue reading

Relax :: Nothing is under control

It’s barely 2014 and I’m  newly 29 and everything in my world has already drastically changed. Recently, this meme came into my minifeed and I’m going to keep reminding myself that change is… Continue reading

The Friends that Tote together… Kathleen Maris

Kathleen (Mary, Katie, MK, Carlson, Cobb, Maris, Paltrineri) has had many names. I think it’s a tribute to how many people have loved her. Kathleen & I met at UNH’s MFA writing program,… Continue reading

The Friends that Tote together…. Mekeel McBride

Mekeel McBride (poet, wildlife rehabilitator, life coach, animal whisperer, fine bric-a-brac collector) is many things. Has been many things. Is still becoming many things. She’s been a waitress, an avid roller skater, a… Continue reading