Block 524: November 19, 2014

Another one of my Bowery Beauty series. Date: November 19, 2014 Crane: 524 Days Spent on Project: 639 Location: NW Portland, OR Person I would have sent it to: Jacob D. Pigg. Growing up, I was diagnosed at a *fairly* young age with Asthma. The doctor, my first asthmoloist, in my childhood rated it almost at … Continue reading →

Block 523: November 18, 2014

And like that, everything started at the same time. Go figure. Date: November 18, 2014 Crane: 523 Days Spent on Project: 638 Location: NW Portland, OR Person I would have sent it to: Brahman Alcana Pretty Beautiful Petki Floyd. Brahman was the Heinz 57 dog that my eldest sister adopted when she was in college. … Continue reading →

Block 522: November 17, 2014

Monday! Date: November 17, 2014 Crane: 522 Days Spent on Project: 637 Location: NW Portland, OR Person I would have sent it to: Stuart Connor MacLeod. Stuart was the Scottish Terrier that was given to us on Christmas Day of 1994. I had– well, my parents, sister, and younger brother– just ten days prior been … Continue reading →

Block 3: February 20, 2013

Number Three! It’s still taking me about an hour to put one of these together, although I am cutting the pieces out faster (and eye-balling the seam allowance at this point, which is still a generous half an inch). I keep getting stuck on a few of the triangles that have similar side lengths; most … Continue reading →