Fall weather has arrived, and it's the perfect time to celebrate the wonderful things happening in our community! This season has brought some exciting realizations about where technology and practical innovation are heading together. One of my favorite moments recently was chatting with an elementary school teacher at our community garden about their students using 3D printers in class. They're creating colored plant signs with contrasting filaments—a brilliant solution since rain washes away traditional printed tags. It's amazing to think back to when we first taught kids DIY printing techniques at Animazement, and now those skills are flourishing in gardens across town a decade ago. The middle school students had a blast digging up sweet potatoes too, and honestly, watching...
Thanks everyone for a great linen swap for the Harvest Festival! Squares and linen yarn kits were popular. Definitely feeling a quilting vibe lately. Got a lot of wool and acrylic yarn which was a lovely surprise to give away. Also, tried some new desserts and great food including Candy Toad Melons which sounds like something out of a Harry Potter movie, but you can pick them up in real life at Lidl. They are tasty. Lidl also has beautiful Italian pasta in natural flavors and specialty produce so it’s been a good recommendation passing along as a nicer Trader Joe’s if you’re into eating healthy. Still waiting for someone to capitalize on the whole grain trend to combine white...
Hope people are enjoying the perfect weather. It’s the traditional Fall Grain Harvest! Wild to think that all of Europe for thousands of years gets together this week to cut wheat and barley harvests. Agricultural workers built fallen branch lean-to-shelters called Sukkot in Hebrew if you go back to Moses in the Old Testament. You still see these all-over Latin America with banana and palm leaves today. A time to celebrate, enjoy family, and erase and settle debts. You can read all about ancient kings pardoning debts as a national holiday back in Babylon and Egypt. Even if you’re not a king, debts are more typically forgiven after 7 years or paid back at 120% interest. Today, your modern mortgage...
Fall plant and seed swap done. Time to install a pollinator flower border in the community garden for the bees and butterflies. It’s nice to make beautiful things little kids will enjoy. Zinnias are super popular in Raleigh. If people have other suggestions for good pollinator plants, drop us a line. We’re getting ready for the Linen Swap in 2 weeks. Plenty of sweet treats and sewing projects. If you haven’t signed up already, please feel free to sign-up. It’s free!
May you all be blessed and have a great week.
Pear season is just starting here. Putting up the next Blessing Kit in the shop: Holy to the Lord Embroidered Denim Patches. Enjoy. You can also watch the Youtube video here: https://youtu.be/HbhGA0h2Ai4
Labor Day Weekend was good, but exhausting. Getting requests for former fashion tech school classes, especially a Financial Fashion Class. Sometimes what you feel is the bulk of patternmaking...can a given item be made a price to pull a profit? There’s a couple of great apps now that you used to have to do by hand or in Excel back in the day so the yes/no is a lot faster than it used to be.
Be blessed people.
