by Sue Schlabach | Mar 28, 2014 | Color, Creativity, Design, Interior Design, London, Vermont
I feel well familiar with whiteness right now. Our landscape remains monochrome, blanketed with snow. But I leave for London tomorrow where the grass is green and the air is mild. Mild never sounded so good. I’ve been remiss in writing about an afternoon I spent...
by Sue Schlabach | Feb 14, 2014 | Artisanal Living, Artists, Creativity, Design, Paintings
In the continued quest to think about how to creatively cover my thrashed, but cozy, feather-filled couch, I came across the artist Heather Chontos’ canvas painted throw. That’s inspired. Heather writes and occupies a sublime spot in Portland, Maine. I...
by Sue Schlabach | Nov 27, 2013 | Artisanal Living, Creativity, Farm Life, Garden, Holidays, Natural World, Vermont, Winter
Almost Thanksgiving and the grass is nearly obscured by snow. That’s okay with me after the mild, lingering autumn we’ve had. Our garden wall project that ate up our summer (and was partially the reason I rarely wrote), is nearly complete, and that is one...
by Sue Schlabach | Nov 20, 2013 | Artisanal Living, Creativity, Design, Eating and Cooking, England, Friendship, London, Travel
London, September. Bonnington Square was lit dimly by streetlights as we left the busy roads near the Vauxhall Station. Sara described it to me on the Tube, and here it was, as though she’d conjured it. The corner Italian deli, the little restaurant where they...
by Sue Schlabach | Nov 5, 2013 | Creativity, Friendship, London, Travel
Recently I found myself in London with the amateur absurdist, Sara Pinto. How I know Sara is a long and separate story. For this story, all you need to know is that we are old, old friends. That creative sparks fly when we are together. That Sara now lives in Glasgow...
by Sue Schlabach | Jun 21, 2013 | Creativity, Design, Handmade, In the Studio, Sewing, Shop News, Vermont
 Friday is here at last. Sun after lots of cool rainy weather. A trip to Montreal—tonight! Here is a sampling of things made in the studio this spring. Denise and I hand-printed a big batch of flour sack towels back in March. Most are gone, but I still love the look...