by Sue Schlabach | Mar 27, 2013 | Creativity, Design, Handmade, In the Studio, Sewing, Shop News
The mailman pulled up outside the studio door—always a good sign that he comes bearing something he can’t squeeze into the mailbox. Today’s package came all the way from Belarus. Yards and yards of unbleached natural linen, and several yards of an...
by Sue Schlabach | Dec 10, 2012 | Creativity, Design, Handmade, Travel, Weaving
The scene is Portsmouth, New Hampshire—just a stone’s throw from Maine. Seaside village. Cobbled streets. And the place where I found a gorgeous slate gray apron by Fog Linen in a sweet little shop called JaneGee. I say slate gray, but I also mean rich, warm,...
by Sue Schlabach | Nov 18, 2012 | Color, Creativity, Design, Handmade, Paris, Photography, Sewing, Travel
Early September, my last day in Paris. I was tired and pledged not to overdo it. Take photographs. Write notes. Draw sketches. But Paris has a habit of luring me up streets and around corners. In the end I walked about 1o miles. The weather was good—the morning rain...