bits and bobbins

i started playing around with instagram on my iPhone yesterday…popped off a couple pictures around the house.

on top: thinking about making a zig-zag quilt. made a simple sketch on graph paper on monday, so i could get an idea of how much fabric/how many blocks i’ll need to make one in queen size. i made of a few copies of said drawing so i could plan out colors. i don’t think i’ll be doing the colors shown; i was just having a little fun with a glass of wine and colored pencils while watching tosh.0.

middle: a jumper dress i made over the winter from ikea yardage. it’s the same 70s vintage pattern i used to make this green jumper and this orange jumper…

at the bottom: acrylic boxes, from the container store. i like how they look stacked and arranged; they remind me of buildings in a city. poppy LOVES playing with them; taking off the tops, putting stuff inside, stacking them, etc., etc.

as with hipstamatic…i can see this app being pretty addictive.

a (candid) family portrait (of sorts), taken by our very dear friend, aaron fineman, on mother’s day.

thank you, aaron. we love it!

pete, poppy and i spent a lot of time in our plot at the community garden this weekend, and when the bulk of the work was done, later in the day yesterday, we escaped to the city. where temps were gorgeously perfect…not too cold, not too hot. flowers blooming everywhere. short skirts and bare shoulders were abounding, even my own (the former, though, not the latter).

got some sweet cards from pete and poppy. bought my own mother’s day gifts at the awesome new marimekko shop-in-shop at the houston street crate and barrel; a yellow marimekko unikko mug and a marimekko tea towel with a potholder print.

got dinner later with friends in the LES…nicole and aaron, and their little miko.

a happy day, in one of my favorite places, with all my favorite people.