A very bad photo of the "Clue" cast taken off of a tv screen. That's me as Mrs. Peacock second from the left in the back, and Jason as Mr. Green/writer/director second from the right in the back. Jace was 12 when he made the film. With any art or craf ...
I Blame Kaffe Fassett OR Why I Knit
A photo of a photocopy of the photo that started me knitting. Sorry I can't properly credit the original photographer, but my copy of the book is in a box somewhere in a storage locker. Hence the photocopy. Just as it did with the Folkwear patterns, t ...
I Blame Gilbert and Sullivan OR Why I Costume Theater
Me in the second production of "Pirates" that I both appeared in and helped to costume My first major foray into costuming for community theater was for a production of "The Pirates of Penzance" with the Sudbury Savoyards in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Ev ...
I Blame Folkwear OR Why I Sew Historical Clothing
Here's Folkwear's logo I was in college when I came across my first Folkwear pattern. If I remember correctly, I found it in a fabric shop in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Square these days has a lot of the same chain stores that ...
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Greengrocer
Meet William H. Maizey This photo may be the sole remaining artifact of one of my first original designs. I made it 37 years ago for the Loon and Heron Children's Theater in Boston as part of a college internship. It (or he, since I have retroactively ...
I Blame Hansi Singh OR Why I Knit Toys
Hansi Singh's "Amigurumi Knits" - The book that started it all About eight years ago, I found the book "Amigurumi Knits" by Hansi Singh. Singh's tagline for her work was "knitting the peculiar" and this book lived up to it - black devil anglerfish, pr ...
I Blame Ruffles OR Why I Make Dinosaurs
The Triceratones: Ruffles (center), Flourishes (left) and Timpani (right) In my world, toy triceratopses are herd animals. It started with Ruffles, who was a birthday present from my friend Scott over a decade ago. I soon realized I had another tri ...