Every mitered corner that I sew takes me about half an hour, first to pin and then to stitch. It's because I'm an amateur. I've actually done the miter in the lower right of the picture by now and hope to finish the gold trim today. Might even sew the front to the back. I [...]
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Extras that came with visiting my cover artist
Last weekend I drove to West Virginia to visit an artist named Bridget, who might do a cover for my book. She is also a shepherdess with a large flock. She has sheep of several different breeds and I was fascinated to see that even from 30 feet away some differences were obvious. For example, [...]
I needed information for one sentence I was trying to write …
We have a family story about a barrel of flour falling off the wagon as it was brought home from the miller. In 1863? The barrel broke. Since it was the family’s winter supply of flour, it had to be scooped up from the ground and used anyway. In the course of looking up other [...]
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