Lil muffin

A friend is having a baby--soon!-- and she wanted a little muffin dress for her shower.


Which is tomorrow!


The fabric on the yoke lining and pockets is actually cupcakes... but have you ever tried to find muffin fabric? Impossible! Hope cupcakes will do as a standin...

Market Day

Been working on all kinds of new stuff -- which I'll be bringing to the South of the James market in Richmond Saturday morning.

Some new retro aprons from my favorite vintage 1940s pattern-- some in new colors, too!


A huuuuuge new batch of hats in all colors, shapes, and sizes. And some new dresses to boot. Here's hoping it doesn't rain and that I see you there!

Bits and pieces

An eventful summer around the cage... my husband had a piece in a show in Portland, Oregon, so we thought it was a cracking good excuse for a road trip. A looooong road trip-- a big ole loop, in fact, in just over two weeks.


With lots of camping along the way, which was really great. We don't get the chance to go out camping or road tripping nearly enough.... that's our little set up in Minnesota, the Mojave Desert, and the Badlands in North Dakota.

I offered to drive parts of the way, but Mr. Birdcage ended up doing all of the driving. I think because he is very sweet and knows that I hate driving. And since I was in the passenger seat I got to while away the hours doing a little piecing.

Now that we're back I'll be working on a whole new batch of things. In fact, there's a pile of hats at about the halfway point on my work table now, waiting for me to return...