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Fabric Pet Portraits: A Clowder of Cats

Fabric Pet Portraits: A Clowder of Cats

There has been a clowder of fabric pet portraits and pet memorials on my design wall this fall/winter. What’s a clowder? Clowder: a group of cats. Over the 16 years that I have created custom pet portraits and memorials, the overwhelming number of customer requests...

Holiday Safety Tips for Pet Owners

Holiday Safety Tips for Pet Owners

Tips on keeping pets safe during the holidays as shared by Echo, leader of the Evening Song Farm pack   Dear human(s) in my pack and others, As we get into the season of that white stuff on the ground that sticks to my paws, it’s important that you remember: I...

Preparing for an Art Show After a Long Hiatus

Preparing for an Art Show After a Long Hiatus

Preparing for an art show is like getting back on a bicycle, except since it’s been 32 months since my last show, I had to: take inventory, redesign the booth layout, order what I needed, put fresh covers on the matted pictures, rewire some wall hangings with stronger...

Polar Bear Fabric Art: A Lesson in Being Patient

Polar Bear Fabric Art: A Lesson in Being Patient

What About Me? is one of my artistic responses to the current climate emergency that is facing us. I am not a climatologist like Jake who does climate research and is spending the summer at Evening Song Farm, CSA.  (Scroll to end of newsletter). My art isn’t activist...

Fabric Flowers Throughout the Seasons

Fabric Flowers Throughout the Seasons

Sunflowers, fuschia, coneflowers, black-eyes susans, painted daisies, tulips, lilies, zinnias and pansies are some examples of fabric flowers I have created, as well as tended in my gardens over the years. Fabric flowers offer a fabulous opportunity to play with color...

An Interview: Martha Beauchamp, Fabric Artist

An Interview: Martha Beauchamp, Fabric Artist

Part of my vision for my business is to be recognized widely as a pet portrait and pet memorial fabric artist, to the degree that a magazine or other media asks to interview me. Since no one is knocking on my door yet, I thought I’d practice here this month. What is...

The Art of Remembrance: Pet Memorials in Fabric

The Art of Remembrance: Pet Memorials in Fabric

When each of us first brings a pet into our home, thinking ahead to the day when they’ll no longer be around is far from our minds. It’s hard to go down that path when your pet is vigorously begging for a treat or nuzzling your neck. After all, they are so full of...

Year-end Reflections of a Maker

Year-end Reflections of a Maker

It’s that time of year when, as a small business owner, I take stock of how the past year has gone and pull together my thoughts for the upcoming year. When I retired early in 2016, it was to move to Vermont for family, fabric, and farm. Those 3 F’s, with the...

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