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Best,

Emily

With Irene looming, we had planned lots of reading, crafting and snacks for the weekend. Thankfully Irene didn't cause us any problems (I think we may have slept through the worst of it.) Not much of the crafting happened, but I did make this necklace to wear to a friend's upcoming wedding. It's pretty much a very long friendship bracelet with dyed and microbeaded wood beads.

Here are some new buddies who hid out from the storm in our backyard– they looked so cozy!

Back from Ohio!

Here are some photos from our visit to Ohio– my little brother just graduated from College and my Dad retired from teaching. As you can imagine, there was much to celebrate!

(Plenty of Eastern Bluebirds and Tree Swallows to be banded too.)

I did a post on The Martha Stewart Craft's Blog a while back for Mother's day– take a belated look!

Thanks Jodi!

I was asked to take part in the book, 'Push: stitchery' some months ago– it's a collection of embroiderers and stitchers gathered by Jamie Chalmers of Mr. X stitch. It will be on the shelves this September, but you can have a bit of a sneak peak over on Amazon!

Maybe you've noticed already, but YES that is a piece of mine on the cover!

Thanks Jamie!

Some new and some new-to-me shows that are... I won't say hilarious... they're very funny.

Some of the cards I make while freelancing at Martha Stewart are featured on the Crafts Dept.'s blog today!

Take a look here and be sure to leave a comment to enter the giveaway!

Thanks again, Jodi!

Here's one of my pillows finished and at home on the couch. I also got a chance to finish this shirt. I would have preferred to exclude the gather under the button placket, but I was a little to hasty in my measurements when I cut the fabric. This was the best solution I could come up with. It's made of super cozy flannel and I'm really pleased with it.

How good does this ice cream sound?

maybe with brownies or oatmeal cookies?

I'm also curious about baking with coconut flour...

I've been feeling pretty domestic recently. I think it's this weather.

Here are a couple of pillows I made as gifts for friends and family. I have two in the works for home, but I haven't bought the pillow forms yet. I'll share them once I do. This quilting pattern is so simple but I think it looks great. The pillow on the right uses this awesome metallic silver/flax colored linen. It's the best stuff ever. You can find it at Gray Lines in Manhattan.

Maybe if I get snowed in I'll attempt something a little more hardcore. –>

via Reference Library via Deli Sandwich

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Tomby in the New Yorker

I illustrated the Shouts and Murmurs article, "Community Service," by Allison Silverman in this week's New Yorker!
Check out the article here. It's a good one– particularly if you're a Brooklynite.

Here's an earlier version of the illustration before a dimension change!

Thanks again, Nick and Jordan!

Recent Published Illos

Scissor Sisters for the New Yorker, Earth Sandwich for Meatpaper Magazine, and Eating Local for The New York Times Op-Ed.

Scissor Sisters and Eating Local were done under my alias 'Tomby.' You can see more of this illustration style here.

Ilana Kohn

Here are just a few of the AMAZING dresses Ilana has made that I've either bought or been graciously gifted! Take a look at her current line here (also here) and keep it bookmarked– she may make something special for the holidays!

–– Sorry to have so many photos of myself, but it's been impossible for me to photograph now that daylight is so scarce.

So much has happened since my last post!

Jashar and I are now officially husband and wife! The wedding, which was over a month ago now (!) was perfect! We had such a great time. It was super laid back. Just family and friends celebrating at my childhood home in Ohio!

Here are some more amazing photos of the day!
(thanks, Jed and Ilana for the flickr album)

The first two of many…

Ilana and I have been getting together to tie dye nearly every week after being introduced to the Dharma Trading dyes. It's amazingly addictive. We've hardly had any time to make anything out of our fabric yet (and I imagine they'll be difficult to slice into) but I wanted to share the finished fabrics with you!

Our significant others got tie dyed tighty-whiteys out of the deal- unfortunately (or fortunately- what ever your taste may be) all the ones I made ended up looking like Zubaz.

p.s. I'm touched that my family name gets to grace this awesome dress! A million thanks to the designer!

Only 16 days til I marry my best friend!

A couple of Liberty of London ties for Jashar (who has to wear them daily now!)
Ilana directed me to the pattern on The Purl Bee. It was pretty wide- as you can see in the first tie, but it's easily enough to alter. William Morris' strawberry thief is my favorite Liberty print, but I'm delighted with the look of the other William Morris print too.

–Here's a bow tie pattern from BurdaStyle for those of you who swing that way.

Happy Father's Day!

Dad and me at my 1st b-day.

Some images from my DC visit...

I've been meaning to post these for some time.

We visited so many beautiful spots and amazing museums!