bonnets and flowers and aretha

gretta sent me some fabric from her stash and
asked me to make a few hats for maggie b.

pledging to stay on the hill today, i hunkered in and 

finished two wee bonnets.

there was a lot of fussy cutting with the lotta jansdotter fabric,
and i used this free pattern by shwin&shwin

the liberty of london fabric was a dream to work with,

and i used a free pattern on the purl soho website.

corazón and wilma joined me in the sewing studio
and we have been working on kitten etiquette
amidst the fabric, pins and thread.
wilma is not always a shining example of best behavior.

ahem.

our flower csa from stitchdown farm
continues to delight.
(another week with some snow in the mountains,
a gorgeous green and white bloom).

we listened to an afternoon of public radio programming,
covering the extraordinary life of aretha franklin.

i'm hoping all of aretha's light and love and truth
seeped into the stitches i sewed
and that little maggie b will someday
get to know the music of the queen of soul.

we will miss aretha's
LIGHT.