Appleton Dance

My daughter saw this cute pyramid pouch in a store and liked it, so when I saw a pyramid bag mentioned on the Craftster site I wanted to try to make one for her. Directions were also available as Teepee bag from Marie's Sewing Center online. I tried making the bag several different ways in several sizes and decided I didn't like making the bag any smaller than 6.5 inches on a side when finished. That size is made with a 7.5 x 15-inch piece of cotton and uses a 7-inch zipper. After following directions for making the basic bag, I made a lining by sewing a second pyramid with coordinating fabric, didn't install the zipper, and inserted the lining separately by hand with a running stitch along the zipper tape. Installing a lining was fast and easy and made the pouch both sturdier and prettier.

Jerzy Drozd's comic book workshop at this year's Kerrytown Bookfest was superb. He crammed a lot of info into a short time and I learned a lot about storytelling in a highly compressed package: big picture = big event. Now I want to storyboard everything! I left the class very happy with my tiny comic about a sunflower who ran away from the drought-plagued acres to freedom by the roadside. I picked up a really great book in Hollander's while I was waiting for my class: Creating Handmade Books by Alisa Golden . This is a treasure trove of excellent instructions for making every type of artists' book.

The grass is getting longer in the labyrinth. I marked the turns with little glass balls like the one in the herb planter.