Tallit of Memories
Those of you who follow my blog may have noticed a sharp drop off in the number of posts lately. As you can probably guess, this is a result of the enormous amount of time it takes to be a…
How This Garden Grew
It has been a bit of a challenge to work around our daughter's schedule, but thanks to some assistance from my parents, the chuppah is coming along. Before our little one's arrival, I had cut out most of the herbs…
Chuppah Progress
If you follow my blog, you might be wondering what has happened with the chuppah in the last 4 weeks. I did make good progress on the piece in the week following my last post but then our daughter arrived…
Painting Sunsets
I'm excited to be creating a chuppah for a couple getting married in November. They gave me a few pieces of information as a starting point: their wedding colors are green and a soft orange/peach, their herb garden is important…
Torah Cover Almost Complete!
The Torah Cover I've been working on is complete (except for a label)! Picking up the process where I left off my last post, I trimmed the edges, serged them, folded them over to the back, and hand stitched them…
Torah Cover Beginnings
I'm excited to be creating a Torah cover for a family whose son is becoming Bar Mitzvah in October. They have been paired with an Ethiopian family and, during a visit to Israel, they purchased a few beautiful Ethiopian embroideries…
A Commission Comes Together
I was honored to be asked to create a banner for the first graduating class of Yeshivat Maharat, the first institution to train Jewish Orthodox women as spiritual leaders and halakhic authorities. They selected a quote from Genesis 24:60 as their…
Custom Tallit Complete
I was excited to get an email from a woman from my parents' synagogue asking if I could make a custom tallit for her. She wanted something purple, lightweight, and not too big. Little did I know that this would…
Custom Tallit
I've been having a great time working on a custom tallit for a young woman about to become Bat Mitzvah in Kenya. Since she is (such) long distance, I sent pictures of some fabric samples by email and she…
A Family Tree
I was thrilled to be commissioned to create this piece as a gift to welcome a new baby into a family. The piece honors the for people for whom the child was named with a family tree theme. The…