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…
Completed Tallitot Ready for the Holidays!
Picking up where I left off in my last post, the tallit assembly line continues! Once all the attarot were dry, I ironed them to heat set the paint and cut them to the right size. I also cut all…
Tallit Assembly Line
The holidays are coming, so I thought this was a good opportunity to make some new tallitot to put in my Etsy store. I've been collecting beautiful tallit fabrics for the last several months and it was time for them…
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…
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…
Midrash Tallit
Earlier this month, sixth graders at Temple Israel Center in White Plains had the opportunity to complete tallitot based on their Bnai Mitzvah Torah portions. See my earlier blog post to read about the beginning of this process. Julia and…
Discovering the Joy of Sewing
Eleven-year-old Joshua might be the most excited student I've ever seen. Still over a year from his Bar Mitzvah, he was eager to make the atarah (neck band) and corners for the tallit he will wear on that special day.…
Midrash Tallitot
This morning, Temple Israel Center's sixth graders saw their Bnai Mitzvah Torah Portions for the first time. Together with their parents, they studied their parsha, found a section that spoke to them, and designed and created tallitot based on the…
Tallit Bag Challenge
At a recent family gathering, my cousin commissioned a new bag for his tallit. Other than its need to hold a tallit, however, he gave me no parameters for the bag; no colors to focus on or avoid, no ideas…