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Focus on Makers

Interview with Colette Palamar, Urban Baby Bonnets

by Leah Peterson Friday, March 5, 2010
Interview with Colette Palamar, Urban Baby Bonnets

Colette lives in Yellow Springs, OH. She says, “It’s a really wonderful, progressive community with a strong arts emphasis and a dedication to being anti-sprawl and pro-diversity. It’s really a wonderful place to live! We’ve been here for almost 8 years. We love it!!” Colette and her husband, Justin Metcalf, have a daughter, Sabine, who [...]

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Interview with Leigh Anne Hilbert, Overlap Sewing

by Leah Peterson Friday, February 26, 2010
Interview with Leigh Anne Hilbert, Overlap Sewing

Leigh Anne Hilbert lived in the Bay Area, CA, US until last year when she moved to Asheville, NC, which is closer to Virginia where she is originally from. Leigh Anne is married to “a total geek who I am madly in love with” and they have a son, Elias Grayson, who is 18 months [...]

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Interview with Diane, Random Quirks

by Leah Peterson Friday, February 12, 2010
Interview with Diane, Random Quirks

Diane of Random Quirks has lived in Manchester in the UK since she became a student in 2006. She loves it so much that she doesn’t want to ever leave. Having moved around a lot as a child, she hasn’t ever felt so at home anywhere else. The house where Diane lives includes three friends [...]

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Interview with Carlee, Carleeglass

by Leah Peterson Friday, February 5, 2010
Interview with Carlee, Carleeglass

Carlee has lived in Phoenixville, PA, for about 25 years. Phoenixville is about 5 miles from Valley Forge National Historical Park and the area is mostly country, with a few small villages nearby. Carlee and her husband have been married for 54 wonderful years! They have 2 grown children and 3 grandsons, 9, 11, and [...]

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Interview with Carrie, SepiaLepus

by Leah Peterson Friday, January 29, 2010
Interview with Carrie, SepiaLepus

Carrie moved from Long Beach, CA to Quincy, MA about a year ago. She’s now just south of Boston and can be there in a matter of minutes. Providence, RI is also very close, and while “It’s like a different world here.“, she likes it very much and her dog, Francesca, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, [...]

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