I’m in a fabric designing contest, there are 7 pages of designs to vote on and I’m on the 6th page, the green one by royal forest….

This is my attempt to recreate the pattern on the dress of my beloved old Raggedy Ann doll. I think that the color schemes I have favored my whole life stem from this dress. They just make me happy!

Elsie is a photo-taking maestro now! She took this picture of me in a dress I made last week. I really love this pattern and I think I will be reusing it again and again.

For a spoonflower contest, in which the goal is to incorporate spoons and flowers into a fabric design.

My four year old took this picture of me and my husband this morning. I was pretty impressed!

I’m halfway through my beginner’s upright bass book and I just learned a song called “Bile ‘Em Cabbage Down”. Pretty exciting, right? What does it mean? I don’t know, but it sounds like a great one to bust out at parties. “Hey Mary, do you know “Bile ‘Em Cabbage Down?” “Of course I do!”

Some of the others in my repertoire:
Rosin Rap
Teeter Totter
Tribal Lament
Pepperoni Pizza
Hot Cross Buns
4th Finger Marathon
Texas Two-String
Hop Scotch
Jumping Jacks
For Pete’s Sake
Olympic Challenge
Olympic High Jump
Rolling Along

I will play any of these for your party for the right price

Prints available here: http://mary2.imagekind.com/RoyalForest

I made this for my dear friend Amy’s baby Anna who is due very soon. It is the same dress and bonnet pattern that I used for my neice a couple of years ago.