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    laura west wrote a new post, Finally, I know how to BLOG!, on the site Northings 13 years, 1 month ago

    Wheweee! I now know that I wasn’t stupid about the blogging, just BLIND.

    The menu bar is right at the top of my screen, which being a Mac, all the tab lines and catagories are on a grey bar which is EXACTLY the […]

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    laura west wrote a new post, Making PROGRESS, on the site Northings 13 years, 1 month ago

    ThumbnailToday I am going to try to add a picture to my blog. This will be a challenge for me, but I do have a friend visiting (I hope) who will help me through this. But just on the off chance that she can’t make it, here goes!

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    laura west wrote a new post, Making Progress, Making Tools!, on the site Northings 13 years, 1 month ago

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    Producing new work is demanding. It requires investment in time, money, focus, inspiration, invention and hard work. The first two of these things, ‘time and money’ are usually in short supply. It is easy enough […]

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    laura west and are now friends 14 years, 9 months ago

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    laura west wrote a new post, Members, on the site 15 years, 3 months ago

    laura west wrote a new blog post: Making PROGRESS %s

    Today I am going to try to add a picture to my blog. This will be a challenge for me, but I do have a friend visiting (I hope) who will help me through this. But just on the off chance that she can’t make it, here goes!
    <img class=”size-medium wp-image-89″ title=”Laura in Experimental Mode”…

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    laura west wrote a new post, Members, on the site 15 years, 3 months ago

    laura west wrote a new blog post: Finally, I know how to BLOG! %s

    Wheweee! I now know that I wasn’t stupid about the blogging, just BLIND.
    The menu bar is right at the top of my screen, which being a Mac, all the tab lines and catagories are on a grey bar which is EXACTLY the same colour as the Northings – My Account . . . etc. […]

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    laura west wrote on Daniel Kavanagh’s wire:

    Hi Daniel, Are things cold in your studio. Mine is manageable – just – but it was not good over the holidays and big freeze. I hear that over your way there was alot (3 feet!) of snow. Hope you are able to be productive and can’t wait to see the new work. Inspirations comes […]

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    laura west wrote on Jen Deschenes’s wire:

    Hi Jen, It is great when you get the chance to ’short cut’ those operations that used to take so much time. I just got my Jerry’s Stripper going and can now make my own leather lacing from ANYTHING! No more scouring the internet for lacing only to find that brown and black are the […]

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    laura west wrote on their own wire:

    So, I’ve gotten to grips with my Jerry’s stripper! It is an amazing tool and opens up so many possibilities with leather! Now I am attempting to get lots of leather suppliers that I don’t normally use to send me their swatches. Also, playing with my traditional tools in a more daring way. Can’t wait […]

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    laura west and are now friends 15 years, 4 months ago

    laura west and Jen Deschenes are now friends %s

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    laura west wrote on their own wire:

    It is now the 15th of January! That means that I have just ONE MONTH to get my new pieces together! This week I did manage to get the elastic (what a trial) and convince someone to make a small (100!) order of custom lengths to use in a book in my new line.
    Also, […]

    15 years, 4 months ago

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    laura west posted a new status update:

    As one of the Four Selected maker for Making Progress, follow my stumbling attempts to make headway into new areas. For Christmas I gave myself the present of 10 legal pads for jotting down ideas, to-do’s, lists, etc. AND 5 new ‘bought’ sketchpads. This time I will not wait until I have the ‘time’ to make…

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    laura west wrote on their own wire:

    Hello Northings readers and also the Fab Four (well, the other three of you anyway). I hope you are finding it easier to get things done now that Christmas/New Year is out of the way. Still, the FREEZE makes things difficult. I
    My Mentor, Gilly Langton has been keeping me to task and I am currently […]

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