about

These are stories of the pleasures of the handmade, the perennially useful object, the things your grandmother taught you, the rediscovered solutions, the skills you might have had one hundred years ago.


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I’m an artist following a great passion for learning traditional skills, seeking old fashioned remedies and recipes, using tried & true tools, and gathering stories of people who make things themselves. I want to try it all myself, joining in a revival of handmade skills and sound ideas.

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Soon I’ll bring homemade stories to the appleturnovershop, where you can take home a homemade project to make your own.

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You can join appleturnover.tv on facebook, find me on pinterest, follow me around on twitter, and write a note to me directly. Please do! Get your own copy of the appleturnover quarterly to your inbox for springtime crafts, recipes & projects, a round up of the past season & a peek at what I’ll be learning to make in the coming months. I’m giving away a printable recipe card for apple-turnovers with every subscription.

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I love to hear your homemade stories.

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