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Linda Hoenigsberg's avatar

I found you in the very first edition of Pattern by Bonnie Christine! I'm now a fan..and a subscriber.

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Helen Dealtry's avatar

Oh that is wonderful news, Linda! Thank you so much. I’m so chuffed to be in Bonnies first edition, shes so inspiring. Thanks for following a long here :)

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Linda Hoenigsberg's avatar

She is SO inspiring. I would have never heard of pattern design if it weren't for her. I would've gone through life never thinking about where are these beautiful patterns come from! LOL

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Re Jin Lee's avatar

Love every minute of it then and now. Here’s to more reunions 🤎

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ELVY Leake DRAFT's avatar

Helen, I love this! The merriment of the Mews crew! How wonderful you all found each other and supported each other and continue to do so! I will never forget when my friend and I popped in at Dobbin Mews and met you. How lovely and inviting you were to us. It was also the beginning of my Dealtry scarf collection!! 💖

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Helen Dealtry's avatar

Elvy! I remember that day too, it was so lovely to meet you both after being online pals. I do miss making scarves, bit of a labor of love that business. Writing this letter about the gals really brought back to me what a fortunes time of my life that was. I miss that hubbub of activity, the laughs and inspiration of being around all those amazing creatives. You may be my biggest collector of Dealtry scarves ❤️! Those pieces carry so many memories and stories in their threads. Perhaps our paths will cross again in Hudson ;) - until then, thank you for the lovely reminder of those special Mews days. Sending you warmest wishes!

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Alison Matheny's avatar

Wow this is incredible.

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Helen Dealtry's avatar

I'm so glad you enjoyed, Alison! I just love seeing the before and after of that underglaze, it's a wild ride!! xx

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Ann Scallorn's avatar

This looks so fun!! Thank you for sharing!

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Helen Dealtry's avatar

My pleasure, Anne. I found it to be such a fun change to paint directly onto the final product:) I am not good at ceramics sadly or I feel like I'd want to just make dishes forever.

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Ann Scallorn's avatar

How fun would it be have a curated dish collection of your own painted pottery! Memories on every piece.

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Helen Dealtry's avatar

What a dream. A diary of dishes..... Swoon.

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Hélène Heath's avatar

Adore this full circle moment!! And wow either you’re a really good teacher or everyone was a crazy talent (or both)!

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Helen Dealtry's avatar

It was nice to revisit those years again for this newsletter :) These ladies were fearless and so talented, they had extra paper to practice on but just got straight to the clay!

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Deenie Hartzog-Mislock's avatar

Gorgeous!!!!

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Helen Dealtry's avatar

Aren't they all so fab??! I'm so glad you got to experience some of the Mews time too. It feels like yesterday and 100 years ago, ha!

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Gayle Kabaker's avatar

Omg this workshop looks incredible!!! What an epic pairing of talent

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Helen Dealtry's avatar

Thanks Gayle! We had a lotta fun :) It's always the best time collaborating with a friend isn't it? Had a wonderful time with the ladies that came that day.

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